Play in your appPlay in your music app
Every song window in Risocast has a play button named after your music app: Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Music. Press it and the song opens there; with Spotify connected it starts playing on the Spotify you already have open, without switching apps.
Which app
Risocast works out which app you use from where your plays come from. To choose yourself, open Options in the menu bar, or Play songs in under File › Connect media…, and pick Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music or The app I use most.
What happens when you press Play
| Where | What happens |
|---|---|
| Spotify, connected | The song starts on the Spotify you have open (phone or computer). Needs Spotify Premium; otherwise it opens in Spotify. |
| Spotify | The track opens in the Spotify app (or Spotify's search, when there's no sure match). |
| Apple Music | The track opens in Apple Music, found through Apple's catalogue (or its search, when there's no sure match). |
| YouTube Music | YouTube Music opens a search for the song. |
| Android app | Risocast asks your music app to find the song and play it. |
Previews
On a computer, right-click any song in Risocast, in a list, a profile or a Music window, and choose Play preview for a 30-second clip. Previews come from Deezer, or Apple where Deezer has none.
Questions
- Can it play a song I found on someone's profile?
- Yes. Open the song for its play button, or right-click it and choose Play preview.
- Do I need to connect anything?
- No. Connecting Spotify only adds playing on the device you have open.
See also
Risocast is free. Install it once and it logs everything you play.
Updated 6 October 2026
Risocast HelpA music log that fills itself in. It records the songs you play on your computer and your phone, turns them into your top songs, stats and a public profile, and finds people whose taste overlaps with yours.
Yes. The app and the website are free.
A song counts once half of it has played, or four minutes — whichever comes first. Songs of 30 seconds or less, and videos or podcasts over 20 minutes, never count.
On Windows, anything that shows up in Windows' media controls: Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Deezer, browsers, foobar2000, Windows Media Player and more (VLC, iTunes and MusicBee through their free media-controls plugin). On Android, any music app — it reads the same now-playing info your lock screen shows. You can also connect Spotify or import from Last.fm.
Yes. Plays are counted on your device and sent when you're back online, and the phone app opens without a connection.
It does the same core job — scrobbling, automatically — without plugins per player, and adds taste matching: see who listens like you and how much your taste overlaps.
Your profile and listening are public so people with similar taste can find you, unless you make your profile private (then only your buddies see it); your email never is. Nothing is sold and there are no ads; anonymous usage analytics (Microsoft Clarity, Google Analytics) show what to improve. See the privacy policy for the details.
More in Help, the guides and the privacy policy.
Welcome to Risocast
RisocastYour music, logged. Your people, found.
A small player that sits in your tray, writes down every song you play, and shows you who listens like you.
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How logging works
On Windows, Risocast reads the system media controls, so any player counts: Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Deezer, browsers, foobar2000. No plugins.
On Android the app reads what any music app is playing (it's coming to Google Play). Anywhere else, connect Spotify or a Last.fm username.
Taste twins
See how much your taste overlaps with anyone's, and find the people who listen most like you. The match comes from what you both actually play, not a list of favourites.
Open PeopleWeekly Disc and Taste Map
Every week becomes a disc of your top songs. Every record you play goes on a map, grouped by genre.
Real ones, from the maker's own listening.
Download Risocast
Risocast is free for Windows 10 and 11. Android is coming to Google Play; on any other device, use the web app with Spotify or Last.fm.
- Version 4.0.9 · Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) · about 100 MB
- Updates itself: new versions download in the background and install on restart.
- Every installer is published with its SHA-256 checksum on the releases page.
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