Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

Music & Audio

8.9~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.8 Google Play·500M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-09-05

Screenshots

Result page for a Dua Lipa track showing 8.1 million Shazams

Upcoming concert page for an artist with a ticket button

Synced lyrics scrolling in time with a playing track

Music video highlights with an artist highlights row below

Player offering to add the found playlist to an Apple Music library

About Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

Shazam names the song playing near you in a few seconds, then shows the lyrics in sync, the artist's video highlights and any concerts they have coming up. Apple has owned it since 2018 and runs it without advertising and without a single in-app purchase, which almost nothing else in this catalogue can say. It has passed 500 million Android installs and holds a 4.9 average on the App Store.

App information

DeveloperApple Inc.

Version16.58.0 (Android) · 26.16 (iOS)

Size22.42 MB (Android) · 49 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsNo

In-app purchasesNo

Content rating13+

Requires (Android)Android 10+

Requires (iOS)iOS 18.0+

Offline modeNone for recognition; previously identified songs stay in history

Interface languagesCS, NL, EN, FR, DE, ID + 13 more

Store rating (Google Play)4.8 from 12,228,596 ratings

Installs500M+

Updated by developer2026-08-26

Data checked2026-09-07

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-09-07. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Shazam Review: No Ads, No Purchases, No Catch

Nothing Is Sold Inside It

The Google Play listing carries no Contains ads badge and no in-app purchases at all — the rarest combination in this catalogue, and the reason the app deserves attention beyond what it does. There is no premium tier, no subscription and no upsell screen after a result. What Apple gets instead is placement: a result offers to play the full track and to add it to an Apple Music library, and the collected data is used to run those services rather than sold to advertisers. Google Play declares no third-party sharing whatsoever.

Lyrics in Sync, Concerts, and Shazam Counts

A result is more than a title. Lyrics scroll in time with the track, which is the feature people keep it installed for long after identifying the song. Each track shows how many times it has been recognised worldwide — the store screenshots show a Dua Lipa single at 8.1 million Shazams — which doubles as a popularity chart nobody else publishes. Artist pages carry video highlights, and a concert panel lists upcoming shows with a ticket link, so recognising a song in a bar can end with a date in your calendar.

The Smallest Install, the Newest iOS Requirement

This is the lightest app in the catalogue by a wide margin, which matters on a phone with no space left. The catch sits on Apple's side: the current build requires a recent iOS release, so older iPhones are cut off from updates in a way Android users are not. The data list is moderate — six collected categories including location, used for the music services rather than shared onward — and the ratings are the highest here: 4.9 on the App Store, 4.8 across 12.2 million Play reviews.

Pros

No advertising and no in-app purchases at all
Lyrics scroll in time with the track
Concert listings with ticket links for the artist found
The lightest install of any app in this catalogue
Rated 4.9 on the App Store across 8.8 million ratings

Cons

Results push towards Apple Music rather than your own player
Requires a recent iOS release, cutting off older iPhones
Location is among the six data categories collected
Recognition needs a connection, so no offline identification

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Verdict

The clearest recommendation in this catalogue: it does one thing better than anything else, costs nothing, shows no advertising and takes almost no space on the phone. Install it and forget it is there until a song plays. The only real caveats are that it leans towards Apple Music when you tap play, and that recent iOS builds have left older iPhones behind.

Core function9.5Identifies a track in seconds, including through background noise, and rarely returns nothing.

Ease of use9.0One button does the whole job; everything else in the app is optional detail.

Monetisation9.5No advertising, no purchases, no subscription — only a route into Apple Music.

Performance8.5The smallest install here, and results arrive in seconds on a modest connection.

Privacy & permissions7.0Six collected categories including location, but no third-party sharing declared.

8.9out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Is Shazam free?

Completely. There is no subscription, no premium tier and no advertising — the Play listing shows neither an ads badge nor in-app purchases. Apple owns the app and uses it as an entry point to Apple Music, which is how it pays for itself without charging anyone who identifies a song.

What are Shazam counts?

The number of times a track has been identified worldwide, shown on its result page — a Dua Lipa single appears in the store screenshots at 8.1 million. It is a rough popularity measure that predates streaming charts, and it often flags a song rising before radio picks it up.

Does anything in the app cost money?

Nothing. The only paid thing a result can lead to is a subscription elsewhere: playing a full track offers Apple Music, and a concert listing offers tickets from a third-party seller. Neither is required to identify songs, see lyrics or keep a history of what you found.

Can it identify songs without a connection?

Not reliably — the match is made against a server, so recognition needs data or Wi-Fi. Everything already identified stays in your history for offline browsing. On a phone with no signal, treat it as a library of what you have found rather than a working tool.

What are the alternatives?

Google's built-in song search does the same job inside Android with no separate app. SoundHound identifies humming and singing, which this one does not. For plain recognition of a recorded track playing nearby, nothing is faster or more accurate than this.