Identify Song vs Plug
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Identify Song
Instantly identify music playing around you. Discover song titles, artists, and lyrics, and save your discoveries to a personal history. Connect to streaming services to build playlists and explore new music.
- Identify music playing nearby
- View song and artist information
- Access real-time lyrics
- Personal music history
- Music Map feature
- Connect to Spotify/Apple Music
- Apple Watch synchronization
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Find out what song is playing near you! This app makes it simple to discover music playing around you. It doesn’t matter if you’re at home, in your car, or anywhere else. Just open the app, hit the big button, and we’ll tell you exactly what song and which artist playing! All the songs and lyrics you discover will be kept in your own personal history, and you’ll have a Music Map to look up exactly where you heard that song you loved so much. You can also connect your Spotify account or Apple Music to build playlists, explore music across genres, and find new favorites—all with real-time lyrics. You can listen preview sample and share with your friends. This app also works with your Apple Watch and synchronies discovered results with your phone.
Plug
Connect directly with your most engaged fans. This platform offers a direct line to supporters, free from advertisements, trolls, and algorithmic interference.
- Direct creator-fan connection
- Ad-free experience
- Troll-free environment
- No algorithmic feed
- Engaged fan community
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Plug est un lieu où les créateurs peuvent se connecter directement avec leurs fans les plus engagés. Nous sommes sans publicité, sans trolls et sans algorithmes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Plug at none against Identify Song's shown. Plug also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Identify Song's advantage is ratings volume (8.1K vs 1) and review sentiment (54% vs 45%). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plug holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Identify Song has 8.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Identify Song's written reviews are positive against 45% of Plug's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Identify Song ships an update every 7 months, Plug every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | Identify Song | Plug |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (8.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.4% of reviews — better | 45.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 330 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | UniCom Technology | FoliesAPP |
Customer experience
Identify Song
Plug
Bugs and requests
Identify Song
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes or doesn't respond when trying to identify songs
- Fails to identify certain songs, especially classical or foreign language
- Favorite button not working for some users
- Issues with app performance on Apple Watch
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to save/view search history
- Improve song information (album, composer, etc.)
- Enhance lyric display (font, contrast, etc.)
- Add support for singing/humming song identification
- Improve compatibility with older devices and Apple Watch
Plug
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Identify Song
No in-app purchases
Plug
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Identify Song free?
Is Plug free?
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