SoundHound
If you’ve heard of the music discovery tool Shazam, you’ll know what to expect from SoundHound since the two apps are very similar.
SoundHound lets you identify music tracks, view their lyrics and buy them. You can learn more about the artist in question, check out similar artists and even watch the corresponding music videos on YouTube. Unlike Shazam, SoundHound also lets you identify songs by humming them (if you’re adequately good at it, that is).
In early November 2010, SoundHound announced a partnership with HTC that will result in SoundHound being preinstalled on several of HTC’s Android handsets. Androinica compared Shazam and SoundHound, and came to the conclusion that SoundHound was slightly better at recognizing songs.
