# PlayTally: Apple Music Stats — Playback History & Song Trends

> Apple Music playback history tracker with real-time stats, awards, and device syncing. (iPhone/iPad app by Mike Clay.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/playtally-apple-music-stats/id1513271356 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mike Clay](https://appshunter.io/developer/924491990)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: $2.99 with in-app purchases (on sale, was $3.99)
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 376 App Store ratings · 136 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 16 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-10-08
- Data updated: 2026-09-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/playtally-apple-music-stats/id1513271356/reviews.md

## What is PlayTally?

PlayTally is the ultimate music companion that takes your listening experience to the next level.

REAL-TIME REPLAY
Now you have the power to relive your favorite songs anytime, not just on a yearly basis. PlayTally generates lists in real-time, ensuring you're always up to date with your music trends. Choose any date range and discover your top tracks for that specific period. Plus, you can easily mark tracks like white noise and sleep sounds to keep them out of your Trends list.

TRACK YOUR HISTORY
Track your music history effortlessly by syncing PlayTally data across multiple devices through iCloud Music Library. you can even track additional Apple Music devices. Take a trip down memory lane and see what you were jamming to on any given day. Plus, create personalized playlists from your music history.

EARN AWARDS
As you dive deeper into your music journey, PlayTally rewards you with badges for your dedication and growing music collection. It's like earning activity awards for your ears!

SEE YOUR STATS
Explore your music collection like never before with PlayTally's advanced statistics and charts. Easily sort and browse through large libraries based on your listening habits. Gain valuable insights into your music preferences over time and share your most impressive stats with friends and followers.

COMPLETELY AD-FREE.
No distractions, no interruptions. PlayTally is completely ad-free and seamlessly integrates with your Apple Music. No extra accounts, signups, or subscriptions required.

PRIVACY FIRST
Your privacy is our priority – your data stays on your device and personal iCloud storage, and you have the option to delete it whenever you want. If you wish, you can also export and backup your data in CSV format. You're in control.

NO VIBE-CODING
PlayTally is developed by an independent developer. No AI has been used in it's development.

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TIPS FOR BEST PERFORMANCE
For optimal performance, make sure PlayTally regularly scans your music library. Create a convenient automated shortcut to open PlayTally daily or weekly, ensuring your data is always up to date and accurate.

NOTE: Because PlayTally tracks its own data, it cannot reconstruct playback history from before it was installed.

## Key features

- Real-time playback history
- Customizable date ranges
- Cross-device iCloud syncing
- Music history awards
- Advanced statistics and charts
- Playlist creation from history

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $2.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tip | $1.99 | one-time |
| Tip | $2.99 | one-time |
| Tip | $4.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #136 in Top Paid · Music (US App Store)

## What do users think of PlayTally?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great way to track stats
- 👍 Seamless perfection
- 👍 I've been looking for just this!
- 👍 Love this app
- 👍 Best of its kind
- 👍 Brilliant!
- 👍 Must have app for music lovers
- 👍 Fantastic app!!
- 👍 Incredible app
- 👍 Excellent app all around!
- 👍 Amazing app
- 👍 Awesome app for music stats

**Cons**

- 🐛 Doesn't open
- 🐛 App not longer working
- 🐛 Trending and browse don't work
- 🐛 New Update not good
- 🐛 Crashing on trending page 😭😭
- 🐛 App stop working after update
- 🐛 Inaccurate Play Count
- 🐛 Manque des données
- 🐛 Doesn't go back far enough
- 🐛 slow syncing
- 🐛 Inflated number of plays of songs on playback
- 🐛 App still not launching.
- 🐛 Still cannot see accurate data
- 🐛 Not scrobbling correctly
- 🐛 Shows only the data from the day downloaded
- 🐛 Stopped working
- 🐛 Does not work well with large libraries
- 🐛 Constantly getting unrecorded plays
- 🐛 Awards don't work on iPod touch
- 🐛 Not accurate
- 🐛 It stopped tracking my music

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Doesn't accurately count the number of songs played
- Data lost after uninstall and reinstall
- Tracks only local device data, not across devices
- Randomly detects unusually high playbacks
- Doesn't count plays if song is skipped before ending

**Most requested features**

- Same songs and albums plays to be combined
- Top albums in trending
- Play count by release year
- A proper music player
- Most played genres in history tab
- Ability to keep all plays by default
- Total play count or toggle to switch between time listened and total plays
- Sync support for Apple TV streams
- Ability to import last.fm history
- Custom amount of songs in trending list

## Recent user reviews (10 of 136)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/playtally-apple-music-stats/id1513271356/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Extra Plays

*2026-08-24*

I love this app & have been using it for years! Only issue I’ve always had is randomly there will be a bunch of extra plays for songs with an asterisk next to the timestamp. Sometimes there will be a LOT & it’s annoying having to go through & delete them.

