Skip Tunes

Name: Skip Tunes
Price: 2.99 USD
Rating: 0 (0 reviews)
Author: YMMV

Your music's control center.

Only for Mac

$2.99

Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

YMMV
Language

EN
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Size

1.4
MB

Mac

Skip Tunes is a simple Mac app that allows you to easily control iTunes and Spotify from your Menu Bar. Features: - Control iTunes and Spotify from your menu bar - Display OS X Notifications - Adjust Volume Controls - Share to Facebook & Twitter - Show or Hide Controls in your Menu Bar - Set Keyboard Shortcuts - Rate iTunes Tracks - Detach window from menu bar - Optimized for Retina Displays Skip Tunes has been covered in Cnet, Macworld, Cult of Mac, The Next Web, Lifehacker, and others. See more info at https://skiptunes.com

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It does the basics
07/06/2018

Musicbrainbooks
I finally caved and bought this because I got a new laptop and my favorite app of this type, Amplify, appears to no longer be available. I liked that better because the song title was in the menu bar and clicking would provide additional information and controls (whereas with this app only an icon is in the menu bar and all information is accessed by clicking). The pop-up at the start of each song is kind of nice but also distracting. The album art would be great if it wasn’t always a song behind (Drake’s face showing up during an MC Lars song was a pretty easy tip-off, though apparently if you hit the “play/pause” button on the keyboard it somehow catches up, as that just happened to me). Also I assume the time remaining is the time remaining in the playlist or something? Currently it’s 64:27:54, so literally useless. This app does everything it claims to, it just doesn’t do those things well. $3 still feels steep but I was desperate.

Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback! We are working on a fix for the the time remaining.
It does the basics
07/06/2018

Musicbrainbooks

I finally caved and bought this because I got a new laptop and my favorite app of this type, Amplify, appears to no longer be available. I liked that better because the song title was in the menu bar and clicking would provide additional information and controls (whereas with this app only an icon is in the menu bar and all information is accessed by clicking). The pop-up at the start of each song is kind of nice but also distracting. The album art would be great if it wasn’t always a song behind (Drake’s face showing up during an MC Lars song was a pretty easy tip-off, though apparently if you hit the “play/pause” button on the keyboard it somehow catches up, as that just happened to me). Also I assume the time remaining is the time remaining in the playlist or something? Currently it’s 64:27:54, so literally useless. This app does everything it claims to, it just doesn’t do those things well. $3 still feels steep but I was desperate.
Developer Response 12/31/2018
Thanks for the feedback! We are working on a fix for the the time remaining.
Works well enough
07/10/2018

RichardDaniels
The menu bar buttons work perfectly. However, the mini window has trouble displaying the seek bar and album art. Also, Skip Tunes consume a bit more CPU power than you'd expect (a tad bit more than iTunes itself).

Developer Response
This was recently fixed! Working on a fix for the CPU power draw
Works well enough
07/10/2018

RichardDaniels

The menu bar buttons work perfectly. However, the mini window has trouble displaying the seek bar and album art. Also, Skip Tunes consume a bit more CPU power than you'd expect (a tad bit more than iTunes itself).
Developer Response 12/31/2018
This was recently fixed! Working on a fix for the CPU power draw
Love this app! Lets me create custom keyboard shortcuts to play/pause/skip tracks
03/29/2018

Rustoleum
I don’t understand all the negative reviews. I’ve been using this app for years and love it! I rarely use the menus to play/pause/skip tracks though. Instead, and this is way easier, I created my own custom keyboard shortcuts, making it so I don’t have to keep going back to iTunes or even Skip Tunes menus.To create custom keyboard shortcuts, click the Skip Tunes icon at the top of your screen, click the gear icon at the bottom-right of the Skip Tunes window, select Preferences. Then, click the “Shortcuts” tab at the top of the Preferences window. From there, create your own shortcuts. For Pause/Play Track I use Command-UpArrow; for Next Track I use Command-RightArrow; and for Previous Track I use Command-LeftArrow.Works like a charm! Well worth $2.99!
Love this app! Lets me create custom keyboard shortcuts to play/pause/skip tracks
03/29/2018

Rustoleum

I don’t understand all the negative reviews. I’ve been using this app for years and love it! I rarely use the menus to play/pause/skip tracks though. Instead, and this is way easier, I created my own custom keyboard shortcuts, making it so I don’t have to keep going back to iTunes or even Skip Tunes menus.To create custom keyboard shortcuts, click the Skip Tunes icon at the top of your screen, click the gear icon at the bottom-right of the Skip Tunes window, select Preferences. Then, click the “Shortcuts” tab at the top of the Preferences window. From there, create your own shortcuts. For Pause/Play Track I use Command-UpArrow; for Next Track I use Command-RightArrow; and for Previous Track I use Command-LeftArrow.Works like a charm! Well worth $2.99!
Solid, simple, sold
04/23/2020

Mau.5
When I first got Skip Tunes, the biggest issueit had was merely an annoyance: the artwork bug was pervasive, and didn't feel like I was going to be addressed any time soon.Other than that, the app delivered, it was simple and solid. Well thought user interface and its usefulness allowed me to keep it on my menubar... despite the artwork bug.I hadn't even noticed when it got addressed, but a few months ago I noticed it did get addressed... and kept from writing anyting since I wanted to be sure it was not just sheer luck that the artwork was working as it should've from the very beginning. With the artwork fixed, this app is pure joy to use... even if you don't use the 'set your own' keyboard shortcuts, even if you don't care for the artwork or for anything else other than pause/forward... this app works as it should.So very glad that the artwork bug got fixed. I just migrated to a new macbook and sure enough this was one of the apps I made sure to carry over to my new setup.Thank you so much for keeping it top-notch.
Solid, simple, sold
04/23/2020

Mau.5

When I first got Skip Tunes, the biggest issueit had was merely an annoyance: the artwork bug was pervasive, and didn't feel like I was going to be addressed any time soon.Other than that, the app delivered, it was simple and solid. Well thought user interface and its usefulness allowed me to keep it on my menubar... despite the artwork bug.I hadn't even noticed when it got addressed, but a few months ago I noticed it did get addressed... and kept from writing anyting since I wanted to be sure it was not just sheer luck that the artwork was working as it should've from the very beginning. With the artwork fixed, this app is pure joy to use... even if you don't use the 'set your own' keyboard shortcuts, even if you don't care for the artwork or for anything else other than pause/forward... this app works as it should.So very glad that the artwork bug got fixed. I just migrated to a new macbook and sure enough this was one of the apps I made sure to carry over to my new setup.Thank you so much for keeping it top-notch.

- Replaced iTunes player with Apple Music - Fixed Spotify player - Fixed tracking - Fixed UI bugs - Other bug fixes

Version 3.4

11/10/2024

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