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Best 10 Apps for Identifying Music
Name that tune for serious music lovers! With music identifier apps, you can instantly identify songs, watch music videos, and more at the touch of a button
About Identifying Music
Musicians mix various melody, harmony, rhythm, and texture elements to help us enjoy music. Lyrics form an important component of music and that's why we love to sing along with our favorite tracks.
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Shazam: Discover songs & lyrics in seconds
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Music Recognition
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SoundHound - Music Discovery & Lyrics
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Music Identifier
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Song Finder & Identifier
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Music Detector
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Musixmatch - Lyrics for your music
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Shortcut for Google Sound Search
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Shazum - Recognize Music, Discover Songs & Artists
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Genius — Song Lyrics & More
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Musixmatch - Lyrics for your music
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Amazon Music: Stream and Discover Songs & Podcasts
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Apple Music
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Pandora - Streaming Music, Radio & Podcasts
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Spotify: Listen to podcasts & find music you love
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TIDAL Music - Hifi Songs, Playlists, & Videos
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SoundCloud - Play Music, Audio & New Songs
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Yousician - An Award Winning Music Education App
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YouTube Music - Stream Songs & Music Videos
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Napster Music
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Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
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FitOn - Free Fitness Workouts & Personalized Plans
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Shazam: Discover songs & lyrics in seconds
Apple, Inc.
Music & Audio
Find artists, lyrics, & videos for free! Play or connect to stream music now!
500M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
Free![App Store]()
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Music Recognition
Beatfind Music Recognition
Music & Audio
Identify which song you are listening in seconds.
5M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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SoundHound - Music Discovery & Lyrics
SoundHound Inc.
Music & Audio
Music discovery, identification, & voice-controlled player with 300M+ downloads!
100M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Music Identifier
Free VPN & Secure
Music & Audio
Music Identifier Fast App For Identify every song in just a few seconds.
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Song Finder & Identifier
Real Vision Ltd
Music & Audio
Song Identifier & Song Finder is the best way to identify music around you.
100K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Music Detector
Free VPN & Secure
Music & Audio
Music Detector Best App For Identify every song in just a few seconds
1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Musixmatch - Lyrics for your music
Musixmatch
Music & Audio
All the music you love with lyrics and translations
50M+ Downloads -
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Shortcut for Google Sound Search
RS Vanadium
Tools
Quick launch Google Sound Search from anywhere
500K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Shazum - Recognize Music, Discover Songs & Artists
Iffy Idea
Music & Audio
Identify any song in mere seconds with Shazum. See your library and top charts.
10K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Genius — Song Lyrics & More
Genius Media Group, Inc.
Music & Audio
The world's largest collection of song lyrics + crowdsourced musical knowledge
5M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
Free![App Store]()
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Musixmatch - Lyrics for your music
Musixmatch
Music & Audio
All the music you love with lyrics and translations
50M+ Downloads -
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Amazon Music: Stream and Discover Songs & Podcasts
Amazon Mobile LLC
Music & Audio
Listen to podcasts, trending playlists, hit music and your favorite songs
100M+ Downloads -
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Pandora - Streaming Music, Radio & Podcasts
Pandora
Music & Audio
Hand-picked songs by some of the top athletes in the world on UNINTERRUPTED.
100M+ Downloads -
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Spotify: Listen to podcasts & find music you love
Spotify Ltd.
Music & Audio
Discover new music & play your favorite songs, albums, artists & podcasts
500M+ Downloads -
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TIDAL Music - Hifi Songs, Playlists, & Videos
TIDAL
Music & Audio
Stream the highest quality music by track, artist, or album - ad-free.
10M+ Downloads -
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SoundCloud - Play Music, Audio & New Songs
SoundCloud
Music & Audio
The 🌎’s largest audio and music 🎶streaming platform, with over 200M tracks 🏆
100M+ Downloads -
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Yousician - An Award Winning Music Education App
Yousician Ltd.
Education
Learn Guitar, Ukulele, Bass or Singing with 1000s of songs, lessons & exercises
10M+ Downloads -
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YouTube Music - Stream Songs & Music Videos
Google LLC
Music & Audio
The world of music dedicated to you
500M+ Downloads -
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Napster Music
Rhapsody International, Inc
Music & Audio
Endless music streaming of millions of songs. Never an ad.
10M+ Downloads -
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Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
Ultimate Guitar USA LLC
Music & Audio
Discover over 1.400.000 free tabs & chords for guitar, bass or ukulele!
10M+ Downloads -
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FitOn - Free Fitness Workouts & Personalized Plans
FitOn
Health & Fitness
Stop paying to workout - Sweat and get fit with HIIT, barre, cardio, yoga & more
1M+ Downloads
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching identifying songs, identify music and identify songs. From there, we retrieved a total of 563 unique apps (474 Android apps and 89 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
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We then selected the highest quality apps from the 563 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Apps for Identifying Music for both Android & iOS.
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