Best Album Tracking Apps in 2026: Rate, Log and Review Music
Log every album you listen to, rate it, and keep it with your books and films. Achriom, Last.fm, RateYourMusic, ListenBrainz, Musicboard and Discogs compared.
To log every album you listen to, rate it and keep it next to your books and films, use Achriom. It tracks albums with films, books, TV and anime in one library, imports your Apple Music library on iOS, and has an opt-in public profile for reviews and lists. If what you want is automatic play counts, that is a different job: Last.fm and ListenBrainz scrobble in the background. If you want a community built around charts and genre ratings, RateYourMusic is the long-standing one.
We make Achriom, so it comes first. The rest follow in the order most people ask about them.
Last verified: October 19, 2026, against each product’s own pages and, where a site blocks automated access, Wikipedia. Prices we could not open a page for are left out.
How we compared them: the same questions for every app: what it tracks, whether it logs automatically or by hand, what it costs, and what it does with the rest of your taste. See the full media tracker comparison for all 17 trackers side by side.
Albums on the same shelf as your films and books. Add what you've been playing, rate it, write a line if you want to. Free, no item limit, no card.
Start free →What a music tracker needs to do
Listening is messier than reading or watching. A good music tracker handles:
- Logging what you actually listened to, whether scrobbled or manual
- Ratings that mean something at the album level, rather than per track
- Memory across years, not weeks
- Discovery that isn’t purely algorithmic
- Connecting to the rest of your taste, if music is part of a bigger picture
Different apps solve different parts of that list.
Achriom
Pick it for: albums logged and rated beside your films, books, TV and anime
Achriom keeps eight kinds of media in one library, albums among them. You add albums by search, by importing your Apple Music library on iOS, or by asking the librarian to add a list. You rate in half-stars, write a review if you want to, and mark albums you have on vinyl, CD or cassette. Private by default: turn on a public profile when you want one, then follow people and share reviews, lists and your diary. Follower counts stay private.
The librarian sees all of your taste, so you can ask it for an album that echoes a film you loved or a novel you just finished, and preview 30 seconds of tracks in the chat. Free with no item limit and 10 librarian messages a month; Pro is $9.99 a month for 200 messages, more Taste Portrait refreshes and every Taste reading. See the album tracker page for the shorter pitch.
What it does:
- Albums, films, books, TV and anime in one library
- Apple Music library import on iOS
- Half-star ratings, reviews and lists you can make public
- A full-library CSV export, so your data isn’t trapped
- 30-second Apple Music previews in chat
- Private by default, with follower counts kept private
The limitation: no automatic scrobbling, and no direct Last.fm or RateYourMusic import yet. Direct imports are on the roadmap. Until then, add albums by search or ask the librarian to add a list.
Last.fm
Pick it for: automatic scrobbling and listening history
Last.fm launched in 2002 and builds a profile from every track you play, through your music player or a plug-in, then shows weekly charts and top artists, albums and tracks. It also recommends artists by comparing your listening with other users’. Free; Last.fm Pro is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, and removes ads (except on third-party video such as YouTube), lets you edit scrobbles and adds advanced stats and listening reports.
What it does well:
- Automatic scrobbling from your player
- Weekly, monthly and yearly charts
- Artist pages with play counts, similar artists and tags
- Pro adds scrobble editing and historical reports
The limitation: it counts plays, not opinions. A record left on while cooking counts the same as the one you sat down with.
RateYourMusic (RYM)
Pick it for: genre-level ratings, charts and lists
RateYourMusic is a social cataloging site for music releases (and, since 2009, films), founded in December 2000. Ratings are on a five-star scale and are rolled up into community charts you can filter by year, genre, subgenre, format and country. Its genre taxonomy is edited by users and approved by moderators, and as of August 2026 users had made more than 1.6 million lists, according to Wikipedia. You need an account to catalog, rate, review or post in the forums.
What it does well:
- A genre and subgenre taxonomy that takes music seriously
- Charts by year, genre, format and country
- User-made lists and forums for discovery
How it differs from an album diary: RYM is about the release: where it sits in a genre, how the community rates it, what the charts say. An album diary is about you: what you played this week, what you gave four stars, what you finished on the train. RYM answers “what is the best post-punk record of 1981”; a diary answers “what did I think of it, and what was I reading then”. You can use both.
The limitation: it does not scrobble, and it is built around the catalogue, not your own shelf. If you want one place for albums, books and films, RYM covers music and films only.
ListenBrainz
Pick it for: free, open-source scrobbling
ListenBrainz is run by the MetaBrainz Foundation, the non-profit behind MusicBrainz. Its own about page calls it a free and open source project that collects listening data and releases it under an open license, and it can import Last.fm and Libre.fm scrobbles to build your history.
