Comparison

Last.fm vs snd.wave

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Last.fm

Track your music listening habits and access personalized reports, stats, and charts on your mobile device. Explore your listening history, view charts by artist, album, and track, and manually submit scrobbles. Connect streaming services for comprehensive tracking.

Highlights
  • Personalized listening reports
  • Artist, album, and track charts
  • Listening history exploration
  • Manual scrobble submission
  • Streaming service integration
Features
Currently charting
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Your stats. On the Go. Listening counts with the Last.fm App. Track the music you stream and access personalized listening reports, stats, and charts, all on the go.* Free on the Last.fm app: - Access to your Last.week & Last.year listening reports. - View your personal artist, album and track charts from all-time to the last 7 days - Explore your listening history - Scan & submit scrobbles manually (works with Apple Music**) - View tag, artist, similar artist, and track information Join millions of users. All for free. Last.fm. Music Counts *To track your music, connect your streaming service accounts to your Last.fm profile, or, via our web client, app or a browser plugin for other services. **Only songs added to your library can be scrobbled Love Last.fm? Follow us on: www.youtube.com/user/lastfm www.facebook.com/lastfm x.com/lastfm instagram.com/last_fm bsky.app/profile/last.fm Privacy Policy: https://www.last.fm/legal/privacy

About

snd.wave

This app analyzes your music library to provide detailed statistics on your listening habits. Discover your favorite artists, songs, albums, and genres with comprehensive charts, graphs, and leaderboards. It also helps you manage your library by identifying and allowing you to delete unwanted tracks.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive music statistics
  • Top lists for artists, songs, albums, genres
  • Monthly and yearly listening stats
  • Playlist analytics
  • Leaderboards for friends and global comparison
  • Music library cleaner
  • Visual charts and graphs
Features
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We all listen to music, we all love music, but no one really knows how much we listen to music. snd.wave is here to fix that. snd.wave analyzes your music library and presents you with stats about how you listen to music. snd.wave features: • Stats about EVERYTHING. Seriously. Any song, album, genre, or artist in your library can be searched and viewed. • Top Lists: see you favorite artists, songs, albums and genres. • Monthly and Yearly Stats. (Stat recording begins when you install snd.wave) • Playlist analytics: see tons of stats and play your playlists in snd.wave! • Leaderboards: see how your music stats stack up against your friends and the world. • Sharing: What good is cool info without the ability to post about it? snd.wave can export data from anywhere in the app to social media or your photos. • Cleaner: Sometimes you download a song or two that are just terrible. snd.wave can help! Let snd.wave find those songs so you can delete them! • Force Touch: peek and pop your way throughout snd.wave. • Charts and Graphs: See your music stats visualized. • Stat Player: a music player that also displays stats for the now playing song. • Swipe to Play: swipe any song to start playback. • Library View: see your entire library as a list. • Discover: see recently added, recently played and more in snd.wave. • Dark Mode for easy viewing at night! • iCloud Support: back up your data and send it to your other devices. • Your Music Quick View: a lock screen widget that displays stats about currently playing music. Still reading? Stop! Download snd.wave and check it out! Note: snd.wave is only compatible with the standard music app or Apple Music at this time. snd.wave is not affiliated with Apple.

Screenshots

Last.fm4 screens
snd.wave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: snd.wave at 4.4 against Last.fm's 2.3. snd.wave also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (38% vs 19%). Last.fm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#103 vs unranked). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. snd.wave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Last.fm asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

snd.wave holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: snd.wave has 11K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Last.fm's written reviews are positive against 38% of snd.wave's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Last.fm ships an update every 6 months, snd.wave monthly. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Last.fm versus snd.wave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLast.fmsnd.wave
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (1.6K ratings)4.4 (11K ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.3% of reviews38.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K11K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#103 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.511.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB31 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLast.fmLucas Klein

Customer experience

Last.fm

All ratings1,570 ratings
Positive25.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews1,220 reviews
Positive19.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative71.1%

snd.wave

All ratings11,354 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews322 reviews
Positive38.2%
Neutral15.5%
Negative46.3%

User reviews

Last.fm

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💖 Great app
  • 🤩 Awesome
  • 🤗 Helpful for tracking music
  • 👍 Useful stats and reports

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🔨 Buggy and unreliable
  • 🤯 Frustrating issues
  • 🤔 Limited functionality
  • 🤷‍♀️ Inconsistent performance

snd.wave

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app
  • 👍 Useful features
  • 💡 Interesting concept
  • 🚀 Comprehensive stats
  • 👍 Intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate data
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Glitchy performance
  • 🐛 Unreliable tracking
  • 🐛 Outdated information

Bugs and requests

Last.fm

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Doesn't scrobble songs properly
  • Duplicate scrobbles
  • Animated album art causes crashes
  • Login and sign-up issues
  • Randomly stops tracking music

Requested features

5 requests
  • Update the app
  • Improve Apple Music integration
  • Add more time range options
  • Bring back old features
  • Make the UI more user-friendly

snd.wave

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • White screen on launch
  • Incorrect artist/album rankings
  • Missing song/album data
  • Inconsistent data across views
  • Refreshing causes loss of functionality

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Spotify support
  • Improve monthly/weekly stats
  • Allow hiding of certain artists
  • Sort by play count instead of time
  • Provide more filtering and sorting options

In-app purchases

None

Last.fm

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

snd.wave

One-time1
  • snd.wave Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Last.fm free?
Last.fm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is snd.wave free?
snd.wave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Last.fm or snd.wave?
snd.wave is rated higher. Last.fm averages 2.3 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while snd.wave averages 4.4 from 11K ratings.
Do Last.fm or snd.wave have ads?
Neither Last.fm nor snd.wave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Last.fm or snd.wave?
Last.fm ships an update every 6 months, and snd.wave monthly. Most recently, Last.fm was updated on October 18, 2026 and snd.wave on October 18, 2026.

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