GrowlTunes is a very small app that adds notifications to iTunes. The app obviously uses Growl to deliver these notifications.
GrowlTunes comes with the main Growl download. Once you mount the DMG file, you will see that along with the Growl app there are a few folders. Under "Extras", you will find GrowlTunes, you can simply double-click it to run it or move it to the Applications folder if you want to run it the next time you boot your system. While running, GrowlTunes displays a menu in your menu bar. From there, you can see what song is playing and even access the iTunes rating system to rate it from 1 star to 5 starts.
All in all, this is a small, light app that can give you notifications when you are not looking at the iTunes window. It worked great for me and it was easy to install.
Pros
- Detailed notifications
- Access to iTunes
- Quick previewing
- Rate songs from the menu
Cons
- Freezes when switching tracks