SoundHound Infinity

by SoundHound, Inc.

Product Details

• ASIN: B004S2JW3W
• Original Release Date: November 1, 2009
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 25, 2011
Rated: Guidance Suggested This app may include dynamic content. What's this?

All Ages

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for all users and contains no objectionable content or advertisements.




Guidance Suggested

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is appropriate for most users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, infrequent or mild references to violence, profanity, or crude themes, or other content not suitable for all ages.







Mature

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for mature users. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, mild sexual and suggestive themes, nudity within medical, informational, or artistic contexts, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for mature audiences.







Adult

Based on information provided by the developer, the content of this application is only appropriate for adults. The app may include account creation, location detection, user generated content, advertisements, explicit references to or images of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, graphic violence, profanity, or crude humor, sexual and suggestive themes, nudity, simulated gambling, or other content only suitable for adult audiences.



This application contains content that is downloading real-time, based on inputs from the user or developer. The maturity rating associated with this application pertains only to the static elements of the application and does not cover any dynamic information (e.g. websites, friend postings, tweets). Dynamic content is defined as any content that may change within the application. Content can include animations, video or audio.
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (298 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,613 Paid in Appstore for Android (See Top 100 Paid in Appstore for Android)
  • #7 in Appstore for Android > Music > Artists

Product Features

• The world's fastest music recognition: name tunes playing from a speaker in as little as four seconds. Now with unlimited usage!
• The world's only viable singing and humming recognition
• LiveLyrics: see Lyrics in time with the music for music recognition
• NEW: Real-time Facebook and Twitter Updates from Artists: tap a band's name to instantly see its latest social news!
• And there's more: Listen on startup shortcuts and geotagging options, Facebook and Twitter sharing and optional auto-sharing, previews, buy links, and full length YouTube videos.

Technical Details

• Size: 6.2MB
• Version: 5.3.2
• Developed By: SoundHound, Inc.
• Application Permissions: (Help me understand what permissions mean)
  • Read only access to phone state
  • Open network sockets
  • Write to external storage
  • Access fine (e.g., GPS) location
  • Access information about Wi-Fi networks
  • Access the vibration feature
  • Access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, Wi-Fi) location
  • Access information about networks
  • Record audio
  • Modify global audio settings
• Minimum Operating System: Android 2.1
• Approximate Download Time: Less than 1 minute

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 89 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Shazam Encore v. SoundHound Infinity March 30, 2011

By H. Huang

Amazon Verified Purchase

I have previously compared SoundHound (free) with Shazam Encore and came to the conclusion that SoundHound was superior and worth bearing through the ads. Now that Amazon has decided to offer it for free (3.30.2011), I think it would be useful to compare the paid versions of both apps.

This is the link to the previous review: [...]
The same pro's and con's exist. SoundHound still leaves Shazam in the dust when it comes to how quickly it will identify the song. The interfaces are both decent; nothing to rave about and neither is particularly better than the other. I did like the album information returned by SoundHound better than Shazam and that still holds true.

One thing that I had left out last time was that Shazam does offer a widget which I found most useful. The widget provided a updating list of songs being tagged by other users and that was really neat. SoundHound offers a widget, too, but I haven't been able to get it to tag a song from the widget and overall, I just think the widget is much too large for the purpose it serves. A major portion of the widget serves as a placeholder for the info (I assume) which I can't seem to bring up through the widget.

I didn't mention that I tried to sing into SoundHound last time and it worked. I tried live recording on youtube and that didn't fair well for either app but when it was just me and my voice (which is decent at best) singing the Arthur theme song, it was able to identify it.

The comparison between the paid version and free version of SoundHound doesn't bode well though. Even though I dislike ads, I find the price tag a little high when the performance seems to be the same. There are no additional features that come with the $5 that you spend other than the widget (which, again, I can't get to work).

So it is my recommendation that you add this to your library and use it over Shazam Encore. However, after 3.30.2011, I would not suggest you pay $5 for this app. The free version is just as good.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Best music app March 25, 2011

By Lisa R. Behun

This was one of the only apps I purchased for my HTC Incredible and I couldn't be happier. I would constantly hear a song playing in the car but couldn't remember it later to add to my iTunes. This was the perfect solution and I spend a lot more money in my iTunes account now. This easily captures 99% of the songs including music in a bar, playing in a movie, etc. . . Sometimes that background noise makes it a little bit difficult but it usually does a great job. Every so often I go back into my history and purchase all the songs I liked. It's very easy to use while driving. It even pulls the lyrics if you are struggling with the words for a new song.

21 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Way better than Shazam March 22, 2011

By Arthur Fontaine

I've had Shazam for a while and, after the initial amazement that an app could actually do song recognition, I grew frustrated with the spotty ability to identify songs and frequent hangs on my Nexus One. A friend showed me this one in January and it blew me away. Not only is it much better at recognizing radio tunes (my primary use in discovering new music/artists to check out), you can literally hum or whistle a tune and it works.