Bandcamp vs Last.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bandcamp
Discover and purchase music directly from artists worldwide. Support creators by buying their merchandise and instantly access your purchased music, both online and offline.
- Explore global music catalog
- Direct artist support
- Purchase merchandise
- Wishlist albums and tracks
- Online and offline listening
- Connect with artists
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Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where passionate fans connect with and directly support the artists they love. The Bandcamp app lets fans explore a vast catalog of music by artists from every corner of the globe, allows them to directly support artists by buying their merch (and wishlisting albums & tracks for purchase at a later time), and lets them instantly listen to the music they've purchased, online or offline.
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: Bandcamp at 4.8 against Last.fm's 2.3. Bandcamp also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 19%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Last.fm's advantage is iOS requirement (14.5 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Bandcamp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bandcamp has 38K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Bandcamp's written reviews are positive against 19% of Last.fm's.
Bandcamp ships an update every 3 weeks, Last.fm every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Bandcamp | Last.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (38K ratings) — better | 2.3 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.7% of reviews — better | 19.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38K — better | 1.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #127 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bandcamp | Last.fm |
Customer experience
Bandcamp
Last.fm
User reviews
Bandcamp
From 38K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app for discovering new music
- 👍 Supports independent artists
- 🎧 Excellent audio quality
- 💰 Fair revenue share for artists
- 📥 Ability to download purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Poor search and navigation
- 💳 No in-app purchase option
- 📱 Lacks iPad-optimized interface
- 🔇 Missing basic playback features (repeat, shuffle)
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
Bandcamp
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tracks randomly skipping or not playing
- App crashing after updates
- Purchases not syncing across devices
- Login issues and account problems
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Playlist creation and management
- Improved artist/genre discovery
- Offline listening and caching
- Chromecast/AirPlay support
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
Bandcamp
No in-app purchases
Last.fm
No in-app purchases
