Bowtie Alternatives
Bowtie is described as 'desktop accessory that allows you to see and control your music (iTunes, Spotify, Sonora, or Rdio) with customizable shortcuts, advanced Last.fm support, and hundreds of beautiful themes available to download for free' and is a Audio Player in the audio & music category. There are nine alternatives to Bowtie for Mac and iPhone. The best alternative is NepTunes, which is free. Other great apps like Bowtie are TunesArt, CoverSutra, Ecoute and Simplify.
TunesArt offers new features for iTunes : display cover art and track information on your desktop (many themes available), get notification on track change, display bezel notifications on play/pause/next/prev, search your iTunes Library, scrobble to Last.
CoverSutra gives you a handy and attractive way to control iTunes without ever leaving your current app.
Discontinued
The web site for this app and developer just loads a logo. The app can't be found in the Mac App Store. Others have reported it is abandoned.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- iPhone
[Free fo Mac, $2.99 for iPhone].
Discontinued
No updates and the page is abandoned
Simplify is the simplest way to control your music.
Menu Bar Ticker is a simple macOS menu bar item that displays the current artist and song playing in Music (aka iTunes) or Spotify.
This is a popup that shows Spotify current playback information, made and tested specially for macOS. It also allows you to add tracks to your library and playlists.
No screenshots yetBarTunes allows you to control iTunes from your Mac's menu bar.
Play/Pause and Next/Previous functions for Spotify directly on your Menu Bar!.