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Scan the music playing around you, or your Spotify or Apple Music library, to uncover samples, covers, and remixes - and explore WhoSampled's vast universe of musical knowledge.\n\nAwards include:\n- Selected by Apple as APP STORE BEST OF YEAR\n- The Telegraph - BEST MUSIC APP OF THE YEAR\n- Music Ally Digital Music Awards - BEST MUSIC APP\n- Named one of the world's best apps by The Next Web, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and more\n\nExplore the Music Behind the Music\nWhoSampled is the music DNA discovery app that reveals how songs are connected. Explore the world's largest database of sample-based music, cover songs and remixes, and discover how your favorite artists influence, and are influenced by, others.\nWhether you're into Hip-Hop, Electronic/Dance, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Classical, or beyond, WhoSampled is an essential music discovery experience.\n\nKey Features\n- Discover music through your own collection. Scan your Spotify or Apple Music library to uncover amazing connections for the songs you love.\n\n- Identify music playing around you and instantly see its samples, covers and remixes.\n\n- Access the world’s largest and richest database of music DNA, with over 1,280,000 tracks, 398,000 artists, and continuous daily additions. Search for any artist or track even if it's not in your music library.\n\n- Beautiful, ad-free, clean interface. Simple and intuitive navigation makes exploration effortless.\n\n- Compare songs side-by-side and listen to full‐length tracks via YouTube (where available), Spotify (Premium required), or Apple Music (subscription required). Note: your iPhone must not be on silent/vibrate mode for audio playback.\n\n- \"Now Playing\" feature – switch from Spotify or Apple Music to the WhoSampled app to instantly see the musical DNA of the song you’re listening to.\n\n- Highly detailed information on any sample (sample timing, sample type, part sampled) lets you pinpoint exactly where and how samples were used.\n\n- Share your discoveries with your Facebook friends and X followers.\n\n- Deep and unique music charts that show you trending and top-rated music as well as the all-time most influential artists and tracks.\n\n- A host of other features and functionality including the ability to save favorites and contextual recommendations from every sample, cover and remix.\n\nDig deeper into the music you love. Dig into the WhoSampled app!\n\nIn-App Subscription Terms\nPayment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.\n\nTerms of Use: https://www.whosampled.com/html/terms_of_use.html\nPrivacy Policy: https://www.whosampled.com/html/privacy_policy.html","facts":{"developer_id":529092674,"developer_url":"https://www.whosampled.com/mobile-app/","first_released":"2012-06-19T07:00:00Z","support_url":"https://www.whosampled.com/contact/ask/","privacy_url":"https://www.whosampled.com/static/html/privacy_policy.html","website_url":"https://www.whosampled.com/mobile-app/","app_version":"1.41.8","release_notes":"- Track ID is now free to use without requiring a subscription.\n- Bug fixes and stability improvements.","rating_current_version":4.86158,"rating_count_current_version":8569,"star_counts":[118,53,84,385,7925],"genres":["Music","Entertainment"],"languages":["EN"],"content_advisories":["Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes","Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity","Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References","Frequent/Intense Profanity or Crude Humor","Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes"],"device_families":["iphone"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-19T08:35:11.798Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-16T15:11:06.931Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-19T08:35:11.798Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-20T06:18:11.712Z","placed_at":"2026-10-16T08:24:49.613Z","scored_at":"2026-10-20T16:56:17.073Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Music app that shows the samples, covers and remixes behind songs, using a music scan, your Spotify or Apple Music.","what_is":"WhoSampled is a music app that shows how songs are connected through samples, cover songs and remixes. 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