Rockbot vs Last.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rockbot
Request songs, discover new music, and influence playlists at participating venues like bars, restaurants, and gyms. This app lets you vote on upcoming tracks and sync your favorites with Spotify. You can also unlock venue rewards and share your music choices on social media.
- Request songs to play next
- Discover new music
- Sync with Spotify
- Vote on upcoming songs
- Unlock venue rewards
- Share music activity on social media
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Rockbot lets you request the music playing in bars, restaurants, gyms, hotels, offices and other locations right from your phone. The free app is used in thousands of businesses across the country, allowing guests to influence the music! Play, discover, and share the music you love. Start using Rockbot to: - Request songs you want to hear. Browse a location’s playlist, and request your favorite song to play next. - Hear more of what you like. Rockbot makes note of your favorite songs and automatically add them to the queue at Rockbot locations. - Discover new music and sync with Spotify. Explore new music and easily download your favorites or add to Spotify - Vote on upcoming music and influence what plays next. See what song is playing next and vote on upcoming songs that you want to hear. - Link your favorite social networks to connect with users & businesses. Let the world know when your music is playing by sharing to Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. - Unlock rewards, enter giveaways, and view current specials at the venue Play, discover, and share the music you love. Follow 'GetRockbot' on Facebook and @GetRockbot on Twitter to find out when businesses in your area are rocking **************************************************** SXSW Best Music Startup Winner! ****************************************************
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.
- Personalized listening reports
- Artist, album, and track charts
- Listening history exploration
- Manual scrobble submission
- Streaming service integration
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rockbot at 4.7 against Last.fm's 2.3. Rockbot also leads on ratings volume (67K vs 1.6K) and review sentiment (39% vs 19%). Last.fm's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rockbot holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rockbot has 67K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Rockbot's written reviews are positive against 19% of Last.fm's.
Rockbot ships an update every 2 months, Last.fm every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Rockbot | Last.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (67K ratings) — better | 2.3 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.2% of reviews — better | 19.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67K — better | 1.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #93 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rockbot, Inc. | Last.fm |
Customer experience
Rockbot
Last.fm
User reviews
Rockbot
From 67K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app functionality
- 👍 Allows groups to select songs
- 💡 Upvote/downvote system for song priority
- 🎶 Ability to control music in large buildings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and login issues
- 🔇 Limited music selection and variety
- 🤬 Allows users to override others' song requests
- ⏱️ Slow song loading and processing times
- 🤔 Unclear leveling up and point system
Last.fm
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Bugs and requests
Rockbot
Reported bugs
4 issues- App gets stuck on loading screen
- Songs disappear from queue before playing
- Profile and play history data issues
- Inconsistent song request limits
Requested features
5 requests- Add song history feature
- Expand music catalog with more genres and artists
- Allow users to request new songs to be added
- Improve song queue management and priority system
- Provide more transparency on how the app works
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
In-app purchases
Rockbot
No in-app purchases
Last.fm
No in-app purchases
