Mousai AlternativesMusic Recognition Apps like Mousai

Mousai is described as 'Simple application that can identify songs similar to Shazam. Just click the listen button, and then wait a few seconds. It will magically return the title and artist of that song!' and is a music recognition app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Mousai for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Windows and Linux apps. The best Mousai alternative is Shazam, which is free. Other great apps like Mousai are Audire, Audile, SoundHound and Musixmatch.

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Mousai is a simple application that can identify songs similar to Shazam. Just click the listen button, and then wait a few...

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Mousai alternatives page was last updated Apr 27, 2025
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  1. Shazam icon
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    Instantly recognizes music and TV soundtracks from audio sources, integrates with Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube for song previews, displays lyrics, and offers social sharing. Discover new releases, follow charts, use visual Shazam, and explore with QR codes and concert tickets.

    30 Shazam alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Google Chrome
    • Android Wear
    • Messages

    Shazam Features

    Features

    1. Spotify icon  Spotify integration
    2. Apple Music icon  Apple Music integration
    3.  Music Recommendation
    4. Rdio icon  Rdio integration
    5.  Automatic Lyrics Finder
    6.  Share on Twitter
    7. Google Play Music icon  Google Play Music integration

    Shazam VS Mousai

     
    Comments about Shazam as an Alternative to Mousai
    Narine Melkonyan
    Positive Sep 30, 2022
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    Looks like a really useful thing.

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    • Shazam is the most popular Web-based, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Mousai.

    • Shazam is the most popular free alternative to Mousai.

    • Shazam is Freemium and ProprietaryMousai is Free and Open Source
  2. Audire icon
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    Audire identifies the music playing near you and shows you details on its title – including lyrics (where available), album details, and linking you to Spotify/Youtube for it. The app also saves a history of songs it identified for you in the past, so you can look up all songs...

    30 Audire alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Audire Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Material design
    4.  No registration required

    Audire VS Mousai

     
    • Audire is the most popular Open Source alternative to Mousai.

    • Audire is Free and Open SourceMousai is also Free and Open Source
  3. Audile icon
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    Audile is a music recognition application, that can help you quickly and accurately recognize a music track playing nearby you. This application uses the AudD® service as a Music Recognition API.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • F-Droid
    • Android

    Audile Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode

    Audile VS Mousai

     
  4. SoundHound icon
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    The world's fastest music search and discovery mobile app, with exclusive singing and humming search, one-tap sharing, and LiveLyrics.

    31 SoundHound alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire

    SoundHound Features

    1.  Voice recognition
    2.  Music Library

    SoundHound VS Mousai

     
  5. Musixmatch icon
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    Musixmatch is the world’s largest lyrics catalog, giving you synchronized song lyrics with multilingual translations for all your music.

    46 Musixmatch alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Wear
    • Spotify
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Online

    Musixmatch Features

    1. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration
    2.  Chromecast Support
    3.  Support for Lyrics
    4.  Built-in translation
    5.  Automatic Lyrics Finder

    Musixmatch VS Mousai

     
  6. tynlau icon
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    Identify any song in seconds with tynlau ("listen" in Tatar), a lightweight music recognition app for macOS. Whether you're streaming music, watching videos, or hearing something in the background, tynlau provides a seamless way to discover and identify tracks.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    5.  Sits in the MenuBar

    tynlau VS Mousai

     
  7. FlairMax icon
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    FlairMax is a music recognition Windows app that gives you some information on the recognized track like title, duration, genres, artist, release date, album, recognized part time offset, synced lyrics, music links and more...

    14 FlairMax alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for Lyrics
    5.  MP3 Downloader
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  Automatic Lyrics Finder

    FlairMax VS Mousai

     
    • FlairMax is the most popular Windows alternative to Mousai.

    • FlairMax is Free and ProprietaryMousai is Free and Open Source
    • FlairMax is Lightweight and Privacy focusedMousai is not according to our users
  8. WhoSampled icon
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    WhoSampled, the service that identifies music samples.

    24 WhoSampled alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    WhoSampled Features

    1.  Audio Samples
    2.  Sample Library

    WhoSampled VS Mousai

     
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    A cross-platform Shazam console client, written in .NET, for Windows, macOS and Linux.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Shazam for Real Features

    1.  Ad-free

    Shazam for Real VS Mousai

     
    • Shazam for Real is the most popular Linux alternative to Mousai.

    • Shazam for Real is Free and Open SourceMousai is also Free and Open Source
  10. AHA Music icon
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    AHA Music is a browser extension that recognize what song is playing on your browser tab with links to stream them on Spotify, Deezer and YouTube links.

    18 AHA Music alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Xbox

    AHA Music Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Browser integration

    AHA Music VS Mousai

     
  11. SongRec icon
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    SongRec is an open-source Shazam client for Linux, written in Rust.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Shazam
    • Flathub

    SongRec Features

    1.  Ad-free

    SongRec VS Mousai

     
  12. vibra icon
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    🎵 A cross-platform music recognition client for Shazam with WebAssembly and FFI support.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac

    vibra Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required

    vibra VS Mousai

     
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