Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

stephenstud reviewed v0.87 on Jan 1, 2014

I'm not sure if it was just my system, but when I installed the beta or the version before my system froze when the app started.

GrailKnight reviewed v0.81 on Aug 24, 2012

@@Plumber
Perhaps you should try again or at least read the Help File seeing how Godfather is too difficult for you to use.

Nice to see a new version and it is working fine.

Blackholesun reviewed v0.81 Beta 2 on Nov 21, 2011

Simply the best tools for tagging. So easy to use
I think mp3tag is so overrated compared to this.

Plumber reviewed v0.80 on Oct 19, 2010

Upon installing and launching:

"Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed."

Uh... WTH are you talking about? Nothing in the log. No details provided anywhere.

And when I navigate in the tree, not a single file appears in the right pane.

Nice stuff.

Typical high-rated freeware.

And| reviewed v0.80 on Oct 19, 2010

IT IS BACK! The best application for manipulating ID3 tags, titles and so forth.

TuxmanXP reviewed v0.80 on Oct 19, 2010

Good to see that the second ;-) best tagging application is alive and kicking. Good job again!

ghammer reviewed v0.80 Beta on Sep 13, 2010

A welcome return!
This was and is my favoite tool for tagging audio files.
Give it a try, be aware that it is a beta after many years of absense.

4122 reviewed v0.72 Beta on Oct 1, 2009

While this version is just now being added to BetaNews it's actually a very old version. I'm going to rate this a 5 as it was the top of its field at the time of its release, but time has marched on and The Godfather doesn't handle some of the newer tags.

Like arjesus I had to move on to mp3tag because development stopped on this program, but I didn't go willingly. If The Godfather hadn't stopped development I'd still be using it to this day.

R.I.P.

arjesus reviewed v0.72 Beta on Oct 1, 2009

i used this program long time ago, back in 2007 and it was awesome, i dunno why they paused the project.. what made me go for another app.. so i find mp3tag

EsquireX reviewed v0.71 Beta 2 on Jan 30, 2008

I gave this a four only because it didn't support what I was looking to convert from... wav files. Everything else is quite good.

ghanima reviewed v0.71 Beta 2 on Sep 2, 2007

Excellent program. Does anything you need with the music files on your computer.

And| reviewed v0.71 Beta 2 on Nov 21, 2006

Best of the best. Nothing beats it. It can re-encode music files, rename, re-tag, automatic draw the the tags from the internet and apply them.

I wouldnt want a computer without this amazing piece of software. The author can be well proud of himself.

enrom reviewed v0.71 Beta 2 on May 16, 2006

I found this software had a heavy learning curve and yet can't work the search option but is sufficient for be ¡the best!

ikki reviewed v0.71 Beta 2 on Apr 8, 2006

You won't find any better..!!!

lordnaastik reviewed v0.71 Beta 1 on Sep 9, 2005

This is an excellent audio tagging/renaming/organizing and encoding tool. The best in it's category.The only sore point is the absence of support for WMA.must try

nchmura reviewed v0.71 Beta 1 on Sep 5, 2005

I found this software had a little bit of learning curve, but once you get it, there is nothing else that compares.

If I could rate it higher than a 5, I would.

sfo reviewed v0.71 Beta 1 on Sep 5, 2005

great program, but for me it's unusable without unicode support (which it hasn't).

yagood reviewed v0.71 Beta 1 on Sep 5, 2005

There should be at least 6/5 rating for programs like this.

horsecharles reviewed v0.70 on Jul 11, 2005

Outstanding(efaristó pédimo)!!

CRUN: get both 3.5sp3 & 4.0sp8 here, scroll down to jet:
http://msdn.microsoft.co...ds/updates/default.aspx

you should also have mdac2.8sp1, scr5.6, net framework:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/

and vb runtimes6sp6:
http://www.microsoft.com...fb3c&DisplayLang=en

dzjepp reviewed v0.70 Beta 3 on Jun 20, 2005

When I install it, it gives me an error upon launch telling me I need some Jet database engine or something of sorts... anyone know where I can get the required addon this app needs?

