I started testing by downloading all of the apps and seeing how much each of them cost. After that, I looked at what each one offered to see the differences between them. The apps vary in sound quality and song choice so I factored that in as well when rating apps. 

Some of the apps only had instrumentals that sounded nothing like the original song. These were likely not to be picked, since so many of the apps do have high-quality songs. I also factored in all of the ways each app could be used to see which ones were more versatile. Lastly, I tested the recording option for each to see how the quality of the song was when it was played back.

We really put these apps through the ringer by testing to see if they had some of the most niche songs we could think of. We're talking songs that we have a really hard time finding at most karaoke places. This app stood up to this particular test the best, and has tons of both new and old songs to choose from.

When you open the app, you'll see the recent hits first, but you can search for whatever song you're looking for, and they are very easy to find either by title or artist. It's helpful that they have lots of suggestions in case you really don't know what to sing and want to just browse.

You can also connect the app to different devices so that you can play it on a larger screen. This makes it an ideal app for people who want to use it at a party with friends. Even if you already have your own home karaoke set-up, this app's karaoke content is really top notch and very much like the libraries that professional karaoke DJ's have.

Well worth the $20 a month in our opinion, and you could always just pay the weekly fee of $10 and stop the subscription if you just want to get your karaoke fix in. Considering how much private karaoke rooms cost, it's a steal.

Also, unlike some of the other karaoke apps, the karaoke tracks on this app sound like the actual song. Some apps have a keyboard accompaniment version that sounds corny and unlike the actual studio recording, but Yokee has impressive quality including full instrumentation and backup vocals. This is another great selling point for Yokee's Karaoke app. We have to recommend that you give it a try if you love to sing.

This app also gives you the option to sing with other people virtually. However, it was a bit hard to figure out how to do this since not every song allows you to sing with someone else. 

We finally found it by clicking "duets" from the genres tab. When you select the song to sing, duet will be an option. Other users may figure this out easily, but we did not think it was the most user-friendly or intuitive. That aside, this is a great app to use, and if this is an activity you'll do regularly, then the subscription fee will be worth it!

Cizoo is a great app for users who want to have fun with other members and use it similarly to TikTok to create and post videos. The videos themselves even take a very similar TikTok style with the vertical orientation and the small snippets. Users can also comment on videos and rate them.

The biggest draw with this app is all of the effects and features. You can edit your voice to sound like musicians like Taylor Swift or Miguel and use filters to make transform your appearance or wear fun virtual costumes. The voice editor also makes this app a fun one to make funny videos to send to friends.

Users can purchase coins to give to performers or buy certain songs, but you don't have to spend money to enjoy the app. There are lots of talented singers on Cizoo that post videos so it's also a fun one to use for scrolling through people's videos when you have some time to kill.

The one downside with this app is that since it is TikTok style, the karaoke songs come in shorter form song snippets, so you don't really have the ability to sing the entire song. The library is also not nearly as extensive as other platforms, but they do have all the top chart hits and some good oldies and classics.

Smule is another fun karaoke app to use solo or with friends virtually and is a social community at its core, though you don't necessarily have to use it to post videos. You could also just use it for fun or save your videos privately.

One of the unique parts of this app is that users can upload instrumental covers of songs using guitar or piano for other users to sing karaoke to. This makes the app have more of a community-run feel. They also have some celebrity endorsements and there are videos of celebrities singing karaoke to their songs like Ed Sheeran.

Houseparty is similar to Zoom in many ways, because users can have multiple people on a video chat. But the biggest difference is that these users can actually play games and do fun activities together in real time.

It functions similarly to online video chat rooms. There are also games like trivia and Heads-Up that users can play with each other. Many people use this app with friends they already know rather than other people on the app. When users click the Karaoke button, the first options is for Karaoke classics which is great for people who want to have a classic karaoke experience.

There's not a ton of song options, but there's enough to make it fun. And for a completely free experience, we have to say it's a win.

This app is very similar to our pick, Karaoke, because they are actually owned by the same company. 

In fact, if you have both apps downloaded, they sync up and your favorites will appear the same on each app. This would be as good a pick as Karaoke. We did not list it as high so that we could highlight different apps as well for people who might want a different experience, but this one is a great app as well and deserving of a spot on our pick list!

MiXiT is similar to the other social media based karaoke apps, but the quality of the songs are not as good as some of the other apps and there are less features in general. Since other apps have better quality songs, we prioritized those.

This app was not chosen, because similarly to other apps that we did not choose, the songs did not sound like the original. We were focused on ranking apps that had good quality songs for users to enjoy so this one did not make it. If you like the corny, classic karaoke feel though, this is the right app for you.

A lot of the songs here did not sound like the original song, which was disappointing. We also decided against this app, because the design is very busy and distracting. Overall, not as good as some of the other apps.

This one also didn't really do it for us. The instrumental versions of the song don't sound very close to the actual song, unlike other apps whose songs sounded like the original. We prioritized apps with good quality songs.

Karaoke Party does not seem to have anything more than what the free apps have and cost $9.99 a week. We only picked the apps that were more costly if they had much more to offer than free apps so that the cost is worth the amount spent.