MOG today released apps for both the iPhone and Android phones. If you haven't heard of MOG, it's a subscription-based music service with two different subscription plans, one for $4.99 a month that gives you access to their library and radio services, and a $9.99 plan, that adds offline access to your music and mobile access. Having played with it for a bit today, it's a pretty nifty service. MOG's current library has over 8 million tracks, not quite iTunes' 13 million, but in testing I found all but a few of the artists I was searching for. The mobile apps are pretty nice allowing streaming of your library and also downloading directly to your device. The downside at least on the iPhone version is that it doesn't take advantage of iOS' multitasking, so it doesn't allow for background audio or downloads. As we speak I am keeping the app open so I can download the 200 or so songs I've picked out so far.
All in all, the service is pretty nice, though I prefer Spotify's free and subsidized with ads model over the pay per month model, but this may be good enough to hold me over until Spotify launches in the States. MOG has a free 3 day trial, and there's no credit card required, so head over to iTunes and check it out.
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