Thanks.

Crun reviewed v0.70 Beta 2 on May 24, 2005

I have been using this prog' for quite a long time and IMHO it's simply the best!
A well deserved 5

DiGiTaLFX reviewed v0.69 Beta 3 on Jan 23, 2005

Oh yeah I see it now. 6 Stars!

ghammer reviewed v0.69 Beta 3 on Jan 23, 2005

The best for any function you care to name regarding tagging and renaming/moving you audio library. The author is the best, very responsive!

DiGiTaLFX: You can change not to have the leading zero if you want. Look at the options again carefully. Its under Tags/Rename.

DiGiTaLFX reviewed v0.69 Beta 2 on Jan 9, 2005

This program has to be the best for organisation. I absolutely love it. All I'd say is for an option to have no leading zero in the track tag (at least I can't find one!) Else its bang on.

ikki reviewed v0.69 Beta on Dec 27, 2004

Hey i want to give 6 points. =O
Far the BEST mp3 Renamer

Raven Sati reviewed v0.69 Beta on Dec 21, 2004

Everything working as promise so far. You are a good man, Dimitris. Stay free.

Vagman reviewed v0.68 on Dec 12, 2004

Its the best thats doing that job.... 5 stars maybee s not enough...
Great work Dimitri!!!

WickedLester reviewed v0.68 on Nov 11, 2004

To the person who said the design is horrible and it looks like crap and then suggest Tagscanner. I looked at Tagscanner and this application looks alot better and has alot more features than Tagscanner. GodFather wins :)

alister reviewed v0.68 on Nov 11, 2004

This application is nice. I like the layout and it is very easy to use. I was trying out Tagcontrol but my trial period was just about up and I tried this out it works great. Best of all it is free :)

tommie reviewed v0.68 on Nov 10, 2004

Physically restructure your music folder, mass rename/tag, etc. Couldn't get any better.

PetePat reviewed v0.68 on Nov 10, 2004

The best there is.

cees2000 reviewed v0.68 on Nov 10, 2004

the design is horrible and looks like sh*t.
Furthermore, if you REALLY want a great free program to do your tagstuff, go visit
http://xdev.narod.ru/index_e.htm and try TagScanner. THAT is one great program!

darthbeads reviewed v0.68 on Nov 10, 2004

Absolutely invaluable program.

netwiz562 reviewed v0.67 Beta on Oct 26, 2004

This is the best tagger program I have ever used. It helped me tags hundreds of mislabled songs and albums and also rename them. My entire music collection is perfectly organized now. Tons of features and online music database support.

rejected reviewed v0.65 on Oct 12, 2004

Best tagger I've ever used, I still use an old VB prog named Renamer for renaming files, haven't tried the file rename in this yet though. Makes it real easy to tag all my albums with ease.

darkpepe reviewed v0.65 RC on Sep 4, 2004

The GUI is a bit confusing, and it lacks of usability. It's just dump to separate the use of tags, renaming, online etc instead of having it all at once. There is no reason for that.
I still miss some features, like custom automatic folder renaming or batch album cover downloads.
I will stick to mp3tag for now, but TGF looks promising.

Caleb reviewed v0.65 Beta 4 on Aug 30, 2004

For those interested in having Allmusic.com (AMG) support I made a special patch that enables it for the current beta (beta4):

http://home.comcast.net/...notify/TGF_B4_Patch.exe

Enjoy :)

joshuainboden reviewed v0.65 Beta 3 on Aug 28, 2004

WOW!! I have been looking for a program like this for years. What a phenomenal program. It manages tags like nothing other. It's a bit tricky to use but by far the most powerful mp3 managent application I've ever seen. Anxiously awaiting what this developer has in store for later versions!! Thank you!

capnqwest reviewed v0.65 Beta 3 on Aug 26, 2004

Easily the best damn tagger I have ever used free or otherwise. I am blown away every time I use this app. If you manage audio files, this is a REQUIRED download.

