FMFinder Review
Price: $0.99
Version: 1.0
App Reviewed on: iPhone 4S and iPad 2
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FMFinder has many options available when it’s time to look at music recommendations. Users can select the now playing item, a song from their iPod music library, top last.fm songs, top iTunes songs and even top iTunes videos. It’s possible then to filter by searching for songs by name or artists.
Once a song is selected, the app pulls up 16 similar songs that are displayed as nodes on a web with the song name or artist underneath. The algorithm is based on criteria like similar artists and composers as well as rhythm and listening preferences on last.fm. Tapping on one of the nodes opens a new screen that lets users watch a video preview of the song, view related YouTube videos, browse the song facts and even purchase the song or video on iTunes. If users wish to view even more related songs, there’s a view related button which creates a new web graph.
With such blatant issues, it’s hard to recommend FMFinder until an update addresses the issues above. Despite these annoyances, it still isn’t a completely bad app. It does suggest new music and it aims to make the process convenient and easy. However, it seems like it may have been released a little too early as this feels more like a beta than a polished app.