Best Music Identification Apps in 2026
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Identify music and decide what follow-up features matter once you have a match. Compare recognition limits and offline identification, then consider whether you need identification history, lyrics, or listening links. Platform support, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing also help distinguish the options. Pex Search, Audible Magic, and ACRCloud are among the apps included. If you expect to identify music in different settings or revisit discoveries later, use the listed criteria to compare how each app supports that use, and check platform fit before settling on an option.
Music Identification Apps, one module each.A lit port is something its maker publishes; 6 of 6 with a known API signal have a public API.
- 01 AudioTag API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.2Free
- 02 AudD API yesDOCS 7.0$5/mo
- 03 Audible Magic API yesDOCS 7.0
- 04 BMAT Vericast API yesDOCS 7.0
- 05 Pex Search API yesDOCS 6.8
- 06 ACRCloud API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7
- 07 AHA Music FREE yesDOCS 6.0$3.33/mo
- 08 AirScrobble FREE yesDOCS 6.0$0.62/mo
- 09 Kooha FREE yesDOCS 6.0Free
- 10 WhoSampled FREE yesDOCS 6.0Free
- 11 Annie FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 12 Audile FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 13 Earworm FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 14 Google Pixel Now Playing FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 15 Snag FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 16 SongRec FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 17 SoundHound FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 18 Music Identifier DOCS 5.6
- 19 Audire DOCS 5.5
- 20 Gracenote MusicID DOCS 5.5
- 21 MuziFind DOCS 5.5
- 22 MuID DOCS 5.4
- 23 Shazam DOCS 5.2
Compare all 23 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Platform support | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AudioTag | 7.2 | Free plan | Free | Yes | browser | ||
| 2 | AudD | 7.0 | $5/mo | No | cross-platform | Yes | ||
| 3 | Audible Magic | 7.0 | cross-platform | |||||
| 4 | BMAT Vericast | 7.0 | cross-platform | |||||
| 5 | Pex Search | 6.8 | cross-platform | |||||
| 6 | ACRCloud | 6.7 | No | Yes | cross-platform | |||
| 7 | AHA Music | 6.0 | Free plan | $3.33/mo | Yes | 4.99 /mo | cross-platform | |
| 8 | AirScrobble | 6.0 | Free plan | $0.62/mo | Yes | mobile | ||
| 9 | Kooha | 6.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | desktop | ||
| 10 | WhoSampled | 6.0 | Free plan | Free | Yes | cross-platform | ||
| 11 | Annie | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | mobile | ||
| 12 | Audile | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | mobile | Yes | |
| 13 | Earworm | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | mobile | No | |
| 14 | Google Pixel Now Playing | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | mobile | ||
| 15 | Snag | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | mobile | No | |
| 16 | SongRec | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | cross-platform | ||
| 17 | SoundHound | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | mobile | Yes | |
| 18 | Music Identifier | 5.6 | Yes | browser | ||||
| 19 | Audire | 5.5 | Yes | mobile | ||||
| 20 | Gracenote MusicID | 5.5 | cross-platform | |||||
| 21 | MuziFind | 5.5 | mobile | |||||
| 22 | MuID | 5.4 | mobile | Yes | ||||
| 23 | Shazam | 5.2 | Yes | cross-platform | Yes |
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