The Best Shazam AlternativesTop Music Recognition Apps & Music Discovery Services like Shazam

Shazam is described as 'Recognizes music and TV soundtracks, integrates with Apple Music for song previews, and allows sharing on social media for easy music discovery' and is a leading music recognition app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Shazam for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Linux and Windows apps. The best Shazam alternative is SoundHound, which is free. Other great apps like Shazam are Audile, Audire, AHA Music and tynlau.

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  1. SoundHound icon

    SoundHound

     278 likes

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

    30 SoundHound alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire
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    • Almost everyone thinks SoundHound is a great Shazam alternative.

    • SoundHound is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Shazam.

    • SoundHound is the most popular free alternative to Shazam.

    • SoundHound is Freemium and ProprietaryShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. Audile icon

    Audile

     39 likes

    Open-source Android app using AudD and ACRCloud to recognize music, providing complete track details including artwork, lyrics, platform links, and storing results in a searchable library, supporting offline operation, quick access, and customizable settings.

    30 Audile alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Comments about Audile as an Alternative to Shazam
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    We need alternatives to data harvesting Big Tech. This application is a great alternative.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Positive
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    Audile is OpenSource, Free, easy to use and does support multiple BackEnds, such as AudD(default setting) and also the ShazamAPI. Using the Shazam Backend makes it a flat improvement to Shazam, while using other Backends depending on ones use case is great for user choice, freedom and privacy.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Audile is a great Shazam alternative.

    • Audile is the most popular Open Source alternative to Shazam.

    • Audile is Free and Open SourceShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
  4. Audire icon

    Audire

     41 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  5. AHA Music icon

    AHA Music

     7 likes

    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.

    19 AHA Music alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Xbox
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    Comments about AHA Music as an Alternative to Shazam
    Guest
    Negative
    -1

    Stupid, can't Identify any Music I ask it to do, DO NOT INSTALL

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    -1

    Doesn't recognize any song

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think AHA Music is a great Shazam alternative.

    • AHA Music is the most popular Web-based alternative to Shazam.

    • AHA Music is Free and ProprietaryShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    tynlau

     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • tynlau is the most popular Mac alternative to Shazam.

    • tynlau is Free and ProprietaryShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • tynlau is Privacy focused and LightweightShazam is not according to our users
  7. Mousai icon

    Mousai

     18 likes

    Mousai is a 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!

    18 Mousai alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    • Mousai is the most popular Linux alternative to Shazam.

    • Mousai is Free and Open SourceShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
  9. MRA - Music Recognition Application icon

    MRA - Music Recognition Application

     5 likes

    MRA (short for Music Recognition Application) is a music identifier like Shazam but for Windows

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • MRA - Music Recognition Application is the most popular Windows alternative to Shazam.

    • MRA - Music Recognition Application is Free and ProprietaryShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • MRA - Music Recognition Application is LightweightShazam is not according to our users
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    WatZatSong

     16 likes

    WatZatSong is a community of music enthusiasts who can identify most songs and tracks. So visit the site, create an account, and record the song.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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    AudioTag

     20 likes

    AudioTag.info — is a free music-recognition service. It allows you to identify almost any unknown piece of music quickly and easily. Its use is very simple: you upload a short audio fragment (even 15 seconds are enough) or an entire song, the robot analyzes it and provides you...

    21 AudioTag alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. Shazam for Real icon

    Shazam for Real

     3 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Shazam for Real as an Alternative to Shazam
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    Shazam on Linux. Very simple to use.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Shazam for Real is Free and Open SourceShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
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    SongMinds

     2 likes

    Identify any song in seconds! Dive into a World of Musical Insight – Discover, Explore, and Connect with Song Stories Meaning and Lyrics.

    31 SongMinds alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • SongMinds is the most popular SaaS alternative to Shazam.

    • SongMinds is Free and ProprietaryShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
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