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SoundHound∞ - Music Discovery App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Music recognitionThis app has been helpful on many occasions in finding the name of or lyrics to songs I like. However, I would like to recommend that you “teach” your software to recognize more Christian music, as that is what I primarily listen to. There is music by For King and Country & Shane and Shane and other artists that Sound Hound doesn’t know. Also, please make it easier to find the settings gear..Version: 8.8.1
✓ Trop cool...Combien de fois cela vous est arrivé d'entendre une chanson quelque part et de ne pas savoir ce que c'était ?!! Cette application (ou le site qui s'y rattache), vous offre gratuitement cette opportunité : Il suffit de lui faire écouter la dite chanson, ou même de la chanter ou fredonner, pour qu'elle compare ce qu'elle entend à sa base de données, et vous affiche les titres qui s'en approche le plus. Les résultats sont très pertinents. L'essayer c'est l'adopter :-).Version: 0
✓ Totally useless nowShazam is way better now.Version: 9.8.4
✓ Great for its basic purpose to identify songsBut, it has a great history feature that does not properly update Apple Music (all earlier history is missing and no apparent means to force a resynch) , does not replicate across my devices, has no “auto play next” and when I paid for the app my entire history has disappeared... so not much point in the payment. I like this app, but it’s features beyond the basic have unexpected disappointing holes in them..Version: 8.9.2
✓ .This app is great for finding songs and videos for which you have forgot the title but remember the tune.Version: 0
✓ Insists that I pay $9.99 when I have owned this app for years.Soundhound no longer recognises me as the purchaser of this application and won't let me update. I deleted the app to see if a fresh install helped but now it insists that I pay $9.99 for an app I have owned for years..Version: 5.5
✓ Used to be 5 starMaybe a year or two ago I would have rated this 5 stars. I was able to play songs from my library and have live lyrics pop up. That feature appears to be completely gone which is definitely a shame.Version: 9.0.3
✓ What’s happened to Soundhound?I’ve been using Soundhound for many years and have found it to be consistently better than its competitors with a high success result identifying songs. However for the last few months this has changed. Three out of five tries now bring up a “there were no close matches try again” result. I have even tried a few well known songs from the Beatles and Bob Dylan to give two examples but the result of some of these was again “no close matches try again”..Version: 9.4.5
✓ I no longer like thisThe app lost its ability to auto share to Facebook and then in the new update you can’t select it to connect to auto share. I like using it while I’m driving and the auto share feature was so nice. I don’t like it now because you gave to click on things to post. That’s dangerous while driving. I rarely use it anymore because of this..Version: 9.6.1
✓ App stops tagging music 6 months ago. DO NOT BUY THIS APP!!!Updated review June 14, 2019: The updated app still does not work. It still says “no music was heard”. Don’t waste your money buying this app. Use Shazam instead. I’m using iPhone X on iOS 12.3.1 Updated review: It’s been 6 months and the app still does not tag any music since November 2018. This app has been updated many times since then but it still does not work. DO NOT BUY THIS APP!!! This app used to work great but about a month ago it stops tagging any music. It always says “no music was heard”. They are aware of the issue so until there’s a fix, this gets a 1 star.Version: 8.9.10
✓ What's happened?I have always preferred soundhound to shazam. I tried soundhound first. If it missed the song I'd then try shazam. What really sold soundhound for me was the fact that it identifies live music not just commercial recordings. It also identifies humming and singing. It was pretty successful. Unfortunately it just doesn't seem to identify my humming very often any more. My singing may have deteriorated but not that much! The thing that has changed is the interface. I hate it. It used to be simple and straightforward. Now it's too busy and cluttered. Shazam is still simple still so if I'm in a hurry I prefer that..Version: 5.6
✓ Needs iPhone 5 screen support!There is no other app that can find music like Sound Hound!! This app is worth every cent..Version: 5.1
✓ Not bad. It worksMost of the time it can get the current hits and well known oldies. I like a lot of non-current, non contemporary music. I like a lot of indie music. SoundHound has a difficult time with that type of music. It also has some difficulty with sound bytes of music that have been remixed. The remixes are better than the originals. Yeah, SoundHound has a hard time with the remixes. Still, not bad, better than many of the others which try to do the same thing.Version: 8.8
