Spotifree

Spotifree is a free OS X app that automatically detects and mutes Spotify audio ads.

Installing

1. Download Spotifree from the website;

2. Move Spotifree.app to the Applications folder, run, and enjoy your ad-free music listening experience :)

   On the first run, Spotifree will ask you if you want it to run automatically at login. If you agree, the app will be added to the login items. From this moment, Spotifree will mute all Spotify ads it detects (usually, all of them). Don't worry though, it will not impact your Mac's performance and you'll never notice it running.

How it works

Spotifree is polling Spotify every .3 seconds to see if current track has 0 popularity (as all ads do) and is 40 seconds or less in length (and all Spotify ads are). If it is, Spotify is muted for a duration of an ad. When an ad is over, the volume is set to the way it was before.

Troubleshooting

1. Kill SpotiFree process (if any) using the Activity Monitor (Applications → Utilities → Activity Monitor);
2. Get a fresh app from the website. Then install it, replacing the old one.
3. Run the app again.
4. If nothing helps, send me a message.

Origin

Based on a clever AppleScript script by Chris Ferrara.