What it does well:
- Free and open source
- Imports your existing Last.fm scrobbles
- Open listening data
The limitation: it is a listening log, not a place for reviews or a diary of what you thought.
Musicboard
Pick it for: a ratings, reviews and lists app for albums
Musicboard describes itself as “Ratings, Reviews, and Lists” for exploring new music. We compare it with the other apps that give albums a Letterboxd-style log in Letterboxd for music.
The limitation: it is music only, so your albums live apart from your books and films.
Discogs
Pick it for: cataloguing physical releases
Discogs is a user-built database and marketplace for audio recordings. Its specialty is telling versions of a release apart, such as the more than 400 versions of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and it lets sellers list vinyl, CDs and cassettes.
The limitation: it is for finding and selling specific pressings. If you don’t own records, you won’t need it.
Apple Music and Spotify libraries
Pick them for: a log of what you streamed
The libraries inside Apple Music and Spotify record what you play as a byproduct of using the service. They answer “what did I stream” and say nothing about what you thought. Achriom can import your Apple Music library on iOS, so that history can become a rated shelf.
Quick comparison
| App | What it is for | Logs automatically | Albums beside films and books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achriom | Albums, films, books, TV and anime in one library | No (manual, plus Apple Music import on iOS) | Yes |
| Last.fm | Scrobbling and listening charts | Yes | No |
| RateYourMusic | Genre ratings, charts and lists | No | Films only |
| ListenBrainz | Free, open-source scrobbling | Yes | No |
| Musicboard | Album ratings, reviews and lists | Not stated | No |
| Discogs | Database and marketplace for physical releases | No | No |
| Apple Music / Spotify | The service’s own play history | Yes | No |
Prices: Achriom is free with no item limit, Pro $9.99 a month. Last.fm is free, Pro $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year. ListenBrainz is free.
Which should you use?
Use Achriom if you want to log and rate albums where your films and books already live, and ask something that sees all of it.
Use Last.fm if the play count is the point and you want it collected for you.
Use RateYourMusic if you think in genres and want charts and lists from a community that argues about them.
Use ListenBrainz if you want free, open-source scrobbling, or to move your Last.fm history somewhere open.
Use Musicboard if you want a music-only ratings, reviews and lists app.
Use Discogs if you collect physical releases.
Last.fm plus Achriom is a reasonable stack: Last.fm keeps the automatic count, Achriom keeps the albums you rate and remember. Swap Last.fm for ListenBrainz if you prefer open source.
Album tracker app or scrobbler: they are not the same thing
Two different tools get called a music tracker app, and picking the wrong one is a common way to end up disappointed.
A scrobbler records everything you play in the background. Last.fm and ListenBrainz both do this. You do nothing and the count builds: exhaustive, and mostly silent about what you thought.
An album tracker app records what you thought. You log the album deliberately, rate it, maybe write two lines. Far less data, far more signal.
You can run both. Let a scrobbler collect the plays, and use an album tracker for the records you want to remember.
Keep the albums you'll want to remember. Achriom puts them on one shelf with your films, books, TV and anime. Free to start, no card.
Try Achriom free →Related reading: your personal library as an AI context window.
Related guides:
- The Best Album Tracker for People Who Also Read and Watch
- Best Letterboxd for Music Apps in 2026
- Best Last.fm Alternatives in 2026: Scrobbling and Music Tracking
- How to Export Your Last.fm Scrobbles (2026 Guide)
Common questions
What is the best album tracking app in 2026?
For logging and rating albums next to your films and books, Achriom. For automatic play counts, Last.fm or ListenBrainz. For genre charts and ratings, RateYourMusic.
Is there a free album tracker?
Yes. Achriom is free with no item limit, ListenBrainz is free and open source, and Last.fm has a free tier with a Pro plan at $4.99 a month.
Is there a Letterboxd for music?
Yes. Achriom gives albums half-star ratings, reviews, lists and a diary beside your films and books, and Musicboard describes itself as “Ratings, Reviews, and Lists” for music. Both are compared in our Letterboxd for music guide.
Can I import my Apple Music library?
Yes, on iOS. Open the Achriom sidebar, tap Import, select Apple Music, and sign in with your Apple ID. Achriom only reads your library.
Can I import Last.fm or RateYourMusic data into Achriom?
Not directly yet. Direct imports are on the roadmap. For now, add albums by search or ask the librarian to add a list.
How is RateYourMusic different from an album diary?
RateYourMusic is about the release: its genre, its community rating and where it sits in the charts. An album diary is about you: what you played, what you rated and what you thought.
Does Achriom replace Last.fm?
Not directly. Last.fm scrobbles what you play; Achriom keeps the albums you rate beside your films and books. You can use both.
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