✓ Doesn’t work anymoreThis used to be a great app, fast and accurate. The most recent “updates” have killed it. I can’t get it to identify anything, even well known songs. To test it, I put the phone right next to the speaker, silenced all other sounds in the room, and played Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” After churning for 30 seconds, the app told me it had no idea what song it was (comparison: Shazam nailed it in under 2 seconds)..Version: 9.3.2
✓ Used to be goodNo longer reliably IDs songs. Not sure if they gave up on adding new songs to their backend or something.Version: 10.2.2
✓ Fantastic AppThis is one of the best apps I have purchased for my iPad which I have owned for a month now. I have identified three songs I have heard on the radio and had no idea what they were until I used SoundHound. Since then I have bought two if them from itunes and look forward to identifying many more this way. This App is so cool so thanks to everyone involved in it's development. You have one very happy customer. Cheers Maggie.Version: 0
✓ Used to be great but now ShazamI loved this so much I bought it but now it has become second to Shazam. Consistently doesn’t recognize songs when Shazam gets it the very first time. No matter how many times you repeat the search, it consistently fails when Shazam gets it..Version: 8.9.4
✓ Map feature gone?The map feature was set this app apart from Shazam. I loved being able to pull up where I heard a song or to see what locations I visited that played great music. Sometimes it was just fun to make that connection between the place and the music you heard there. I noticed over the years that the location info was harder and harder to find like it was being phased out. Please bring this back!.Version: 9.8.1
✓ Shazam way betterTakes forever to load so by the time it is ready to listen, the song you’re trying to catch it over. Also, half the time it doesn’t even recognize the song. I was using Shazam and somehow this app downloads itself onto my phone. I had no idea where Shazam went so I thought maybe the company changed names. No idea how they did it. Not happy with app. Found Shazam moved from first page of my iPhone to last page. Switching back. Compare for yourself..Version: 8.4
✓ Was the best.This was the best app of this kind unreliable functionality over the last few years means I'm going to start looking for alternatives (might have to check out current state of shazam which I've always to hated). Link to buy in itunes doesn't work. Tweeting functionality had been restored but tweet only links to song info with link to download soundhound instead of being able to sample audio of the track. 5 stars down to 3..Version: 6.8.1
✓ Can’t recognise most songsWhat happened?! This app used to be brilliant but since last 2 updates it fails to recognise most songs. Completely useless! I’m going to have to move on to Shazam, their app has been massively improved and Soundound isn’t relevant anymore 🤷♀️.Version: 10.2.2
✓ What !!!What did you do to this app !? I am unable to open most of my search history, video, I don’t care if the song has a video, I am into music. If I wanted video I’d go to YouTube. Keep to lyrics & songs please. And give them to my quickly, please..Version: 9.2.2
✓ It’s better shazamEvery update is getting worse. Always says “we going to save in your history” we can not search now..Version: 8.8
✓ Crap!This app failed to identify even 1 of the 10 tracks I threw at it - IMHO it is total crap! I feel I’ve been robbed of the 1 star I had to award it just so I could express exactly how I feel. The 10 tracks I chose to test this app were a mixture of genres and ages of the tracks. I could understand it failing to identify maybe 3 out of 10 tracks but all 10 is verging on the ridiculous! Any true music lover should give this piece of trash a wide berth. 🤬.Version: 10.2.2
✓ Used to be GreatI've been using SoundHound for over 10 years now, and it used to be my go to song recognition app. Now for the past dozen times, it has failed to recognize songs that are easily identified by Shazam (built into Siri). This used to hold premium real estate on both my Home Screen and Apple Watch complications. I never thought I would say this, but I'm finally retiring it for something that's more reliable..Version: 9.8.5
✓ Not as good as it used to beSince the last upgrade SoundHound is not finding songs. It when you type it in it is suddenly there. Perhaps there is a slight glitch.Version: 9.4.3
