ApoloneReviews of apolone.com

Apolone claims to be strict on vetting their curators and advertises 100% bot-free playlists. I used the “artists tools” service they claim to use for vetting curators and every playlist they placed my tracks on were flagged as “likely botted”. Upon inspection, these playlists all showed 1000’s of followers that materialized overnight with large volumes of streams and then precipitous drops in followers. As a result, the two tracks that I promoted with Apolone have huge discrepancies between logged streams in “Spotify for Artists” vs. effective streams. Essentially, the streams don’t count. I feel manipulated and dirty. I won’t be using this service again. Update: My track was ultimately taken down by my distributor due to rampant artificial stream activity. Apolone was the only service I used to promote this track and they were given several opportunities to rectify the issue. The marketing materials of claiming 100% bot-free playlists is gross false advertising.

All it did was add me to a bunch of botted playlists, risking my Spotify account to get banned

Didn't provide results or increase playlist usage or streams. All it seemed they wanted to do was upsell me more services. This was after their initial rating of my song of 80%+ favorable. I know there is no guarantee of results, but if a favorable rating that high gets nothing, it tells me they didn't do anything.

out of the 4 playlists they put me on, 2 of them were botted while they claim their playlists are "100% bot free". Spotify found these streams and informed me of them. False advertising. Don't use them. Another scam in the music industry.

1 playlist maybe 50 plays - 1 week Not worth the money spent Have gotten more from pitching on my own to playlist for free

This company seems extremely suspicious. I’m trying to request a refund for an order that was accidentally charged yesterday, but there is no member area or dashboard on the website, and it’s not even possible to log in as a member. There is absolutely no customer support information available. On top of that, I didn’t receive any confirmation email after the order was placed. To Apolone team — if you’re reading this, please issue my refund.

Wildly underwhelmed. My most popular song on Spotify which has been on hundreds of playlists, was placed on one playlist using Apolone. This service amounted to exactly zero streams… emails to customer support asking for updates and results went unanswered. Don’t waste your money on this scam. **UPDATE** After finally getting a response and working with customer support they put me on a botted playlist that has been flagged by spotify. THIS IS A SCAM.

I paid Apolone for two music promotion campaigns. After they took my payment, the experience went downhill fast. Their website was broken—I couldn’t log in, reset my password, or access any dashboard (404 errors constantly). They promised a timeline and didn’t stick to it. They ignored multiple emails until I left public reviews. Only then did I get a response, and it was full of excuses. They placed my music on a few playlists, but I suspect they were bot-driven because they disappeared shortly after—likely nuked by Spotify. I never got real promotion or curator engagement, just fluff. And then the kicker: they only offered me a “free PR article” and bonus track promotion if I removed my review. That kind of behavior says everything. I’ve filed disputes with Stripe and my bank. I wouldn’t recommend Apolone to any artist serious about their music. Updated Review: After leaving my original review, Apolone finally responded — not with real accountability, but with a generic PR reply claiming they gave a “clear explanation” and that the issue was “resolved.” Let me clarify: I reached out multiple times before the review. Got ignored. The issue wasn’t resolved until after public pressure. They offered me a “free PR article” and extra promotion only if I removed my negative review. That’s not customer service — that’s manipulation. Their reply here feels like an attempt to save face, not make things right. If they truly wanted to help, they wouldn’t have waited until Stripe and my bank got involved. Bottom line: If you're serious about your music, take your money and trust elsewhere. The way a company handles problems says everything — and Apolone only responded when their reputation was at risk.