Comparison

bijou.fm vs Retune App

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic Last.fm scrobbling
  • Detailed listening charts
  • Customizable color themes
  • Home screen widgets
  • Friend comparison
  • Chart change notifications
Features
Read full description

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/

About

Retune App

Discover trending music based on your location and see what others are listening to nearby. Connect your Spotify account to map your listening habits and explore popular songs in different areas. Share your music discoveries with friends and see their listening activity.

Highlights
  • Location-based music tracking
  • Spotify integration
  • Friend connections
  • Music map of your city
  • Personal listening history by location
  • Explore trending music nearby
Read full description

Retune is a location-based music tracking app that turns your city into a music map. Connect to Spotify, add friends, and explore what people are listening to nearby! See where you listen to music the most and which songs you play at each location.

Screenshots

bijou.fm4 screens
Retune App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retune App at 5.0 against bijou.fm's 4.4. Retune App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). bijou.fm's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (75 vs 20). 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. bijou.fm sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.09 per 7 days. Retune App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retune App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of bijou.fm's written reviews are positive against 100% of Retune App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bijou.fm ships an update every 6 days, Retune App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
bijou.fm versus Retune App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterbijou.fmRetune App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (75 ratings)5.0 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings75 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB60 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDahl & SjööAndrew Cruz

Customer experience

bijou.fm

All ratings75 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral8.0%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive88.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative8.0%

Retune App

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

bijou.fm

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Weekly$1.097 Days
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$3.291 Month
  • Monthly Premium14 Days trial$4.391 Month
Show 2 more
  • Premium Yearly1 Month trial$27.491 Year
  • Yearly Premium1 Month trial$38.491 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$54.99
None

Retune App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is bijou.fm free?
bijou.fm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retune App free?
Retune App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, bijou.fm or Retune App?
Retune App is rated higher. bijou.fm averages 4.4 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while Retune App averages 5.0 from 20 ratings.
Do bijou.fm or Retune App have ads?
Neither bijou.fm nor Retune App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bijou.fm or Retune App?
bijou.fm ships an update every 6 days, and Retune App every 2 weeks. Most recently, bijou.fm was updated on October 30, 2026 and Retune App on October 28, 2026.

Other comparisons