Marvis Pro vs FastScrobbler for Last.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marvis Pro
Enhance your music listening experience with a beautifully presented and highly customizable interface. This app offers powerful features for managing your Apple Music and iTunes library, including advanced sorting, grouping, and filtering options. Rediscover your music collection with detailed media information and artist insights.
- Customizable UI with list and grid layouts
- Advanced sorting and grouping options
- Smart filtering with custom rules
- Detailed media and artist information
- Last.fm scrobbling support
- Drag and drop functionality for playlists
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Interact with your music and fall in love with your library all over again. ** Featured on MacStories, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog, iMore, and more. ** ** App of the Year 2022 - MacStories ** Marvis offers a beautiful presentation of your Music Library with loads of powerful features in a minimalistic yet highly customizable UI. • For Apple Music & iTunes Library. ‣ Supports Apple Music Search, Charts, Listen Now, Radio, and more. ‣ Non-subscribers can search & browse the Apple Music catalog and play 30s preview for all available songs. • Use Drag & Drop to add one or more items to Up Next, Play, or Shuffle. • Advanced Media Details and Artist Info. • List & Grid Layout. Multiple Grid styles to choose from, like Cover Flow. • 40+ App icon choices. • Sort and Group ‣ Sort by Recently Played/Added, Year, Rating, Play Count, and more. ‣ Group Playlists and Genres into Albums, Artists, Composers, etc. • Smart Rules: Filter, Sort, and Limit. • Last.fm support. ‣ The ability to scrobble is included with your purchase. ‣ Advanced features require an additional one-time fee. IMPORTANT: • It is required to have the Music app installed on your device to use Marvis. • Due to iOS restrictions, deleting items from your library or playlists via Marvis is not allowed. Reddit: r/MarvisApp
FastScrobbler for Last.fm
This app automatically sends your listening activity from Apple Music to your Last.fm profile. It offers features like real-time 'Now Playing' updates and the ability to import your listening history. An optional Pro upgrade unlocks advanced scrobbling controls and metadata customization.
- Real-time 'Now Playing' updates
- Auto-scrobbling of listened tracks
- Manual 'Scrobble Now' button
- Listening History import
- Shortcut and Control Center actions
- Live Activity status
- Pro features for advanced control
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FastScrobbler is a lightweight scrobbler for the Apple Music app that sends what you’re listening to Last.fm and ListenBrainz, quickly and reliably. Connect your Last.fm or ListenBrainz account, start playing music, and FastScrobbler will: - Update your live Now Playing status as soon as playback is detected - Auto-scrobble once you’ve listened long enough - Recover missed plays with best-effort history import Features: - Auto-scrobble with duplicate protection - Manual “Scrobble Now” for the current track - Manual Scrobble: manually submit any song with artist, title, album, and optional custom timestamp fields - Listening History import to recover missed plays when the app was suspended - Apple Music Recently Played API import for expanded recovery, including non-library tracks - Shortcuts and Control Center support: Send Now Playing, Scrobble Song, Manual Scrobble, and Scan History - Live Activity with scrobbling status on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - iCloud sync for supported app data Upgrade to Pro in the app for advanced features: - Choose when a track scrobbles: 10% / 25% / 50% / 75% of the song duration - Remove brackets from song and album titles when scrobbling - Text replacement rules for artist, song, and album metadata - Mark favourited songs in Apple Music as Loved on Last.fm - Use Album Artist when scrobbling, when available - Scrobble only the first credited artist
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FastScrobbler for Last.fm at Free against Marvis Pro's $9.99. FastScrobbler for Last.fm also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). Marvis Pro's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 41) and chart position (#24 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
FastScrobbler for Last.fm is free to download; Marvis Pro costs $9.99 up front. Marvis Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and FastScrobbler for Last.fm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Marvis Pro against 4.7 for FastScrobbler for Last.fm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marvis Pro has 1.3K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Marvis Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of FastScrobbler for Last.fm's.
Marvis Pro ships an update every 8 days, FastScrobbler for Last.fm weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marvis Pro | FastScrobbler for Last.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better | 4.7 (41 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 41 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #24 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aditya Rajveer | Kevin Lim |
Customer experience
Marvis Pro
FastScrobbler for Last.fm
Bugs and requests
Marvis Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent scrobbling to Last.fm
- Playback issues when switching between apps
- Metadata not always displaying correctly
Requested features
6 requests- Advanced EQ and audio controls
- Improved music discovery features
- Ability to edit playlists and queue
- Dedicated iPad and Apple Watch apps
- Lyrics integration without third-party apps
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- Sync settings and configurations across devices
FastScrobbler for Last.fm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Marvis Pro
- Last.fm⁺$5.99
FastScrobbler for Last.fm
- FastScrobbler Pro$3.99
Questions
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