# crabhands — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of crabhands by David Underwood, rated 3.80/5 from 47 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crabhands/id1277138090/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crabhands/id1277138090.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 28 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 10 ## Newest reviews (14 of 57) ### 3/5 — Great app wirh new drawbacks *2026-02-05, version 3.07* This is a paid app now, which is fine, it's by far the best for what I need it to do, but for some reason since the newest update, literally every time I open the app I have to re-login with my spotify, which requires me to get a code from my email.... it's just a big waste of time. I put up with it because the app still works, but it's a big annoyance every time I want to use it. I'm on an iphone 12. ### 3/5 — Why I can’t pay inside the app? *2025-12-11, version 3.07* I don’t have credit card but I can pay with my Apple ID 🙁 please add this option ### 3/5 — Incessant Sign ins *2025-02-19, version 3.06* Never had the issue with logging in every single time I open the app until the app was revamped. If that gets fixed, I’ll revise my review. ### 3/5 — Good but not worth the price *2024-10-31, version 3.05* Long time user of the free app and will miss it. I understand there are costs involved in running a service like this so have no issue moving to a subscription but the asking price is too high for me. It’s a good app and the dev deserves to make some money from it. The new version is really cool and has some great new features. I just can’t justify the cost. ### 4/5 — Mannn I used to loveee this app *2024-10-31, version 3.05* If I could only use 5 apps for the rest of my life, this would’ve be one of them. Until, they went from free to charging money for the app. Disappointing. I get business is business and as much as I love this app, it’s not worth adding to my already long list of subscriptions, most of which are actually necessary. Now I have to find a free alternative ### 3/5 — Excellent app with a major bug *2024-01-17* The bug is this: I switched my Spotify account. Now the new account uses Login with Apple ID instead of Email/Password. When I login to Spotify on Crabhands, it gets logged in. But doesn’t retrieve the artists I follow on Spotify. Active Artists always shows 0. Also everything I close and reopen the app, I have to login. Please fix this issue. ### 5/5 — Love it *2021-12-02* Helps so much!! Thank you!! ### 5/5 — Necessary *2021-09-03, version 2.16* A necessary companion for keeping up to date on releases from your favorite artists. ### 5/5 — Only app of its kind! *2021-08-11, version 2.16* Every avid music listener needs this app! Very useful tool to follow newly released music ### 4/5 — Good app, could use some updates *2021-07-08, version 2.16* I was going to build an app that does just about this exact same thing - I’m glad I don’t have to build it now! It works well but there are definitely some improvements I would make. Nonetheless, I get updates when my artists release music… that’s all I care about! ### 5/5 — Essential for new music lovers! *2021-07-07, version 2.16* An amazing app for keeping up with all your favourite releases on the day they come out! ### 3/5 — It doesn’t work properly *2021-04-08* It just shows the notifications but when you tap on it, it doesn’t charge anything besides the inicial screen. Also, it stopped adding new songs to the Crabhands Spotify playlist that created. ### 5/5 — Best *2021-03-21, version 2.16* Best app of its kind. Please update though! Been over 2 years. ### 5/5 — This is great *2021-03-12, version 2.16* Great app download it now ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Absolute Frechheit *2024-11-26* Diese App ist lange Zeit kostenlos gewesen und ich hätte kein Problem damit gehabt 15 oder 20€ zu bezahlen. Nun verlangt der Programmierer allerdings 2€ monatlich für die Nutzung und hat auch langzeitnutzer ohne Vorwarnung in eine 14 Tage Testversion geworfen. Begründet wird das mit Serverkosten. Allerdings ist es mehr als einfach die Funktionen Clientseitig zu implementieren, bei denen keine Server involviert sind. Es ist schade, dass die App so enden musste ### 1/5 — Subscriptions *2024-10-25, version 3.05* Gotta love another app I have to delete because they decided to change & go a subscription model. ### 1/5 — Login is Broken *2024-10-17, version 3.04* After 20 minutes of trying, I