Recognize music - the top 3 iPhone apps
If you hear a song on the radio, but do not know what its name is, you can have the music recognized by several iPhone apps. We present the three best.
Shazam: The most popular iPhone app to recognize music
You will come across "Shazam" not only in the iTunes Store leaderboard, but also on TV - and not without reason:
- You can scan an unlimited number of songs with Shazam. Then you not only get the title and artist, but you can also call up the lyrics, listen to the whole song on YouTube or buy it on Amazon or iTunes.
- Since it is often a matter of getting a song title as quickly as possible, you can set the scan to start immediately when you open the app.
- "Shazam" is not only suitable for scanning unknown songs, but also for discovering new songs. Under the menu item "Pulse" you will always find the newest and most popular songs.
- From oldies to cutting-edge - in the test all songs were recognized quickly and correctly.
SoundHound: Shazam's biggest competitor
- SoundHound's functionality is in no way inferior to rival "Shazam". With this iOS app you can scan as often as you want.
- New music can also be discovered here. Lyrics and download links to Amazon and YouTube are available.
- As with "Shazam", with "Soundhound" all pieces of music in the test were recognized perfectly. The detection took only a little longer.
- The iPhone app also promises that users can sing in their songs themselves so that they can be identified. In the test, unfortunately, that didn't work even on the tenth attempt, which in part may also be due to the author's singing skills.
MusiXmatch: iPhone app for music recognition
- The MusiXmatch app is much less known. The application is also free and takes a slightly different route.
- The app is primarily designed for reading lyrics. After the start, your music library will be scanned, if you wish you can also log in to Apple Music or Spotify.
- The music recognition is not brought to the fore here, but worked perfectly in the test. If the song is recognized, you can directly read the lyrics for the rest of the title.