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Stars for Mac

Rate iTunes songs from the menubar.

$2.99
In English
Version 5.1.2
4.3
Based on 26 user rates

Stars overview

Stars lets you rate the currently playing song in iTunes from your menu bar with a single click of the mouse. After enough songs are rated, you can use the data to create smart playlists that contains your most favorite music in iTunes.

Features
  • You can see the current song's rating with a quick glance at the menu bar
  • Stars notifies you to rate a song if it's unrated when you're 3/4th of the way through the song
  • Play/pause, next, and previous buttons to control iTunes. Option clicking the previous/next buttons skips and rewinds by 10 seconds. Holding down on the buttons will fast-forward and rewind
  • View album cover art while rating the current track
  • You can setup keyboard shortcuts to change the rating with
  • Correctly shows album ratings and half-star ratings
  • It takes up room to show the stars in the menubar only when iTunes is playing

What’s new in version 5.1.2

Version 5.1.2:
  • Minor fixes

Stars for Mac

$2.99
In English
Version 5.1.2
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4.3

(40 Reviews of Stars)

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Aetnaria
Aetnaria
Nov 29 2019
5.1.2
2.0
Nov 29 2019
2.0
Version: 5.1.2
Used to work great. No longer displays the rating in stars at the top nor lets you "Rate songs with a single click" on the current macOS. Support does not respond.
MisterE
MisterE
Jun 9 2013
4.3
0.0
Jun 9 2013
0.0
Version: 4.3
It's a pretty nice idea but, for me it uses up too much precious menu bar space. You can rate songs, as they're playing, using keyboard shortcuts and do a whole lot more for free with the awesome app Quicksilver. I use it for almost everything from launching apps to moving files, searching my computer, etc.
MackinTush
MackinTush
Apr 26 2013
4.2.1
5.0
Apr 26 2013
5.0
Version: 4.2.1
Great little gem. This little great program makes Apple computing so much more fun.
Lounge-Deluxe
Lounge-Deluxe
Jun 6 2012
4.1.1
0.0
Jun 6 2012
0.0
Version: 4.1.1
I've tried ILS and indeed it does what is says. But no matter how much I would like to use start rating the thing that keeps me from it is the fact that (at least to my knowledge) there is no way to save and export the star ratings for your music library. Of course this has nothing to do with I Love Stars but all with Apple, and I've given up hope that Apple will ever save the star ratings hard coded in at least AAC and Apple Lossless file formats (as tag information).
dwp-1
dwp-1
Mar 29 2012
3.6.2
5.0
Mar 29 2012
5.0
Version: 3.6.2
I Love Stars does just what it claims to do and very simply. It's perfect!
Aetnaria
Aetnaria
Nov 29 2019
2.0
Nov 29 2019
2.0
Version: null
qandamail
qandamail
Feb 8 2015
4.0
Feb 8 2015
4.0
Version: null
MackinTush
MackinTush
Apr 26 2013
5.0
Apr 26 2013
5.0
Version: null
alexbrown
alexbrown
Apr 5 2012
5.0
Apr 5 2012
5.0
Version: null
dwp-1
dwp-1
Mar 29 2012
5.0
Mar 29 2012
5.0
Version: null
Giovanni-Marcucci
Giovanni-Marcucci
Jun 17 2011
5.0
Jun 17 2011
5.0
Version: null
Mart°n
Mart°n
Jun 16 2011
4.5
Jun 16 2011
4.5
Version: null
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Fontgoddess
Jun 15 2011
5.0
Jun 15 2011
5.0
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rhessel
May 22 2011
3.5
May 22 2011
3.5
Version: null
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xati-ba
Mar 3 2011
5.0
Mar 3 2011
5.0
Version: null
Mette
Mette
Jan 16 2011
4.5
Jan 16 2011
4.5
Version: null
consumerx
consumerx
Jan 10 2011
4.0
Jan 10 2011
4.0
Version: null
Ikir
Ikir
Jan 9 2011
4.5
Jan 9 2011
4.5
Version: null
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Damian Weiss
Jan 8 2011
3.0
Jan 8 2011
3.0
Version: null
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Jan 7 2011
2.5
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May 10 2010
5.0
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Dec 16 2009
5.0
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5.0
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Sep 11 2009
5.0
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5.0
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Jan 27 2009
3.0
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3.0
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5.0
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