bijou.fm vs Symphony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bijou.fm
Visualize your music listening habits with detailed charts and automatic syncing to Last.fm. Track your top artists, albums, and more, with customizable themes and widgets. Compare your taste with friends and get notified of chart changes.
- Automatic Last.fm scrobbling
- Detailed listening charts
- Customizable color themes
- Home screen widgets
- Friend comparison
- Chart change notifications
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Transform your Last.fm and Spotify listening data into beautiful, interactive charts. bijou.fm is an Apple Music scrobbler for Last.fm that automatically syncs your plays in the background, so your listening history stays complete. AUTOMATIC SCROBBLING • Seamlessly sync Apple Music plays to Last.fm in the background • Catch-up scrobbling after restarts or offline periods to reduce missed tracks • Manual scrobbling for vinyl, radio, and untracked listens • Full scrobble history with edit and resubmit capabilities • Also detects non-library tracks! BEAUTIFUL VISUALIZATIONS • Explore top artists, tracks, albums, and tags with pie charts, photo grids, and bar charts • Browse your listening history by year, season, or any custom date range • Analyze listening habits from gender and nationality perspectives STAY CONNECTED • Get notified when your Top 50 charts change or when you hit scrobbling milestones • Set up chart trackers to monitor position changes • Home screen widgets in multiple sizes to keep your stats visible MAKE IT YOURS • Choose from 10+ color themes inspired by art history and iconic cities—"Picasso," "Tokyo," "Warhol," and more • Play your charts directly with Spotify Premium or Apple Music • Compare your taste with friends by overlaying data on their charts bijou.fm is also available at www.bijou.fm Read our terms of use at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Symphony
This app transforms your Apple Music listening experience into a personalized dashboard. Track your top songs, artists, and listening habits with detailed statistics, custom charts, and home screen widgets. It also integrates features like Shazam, Last.fm scrobbling, and local file playback.
- Detailed listening statistics
- Customizable widgets
- Shazam integration
- Last.fm scrobbling
- Local file playback
- CarPlay support
- Customizable themes and icons
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Symphony turns Apple Music into your personal listening dashboard. See your stats like never before, top songs, artists, albums and genres, total listening time, daily trends, streaks, and a year-round calendar of everything you play. Then go further: identify songs with Shazam, scrobble to Last.fm, play local files, and take it all to CarPlay. Symphony Connect: switch audio seamlessly between multiple devices. YOUR LISTENING STORY • Top songs, artists, albums & genres • Listening time, daily trends & streaks • Listening calendar heatmap & clock • Weekly standouts & all-time favorites • Hidden gems in your library • Build custom charts in Insights Lab • Home Screen stat widgets • Apple Intelligence powered AI summary for Music Insights. MAKE APPLE MUSIC YOURS • Themes, 10 accent colors & app icons • Fully customizable CoverFlow • Playlist artwork collages • Custom library sorting & tabs • Crossfade & sleep timer • Mini player controls & Seek HUD DISCOVER & MANAGE MORE • Shazam from the Lock Screen or Control Center • Apple Music Radio • Play local MP3s & audio files • Artist info & upcoming concerts • Block artists you don't want to hear • Playlist backup & restore • Last.fm scrobbling • CarPlay & Siri Symphony makes Apple Music feel personal, visual, and powerful, without the clutter. Download Symphony and rediscover your music. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
bijou.fm and Symphony both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of bijou.fm's written reviews are positive against 59% of Symphony's. bijou.fm also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. bijou.fm sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.09 per 7 days and Symphony sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
bijou.fm holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of bijou.fm's written reviews are positive against 59% of Symphony's.
bijou.fm ships an update every 6 days, Symphony every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bijou.fm | Symphony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (75 ratings) — better | 4.2 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better | 59.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dahl & Sjöö | Heshan Pathirana |
Customer experience
bijou.fm
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In-app purchases
bijou.fm
- Premium Weekly$1.097 Days
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$3.291 Month
- Monthly Premium14 Days trial$4.391 Month
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- Premium Yearly1 Month trial$27.491 Year
- Yearly Premium1 Month trial$38.491 Year
- Premium Lifetime$54.99
Symphony
- Symphony Pro: Apple Music Stats$4.991 Month
- Symphony Pro: Apple Music Stats$12.991 Year
- Symphony Pro Lifetime$29.99
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