**Developer response:** Good news! This bug should be fixed in v1.5.6 :)

### 4/5 — Great app

*2026-08-03*

Great app but it's count only iPhone listen info, if I listen music at Apple TV or MacBook or homepods I don't see listen count in app. Force scan button doesn't do anything. And I want more milestones please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

### 5/5 — Awesome Sauce

*2026-07-11*

One of my favourite apps

### 5/5 — AMAZING

*2026-06-05*

gives you any stat, comes in super handy when trying to make new playlists

### 5/5 — So Great

*2026-02-19*

Works so good, Awesome Playlist Maker, I would be lost without this app!  Nothing beats it’s functionality!

### 5/5 — Great Way To Track Stats

*2026-02-10*

This is much more what I’d like to have directly from Apple for my music data. I’m not sure why they don’t just give us this type of data directly. It’s a great UI. My one complaint is that if I have an artist who does a collab, even though I have it set to “split” compilation artists, it still ranks them separately from their own stuff. Examples: Surrender by Alesso & Becky Hill doesn’t add to the artist spin count for Alesso nor Becky Hill. I hope it’s an easy fix!

### 5/5 — Thank you

*2026-01-19*

If only there’s a Mac app too, in itself there’s nothing more one could ask for

### 4/5 — Love the app but experiencing issues

*2026-01-18*

I love that this app is more accurate than Apple Music. Lately my total play count is not matching up with how many songs I’m actually playing. In the current month I’ve listened to 2k songs when I add up the daily amounts but the total is only showing 1.6k

### 1/5 — Doesn’t open

*2025-10-20*

I just paid £2.99 for this app but it does not open and just crashes every time. Give me my
money back

### 5/5 — Can’t access app after using for 2 years

*2025-10-11*

Hey Mike, love the app so much, recently had an issue when opening the app as it instantly crashes. Would love a solution as I use the app everyday! Thank you!

## Frequently asked questions about PlayTally

### What does PlayTally do?

PlayTally is a music companion app that enhances your Apple Music listening experience. It allows you to track your playback history in real-time, view detailed statistics and charts of your music collection, and earn awards for your listening habits. It also enables you to create playlists from your history and sync data across multiple devices.

### How does PlayTally track my music history?

PlayTally tracks your music history by syncing with your Apple Music data. It generates lists in real-time based on your listening habits and allows you to select any date range to see your top tracks. You can also mark certain tracks, like white noise, to exclude them from your trends.

### Is PlayTally free to use?

Yes, PlayTally is completely ad-free and does not require any extra accounts, signups, or subscriptions. It is free to use and seamlessly integrates with your Apple Music.

### What devices is PlayTally compatible with?

PlayTally is designed for Apple devices and seamlessly integrates with Apple Music. It can sync your music data across multiple Apple devices through iCloud Music Library, allowing you to track your history on additional Apple Music devices.

### Can PlayTally show my music history from before I installed it?

No, PlayTally cannot reconstruct playback history from before it was installed. Because it tracks its own data, your music history will only be available from the point at which you start using PlayTally.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.7 — 2026-09-05

While fixing the "runaway history" bug I inadvertently introduced a new bug causing brand new playback histories to not log plays! This is corrected in this update. If you update and scan within 2 days, these missed play events should appear in your history automatically. If the time interval is longer than 2 days, or you don't see plays appearing, try using "Force Scan" in the Settings tab to log them.

Previous update:
• Fixes uncommon bug causing the occasional "runaway history" where specific songs seem to accumulate large numbers of incorrect play events.
• Added "Delete All Events" option to the song playback history view. Useful for resetting histories affected by the bug above.
• Improvements to scanning performance.

### 1.5.6 — 2026-09-04

• Fixes uncommon bug causing the occasional "runaway history" where specific songs seem to accumulate large numbers of incorrect play events.
• Added "Delete All Events" option to the song playback history view. Useful for resetting histories affected by the bug above.
• Improvements to scanning performance.

### 1.5.5 — 2026-08-29

Minor improvements and bug fixes (i.e., this update is mainly about improving App Store screenshot support for bundles.)

### 1.5.4 — 2026-08-27

Icon updates for iOS 26.

I am also pleased to announce the release of a new light-weight Music tool: Playlist Blender. It's a simple and easy way to combine and listen to multiple Apple Music playlists at one time. PlayTally users should be able to download Playlist Blender for free by completing my Music Booster Pack bundle! If that sounds like something that sounds like it might be useful for you, please check it out on the App Store. Thanks :)

### 1.5.3 — 2026-08-17

Accessibility improvements: search results now respect Reduce Motion user preference.

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