Top 5 Music Apps

With hundreds of music apps around it’s hard to know which ones are actually worth downloading.  We like to make life a little easier for our readers so here’s a list of our top 5.

Soundhound

This is the ultimate music search engine, sorry Shazam. Soundhound allows you to find out tunes by singing, humming, typing or playing back the track. Once recognised, you’ll get the full works; lytrics, videos, ringtones and links to iTunes.

Price: Free

Platforms:

iOS https://bit.ly/Qnj9uV

Android https://bit.ly/1d8spZB

BlackBerry https://bit.ly/1gyuT4p

Nokia https://bit.ly/1hFhY4V

Pandora

Although Pandora has become a household name in the radio world, the app is still one of the best ways to enjoy music on your smartphone. In addition to providing radio stations, the app now has a sleep timer and alarm function. You can both fall asleep and wake up to your favourite music.

Price: Free

Platforms:

iOS https://bit.ly/P30sM3

Android https://bit.ly/19Hw954

Windows https://bit.ly/1eKDQqM

BlackBerry https://bit.ly/1eKEbtx

Garageband

You can now transform your phone into a portable recording studio with the app version of Apple’s hugely successful Garageband. The Ultramods took this to the extreme and recorded an entire album on it, most musicians will find the app a handy way to play back rehersals.

Price: £2.99, AUD$5.32

Platforms:

iOS https://bit.ly/1fZ8G2l

TuneIn Radio

TuneIn Radio allows you to find and listen to local radio stations wherever you are and you can save them as presets. You can also enter a song or artist and you’ll instantly have a list of all the radio stations around the country that play that particular track or musician.

Price: Free

Platforms:

iOs https://bit.ly/1iTQ7vc

Android https://bit.ly/1iTQ7vc

Windows https://bit.ly/1iTQ7vc

BlackBerry https://bit.ly/1iTQ7vc

Bada https://bit.ly/1iTQ7vc

Kindle Fire https://bit.ly/1iTQ7vc

Palm https://bit.ly/1iTQ7vc

Songkick

Songkick is the perfect app for music lovers. It creates a personalised calendar based on your music library and gives you a heads up when your favourite bands are going on tours and doing gigs.

Price: Free

Platforms:

iOS https://bit.ly/1ilRa9D

Android https://bit.ly/1gK8weC