JEdwardP reviewed v0.65 Beta 3 on Aug 26, 2004

It's great if you want an all-in-one sort of thing, but I'd much rather my tagger be just a great tagger, rather than trying to organize, encode, and play.

I prefer to use my directory structure for organization, and Mp3tag for tagging, which is lighter weight, and supports every format I can think of, including Speex.

darthbeads reviewed v0.65 Beta 3 on Aug 26, 2004

Still the best there is at what it does.

0oJeKo0 reviewed v0.65 Beta 2 on Aug 24, 2004

First off, This program is the BEST for editing Tags, by far the easiest I have ever used. Makes updating a SNAP!
Very NICE Program - Minor little things...
sometimes, it copies the same song for the name, in the fill grid, causing the program to think this is a invalid file.(impossible to update\change-Even manually editing wouldn't save the new tag)
Would like an option to Copy \ paste an Id3 tag (from ver. 1 or 2 vice versa)sometimes, all of them don't have the tags, would be nice to C&P to the ones that don't.
other then the minor things mentioned.
- This Software truely deserves it's name -

EricsON reviewed v0.65 Beta 2 on Aug 24, 2004

The user interface isn't the greatest yet, but wow, what an amazing tool.

CapZap reviewed v0.65 Beta 2 on Aug 22, 2004

Wow. I thought, "Sure it's the best. Probably his friends reviewing it." Not so. This is the best tagger I've seen. Get this program. It's an exceptional piece of software. Every file format you're likely to use. Great interface. Easy to learn.

ikki reviewed v0.62 on Aug 14, 2004

Great work... You can organize perfectly your mp3 collection with this amazing tool.

Bahamut reviewed v0.62 on Aug 13, 2004

Simply the best tool to manage your mp3's ^_^

christoofar reviewed v0.61 on Aug 3, 2004

Anyone know if the re-vamped allmusic.com site will still work with this? Tag & Rename won't any more...

Tri-Gy reviewed v0.60 on Jun 30, 2004

The Best mp3 Manager....(and i like the name)

fUnkYth99 reviewed v0.60 on Jun 20, 2004

Best tagging tool out there. I tried a lot of free and shareware programs and this one is the best, a very nice feature is fetching the data of a song or disc from allmusic.com, with a few clicks yoy have everything: coverart, comments, musicians, etc. The interface could be more sophisticated, but remember it´s still a program under development.

darthbeads reviewed v0.60 Beta 5 on May 24, 2004

People really need to review the program not the damn name! The Godfather is a phenomenal gem of freeware tag-editing bliss. The interface is a bit wonky and takes some time to get used to, but once you get the hang of it (reading the help files makes an enormous difference), it can't be beat by any freeware alternative I have used. Great work!

Itan2003 reviewed v0.60 Beta 5 on May 24, 2004

The gui is a little bit confuse - the functions are good.

^L^ reviewed v0.60 Beta 4 on Apr 26, 2004

Some bizarre Name(?), but a fine Tool. ^L^

Bluezion reviewed v0.58 on Apr 11, 2004

Great program...it does the job well and even more. Powerful yet straightforward. Keep it up Dimitris!

Tri-Gy reviewed v0.50 on Jun 29, 2003

The best mp3-Manager, and it's Free. Great Tool!!! Realy

flyrainy reviewed v0.43 on May 12, 2003

In spit of I like it ,I realy hate its name !!
why called it "GodFather".

ghammer reviewed v0.43 on May 5, 2003

Excellent and free tool for mp3s! It does nearly everything you'd need in one nicely done package. Tag, mass tag, rename, restructure, play, encode, transcode, etc, etc.
Try it, you won't be disappointed.

devi1 reviewed v0.41 on Apr 12, 2003

Very nice, I have yet to find a bug in it. I used to use Windows Media Player 9 to do this kind of stuff but this is just alot better, WMP9 only finds and renames mp3's on Windows XP anyways. I'm very impressed with this software and I believe I'll continue to use it for a long time. I hope it stays free, I havn't any money ;]