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
     278 likes

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

    29 SoundHound alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Kindle Fire
     
  2. Audile icon
     44 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.

    31 Audile alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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    Audile vs Shazam Comments
    tangycandy
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    Audile allows you to connect to multiple recognition backends (including Shazam's API). I also love how it provides streaming links to multiple sources — not just Spotify. To top it all off, it's free and open source!

    Guest
    Positive
    1

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Nickname
    Positive
    0

    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.

    • Audile is Free and Open SourceShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
  3. Audire icon
     43 likes

    Recognizes nearby music using Shazam and AUDD APIs, reveals song titles, lyrics when available, album details, direct links to streaming platforms, and maintains a searchable history of identified tracks for later access, supporting both offline and online use.

    31 Audire alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  4. AHA Music icon
     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.

    18 AHA Music alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Xbox
     
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    AHA Music vs Shazam Comments
    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.
    • AHA Music is Free and ProprietaryShazam is Free Personal and Proprietary
  5. tynlau icon
     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
     
  6. Mousai icon
     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!

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  7. WatZatSong icon
     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
     
  8. AudioTag icon
     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...

    20 AudioTag alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. SongMinds icon
     2 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. FlairMax icon
     4 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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