Shazam in a very short span of time has gained a lot of popularity due to its unique features and services. Or the people who don’t know, Shazam is a unique application that easily recognizes music or song and provides you a full length information with lyrics. It is the easiest way to discover music through Shazam.

How it works?

Shazam has a very simple method to run on your mobile. Just download the application and hold your phone near TV or your radio to know more about the song. It can recognize as well as record the music for you. But the only caveat is that the free version only provides you restricted or limited service where you can only recognize or record up to 5 songs per month. The paid version is way better than the free I suppose.

Dependency on one application can literally disappoint you at some moment of time. If we talk about Shazam, then let me tell you Shazam recently dropped Spotify support apparently for its UK users. Thus, we can say dependency can be quite dangerous for users.

We have top 5 alternatives for Shazam which can be used like Shazam but with better facilities. Let’s follow the applications mentioned below:-

Best 5 Alternatives For Shazam App

1. SoundHound

SoundHound is possibly the best alternative to Shazam, it focuses on search, discover and play music instantly. SoundHound not only allows you to search songs through voice recognition, it also helps you to get its lyrics and downloadable links for future references. Recently SoundHound has installed a new features that is apparently called as “Say it & Play it". Say it & Play it allows you to simply instruct the app to find a particular song without touching the screen. For instance – “ok hound… what is this song" and your app will find and play the song for you.

Availability: Android & iOS

Price: Free (Includes IAP)

  2.  Musixmatch

Musixmatch has the largest lyrics catalog as compared to other music applications. There are a variety of features in musixmatch which can be noticed in one go. It allows you to find lyrics of a particular song, recognize song or music,  play it directly via YouTube or Spotify and much more. It is a very interesting application for most of the music lovers.

Availability: Android & iOS

Price: Free (included IAP)

3.  FaceBook

FaceBook has recently introduced an alternative to Shazam. The applications allows the device to recognize million of songs and give you better results than any other application you know. It also provides you lyrics and direct link to download the song on your device. The advantage for using FaceBook music recognition app is that you don’t need to download a standalone application on your devices. FaceBook can do the work very easily.

Availability: Android, iOS, Windows

Price: Free

4. Google Search

Google search is an in built app for Android users. It is definitely one of the best ways to search for the song you are listening right now. It works quite easily for you, users just need to tap on the mic button and say “Listen to TV" or “Ok Google, Listen to TV". And that’s it, you can now see all the results with lyrics, links to download the song and history of the song. What more can we ask for? The best thing about it is, it is in built, thus, we don’t have t download a standalone application for users.

Availability: Android

Price: Free

5. SoundTracking

SoundTracking is especially designed for people who love to share and receive messages from social media sites. Users can easily add photographs, hashtags and captions on the song and share with friends and family on FaceBook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Twitter. You can also dedicate songs to your special one through SoundTracking.

Availability: Android & iOS

Price: Free

Conclusion

Shazam being the best app for tracking song and its lyrics has some disappointments to face. It not only charges money for its services but also crashes at times while working on your mobile phones. As compared to other best android applications, Shazam is falling through the ladder of success. The apps mentioned above are quite interesting and easy to use. Let’s follow them and share your experience by writing your comments below. Thank You!