Shazam - Musical Genie

While listening to the radio, how many times have you asked who sings this song? Which album is this from? What's the name of this song? Shazam has the answers to all of your questions and give you a bit more.

Shazam is a music recongition app that listens to the music playing via the built in microphone and matches it to an enormous database. It pulls up the song name, artist, album, and cover art for the current song. Every song that you "Shazam" gets added to the apps tag list, so that you may download the song at a later time or look back to find songs you enjoyed. The app also provides access to a top 20 chart with the current most popular songs. Lastly, one of my favorite features of Shazam is the real time lyric streaming that scrolls through the lyrics as the music plays. Great addition to the app!

Shazam's icon (left) and the in-app home screen (right)

Shazam is not just an app for music enthusiasts, but an app for anyone who listens to music at all. There is a paid app as well, but it simply provides the same functionality without ads. The free edition is just fine.

Get the app by clicking here!