SoundHound - Music Discovery

Name: SoundHound - Music Discovery
Rating: 4.8 (180764 reviews)
Author: SoundHound, Inc.

Find & play songs with lyrics

Free · In‑App Purchases

181K Ratings
Age Rating

16+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

SoundHound, Inc.
Language

EN
+ 21 More
Size

43.5
MB

Hey, what song is that? SoundHound makes it simple to identify music playing around you. Whether you’re in the car or out and about — open the app, hit the big orange SoundHound button, let your phone listen for a few seconds, and we’ll tell you exactly what’s playing! It's been called pure magic — and with 300M+ downloads and billions of songs discovered — we tend to agree. SoundHound comes equipped with “Hey SoundHound…”, an incredibly powerful way to interact with the app using your voice. “Hey SoundHound…” can help you navigate the app, activate the orange button, and playback songs hands-free. Simply say ‘Hey SoundHound...’ from any screen and say a command! Discovering new music is only half the fun of SoundHound. We’re music lovers too, so we’ve created an incredible experience for you to relive your discoveries with our music player. Connect your Apple Music or Spotify account to listen, build playlists, explore music across genres, and find new favorites - all with real-time, karaoke-style lyrics using LiveLyrics®. Don’t have an Apple Music or Spotify subscription? No sweat, we have you covered with our free, built-in YouTube player. This is your music journey. Curious to know more? Here’s everything you need to know! DISCOVER • Tap the SoundHound button in the app, in the notification center widget, or via 3D touch on the app icon to discover music playing around you! We’ll let you know everything about the song including title, artist, album, and lyrics! • Have a song stuck in your head? Press the SoundHound button, sing or hum the tune, and we’ll do the rest! • Keep track of all your discoveries in your own personal history • Use the Apple Watch app to quickly identify music and sing-along with LiveLyrics. Users with a cellular-enabled Apple Watch can use the app without being connected to an iPhone PLAY • Listen to songs and view lyrics in our free, built-in YouTube player • Simply say ‘Hey SoundHound....’ from any screen or tap the microphone on the play page. Once you see the listening panel, you can follow up with commands including: App Navigation: ‘Hey SoundHound… Show me my discoveries’ Help/Questions: ‘Hey SoundHound… Show me what I can say’ Music Discovery: ‘Hey SoundHound… What’s that song?’ Song Playback: ‘Hey SoundHound... Play Hello by Adele’ Lyrics Search: ‘Hey SoundHound... Show me lyrics to Castle on the Hill’ Top Charts: ‘Hey SoundHound...Play today’s top songs’ Playlists (Spotify account & registration required): ‘Hey SoundHound… Play my Discover weekly playlist on Spotify’ Add to Spotify Playlist (Spotify account & registration required): ‘Hey SoundHound… Add this song to my playlist’ CONNECT AND SHARE • Build personalized playlists through Apple Music or Spotify (SoundHound account and music subscription required) • Access Spotify playlists for a richer playback experience through SoundHound • View and interact with real-time, moving lyrics for your songs with LiveLyrics • Keep all of your discoveries synced across multiple devices • Share your music discoveries to Facebook, Twitter, messaging services, and email! Upgrade to SoundHound∞ for an ad-free experience: https://04ii.app.link/RXaRXypntA SoundHound is powered by Houndify, an independent voice-enabled AI platform that enables natural, conversational intelligence on any product.

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

181K Ratings

Inferior to Encore
May 24
HellRazorCustoms
While this app is without doubt, inferior to Encore as far as recognition goes, it does have some redeeming qualities, one of which is playlists. Head to head with Encore, this app is bested by Encore on virtually every other feature. Encore has better recognition, faster, and considerably fewer dropped connections. But the playlists option is Soundhounds redemption in that you can load up your playlist, pop on your headphones, and listen to full songs, full playlist. One other perk Encore doesn’t have is the ability to search for songs manually and add to your playlist.
Inferior to Encore
May 24
HellRazorCustoms

While this app is without doubt, inferior to Encore as far as recognition goes, it does have some redeeming qualities, one of which is playlists. Head to head with Encore, this app is bested by Encore on virtually every other feature. Encore has better recognition, faster, and considerably fewer dropped connections. But the playlists option is Soundhounds redemption in that you can load up your playlist, pop on your headphones, and listen to full songs, full playlist. One other perk Encore doesn’t have is the ability to search for songs manually and add to your playlist.
More like Music Never Found!!!
May 25
Grumpy_Bear82
App works fine for a little while, but then works not at all. Constant searches with unfounded results. Have had this app for years, but only works part of the time and then just sits on my phone not being used. Whoever, whatever, or how ever this app needs to be improved needs to be done, never produces search results, always shows no results found and that’s with songs from the radio with clear sound. ~Not a happy user~
More like Music Never Found!!!
May 25
Grumpy_Bear82

