Comparison

Scrobbly vs Scrobbles

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

Head to head
About

Scrobbly

This app seamlessly integrates with Apple Music to track your listening history and send it to your Last.fm profile. It offers real-time updates on your lock screen, manual history syncing, and a distraction-free "Zen Mode" for album art display.

Highlights
  • Real-time Live Activities
  • Manual history sync
  • Zen Mode Now Playing
  • Keep screen on for artwork
  • Seamless background integration
Features
Currently charting
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The Ultimate Apple Music Scrobbler Unlock the full potential of your listening history with Scrobbly, the premier Last.fm companion built exclusively for Apple Music. Scrobbly bridges the gap between your Apple Music library and your Last.fm profile with a stunning, modern interface and seamless background integration. Key Features Real-Time Live Activities: See your scrobble status instantly. Scrobbly uses Live Activities to track your Apple Music plays directly on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Manual History Sync: Never miss a track. If you listened to music on other devices, easily scrobble manually by importing your Apple Music listening history directly into the app. Zen Mode Now Playing: Turn your iPhone into a digital record sleeve. Our "Zen Mode" removes all distractions, showing only high-resolution album art from your current Apple Music track. Keep Screen On: Perfect for your desk. Keep your device awake to display beautiful, full-screen artwork while your Apple Music playlist runs. Designed to feel like a native part of iOS, it provides the most reliable and aesthetic way to ensure every song you play in Apple Music counts toward your Last.fm stats.

About

Scrobbles

Visualize your complete listening history from Last.fm with clear, fast insights. Explore your top artists, albums, and tracks across various time ranges, and discover detailed information about your favorite music.

Highlights
  • Complete scrobble history visualization
  • Top artists, albums, and tracks by time range
  • Detailed artist and track information
  • Friend profile and stats viewing
  • Now playing bar with automatic refresh
  • Mark tracks as loved
Features
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Last.fm Copilot shows you what you actually listen to. It pulls your complete scrobble history from your existing Last.fm account and presents it the way you always wanted to see it: clear, fast and fully with Liquid Glass design. OVERVIEW Everything at a glance: total scrobbles, the last seven days, your artist count and the daily average. Plus a weekly chart, your recent tracks and the top artists, albums and tracks of the week. HISTORY Your entire listening history, grouped by day and labelled "Today" and "Yesterday". Pages load as you scroll — even with tens of thousands of scrobbles. CHARTS Top artists, albums and tracks across all six Last.fm time ranges: seven days, one, three, six and twelve months, and all time. SEARCH AND CATALOGUE Search artists, albums and tracks, with the global charts as a starting point. Detail pages with biographies, track lists including run times, tags, similar artists and wiki texts. Mark tracks as loved. PROFILES AND FRIENDS Your own profile with stats and top lists — and your friends' profiles, including their loved tracks and friend lists. NOW PLAYING BAR When something is playing, the track stays above the tab bar and refreshes itself automatically.

Screenshots

Scrobbly4 screens
Scrobbles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scrobbles at Free against Scrobbly's $3.99. Scrobbly's advantage is chart position (#172 vs unranked) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Scrobbles is free to download; Scrobbly costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scrobbly against 5.0 for Scrobbles. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scrobbly has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

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Scrobbly versus Scrobbles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrobblyScrobbles
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#172 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkus LehtonenPatrick Bender

In-app purchases

None

Scrobbly

No in-app purchases

None

Scrobbles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scrobbly free?
Scrobbly costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scrobbles free?
Scrobbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scrobbly or Scrobbles?
Scrobbly and Scrobbles are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Scrobbly or Scrobbles have ads?
Neither Scrobbly nor Scrobbles shows ads.

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