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TIDAL users are a different breed of music fans. You don't settle for heavily compressed audio, and you certainly don't settle for a mediocre user experience. You care about high-fidelity sound and deeply engaging with your meticulously curated library. But when it comes to tracking your daily listening habits, TIDAL’s native tools can leave power users wanting more.
While the platform does offer its end-of-year "TIDAL Rewind" and monthly stat breakdowns, waiting around to see your most-played tracks isn't enough for true data lovers. Furthermore, while TIDAL allows you to link your Last.fm account natively within its app settings, that integration operates as a complete black box. You have absolutely zero control over how your music is tagged, leaving your immaculate Last.fm charts vulnerable to messy metadata and duplicated artists.
Enter Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble, built specifically for Android users who demand perfection, Now Playing is the ultimate music tracker. If you want pristine Last.fm charts, deep on-device analytics, and total control over your high-fidelity streaming data, here is why Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble is the absolute best tool for your TIDAL library.
Why Use Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble for TIDAL?
When you care enough about music to pay for premium lossless audio, you need a scrobbler that respects your data just as much. Here is how Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble puts the power back in your hands:
Pristine Metadata Control: TIDAL's metadata is generally excellent, but occasionally you will encounter tracks cluttered with "(Remastered)" tags or inconsistent featured artist formatting. Now Playing automatically cleans your track metadata, including stripping multiple artists to normalize it for Last.fm, right out of the box. There is no need to write custom regular expressions. You can also manually edit track titles before they are scrobbled, ensuring your charts remain flawless.
Flawless Offline Caching: A major perk of TIDAL is downloading massive FLAC and Hi-Res files for offline listening. Unfortunately, native scrobbling integrations drop the ball when you disconnect from the internet. Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble caches all your offline listening directly on your device and seamlessly scrobbles the batch when your connection returns.
On-Device Stats & Charts: You shouldn't have to wait for your annual TIDAL Rewind to see your listening trends. Now Playing generates a stunning, highly detailed music stats dashboard right on your phone. Instantly view your Top Songs, Artists, and Genres filtered by Week, Month, Year, or All-Time.
Block the Noise: Do you use TIDAL for ambient focus sounds or white noise? Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble lets you block specific tracks from being scrobbled, ensuring your Last.fm profile remains a true reflection of your musical taste.
How-To Guide: Scrobbling TIDAL to Last.fm
Setting up Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble to manage your TIDAL scrobbles is incredibly fast.
(Note: If you are currently using TIDAL's built-in Last.fm connection via their app settings, be sure to disconnect it first so you don't end up with double scrobbles!)
Step 1: Download the App
Head over to the Google Play Store and download Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble.
Step 2: Grant Notification Access
When you first open Now Playing, you will be prompted to grant "Notification Access." This is a secure, local Android permission that allows the app to detect what song TIDAL is currently playing in your media controls. Simply toggle it on.
Step 3: Connect Your Last.fm Account
Head to Settings > Last.fm settings and tap "Enable scrobbling". The app will securely authenticate with Last.fm.
Step 4: Press Play!
Fire up your favorite Master-quality album on TIDAL. Now Playing will run silently in the background, logging every track to your private local journal and accurately scrobbling it to Last.fm.
How Does It Compare to Other Scrobbling Methods?
If you want the best possible tracking experience on Android, here is why Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble outshines the alternatives:
1. Now Playing vs. TIDAL's Native Integration
Connecting your Last.fm account directly inside the TIDAL app is convenient, but it strips you of all control. The native connection cannot filter out unwanted tracks, offers zero metadata editing, and is entirely reliant on server-side syncing. Now Playing fixes this by tracking your music locally, ensuring 100% accuracy, providing offline caching, and letting you clean up your tags.
2. Now Playing vs. Pano Scrobbler
Pano Scrobbler is a fantastic open-source tool, but Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble offers a fundamentally richer experience for power users. While Pano is largely a delivery system to get your data to Last.fm, Now Playing acts as your personal music journal. Additionally, while Pano relies on user-defined regular expressions (regex) to fix messy tags, Now Playing automatically cleans and normalizes your metadata out of the box. Featuring a gorgeous Material 3 Expressive UI, Now Playing stores a permanent, exportable backup of your history directly on your device and provides deep, interactive charts that rival TIDAL Rewind itself.
3. Now Playing vs. The Official Last.fm App
The official Last.fm app for Android is notoriously unreliable, frequently draining battery life and dropping background scrobbles. Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble was engineered from the ground up to be lightweight. It consumes less than 1% of your battery life, loads instantly, and runs with rock-solid stability.
Perfect Your Listening Data
As a TIDAL user, you already value a premium music experience. Don't let a sub-par tracking setup ruin your stats.
Download Now Playing: Stats & Scrobble to get the perfect bridge between TIDAL's incredible audio quality and Last.fm's tracking power. Take ownership of your listening data, clean up your charts, and build the ultimate, pristine archive of your music journey today!
Looking to track your Spotify history instead? Check out our guide Take Back Control of Your Spotify Stats.
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