✓ Doesn’t pick up the music!Great app but lately or most of the time it hasn’t picked up any of the music I’ve tried listening to as it always comes back saying “There were no close matches. Try again. Tips: Hold your phone close to the music” Even after I’ve pressed the button to listen! It still does it even though I’ve got the music up loud or I’m in a cinema where they have the speakers up really loud and yet most of the time it still comes up with the same message all the time even though the bubbles on the listening section are big but still doesn’t pick up the music no matter how loud the music is playing! It’s been doing this for a long time now but sometimes it works and finds the songs but other times it doesn’t! Plus it doesn’t even pick up well known songs either even though I’ve got my iPhone up close to where the music is located at! I like the app but just wished it would work 100% of the time as it’s meant to work!.Version: 8.9.9
✓ Seems to get less usefulSH used to listen to a song, tell me the release date, album, lyrics, facts, info, groups info, other songs etc etc etc ... now I cannot find anything just the song and maybe lyrics. Functionality seems to be less than a few App versions ago???!!! Maybe I am missing it somewhere but if I am, why make it so hard to find anything. If I am not missing it and it is no longer there , then this is being dumbed-down 👎.Version: 9.4.6
✓ Was great - now uselessI’ve had the paid for version of SoundHound for years. For some reason it’s gone from totally great to totally unreliable. Reinstallation seemed to fix for a while but it didn’t last. Lost patience with it..Version: 9.4.2
✓ Not one right result so far...Not a great start, Shazam is soooo much better. Well it works for starters. Five tries with Midomi and no correct identifications. 4 correct identifications with Shazam. Anybody had better results with words, humming, tapping etc?.Version: 0
✓ Doesn’t work - save your moneySoundHound used to be great at identifying songs. Haven’t been able to find the name of songs. I’m shocked I had to pay for that. Shazam works great and is free..Version: 9.4
✓ “No Music Heard”Come on guys. I’ve had this app since it first appeared on the App Store. But it no longer accesses the microphone so it can’t tag music. The app was great in the past. Please return SoundHound to its former glory..Version: 9.0.1
✓ No no no no no no noHate that this shazam competitor is so poor. my suspicion is apple pay them to keep it poor. upon launching, it works as well as anything. but IT WILL NOT WORK AGAIN UNTIL YOU QUIT AND RESTART THE APP. i give up..Version: 10.2.3
✓ Lcokscreen widget disappeared?? What’s going onI’ve had this app for a really long time, and I’ve been supporting it since the beginning, since even before Shazam even existed, and was really enjoying the future of having it available for my lock screen with a widget, but suddenly that has disappeared, and I don’t even have the option to add it… What’s going on would really like some answers and support for this problem.Version: 10.2.2
✓ The old gray mare she ain’t what she used to beWell to be fair I haven’t tried this version but after I do I’ll check back and give my opinion of it I feel I’m entitled to that having been in a paid customer for years.I concur with many uses opinion you’ve taken out plenty of the features that made this app so enjoyable and turned it into a pile of junk. I never use it anymore once in a while when there’s an update try it just for old time sake, This app was so good I can almost cry at what you’ve done to it! Understand you want to keep making money and this is one way to do that but to me it’s a sellout..Version: 8.8.1
✓ Widget stoppedWorking iOS 13I would give 5 starts but the widget stopped working and I rely on that a lot. Please fix.Version: 9.2
✓ Update disables “Hey Siri”After installing this update, my iPhone (latest iOS) would no longer respond to “Hey Siri “. I found that manually activating Siri (holding the home button) would bring “hey Siri “ back to life after that. I also found that every time I started the SoundHound app, whether it was already running in the background or not, and then exited the app, “hey Siri “ would once again no longer work on my iPhone..Version: 8.9.1
✓ Stop/ StartThis thing keeps freezing on my iPhone4. Shuts down on a search??!! Driving me nuts team . Advice?.Version: 4.4.1
