Shazam
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
2warn against
Dec 27, 2025first mention
Sep 23, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“It is pretty neat”
Show 1 more
“I managed to add a Shazam Now button using a Shazam widget”
Caveats and dissent
“it's always been flakey but it feels flakier lately”
Apple Watch useron “macOS 27: Workaround to avoid downloading AI models …”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- How the Heck does Shazam work? 2 mentions
- Nova Launcher Added Facebook and Google Ads Tracking 2 mentions
- macOS 27: Workaround to avoid downloading AI models and save storage 1 mention
- LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true' 1 mention
- Fastpotify 1 mention
- Google is dead. Where do we go now? 1 mention
Data: shazam.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“it's always been flakey but it feels flakier lately”
“It is pretty neat”
“My Shazam usage is about 75% Nando's.”
“It did not find a single one correctly.”
Reminds me of Roy Van Rijn’s prototype that got a cease and desist letter! Lots of community disappointment at the time! https://hn.algolia.com/?q=royvanrijn
“I managed to add a Shazam Now button using a Shazam widget”
“I use it to identify the music I hear, and that's all I want it for”
“Like Shazam - I just find this thing to be on my phone, so no need for an additional app.”
“that Shazam doesn't even recognize”