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My short and sweet description (or opinion if you wish) of Tidal vs Qobuz rests on a couple of things.

Tidal seems to be focused on a younger audience. Think hip-hop, pop, rap, etc. It's owned by Jay-Z. Qobuz seems to appeal to a more mature (OK older) audience, with an emphasis on classical, jazz, classic rock, etc.

Their catalogs overlap a lot, although I think Tidal has an overall larger selection.

Tidal uses MQA for "hi-res" files, which requires special software AND hardware to do the full "unfold" of the file (this they MQA capable DACs). Qobuz on the other hand simply provides a lot of high resolution files (mostly 24/96 to 24/192) that play through any DAC capable of playing hi-res files, which most can.

I keep Tidal because sometimes there are things that I want to listen to that aren't available on Qobuz, but that seems to happen less and less. If I was forced to only keep one, it would be Qobuz for sure.

+1 Big Greg's accurate description. I had used Tidal for several years but switched to Qobuz. I didn't feel like supporting JayZ and resented Tidal's "hi rez" MQA selections that forced you to buy decoding dacs. Qobuz sound quality is just peachy.

Just finishing a month on Amazon HD for free. Not crazy about the interface but some very good sounding stuff. I'm a prime member so it would be $13/month if I subscribe.

That said, I'm ending the trial and will be trying Qobuz next.

Both of these reviews taught me something:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzSjm7FsWbM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka7-iJSL4B8

+2, big_greg.  I’ve dropped Tidal last October, don’t miss it at all. There is enough music to explore on Qobuz and SQ is outstanding, especially 24bit/192khz high resolution files. 

I tried Tidal for a few months...  I honestly thought MQA sounded like crap...  The regular HiFi was not so bad...  It is broken small signal SQ...  Tried Qobuz and thought it has superior SQ...  After many months with Qobuz I am very happy with the titles and SQ of all their offerings...