A scrobbler that works. Finally!
I have tested pretty much every single Last.fm scrobbler for Mac - paid and free - and Ive always had some weird issues with those apps. Duplicates, missing scrobbles, inconsistencies, performance problems... frustrating stuff. Last.fms own official client was by far the worst of the bunch and broke with every iTunes update.
With NepTunes I have finally found a scrobbler that does what its supposed to do - I can set and forget this app, I dont have to worry about my Last.fm profile being updated and I dont have to hunt for duplicates. NepTunes just works. Also, NepTunes is the only scrobbler I know of that is actively developed.
While NepTunes is great as it is, there are two things I would love to see in future updates (and I would absolutely pay 5 bucks for those features as an In-App purchase):
1) The "Love Track" keyboard shortcut (plus notification) is fantastic, I use that feature all the time - but it would be really great if we could set our own global shortcut.
2) NepTunes works with Apple Music for the most part (it scrobbles AM playlists and tracks that have been added to “My Music” and it also scrobbles personal radio stations), but it doesn’t scrobble streamed tracks that aren’t part of a user’s library. It’s a little inconvenient having to add every single track I want to listen to to “My Music”, that’s why my number one feature request would be streaming-support. I don’t know why radio-plays do scrobble while streamed tracks don’t, maybe it’s not even possible to implement support for streamed tracks - but if it’s at all possible, PLEASE make it happen :)
Apart from the limitation regarding streaming, I love everything about NepTunes. The menu bar icon is cute, I can “love" tracks and look up similar artists and - most importantly - the app is totally unobtrusive, low on resources and 100% reliable. Thats exactly what I want from a scrobbler.
A big "Thank You" to the developer for offering this great app for free :)
Edit 22.8.2015: the most recent update of NepTunes delivered BOTH of the features I mentioned in my review just a couple of weeks ago - yay!!! Thank you, Adam, for adding streaming support and for the super-fast turnaround! Also, I love the customizable global shortcuts, this is a great addition and very much appreciated.
NepTunes is pretty much flawless at this point and its the only scrobbler for Mac that has been updated since the release of Apple Music, afaik. I highly recommend NepTunes to all Last.fm users, its a great app at an unbeatable price point :)
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