SoundHound - Music Discovery & Lyrics
SoundHound Inc. Music & Audio In-app purchases Contains ads
Music discovery, identification, & voice-controlled player with 300M+ downloads!
- Rating
- 3.6
- 914K ratings
- Downloads
- 124M+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Jul 14
- 2026 · v10.5.8
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About SoundHound - Music Discovery & Lyrics
HEY, WHAT SONG IS THAT?
SoundHound makes it simple to discover music playing around you. It doesn’t matter if you’re at home, in your car, or anywhere else. Just open the app, hit the big orange button, and we’ll tell you exactly what song is playing!
SAVE YOUR MUSIC JOURNEY
All the songs and lyrics you discover will be kept in your own personal history, and you’ll have a Music Map to look up exactly where you heard that song you loved so much. You can also connect your Spotify account to build playlists, explore music across genres, and find new favorites—all with real-time lyrics.
SING ALONG WITH REAL-TIME LYRICS
Explore the lyrics of all your recently discovered and favorited music. Sing along, memorize all the words, and you’ll end up a karaoke master. You can also discover lyrics to the most popular songs topping the SoundHound charts across multiple genres and categories!
DISCOVER
- Tap the big orange button to discover music playing around you, including song title, artist, album, and lyrics.
- Have a song stuck in your head? Press the button, sing or hum the tune, and we’ll do the rest!
- Keep track of all your discoveries with your own personal history page
- Check out the hottest new music across Genre, Global, and Popular charts
- Find out what’s being played near you and around the world with our Music Map
PLAY
- Songs you discover can be played for free via our built-in YouTube music player
- Connect your Spotify account to stream music directly in SoundHound
CONNECT
- Automatically transfer your discovered songs into a Spotify playlist (SoundHound account and Spotify subscription required)
- Sync all of your discoveries across multiple devices
LYRICS
- View and interact with real-time lyrics with LiveLyrics®
- Type in the lyrics or use voice search, and we’ll find the song for you! Say something like…
Hey SoundHound… Show me lyrics for Thriller by Michael Jackson.
- Access the lyrics of your recently discovered and favorited music.
- Discover lyrics to songs topping the SoundHound charts
LOOK, NO HANDS!
SoundHound comes equipped with “Hey SoundHound…”, an incredibly powerful way to interact play and discover music using just your voice. Simply say “Hey SoundHound…” and follow up with something like:
“What’s that song?”
“Show me lyrics to ‘Castle on the Hill’”
“Play today’s top songs’’
“Add this song to my playlist” (Spotify only)
SHARE
Share your music discoveries via Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, messaging services and email!
FEATURED REVIEWS
- Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Apps - Bob Tedeschi, NY Times
- Best Music Engagement App - BILLBOARD Music App Awards
- Essential iPad App - "Seriously fast" - John Herrman, Gizmodo
- "Genius, isn't it?" - B.B.C. World Radio
- "This is amazing... insane, right?" - David Pogue
Don’t want banner ads? Upgrade to SoundHound∞: https://04ii.app.link/RXaRXypntA
_______________________________
Explanation of requested permissions: https://bnc.lt/Scoe/D66l9PB34B
SoundHound makes it simple to discover music playing around you. It doesn’t matter if you’re at home, in your car, or anywhere else. Just open the app, hit the big orange button, and we’ll tell you exactly what song is playing!
SAVE YOUR MUSIC JOURNEY
All the songs and lyrics you discover will be kept in your own personal history, and you’ll have a Music Map to look up exactly where you heard that song you loved so much. You can also connect your Spotify account to build playlists, explore music across genres, and find new favorites—all with real-time lyrics.
SING ALONG WITH REAL-TIME LYRICS
Explore the lyrics of all your recently discovered and favorited music. Sing along, memorize all the words, and you’ll end up a karaoke master. You can also discover lyrics to the most popular songs topping the SoundHound charts across multiple genres and categories!
DISCOVER
- Tap the big orange button to discover music playing around you, including song title, artist, album, and lyrics.
- Have a song stuck in your head? Press the button, sing or hum the tune, and we’ll do the rest!
- Keep track of all your discoveries with your own personal history page
- Check out the hottest new music across Genre, Global, and Popular charts
- Find out what’s being played near you and around the world with our Music Map
PLAY
- Songs you discover can be played for free via our built-in YouTube music player
- Connect your Spotify account to stream music directly in SoundHound
CONNECT
- Automatically transfer your discovered songs into a Spotify playlist (SoundHound account and Spotify subscription required)
- Sync all of your discoveries across multiple devices
LYRICS
- View and interact with real-time lyrics with LiveLyrics®
- Type in the lyrics or use voice search, and we’ll find the song for you! Say something like…
Hey SoundHound… Show me lyrics for Thriller by Michael Jackson.
- Access the lyrics of your recently discovered and favorited music.
- Discover lyrics to songs topping the SoundHound charts
LOOK, NO HANDS!
SoundHound comes equipped with “Hey SoundHound…”, an incredibly powerful way to interact play and discover music using just your voice. Simply say “Hey SoundHound…” and follow up with something like:
“What’s that song?”
“Show me lyrics to ‘Castle on the Hill’”
“Play today’s top songs’’
“Add this song to my playlist” (Spotify only)
SHARE
Share your music discoveries via Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, messaging services and email!
FEATURED REVIEWS
- Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Apps - Bob Tedeschi, NY Times
- Best Music Engagement App - BILLBOARD Music App Awards
- Essential iPad App - "Seriously fast" - John Herrman, Gizmodo
- "Genius, isn't it?" - B.B.C. World Radio
- "This is amazing... insane, right?" - David Pogue
Don’t want banner ads? Upgrade to SoundHound∞: https://04ii.app.link/RXaRXypntA
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Explanation of requested permissions: https://bnc.lt/Scoe/D66l9PB34B
What’s new
Version 10.5.8 · Updated July 14, 2026
With this release, we are adding support for Android 12; this means users with the newest Android hardware can be sure SoundHound will continue running as smoothly as possible. Now go out there and discover some new favorites you can listen to in SoundHound!
User reviews
I live it. It works really well. My fav part is that it tells u the lyrics of songs.
Prefect
Great App. Rarely lets me down.
I love it
Love IT
Love this app. Get all my favourite music here.
Frequently asked questions
What can SoundHound do?
SoundHound can help you discover music playing around you, save your music history, provide real-time lyrics, and connect with Spotify to build playlists.
How does SoundHound work?
Simply open the app and press the big orange button to identify the song playing. You can also sing or hum a tune to find a specific song.
Alternatives to SoundHound - Music Discovery & Lyrics
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| App | Rating | Price | Installs | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoundHound - Music Discovery & Lyrics | 3.6 / 5 | Free | 100,000,000+ | Jul 14, 2026 | |
| Genius — Song Lyrics Finder | 4.1 / 5 | Free | 10,000,000+ | Oct 5, 2026 | Compare |
| Musixmatch: lyrics finder | 4.4 / 5 | Free | 50,000,000+ | – | Compare |
| SoundHound ∞ - Music Discovery | 4.6 / 5 | 5.99 USD | 500,000+ | Jul 14, 2026 | Compare |
| Soundtrack Player | 3.7 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | Nov 2, 2026 | Compare |
| IMUSIC | 4.2 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | Dec 19, 2025 | Compare |
| Magroove - Music Discovery | 3.1 / 5 | Free | 1,000+ | Dec 13, 2021 | Compare |
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