I switched to Spotify two months ago - and I miss Apple Music every single day

Maybe it's Apple Music's big, bubbly headings and extra-large font, but I find the app more appealing and easier to use than Spotify.

Don't get me wrong, Spotify is a beautiful app, particularly when it comes to the playlist covers. But it also feels cluttered and over-designed to my eye — the font is too small, and there are too many icons for my taste.

When I was an Apple Music user, I felt as though I most often just scrolled up and down, or Force Touched on a song or album to pull up a menu of options. On Spotify, there are so many carousels and menus that I feel like I'm constantly swiping vertically, then horizontally, then vertically again every time I navigate the app.

Of course, this is all about personal preference, and I've realized that I prefer a cleaner, more minimalist app.

I don't have an unlimited data plan, and I spend a good portion of my life underground on the subway. Therefore, being able to download music is very important to me — as is being able to easily access that downloaded music.

While Apple Music makes that incredibly easy, Spotify...doesn't. Apple Music has a separate tab that houses all of the music you already have downloaded, while Spotify just mixes it in with the rest of your library.

Not only that, but the app places all this other stuff ahead of your list of music, like tabs for podcasts (I don't listen to them) and videos (I don't watch them on Spotify). Despite all those tabs, Spotify strangely doesn't have one dedicated to downloaded music, and that's all I really want.

I recently had a party at my house, and it wreaked havoc on my Spotify account.

Any time someone requested that the Google Home play a song, artist, or album, it saved it to my Spotify library. Days later, my library was full of music I'd never heard of or wasn't interested in hearing ever again.

(I'm looking at you, whoever asked Google to play three different country music radio stations.)

This isn't necessarily a failing of Spotify, but it certainly isn't a great feature. While I was able to figure out how to remove all that music from my library, I haven't figured out how to prevent it in the future.

And since allowing other people to use my Google Home to request music, I've noticed that the random music requested by my party guests is now being used to fuel Spotify's omnipresent recommendation engine. A much-lauded feature of Spotify is those tailor-made playlists, but even algorithms have their shortcomings.

A prime example: My boyfriend is a big Brockhampton fan, and he uses the Google Home just as much as I do. Now, Brockhampton has not only ended up in my library, but it's started creeping into my custom playlists.

When you open the Spotify app, you'll see a home screen that's inundated with recommendations. There are four (four!) Daily Mix playlists, a Discover Weekly playlist, recommendations based on albums you just listened to, and new releases Spotify thinks you might like.

Apple Music has a lot of personalized options too, but it's more limited and you mostly see it only when you ask for it (by clicking on the For You tab).

While other people might love all that customization, it makes me feel bombarded and all I want is for Spotify to dial it back.

I'm not happy about it, but I had to figure out what I valued more: an app I loved, or getting the full functionality out of my Google Home devices. When it came down to it, it was definitely the latter.

Apple Music might be the better app for me, but it simply doesn't work with Google Home the way I need it to. As much as I miss Apple Music, I would miss being able to say, "Hey Google, play the new Drake album" way more.

So until Apple Music works with the Google Home, I'll be making do with Spotify.