- Price$3.99
- CategoryMusic
- First releasedJune 19, 2012
- Versions1 archived
- Installable1 of 1
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerWhoSampled
- Bundle IDcom.whosampled.whosampled
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueWhat is the sample in this song? Who covered my favorite artists? What remixes were made for this track? WhoSampled knows!
Discover the DNA of the music you love. 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.
Awards include: - Selected by Apple as APP STORE BEST OF YEAR - The Telegraph - BEST MUSIC APP OF THE YEAR - Music Ally Digital Music Awards - BEST MUSIC APP - Named one of the world's best apps by The Next Web, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and more
Explore the Music Behind the Music WhoSampled 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. Whether you're into Hip-Hop, Electronic/Dance, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Classical, or beyond, WhoSampled is an essential music discovery experience.
Key Features - Discover music through your own collection. Scan your Spotify or Apple Music library to uncover amazing connections for the songs you love.
- Identify music playing around you and instantly see its samples, covers and remixes.
- 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.
- Beautiful, ad-free, clean interface. Simple and intuitive navigation makes exploration effortless.
- 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.
- "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.
- Highly detailed information on any sample (sample timing, sample type, part sampled) lets you pinpoint exactly where and how samples were used.
- Share your discoveries with your Facebook friends and X followers.
- Deep and unique music charts that show you trending and top-rated music as well as the all-time most influential artists and tracks.
- A host of other features and functionality including the ability to save favorites and contextual recommendations from every sample, cover and remix.
Dig deeper into the music you love. Dig into the WhoSampled app!
In-App Subscription Terms Payment 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.
Terms of Use: https://www.whosampled.com/html/terms_of_use.html Privacy Policy: https://www.whosampled.com/html/privacy_policy.html
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 7 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 28, 2012 | — | — | 32 | $2.99 |
| November 4, 2013 | — | — | 77 | $2.99 |
| December 16, 2018 | — | ★ 4.9 | 1,397 | $3.99 |
| December 11, 2019 | — | ★ 4.9 | 3,076 | $3.99 |
| November 29, 2022 | 1.40 | ★ 4.9 | 6,203 | $3.99 |
| December 4, 2024 | 1.41.5 | ★ 4.9 | 7,628 | $3.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 15As an audio enthusiast and dj, this app has helped me track down samples from songs and has given me so much information. Very easy to use.
Love it… Holds it weight in finding the samples used!!!
This great for all new comers to really research hip hop samples to know the origin and original songs
this app might be better than tiktok
Love having the ability to quickly find out who sampled what in my favorite songs, which leads to more fun music discovery!
… the app has always been frustrating to use since it has never implemented iPad compatibility. and, with the introduction of iOS/iPadOS 26 — since this app has never been iPad compatible — it’s now become infuriating since it can’t support proper window sizing (especially when I want to use it with other apps). I just can’t see myself using it anymore.
Everything I was looking for
For the price of the app you can only scan and recognize samples in your Apple or Spotify playlists. To scan music that is playing around you, you have to pay a yearly subscription. That info should have been front and center. Not a bad buy, if you are a producer or DJ it could be beneficial to pay the subscription if the features work well.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.