WARM or SpinCounts: which one shows your radio airplay?
SpinCounts is a free airplay tracker with a U.S. focus. It reads the song data that stations publish alongside their streams and shows spins, stations and air times on free public pages. WARM finds songs in the broadcast audio itself, on stations in 160+ countries. SpinCounts publishes its own comparison with WARM. Here is how the two compare, using what each company publishes.
| Feature | WARM | SpinCounts |
|---|---|---|
| How plays are found | WARM: WARM recognises the song in the audio of the broadcast | SpinCounts: Reads the "now playing" and play-history feeds stations publish, and matches title, artist and ISRC |
| Radio stations covered | WARM: 21,000+ stations in 160+ countries | SpinCounts: 6,800+ active stations with a U.S. focus; its station list puts 3,763 of them in the United States (SpinCounts' figures) |
| Stations that publish no song data | WARM: Counted: the song is found in the audio | SpinCounts: Not reached; a play needs an entry in the station feed, by its own account |
| What each play shows | WARM: Station, country, city, start time and duration of every play | SpinCounts: Station, air time as the station's feed reports it, and the station's location |
| Which songs | WARM: The songs you add: each plan covers a number of songs | SpinCounts: Every song it detects, yours or anyone else's, automatically |
| Price | WARM: From €15 a month for 2 songs, billed monthly or yearly | SpinCounts: Tracking and reports are free; it sells promotion campaigns from $149 and three-month public spin pages for $99.99 |
| History | WARM: 90 days on plans under 50 songs, 365 days from 50 songs, up to 2 years by agreement | SpinCounts: Lifetime totals since it started monitoring; play-by-play in its API covers about five weeks |
| API | WARM: Yes, set up by agreement | SpinCounts: A free trial key for 2,000 calls a month; production plans by quote |
| Free option | WARM: Yes: 5 songs for 30 days, no credit card | SpinCounts: A free account, with no trial needed |
SpinCounts figures are as published on its own website, read on 3 November 2026: SpinCounts vs WARM, SpinCounts methodology, SpinCounts membership, SpinCounts products, SpinCounts Data API, SpinCounts stations. Products change; check their current pages before you decide.
Where SpinCounts is stronger
- It is free: unlimited reports with a free account and no card.
- Every song it hears is tracked, including your back catalogue and other artists.
- Public pages anyone can open without an account, and a station list you can check against its count.
- A self-serve API with a free trial key.
Where WARM is stronger
- Plays found in the broadcast audio, so stations that publish no song data still count. SpinCounts says so itself.
- Radio in 160+ countries. More than half of the stations on SpinCounts' list are in the United States.
- The duration of every play, not only the time it aired.
- A play does not depend on a station's feed. SpinCounts notes gaps where a feed shows only its last few songs.
The short answer
If your radio is mostly in the United States and you want free, public numbers for a whole catalogue, SpinCounts is built for that. If you need plays found in the broadcast itself, on stations in 160+ countries, with the duration of each play, WARM is built for that.
Free trial: 5 songs for 30 days. No credit card required.