Browser extension for record collectors

Rate
Lens

Issue 01 / 2026

Frequency 44.1 kHz

Status: listening

RateLens

Upgrading your taste, or still awful?

On every album cover

A precision gauge. Plenty of opinions.

Hover an album, click the gauge and compare ratings without leaving your music.

Works with

SpotifyDeezerApple MusicBandcampTidalYouTube MusicQobuzAmazon Music
Now playing

One click,
tons of reviews

RateLens pulls seven references together so you know at a glance whether this record deserves the B-side.

Add to Chrome — it's free

At Work In The Fields Of The Bomb

Deafheaven · EP · 2026

← Click the VU meter on the cover

Theme

Pick your style

One mark, 6 themes

One vintage VU meter, the RateLens signature. Six themes to make it your own.

RateLens — VURateLens
VU / 01

The themes

  • Studio Hi-Fi8.7
  • Vinyle & Papier8.7
  • Streaming Dark8.7
  • Clean Light8.7
  • Red Stream8.7
  • Purple Flow8.7

Dark Studio Hi-Fi, editorial Vinyl & Paper, Spotify-style Streaming Dark, Apple Music-style Clean Light, YouTube Music-style Red Stream, Deezer-style Purple Flow — system or built-in fonts.

Install

Plug in and listen.

  1. 1

    Click “Add to Chrome”: you'll land on the Chrome Web Store listing.

  2. 2

    Confirm the install: RateLens shows up in your toolbar.

  3. 3

    Hover a cover, then click the little RateLens gauge.

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No more excuses for having terrible taste.

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