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Soundhound and Shazam are two applications that provide any iPhone user with the enviable position of being able to identify a song that comes on the radio just by singing or humming a few lyrics or line. Without these apps music lovers would be left in the dark ages of music and have to write down lyrics of their favorite songs in the hopes of finding out the name of the song and the artist who sang it when they are able to research it online.
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Both SoundHound and Shazam cost under $5 bucks and claim to be able to pull up the name and artist of any song under different conditions like a crowded room, party, or public event with a lot of noisy people but the question is do these apps really live up to the hype? This review will reveal the truth.
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Location, Location, Location
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Both applications offer the same results in a variety of locations from a crowded room to a busy city street. Soundhound and Shazam are able to identify the names of popular songs and obscure songs when the user either sings or hums the song in any location.
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When it comes to identifying the name of a particular band name though, SoundHound succeeds in being able to quickly identify the recording artist compared to Shazam, which takes multiple tries before getting the name right.
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Acoustic & Internet Based Music
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Shazam succeeds in being able to quickly identify artists who record acoustic music like Eric Clapton’s unplugged version of Layla, especially artists who perform classic Flamingo music compared to SoundHound which was unable to identify the same songs quickly.
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When it comes to music over the internet, sometimes it’s not always the best quality of sound but that doesn’t stop Shazam and SoundHound, they are both able to quickly identify what music is playing without difficulty.
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Favorite Soundtracks
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These days, just about everyone has their favorite score or song from a movie that they may have watched recently or years ago. Both Soundhound and Shazam are able to identify the name and recording artists of songs from television and movies. In many cases SoundHound is quicker in this arena and returns faster results.
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Singing
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SoundHound also succeeded at quickly identifying a song by singing it compared to Shazam which took more than one try to get the name of song and recording artist or it was unable to produce results.
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Wrap Up
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Overall both apps are very similar and offer almost identical features like charts and most tagged tracks but Soundhound seems to be more on its game when it comes to being able to quickly identify songs and offer more features to users like: playing a YouTube video of the song when you’re using the application, showing the lyrics for the songs that you’re interested in finding and so much more.
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Shazam is the simpler application of the two but for people who love music and want to take their passion for it to the next level, or just be the cool person at their next party, SoundHound is the app to get.