✓ HIJACKS my TIDAL STREAMWhy did I just delete this App after using it for 10 years?? Started using this app when it was free. It was such a clean interface with no advertisements, unlike Sh.....m which had too many ads to be useful. I even paid ($9.95, I think, twice because of an iTunes/Apple ID screwup). During the last 2 years, SoundHound has deteriorated to the point I am about to uninstall it. I like Pre-Listening, because quite often (like during TV shows - E.G., “The Imposters,” there is only 15-20 seconds of music before the song is gone. I love building my Discoveries List from anywhere I hear music I might want to purchase (or now, stream from TIDAL. My current issue is that when streaming TIDAL to any of my Yamaha AV Receivers (mainly the RX-A3080) using Apple’s AirPlay, when I launch SoundHound, it immediately STOPS my stream and begins playing on my iPhone. If I launch SoundHound while streaming from TIDAL, it is because I want to check lyrics — and that is all. To stop my listening experience and shunt the sound back to my iPhone is UNACCEPTABLE. I will now start a search to find something which works like SoundHound used to work - for the user, NOT for the bean-counters!.Version: 8.9.6
✓ Fix portrait modeDo it.Version: 8.5
✓ What’s happenedUsed to be great but lately I have had to use Shazam. SoundHound just doesn’t recognize songs, volume not high enough, maybe....it’s just become unreliable. Too bad because I didn’t want to use Shazam. It’s a 50/50 sometimes too late to grab song because it takes long to open then this crap about flipping through juke box and 8 tracks....while searching isn’t cute to me. App takes to long to open. I would highly recommend try b4 u buy. I used to try SoundHound first but lately I just go straight to Shazam..Version: 9.4.6
✓ I miss old functionalityI sure do miss the old functionality removed from SoundHound. When I search a song, of course the first thing I want to know is what is it called and who is it by. Thats obviously there in every music ID app. I want to know about the song because I like it and its new to me. Next I want to know what album its from. SoundHound USED to list all the places that song was released (all the albums, etc). REALLY useful when trying to buy it. Also, I want to hear other music by that musician. SoundHound USED to show that—a nice list sorted by album. SoundHound is not fast compared to the other “well known” music id app. In fact, it has a fairly regular problem of not even being able to “hear” the music in the room for some reason. You have to reboot to fix (if that fixes it at all). It keeps asking if u are “humming”. Nope—but the music is loud in the background and the “other” app hears it. Hasnt been fixed for a LONG time and is irritating because often the clip you are scanning is over before u can try again. Live lyrics to sing along with used to be a big bonus feature only found here. Now lots do it. I guess what I’m feeling is that unfortunately SoundHound is pretty much like every other app now—just orange colored instead of blue—so why wouldnt I pick the fastest, most reliable one? Go back to being feature rich. Its why I paid for the full version originally.Version: 9.8.5
✓ Serously it wasn’t brokenI need to know a song i go to the surch tab and press the yellow button simple and very effective ,well no longer ,sound hound developers got bored and now that page is filled with crap that should have been left somewhere else in the app like a list of artists born today “i don't care” I'm surching for a song ,I'm tired of developers doing this ,change it back or im leaving ,i paid to remove adds and you put this crap in the way instead its shady.Version: 9.3
✓ Gone downhillI have been using this app since it was first released back in the day. I liked this over all other app because it was clean UI, fast load, fast music detection and no nonsense app. However, recently with every update it has gone sluggish and doesn’t even detect any music. I tried this app 5 times yesterday on a Billy Joel’s song (She’s Always A Woman) and all 5 times it failed to detect the song. Siri (Shaham) detected it within few seconds..Version: 8.9.3
✓ Dirty tricks....I'm p.ssedI had the original version of this app which is all I wanted. It stopped working so I removed it and wanted to install it again. Searched for it and found this version, with the same name and icon an advertised as v.2, I naturally figured that I would not get charged for this app as I already own it. The original version by the way has been removed from the app store making this look even more like just an upgrade of the original which should have been provided to existing users for free. Yes, I was charged, 3.99 for an app that I basically already owned, and is even ad supported!!! Con, con, con.......greedy crafty devs, and as other reviewers have said, Shazam is better so don't waste your money people!!! (I have pointed out the crooks these devs are so you have been warned).Version: 0
✓ It does not workThis was great app till recently when it stopped failing and it no longer works for any songs. Since the new look was introduced app is not work it so there is no point paying for it..Version: 9.3.1
