SoundHound AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Music Recognition Apps

The best Music Recognition alternative to SoundHound is Shazam, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SoundHound and many of them are Music Recognition Apps so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Music Recognition App alternatives to SoundHound are Audire, Audile, Musixmatch and Mousai.

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SoundHound alternatives page was last updated Apr 10, 2025
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  1. Shazam icon

    Shazam

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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

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

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

     
    Comments about Shazam as an Alternative to SoundHound
    John Wassen
    Positive •Oct 31, 2019
    0

    More popular product. Work faster

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    • Most users think Shazam is a great SoundHound alternative.

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

    • Shazam is the most popular free alternative to SoundHound.

    • Shazam is Freemium and ProprietarySoundHound is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Audire

     29 likes
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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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    Audire Features

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

    Audire VS SoundHound

     

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

    • Audire is Free and Open SourceSoundHound is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Audile

     25 likes
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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.

    29 Audile alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • F-Droid
    • Android
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    Audile Features

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

    Audile VS SoundHound

     
  5. Musixmatch icon

    Musixmatch

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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

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

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

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

    Musixmatch VS SoundHound

     
    Comments about Musixmatch as an Alternative to SoundHound
    Guest
    Negative •Mar 5, 2017
    0

    Poor editing. Not accurate.

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    • Some users think Musixmatch is a great SoundHound alternative, some don't.

    • Musixmatch is Freemium and ProprietarySoundHound is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Mousai

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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 seconds. It will magically return the title and artist of that song!

    17 Mousai alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • PH flagPhilippines

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Mousai Features

    1.  Ad-free

    Mousai VS SoundHound

     

    • Mousai is the most popular Linux alternative to SoundHound.

    • Mousai is Free and Open SourceSoundHound is Freemium and Proprietary
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    tynlau

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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.

    30 tynlau alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    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 SoundHound

     
  9. FlairMax icon

    FlairMax

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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

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    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 SoundHound

     

    • FlairMax is the most popular Windows alternative to SoundHound.

    • FlairMax is Free and ProprietarySoundHound is Freemium and Proprietary
    • FlairMax is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSoundHound is not according to our users
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    AudioTag

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    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

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    AudioTag VS SoundHound

     
  11. AHA Music icon

    AHA Music

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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

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Xbox
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    AHA Music Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Browser integration

    AHA Music VS SoundHound

     
  12. TuneFind icon

    TuneFind

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    Have you ever heard a great new song on your favorite TV show and wondered what it was? The amazing users at TuneFind have your answer. Dedicated TV viewers enter and verify the music heard on all your favorite TV shows, making it easy for you to find, listen to, and download...

    9 TuneFind alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
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    TuneFind Features

    1.  Music Store
    2.  Stream video to Apple TV

    TuneFind VS SoundHound

     
  13. Shazam for Real icon

    Shazam for Real

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

    20 Shazam for Real alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Shazam for Real Features

    1.  Ad-free

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  14. ACRCloud icon

    ACRCloud

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    ACRCloud provides best audio fingerprinting cloud services with its 40m music database for audio recognition, query by humming, broadcast monitoring ( music / ads ) , live TV channel detection, copyright detection and customised content recognition.

    24 ACRCloud alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch

    ACRCloud Features

    1.  Acoustic fingerprinting
    2.  Cloud based

    ACRCloud VS SoundHound

     
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