officially give up trying to login to this app. Period I’ve used this for years and this new update is awful. ### 1/5 — No longer free *2024-10-10, version 3.04* I have had this app installed on my device for many years it’s helpful for picking up releases that spotify fails to alert me to. It’s always been pretty useful and great. Enough so that I would happily have donated a few bucks to the creator of the app. While helpful, it’s not $24/yr useful. Bummer. Uninstalled. ### 1/5 — Sin actualizar desde hace tres años *2022-11-06* La aplicación funcionaba muy bien, pero hace tres años que está totalmente desactualizada, pido desde aquí al desarrollador que por favor actualice la aplicación para que sea compatible con los nuevos dispositivos y nuevas versiones de iOS. En mi caso con iPhone 12 e iOS 16.2 al abrir la app se queda congelada en la imagen de buscando y no pasa de ahí. ### 1/5 — Bad *2021-07-26, version 2.16* Can’t even connect my account. Useless app... ### 1/5 — Can’t connect to Spotify *2021-01-21, version 2.16* It won’t even let me connect to Spotify. I try and as soon as I click the email box to login, it automatically redirects me to reset my Spotify password. Other apps connect simply by opening the Spotify app and asking permission. One click. There’s also literally no place in the app or website to contact the developer for support. ### 1/5 — Update for iOS 14, this is the best app ever! *2020-10-15, version 2.16* Please update so it works with iOS 14. This app is so needed in a time when it’s harder to keep up with music as a dj and music lover. Thank you! ### 1/5 — Does not work *2020-10-14* The application does not work on my iphone xr. It would be nice if you could fix the error. When this is fixed I will not hesitate to recommend the application and rate it with 5 stars ### 1/5 — Can't even log in *2019-07-18, version 2.16* Needs to be updated to support recaptcha on Spotify login. Until then this app is useless. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Simple but useful *2026-01-07, version 3.07* Just checking it out and it works for what I need. Wouldn't mind a few more filtering options and the option to just import or filter specifically to followed artists (seems to bring in all artists from library as far as i can tell). But nice layout and works so far. ### 5/5 — The best app for Spotify❤️❤️❤️ *2025-12-09* Add donate option for people who’d like to support this app ### 5/5 — A necessity for me *2025-11-24, version 3.07* Amazing app for staying on top of new releases of artists I follow on Spotify. And an extra bonus the customer support is fast and very efficient! ### 5/5 — A truly incredible and worthwhile app for new music discovery! *2024-12-30, version 3.06* This used to be a free app, but understandably the developer needed to make it paid to continue this service. It's worth every penny and quite affordable, too! Easily track new music from your favorite artists on Spotify, add new music automatically to custom playlists, and more. If you use Spotify and enjoy tracking new songs, you absolutely should invest in Crabhands! ### 5/5 — Best *2024-10-23, version 3.05* Best app of its kind. Please update though! Been over 2 years. Update - app update is fantastic, happy to pay 20 bucks to subscribe. Thanks Dave! ### 5/5 — Best app for Spotify users *2024-08-04, version 2.16* I LOVE this app. This has hands down been the best for staying on top of artist releases. Forget Spotify release radar, this app is amazing. Always look forward to Fridays for getting my fully updated Crabhands. ### 5/5 — Thank you *2024-02-02* This app doesn’t quite do it all for me, but it is still such a blessing. I don’t receive notifications when my follower artists drop but I can always go into the app and check if there are any new songs and it will say how many new ones there are and exactly what they are. So, no notifications but no other app can track your follower artists like this one so it is extremely useful!! ### 5/5 — Ten outta ten *2023-04-08* I don’t usually go out my way to leave reviews but this app 🔥 ### 5/5 — Everything Spotify should include *2022-09-09, version 2.16* Great app. Very useful!!! Would be happy to pay for it ### 5/5 — Perfekt *2022-05-30* Ich nutze die App seit Jahren und bin stets zufrieden! Funktioniert einwandfrei und ein Muss für jeden Spotify Nutzer der mit seiner Musik und Künstlern auf den neusten Stand bleiben möchte. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-08.*