App works fine for a little while, but then works not at all. Constant searches with unfounded results. Have had this app for years, but only works part of the time and then just sits on my phone not being used. Whoever, whatever, or how ever this app needs to be improved needs to be done, never produces search results, always shows no results found and that’s with songs from the radio with clear sound. ~Not a happy user~
Very Good App With One Very Dumb Flaw
06/02/2016
JohnFGravnicek
I love this app, and I use it all the time. It's very good at identifying music even in kind of noisy environments, and while there are some features that I don't find to be necessarily relevant to me, I can easily ignore them.The one flaw (and it's minor but so dumb) is that you have to chase the app icon with an extra tap to get it to start "listening" when you first open the program. For example, you open the app, the logo appears at the top of the screen and then slides down to the center, you tap the logo, the logo jumps immediately to the top of the screen, then you tap the logo again to get it to drop smoothly to the bottom of he screen and start "listening." Once you've done this process once, everything works great, and the app icon slides between the top and bottom of the screen exactly as it should. When you open it again for a new session, however, the weird extra-tap chasing has to happen again. Why would they have the logo drift down to the center in the first place? Just keep it at the top, at the ready, at the very beginning!I keep hoping the new updates will correct this (my memory is that this problem was introduced by an update last year), but no luck yet. Also, if you're an impressionable young person, and you're a little unsure of what's cool and what's not, saying "OK, Hound, what song is playing?" is definitely something you should only do in the privacy of your own home.
Very Good App With One Very Dumb Flaw
06/02/2016
JohnFGravnicek

I love this app, and I use it all the time. It's very good at identifying music even in kind of noisy environments, and while there are some features that I don't find to be necessarily relevant to me, I can easily ignore them.The one flaw (and it's minor but so dumb) is that you have to chase the app icon with an extra tap to get it to start "listening" when you first open the program. For example, you open the app, the logo appears at the top of the screen and then slides down to the center, you tap the logo, the logo jumps immediately to the top of the screen, then you tap the logo again to get it to drop smoothly to the bottom of he screen and start "listening." Once you've done this process once, everything works great, and the app icon slides between the top and bottom of the screen exactly as it should. When you open it again for a new session, however, the weird extra-tap chasing has to happen again. Why would they have the logo drift down to the center in the first place? Just keep it at the top, at the ready, at the very beginning!I keep hoping the new updates will correct this (my memory is that this problem was introduced by an update last year), but no luck yet. Also, if you're an impressionable young person, and you're a little unsure of what's cool and what's not, saying "OK, Hound, what song is playing?" is definitely something you should only do in the privacy of your own home.
SOUNDHOUND vs SHAZAM
04/10/2016
ladedaniels
SHAZAM - I honestly don't CARE what the "trending shazams" were from all over the world, in every conceivable genre, over the last however-many days - I WANTED YOU TO IDENTIFY THAT SONG THAT WAS JUST PLAYING!!! But you almost always blow it, because first you have to load a million pages of useless crap that I don't care about before you'll even take a stab at my song! SOUNDHOUND - You couldn't ID two pretty popular songs based upon the lyrics "So wake me up when it's all over, when I'm wiser and I'm older" OR even "I'm just a little bit caught in the middle" when I typed them in. Oh, I got LISTS from SOUNDHOUND - based on song titles, lyrics, and album names - but not one of those lists had the actual songs that I was looking for on them. SOUNDHOUND does a somewhat better job with songs being played in movies, TV shows, and commercials - whereas SHAZAM will chug and chug (until the song is over with), then hand you the name of the movie or show that you're already fully aware you are watching - along with a big, crappy rendition of the movie poster - as if it were a gift. I even wrote to SHAZAM about it, and I received a very timely response saying that it "shouldn't do that" - apparently, it should have given me a list of songs. Well, I agree - but it never does. The lyrics that both offer are good, and show up fast, provided that either app bothered to ID your song in the first place. Is there a THIRD option out there for song identification?
SOUNDHOUND vs SHAZAM
04/10/2016
ladedaniels

SHAZAM - I honestly don't CARE what the "trending shazams" were from all over the world, in every conceivable genre, over the last however-many days - I WANTED YOU TO IDENTIFY THAT SONG THAT WAS JUST PLAYING!!! But you almost always blow it, because first you have to load a million pages of useless crap that I don't care about before you'll even take a stab at my song! SOUNDHOUND - You couldn't ID two pretty popular songs based upon the lyrics "So wake me up when it's all over, when I'm wiser and I'm older" OR even "I'm just a little bit caught in the middle" when I typed them in. Oh, I got LISTS from SOUNDHOUND - based on song titles, lyrics, and album names - but not one of those lists had the actual songs that I was looking for on them. SOUNDHOUND does a somewhat better job with songs being played in movies, TV shows, and commercials - whereas SHAZAM will chug and chug (until the song is over with), then hand you the name of the movie or show that you're already fully aware you are watching - along with a big, crappy rendition of the movie poster - as if it were a gift. I even wrote to SHAZAM about it, and I received a very timely response saying that it "shouldn't do that" - apparently, it should have given me a list of songs. Well, I agree - but it never does. The lyrics that both offer are good, and show up fast, provided that either app bothered to ID your song in the first place. Is there a THIRD option out there for song identification?

Some of our favorite songs are: “Bug a Boo” - Destiny’s Child “Bugs” - Pearl Jam “June Bug” - Melvins “Stink Bug” - Beastie Boys “Lovebug” - Jonas Brothers Our least favorite things are bugs. We got rid of some and made additional improvements.

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Seller: SoundHound, Inc.
Size: 43.5 MB
Category: Music
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

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