Shazam
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Profile based on reviews and description
- Profile analysed
- Jun 22, 2026
- App updated
- Sep 22, 2026
Store sources
- App Store · Store data seen: Oct 4, 2026 · Recently checked
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Marketing versus reality estimates how well promised features are supported; stability estimates complaints about crashes and speed. Project activity is calculated from update recency, review activity and store availability. Percentages are not guarantees or success probabilities; missing data does not mean a zero score.
What it actually doesOver 300 million music lovers worldwide use Shazam each month, and this number continues to grow.
Actually does
- ✓Music streaming10% of reviews
- ✓iOS widgets5% of reviews
- ✓Библиотека идентифицированной музыки20% of reviews
- ✓Music recognition95% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Поиск расписания концертов
- ⚠Рекомендации песен и плейлистов
- ⚠Интеграция с Siri
- ⚠Мировые и локальные чарты
- ⚠Offline-first
- ⚠Lyrics Display
Common complaints
- ✗Incorrect or missing song recognition55% of mentions
«An app for finding music... can't find music...; I play a song and it shows a completely different one; I don't know what went wrong, but accurate recognitions became 1 out of 5 at most»
- ✗App freezing and crashes25% of mentions
«App freezes on iPhone 14 Pro Max; now I can't open the library - it freezes completely; This app doesn't work anymore, won't even open the library»
- ✗Sync issues between widget and app8% of mentions
«Shazam works on the lock screen but never saves the found song to the library; History sync between the app and recognition from the notification panel is lost»
- ✗Poor quality of recommendations and playlists15% of mentions
«Similar songs by guys from Africa and India! This is just terrible; What is this nonsense that appeared in 'Maybe In Your Taste'?»
- ✗Recently recognized songs missing from library10% of mentions
«I just Shazammed a track, it was identified, I open the app to see the name and find it where convenient, but the track is not there»
What people praise
- ★Innovative app concept
«Shazam is the best thing that's been invented over all these years; Genius idea»
- ★Simple to use and intuitive interface
«Just a great app; Finding music became much easier; Thank you so much»
- ★Fast recognition (when it works)
«Found the music in 1 second»
- ★Reliable recognition of most popular songs
«Excellent app, recognizes most of the songs I've Shazamed»
- ★Good integration with Apple ecosystem
«Just a great app from apple»