I have fully latched onto the notion of rating all my tracks in iTunes. Since I have nearly 21,000 tracks in my library, it’s going to take some time to rate them all. While I love iTunes, the interface is large and bulky and cumbersome for rating song-by-song. So, I looked for some easy to use applications. From HUD-like (those floating charcoal windows) to menu apps, I really didn’t find one that worked well. TuneBar seemed to be the perfect answer but when it starting crashing and making my hard drive go nuts with its memory leak, I gave up on it after repeated ignored support requests to the author. So I went back to just opening iTunes, when I thought of it, to rate. That hasn’t gone very well. Fortunately, this weekend I discovered RateMe!

RateMe! is very basic in what it does, but it does it so well that it just will not disappoint. Simply displaying five spots on your menu bar, you click on one of the five positions to transform the small white square into a star. Right click on it and you can select from the pop-up Increase or Decrease which will do so in half-star increments. Yes, half-stars are here baby! Man, I can’t tell you how long I’ve wanted this feature in iTunes and now here it is. Your half ratings will also appear in the iTunes interface as well. Sweet!

RateMe! lets you play, pause, mute, loop the current track, and perform other minor tasks. It also displays the track name and artist for a brief moment at the start of each song. SvenOnTech confirmed with RateMe! author Michael Markert via email this morning that this feature will be configurable to show longer or toggle in an upcoming release.

RateMe! is freeware but Market would appreciate any donations from you elated users. Give it a try and do thank him for his work if you continue to use RateMe!

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