Comparison

ListenBrief vs Scrobbles

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

Head to head
About

ListenBrief

This app provides a native iOS interface for your ListenBrainz account, offering detailed insights into your music listening habits. View your listening activity, top artists and tracks, and even explore your music taste by decade and listening times. It connects directly to ListenBrainz and MusicBrainz APIs for privacy and offers offline access to your local listen history.

Highlights
  • ListenBrainz account integration
  • Detailed listening statistics
  • Music taste profile analysis
  • Offline local listen history
  • Track details and feedback
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Deep links to MusicBrainz/ListenBrainz
Features
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ListenBrief is the native iOS app for your ListenBrainz account – music statistics, scrobble history and listening insights in a fast, beautiful interface. No ads, no subscription: pay once, enjoy it forever. WHAT LISTENBRIEF SHOWS YOU • Dashboard – Now Playing, recently heard tracks and your total listen count at a glance • Statistics – top artists, top releases and top tracks for week, month, year or all time • Taste Profile – which decades define your music taste? When do you listen the most? Where does your music come from? • Listening Activity – a bar chart of your plays for any selected time range • Offline Listen History – browse, filter and search your entire listen history, even without a connection • Track Details – album art, artist info and direct Love / Hate feedback to ListenBrainz • Recommendations – your weekly exploration playlist curated from your network • Deep links into MusicBrainz and ListenBrainz for every track SCROBBLE FROM APPLE MUSIC Let ListenBrief submit your Apple Music plays to ListenBrainz automatically – no extra scrobbler needed. WORKS WITH SELF-HOSTED SERVERS Connect ListenBrief to your own ListenBrainz instance or a Koito server via a custom server URL. SHORTCUTS & SIRI Open your statistics straight from the Shortcuts app. 35 LANGUAGES ListenBrief is fully translated into 35 languages, including Arabic and Hebrew with a mirrored right-to-left layout. Pick your language on first launch or switch it any time in Settings – it applies instantly, with no restart. BUY ONCE, USE FOREVER ListenBrief is a classic one-time purchase with no subscription. Pay once and get all current and future updates at no extra cost. PRIVACY FIRST ListenBrief connects exclusively to the ListenBrainz and MusicBrainz APIs (or your own server). No user data is shared with third parties and no tracking libraries are included. TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS – Built with Swift 6 and SwiftUI, optimized for iOS 17+ – Smart caching keeps the app usable even on a poor connection – Supports Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and high contrast modes – Dark Mode and Light Mode plus customizable color palettes You need a free ListenBrainz account and your personal API token, available for free at listenbrainz.org.

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

ListenBrief3 screens
Scrobbles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scrobbles at Free against ListenBrief's $4.99. Scrobbles also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). ListenBrief's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On 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

Scrobbles is free to download; ListenBrief costs $4.99 up front. ListenBrief sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scrobbles asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ListenBrief versus Scrobbles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListenBriefScrobbles
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB2 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDominik GerwingPatrick Bender

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ListenBrief

One-time1
  • Extra Love$4.99
None

Scrobbles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ListenBrief free?
ListenBrief costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Scrobbles free?
Scrobbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ListenBrief or Scrobbles have ads?
Neither ListenBrief nor Scrobbles shows ads.

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