Comparison

WhoSampled vs Auracle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WhoSampled

Explore the connections within music by discovering samples, covers, and remixes. Scan music playing around you or your library to uncover the DNA of your favorite tracks and artists. Access a vast database of musical knowledge and delve deeper into the music you love.

Highlights
  • Scan music to find samples, covers, and remixes
  • Connect to Spotify and Apple Music libraries
  • Access a large database of music DNA
  • Compare songs and listen to full tracks
  • Detailed sample information
  • Music charts and recommendations
  • Save favorites
Features
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What is the sample in this song? Who covered my favorite artists? What remixes were made for this track? WhoSampled knows! Discover the DNA of the music you love. Scan the music playing around you, or your Spotify or Apple Music library, to uncover samples, covers, and remixes - and explore WhoSampled's vast universe of musical knowledge. Awards include: - Selected by Apple as APP STORE BEST OF YEAR - The Telegraph - BEST MUSIC APP OF THE YEAR - Music Ally Digital Music Awards - BEST MUSIC APP - Named one of the world's best apps by The Next Web, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and more Explore the Music Behind the Music WhoSampled is the music DNA discovery app that reveals how songs are connected. Explore the world's largest database of sample-based music, cover songs and remixes, and discover how your favorite artists influence, and are influenced by, others. Whether you're into Hip-Hop, Electronic/Dance, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Classical, or beyond, WhoSampled is an essential music discovery experience. Key Features - Discover music through your own collection. Scan your Spotify or Apple Music library to uncover amazing connections for the songs you love. - Identify music playing around you and instantly see its samples, covers and remixes. - Access the world’s largest and richest database of music DNA, with over 1,280,000 tracks, 398,000 artists, and continuous daily additions. Search for any artist or track even if it's not in your music library. - Beautiful, ad-free, clean interface. Simple and intuitive navigation makes exploration effortless. - Compare songs side-by-side and listen to full‐length tracks via YouTube (where available), Spotify (Premium required), or Apple Music (subscription required). Note: your iPhone must not be on silent/vibrate mode for audio playback. - "Now Playing" feature – switch from Spotify or Apple Music to the WhoSampled app to instantly see the musical DNA of the song you’re listening to. - Highly detailed information on any sample (sample timing, sample type, part sampled) lets you pinpoint exactly where and how samples were used. - Share your discoveries with your Facebook friends and X followers. - Deep and unique music charts that show you trending and top-rated music as well as the all-time most influential artists and tracks. - A host of other features and functionality including the ability to save favorites and contextual recommendations from every sample, cover and remix. Dig deeper into the music you love. Dig into the WhoSampled app! In-App Subscription Terms Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.whosampled.com/html/terms_of_use.html Privacy Policy: https://www.whosampled.com/html/privacy_policy.html

About

Auracle

Rate and track your favorite music, films, TV shows, anime, and video games. Discover new obsessions with community charts and personalized recommendations. Engage in daily music games and build a comprehensive taste profile.

Highlights
  • Rate music, film, TV, anime, and games
  • Personalized taste profile
  • Daily music guessing games (Heardle, Immaculate Grid)
  • Community charts and recommendations
  • Collaborative lists
  • Shareable taste cards
Features
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Every universe you love. One taste profile. Auracle is where your whole taste lives — the albums, films, shows, anime, and video games that make you who you are. Rate everything on one 10-point scale, keep one diary, build one profile that actually captures you. FIVE UNIVERSES, ONE APP Flip between Music, Movies, TV, Anime, and Games with one tap. Each universe gets the full treatment: search anything, rate it in seconds, see community charts, and get recommendations based on your actual taste — not an algorithm selling you something. DAILY GAMES YOU CAN'T PLAY ANYWHERE ELSE • Heardle — guess the song from a one-second snippet • Immaculate Grid — fill a 3×3 with albums matching each row and column • Duels — head-to-head picks that build your personal Elo ranking of everything you've heard • SoundClash — create a game code, send it to friends, same songs, live scoreboard • Brackets — play ours or build your own 8/16-entry bracket about anything and share it BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO KEEP A LIST • 10-point ratings with half-point precision — the difference between great and masterpiece matters • A listening (and watching, and playing) diary so you never forget when you first met a favorite • Collaborative lists anyone can add to and vote on • Taste cards — shareable, generated portraits of your taste in five styles • Community charts and a Canon ranked by real people A FEED WORTH FOLLOWING See what friends are rating across every universe. A friend's 9.5 on an album sits next to their 8 on a game. Argue accordingly. Free to join. Bring your library, find your people, and meet the next obsession you'll defend in a group chat at 1am.

Screenshots

WhoSampled4 screens
Auracle4 screens

Verdict

The call

WhoSampled and Auracle both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Auracle's written reviews are positive against 62% of WhoSampled's. Auracle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). WhoSampled's advantage is ratings volume (8.6K vs 3). On price, rating, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WhoSampled sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Auracle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for WhoSampled against 5.0 for Auracle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WhoSampled has 8.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of WhoSampled's written reviews are positive against 100% of Auracle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WhoSampled ships an update every 4 months, Auracle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WhoSampled versus Auracle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhoSampledAuracle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8.6K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.6K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB10 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperWhoSampledAndrew Frame

Customer experience

WhoSampled

All ratings8,458 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews238 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative29.8%

Auracle

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

WhoSampled

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Network errors when scanning Spotify
  • Audio not working on sample videos
  • Login issues with Spotify and other accounts

Requested features

5 requests
  • iPad app optimization
  • More advanced search and filtering options
  • Ability to submit new samples and covers
  • Smoother transitions between songs and samples
  • Background music playback while browsing

Auracle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WhoSampled

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Track ID$9.991 Year
None

Auracle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WhoSampled free?
WhoSampled is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auracle free?
Auracle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WhoSampled or Auracle?
Auracle is rated higher. WhoSampled averages 4.9 out of 5 from 8.6K ratings, while Auracle averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do WhoSampled or Auracle have ads?
Neither WhoSampled nor Auracle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WhoSampled or Auracle?
WhoSampled ships an update every 4 months, and Auracle every 2 days. Most recently, WhoSampled was updated on October 24, 2026 and Auracle on October 12, 2026.

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