Exactly what I was looking for!

I have not actually downloaded or tried any other apps to allow control, notification and awareness of what I have playing on Spotify, but I did look at and read through the descriptions for most of the alternatives. Simplify was about the most expensive (but only $5, so that’s a relative term), but it was SO WORTH IT!

Simplify is exactly what I was looking for. Unobtrusive identification of the song/artist that currently playing in either the menubar or in a floating ‘widget’. Notification of song/artist whenever the song changes, just like other Apple notificaitons. Album art by clicking on the menubar icon or visible all the time in the floating widget. The floating widget. Simplify called it the ‘Jacket’ and it is brilliant! A welcome surprise. You can position it wherever you want and set it to stay on top of all other windows, or not. There are several different ‘themes’ and it looks like with some light development background (HTML, CSS) you can design your own themes. I found one that attractively displays a headline of the song name, with the artist display as a subhead underneath and a white circle that shows the time elapsed for the song (Solar > To the Right). Just what I want, and wasn’t even looking for.

Excellent app. It has immediately boosted my enjoyment of Spotify immensely. WELL WORTH the $5. Kudos to the developers!

EGFStech about Simplify: control your favourite music players