Shazam offers unlimited free tagging to iPhone app
Users of Shazam, the popular iOS app that allows people to discover what song is playing on the radio, television, or almost anywhere, will be happy to hear that Shazam is offering unlimited free tagging in its iPhone app. Shazam allows users to simply hold up their iPhone while a song is playing, which the app will then identify, or tag.
Previously, Shazam users got five free song tags a month and if you wanted more you had to pay for the Shazam Encore service. Now however, iPhone users get unlimited free song tagging. Shazam is offsetting their Encore revenue by partnering with Capital "What's in your wallet?" One. So expect plenty of ads. But hey, I'd rather be able to identify any song I hear at any time and see come credit card ads rather than having to shell out for a subscription to tag music.
Shazam is a free download in the App Store.
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So, ads to keep this app free you're ok with, but some ads in Skype to keep it free you have a big issue with?
September 29 2011 at 9:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIn the UK the app has always been free to use, download and has no annoying ads? Is this about to change? To what???
September 29 2011 at 4:41 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyShazam used to be free and unlimited. Then they introduced Encore and started charging. But if you had the iPhone app previous to the charge, you retained unlimited free tagging. Unless you installed the app on a new phone without a backup. Then you started over.
Frankly, who needs Shazam if they are going to flip flop like this.
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Subscription? I have Encore and have never paid a subscription.
September 29 2011 at 3:53 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyToo late! Already switched to SoundHound, and never looked back!
September 29 2011 at 3:52 PM Report abuse Permalink +5 rate up rate down ReplyAgreed. SoundHound didn't railroad users back when they started charging for it and came out with a free app. They updated the app we all had to be the paid one and made a new free app. The opposite of what Shazam did, making a new paid app and turning the existing one into crap. Besides all that, live lyrics in SoundHound are legit. Too legit to quit.
September 29 2011 at 4:04 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyDitto. Still have Shazam on my iPhone, but SoundHound∞ is what I use much more often.
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