Since I reviewed Sizzling Keys and Synergy, two free iTunes keyboard controllers, there was a request for a review of GimmeSomeTune (Donationware), so I thought I would review it here. It is very similar to the previous two apps with a few exceptions, which I will focus on in this review.
Interface Rating: 
Like the other two apps, GimmeSomeTune consists of a floater and a preference window. Instead of living in System Preferences, however, GimmeSomeTune’s prefs are accessed from a menu bar item.
One difference in this application is that you have some degree of customizability over the floater, including font face, size, weight, and opacity of the overall window. One quirk, however, was that it wouldn’t let me set the play/pause shortcut to ctrl+space, claiming it was already used as a system wide shortcut.
Some additional feature unique to GimmeSomeTune include the ability to update iChat status based on your current music as well as support for last.fm.
Functionality Rating: 
This app offers much of the same functionality as the other two applications, including toggling the shuffle mode. It also adds the ability to automatically fetch album artwork and lyrics for songs that don’t have any. Since most of my songs already have artwork, I can’t fully speak to this feature, but the lyrics fetching seems to work pretty well most of the time. You can also display the lyrics to the current song with a keyboard shortcut if you want.
Overall, this app would earn a 5 star rating in this area except that it would occasionally hang up and crash. I’m not sure exactly what the problem was, but I definitely think the app is still worth a look for the extra features.
Value Rating:
Although still donationware, you can download an unlimited version for free. If you find the app to be useful, I recommend that you donate, however.
Overall Overall Rating:
Ultimately, this is a decent app with a few more features than the other iTunes controllers we have reviewed. We recommend that you check out each of them before making a decision as each has a slightly different feature set.
