Prove you listened first. 🎧
You've been saying it for years: you were into that artist before everyone else. Gatekeepify gives you the receipts. Track your Spotify listening history, stack it against your friends', and settle the debate with timestamps instead of vibes.
"I've listened to Radiohead 847 times since 2017. You started in 2021. Sit down."
Because being right isn't enough — you need to prove it. Gatekeepify turns your listening history into a competitive sport, backed by real timestamped data, and lets you flex on your friends with charts, trophies, and shareable brag cards.
It's performative. It's a little bit annoying. That's the whole point.
Search any artist or track and instantly see who in your friend group listened first — and how badly you're beating (or losing to) them. Every listen is tagged verified or self-reported, so there's no faking your way to the top of the leaderboard.
Every artist gets their own page: a smooth listening-timeline chart (you vs. friends vs. the world), Last.fm global stats, your personal gatekeep standing, and a challenge card to call out a friend directly.
Earn 11 competitive awards across four tiers — Discovery, Devotion, Taste, and Dynamic. Claim the Crown for an artist, dig up deep cuts as the Archaeologist, or get roasted with The Basic anti-award. Each award has an expandable leaderboard so you can see exactly where you rank.
Pick a friend and go stat-for-stat in a side-by-side showdown with visual bars. Total domination has never been so quantifiable.
Don't wait until December. Get your year-in-review any time, for any year you have data — top artists, tracks, genres, and the numbers to back up your taste.
See what your friends are freshly into, find the artists you're embarrassingly late on, and catch rising artists before they blow up. A live activity feed keeps the trash talk flowing.
Sign in with Spotify and start tracking immediately, or upload your full Spotify data export to unlock years of listening history. The upload runs in the background with a progress bar and enriches every track as it goes.
One tap generates a clean 1080×1080 share card — artist art, your headline stat, and Gatekeepify branding — ready for your story. Available on artist pages, Wrapped, and shareable feed events.
- Sign in with Spotify — no account setup, no passwords.
- (Optional) Upload your data export for full historical depth.
- Add your friends with a one-tap invite link.
- Start gatekeeping.
Add it to your home screen on mobile for a full-screen, app-like experience.
For the curious (click to expand)
Backend: Python · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · PostgreSQL · Celery + Redis · spotipy
Frontend: Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS
Integrations: Spotify API · Last.fm API
Deployment: Railway (backend + PostgreSQL + Redis) · Vercel (frontend)