- Free
- Category: Music
- First released: April 27, 2010
- Versions: 53 archived
- Installable: 10 of 53
- Availability: Still on the App Store ↗
- Seller: Melodis Corporation
- com.melodis.soundhound.free
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
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Report an issueHey, 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.
Bundle Size Over Time
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 40 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2010 | — | — | 451 | Free |
| January 8, 2011 | 3.6 | — | 53,245 | Free |
| January 6, 2012 | — | — | 64,668 | Free |
| January 3, 2013 | — | — | 76,995 | Free |
| February 7, 2015 | 6.3.5 | ★ 4.0 | 78,919 | Free |
| May 28, 2015 | 6.7.1 | ★ 4.0 | 80,073 | Free |
| December 15, 2018 | — | ★ 4.9 | 126,107 | Free |
| December 19, 2018 | — | ★ 4.9 | 126,706 | Free |
| February 10, 2019 | 8.9.4 | ★ 4.5 | 216,251 | Free |
| December 14, 2019 | — | ★ 4.9 | 152,058 | Free |
| December 16, 2019 | — | ★ 4.9 | 152,112 | Free |
| May 1, 2020 | 9.3.2 | ★ 4.9 | 153,647 | Free |
| December 1, 2023 | 10.2.3 | ★ 4.9 | 180,851 | Free |
| December 4, 2023 | 10.2.3 | ★ 4.9 | 180,852 | Free |
| December 2, 2024 | 10.2.3 | ★ 4.9 | 180,776 | Free |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25Hasn’t been able to get even close to the right song
Ничего не определяет. Шазам - сразу за секунду.
This app is a piece of garbage. I have trouble working at all the time on my iPhone 13. The phone works just fine. This is the only app that has a problem. It used to work just fine. It doesn’t need an update. My phone doesn’t need an update. This app is just garbage. It stops working all the time and I’m sick of it! Then I can’t figure out what the song is before the song is over. Thanks for wasting my time and storage space!
Love this app. Best. One thing that refrains me from using it is the lack of pip. This is a smartphone and always doing something so this would be a great feature. Please implement it. Thank you
I’ve used this one for forever, and I get so frustrated because it takes so long to identify music. So I tried another popular app, and it works so much faster. I’m not going to be using this app anymore.
App no longer recognizes songs, even under perfect conditions WiFi connected, directly under a speaker with no ambient sound, app still detects humming and never picks up song. Last update was in Jan 2026(it’s April 2026) and still sucks. Don’t know what happened, this thing used to be fire.
Seriously - this app can't ID the simplest of songs. Meanwhile, Shazam is killing it
Consistently gets my songs wrong. Quality of app is subpar from my ability to look up song titles
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.