FastScrobbler is a lightweight scrobbler for the Apple Music app that sends what you’re listening to Last.fm, quickly and reliably.
Connect your Last.fm account, start playing music, and FastScrobbler will:
- Update your Now Playing on Last.fm as soon as playback is detected
- Auto-scrobble once you’ve listened long enough
- Recover missed plays with best-effort history import
Features:
- Auto-scrobble with duplicate protection
- Manual “Scrobble Now” for the current track
- Manual Scrobble: manually submit any song with artist, title, album, and optional custom timestamp fields
- Listening History import to recover missed plays when the app was suspended
- Apple Music Recently Played API import for expanded recovery, including non-library tracks
- Shortcuts and Control Center support: Send Now Playing, Scrobble Song, Manual Scrobble, and Scan History
- Live Activity with scrobbling status on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
- iCloud sync for supported app data
Upgrade to Pro in the app for advanced features:
- Choose when a track scrobbles: 10% / 25% / 50% / 75% of the song duration
- Remove brackets from song and album titles when scrobbling
- Text replacement rules for artist, song, and album metadata
- Mark favourited songs in Apple Music as Loved on Last.fm
- Use Album Artist when scrobbling, when available
- Scrobble only the first credited artist
What's new (v6.0)
Version 6.0:
- Tap the "Now Playing" card to open a full-screen view
- Choose between colourful and monochrome button themes
- “Scrobble Now” button is no longer unavailable when scrobbling is paused
- Various behind-the-scenes optimisations