✓ Buggy with SpotifyUsing most updated version. When trying to add to a Spotify playlist, my lists don’t show up..Version: 8.9.3
✓ Adding musicFor the longest time when I would look something up it was added to my library. For some reason that does not happen any my. I checked my settings and according to the all my settings it should still add to my playlist. Just wish it still did..Version: 9.5.3
✓ Cannot download :(Ive used soundhound since it first came out and it has improved so much. Nowadays, i have to update every so often. Today, i cannot even download the updated version..Version: 8.8.3
✓ Not the bestThis was the first music recognition app that I used and I’ve continued to use it to this day. I really like it for logging songs that I hear and want to add to a playlist in the future. And I like the live lyrics feature. However I’ve used competitor apps like Shazam and whilst they don’t always have the same features they seem far superior in recognising the songs. More often than not nowadays SoundHound is either slow or lets me down completely where it really shouldn’t - where Shazam then works really quickly and first time on songs where SoundHound has failed multiple times - songs that are clear and should be easy. As such I rely on apps like Shazam now for being more useful and reliable than this one..Version: 8.5
✓ Used to be great, is now rubbish!Used to be great, is now rubbish! Probably works for the latest chart music, but ask it to recognise anything rock oriented and you’re wasting your time! Hugely disappointed. :(.Version: 9.4.2
✓ Rubbish app part 2I would like to add 'Soundhound' suck ceded in identifying a lame Whitney Huston track today! Yay it does work....../sic ( only because I am committed).Version: 5.1
✓ Used to be goodI’m not sure if others have noticed, but I’ve had this app for at least 6 years, and I noticed it’s just not finding songs like it used to. I would say I’m getting maybe 10% of my searches back with a match. And they’re not obscure songs or poor quality. It’s frustrating to say the least. Before, I would have recommended this app. Now, I would not. I hope this gets fixed..Version: 9.5.1
✓ Let’s make a good app into a messUsed to use this all the time, simple and direct, however it’s just become a bit of a mess. I’ll persevere in the hope that they actually use their own apps and see how messy they’ve made it..Version: 8.8.1
✓ Really goodAm really pleased with the app. Recognises the song pretty spot on and provides the option to buy it on iTunes. Thumbs up..Version: 5.9
✓ No Bluetooth speaker connection !The app itself works fine, if a little clunky. But why on earth can you not playback through the app to a Bluetooth speaker? Makes it all a bit pointless really if it’s going to disconnect straightaway.Version: 9.3.1
✓ Changes for no benefitI really hate how companies are always changing the look of ads. The circle instead of the new bar as it plays was great. I just think they seem to think they have to justify their existence. Apple are the most annoying at that..Version: 9.3.2
✓ Maps Gone?When did you guys remove the ability to show where I was when I searched for a song? I was trying to show a friend why he should spend the bucks on SoundHound over Shazam by demonstrating one of its coolest features - the map that shows where a song was “discovered” - but I couldn’t find it anymore. Why did you remove that?.Version: 9.6.1
✓ Not what it used to beWhat used to be my favorite music ID app is no more. It used to open and ‘listen’ immediately but now it’s slow and rarely finds even the most popular of songs on the first try. I mean, seriously, can someone please tell me why it thinks I’m humming a song when my phone is right next to the speaker?? Every time. Maddening. Also, the ease of finding album info has been imbedded too deep. Just not what it used to be..Version: 9.4.4
✓ What’s going on ?There is song added in my history for which I have never hit the button . SoundHound have a life of its own or try to suggest me some pretty bad random tunes . Not good ..Version: 8.8.1
✓ So soWhistle, hum or give it a song 90% will be wrong. Shazzam works heaps better and is more accurate at about 50%.Version: 0
✓ RubbishHave just tried to use it to identify two songs. Didn’t get either of them even though they were well know. Found them on Google..Version: 9.4.3
✓ Stop Taking Away My Bluetooth!!!Sometimes we just want lyrics and that doesn’t require your app to override my Bluetooth to listen to my external phone speakers in order to figure out what song I’m listening too. So if you could give us the option to toggle between typing in our music selection or having your app listen in to what songs are floating around, that would be sublime. Seriously... I listen to gangsta rap at work and if I want lyrics without sharing my music with my quiet office, I should be allowed to!!!! Frustrating..Version: 8.9.8
