Identify Song
What is Identify Song?
Identifies the song and artist playing nearby, keeps a history of matches, and shows where each song was heard.
Identify Song is a Music app that listens for a song playing near the user and reports the song title and artist. Discovered songs and lyrics are saved to a personal history, and a Music Map shows where each song was heard. The listing also says it can connect to Spotify or Apple Music, and that it works with Apple Watch.
Pricing. Identify Song is free, with no in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Finding the name of a song heard at home
- Identifying music playing in a car
- Saving songs heard elsewhere to a personal history
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Why this app is in B tier
B tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Identify Song scores 72 out of 100: rating 93, rating count 80, App Store search rank 97, update recency 18. The four parts are averaged and B tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Find out what song is playing near you!
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This app makes it simple to discover music playing around you. It doesn’t matter if you’re at home, in your car, or anywhere else. Just open the app, hit the big button, and we’ll tell you exactly what song and which artist playing!
All the songs and lyrics you discover will be kept in your own personal history, and you’ll have a Music Map to look up exactly where you heard that song you loved so much. You can also connect your Spotify account or Apple Music to build playlists, explore music across genres, and find new favorites - all with real-time lyrics. You can listen preview sample and share with your friends.
This app also works with your Apple Watch and synchronies discovered results with your phone.
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Questions about Identify Song
What does the app do?
It identifies the song and artist playing near you after you open the app and tap the big button. Results and lyrics are saved to your personal history.
Can I see where I heard a song?
The listing says a Music Map lets you look up where you heard a saved song.
Does it connect to other services?
You can connect a Spotify or Apple Music account to build playlists, explore genres, and listen to preview samples. It also says the app works with Apple Watch.
Is Identify Song free?
Yes. Identify Song is free on the App Store, with no in-app purchases.
Is Identify Song right for me?
Identify Song is built for finding the name of a song heard at home, identifying music playing in a car, saving songs heard elsewhere to a personal history. It sits in the music recognition list on AppTierList.
Is Identify Song worth it?
Identify Song is B tier, ranked #7 of 7 music recognition apps with a score of 72 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 10,031 ratings. Good, and 6 apps rank above it.
How does Identify Song compare to Music Identifier ‣ Find Song?
Identify Song is B tier at 72; Music Identifier ‣ Find Song is A tier at 89. Music Identifier ‣ Find Song ranks higher. Identify Song is free, with no in-app purchases, Music Identifier ‣ Find Song is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Identify Song updated?
Identify Song was last updated over a year ago, on 2025-03-12, which holds its tier down.
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All the facts
Ranking
- List
- Music Recognition (B tier, #7)
- Tier
- B (Good)
- Score
- 72 / 100
- Rank in list
- #7 of 7
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.6 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 10,031
App
- Price
- Free download
- App Store category
- Music
- Current version
- (602 days ago)
- Size
- 10 MB
- Requires
- iOS 15.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 25
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
- App Store data read
App Store data read · ranking