✓ It's ok.I've been using SoundHound for YEARS now. I ended up buying the paid version I found myself using it that much! Sadly though it wasn't worth it and I chose wrong,Shazam is the way to go for music if apps..Plus it's free too.Version: 8.4
✓ Had to switch back to ShazamIt was a 5 star until a few years ago. It had more and more trouble recognizing songs. I recently tried to find a popular song from a movie (using the real song as reference), and it failed miserably. Had to download Shazam to get the title and artist of the song and it worked right away. Disappointed that I purchased this app and swore by it after all these years only to end up having to switch to the free app Shazam… :(.Version: 9.6.1
✓ Its allrightNot 100% happy. i know its got to narrow down 1 song from about 6 million but shazam can do it with ease. The reason i purcashed this was you can hum the song..Version: 0
✓ Now have stop and restart the searchIt used to be a 5-star app for me. I’ve been usinqyears without issue, but for about a year, opening the app and letting it auto-listen results in, well, no result. I have to stop the “listening/searching” function, wait 2-3 seconds, and then restart the listening, at which point it finds a title very quickly. But not helpful if I’m at a stoplight and in handsfree mode! Why do I have to send through the request *twice* every single time?!?.Version: 8.9.1
✓ BluetoothThis app is useless in today’s day and age, I can’t play music through any of my Bluetooth devices, and even when it did play music through my Bluetooth devices it’s sounded like music through a potato..Version: 8.9.6
✓ Struggles to identify songs correctlyThis app used to be the ultimate song identifying application however over the past few application updates it now is struggling to identify songs correctly it gets them wrong quite regularly the same songs which get Identified correctly on another song Identifying app! Looks like I will be uninstalling this app and purchasing the paid version of the other app..Version: 8.9
✓ Absolute PooThis app continues to prove it is absolute poo. No matter how clear the song or close to the source, it never ever reads the song. Save yourself the frustration, do not download this app..Version: 9.8.1
✓ I agree with Donald-tThe old gray mare just ain’t what she used to be. This app used to deploy instantly and now even with new equipment it’s like waiting for a snail to cross the road. A small snail and if your not sitting on top of a cell tower delivering LTE you are simply wasting your efforts by the time it deploys and stops telling you your not connected to the internet the song is gone. While using it in the wilds of the northwest where my carriers signal is still not the best it used to pull an I.D. Of something but no more I guess all developers think you have a cable connection in cell phone land and have started building for stay at home users. And the success rate has disappeared to next to nothing and it used to identify the most obscure music you could find. I have heard there are other music identification apps out there and I think I’m going to see what they are like. After many years of great music identified found and corralled with Soundhounds help I have reached the end of my patience to many backwards function losing updates and to many you are not connected to the internet messages I am gone now how do I take my history with me?.Version: 8.9.2
✓ Hijacks music and disconnects Bluetooth headphonesWhat happened to this app?! It used to be great but since the last update it hijacks any music I’m already playing, disconnects my AirPods and starts BLARING the music out phone the speakers. Not cool. There doesn’t seem to be any setting to turn this off. Who decided on speaker blasting everyone on public transport as a feature?.Version: 8.5
✓ Won’t let me select and play a videoWhat a joke! This recent update on SoundHound won’t let me play a video with my songs under discoveries or favorites. Specifically, this recent update won’t let me select one particular song that is featured in any album or videos associated with that particular song. The old updates were much better than the latest update because you can choose what song you want to play along with other videos associated with the song you want to listen. Please, SoundHound, fix this problem and restore it to its former glory. I’ve been using this app since 2014..Version: 9.0.1
✓ It was good, not anymoreI really loved it but lately it doesn’t recognize what Shazam does: too bad because Shazam push you to get Apple Music and it’s really annoying. Please fix your database, 🙏.Version: 10.2.3
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