Recognize vs Earzz monitors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recognize
Identify songs playing from any audio source, including radio, TV, and movies. The app automatically stores your identified tracks in the cloud and allows you to preview songs, watch music videos, and explore artist content. Interact with friends and discover trending music.
- Identify songs from any audio source
- Cloud storage for identified tracks
- Discover popular and trending songs
- Preview songs and watch music videos
- View artist content
- Social interaction features
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Recognize is the latest iOS app to help you identify your favourite songs from any radio station, movie, TV show or commercial. All you have to do is hold up your device to the speaker, press the mic button and Recognize will tell you the track playing. It's as easy as that! Not only will Recognise "recognize" a song for you but the following features are also available to you: - Recognize automatically stores all of you tags in the cloud. This means they are accessible from all of your devices. - Discover what the most popular songs that are being Recognized are in the current week. - Identify songs playing from any audio source. - Unlimited tags. - Discover the most recognized songs and find the next big hits. - Preview songs right within the app itself. - Watch the music video of songs you recognize or discover. - Quick links to give you the option to purchase the song from iTunes. - View all the content from the artist of the song you have just identified. - Social features that let you interact with your friends. - Grid view and list view. Download Recognize today and don't forget to tell your friends. #Recognize
Earzz monitors
This app allows users to set up and manage their connected devices. Users can customize sound recognition, monitor device status like WiFi and battery, and adjust settings such as microphone sensitivity. It also provides account management and notification preference options.
- Device setup and login
- Sound recognition customization
- WiFi signal and battery monitoring
- Microphone sensitivity control
- Notification preference management
- Account management
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With the Earzz app you can: - Sign up/Login to set up your Earzz devices. - Manage the sounds selected to be recognised by your Earzz devices - Monitor the WiFi Signal and Battery Life of your Earzz connected devices. - Control the microphone sensitivity of your Earzz connected devices. - Delete your Earzz devices. - Manage your notification preferences - Manage your account details. - Delete your account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Recognize at 1.7 against Earzz monitors's 1.0. Recognize also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 1) and review sentiment (41% vs 25%). Earzz monitors's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Recognize sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Earzz monitors asks for nothing beyond the download.
Recognize holds the better App Store score, 1.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recognize has 51 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Recognize's written reviews are positive against 25% of Earzz monitors's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recognize | Earzz monitors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (51 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.5% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JG Applications Ltd | Earzz Limited |
Customer experience
Recognize
Earzz monitors
Bugs and requests
Recognize
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes immediately when microphone button is pressed
- Force closes without error messages
- Login/signup button functionality broken
- Token expiration errors on authentication
- No close button (X) on error dialogs
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- App crashes after reinstallation
- Crashes on startup for some users
- Misspelled error messages ('unfortunately' misspelled)
- App notification badge (1) cannot be removed
- Orientation not properly supported on iPad
- Recognition fails after working initially
Requested features
7 requests- Remove mandatory login requirement
- Add lyrics viewing capability
- Offline song recognition capability
- Save/bookmark recognized songs for later
- Remove social media permission requirements
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- Better handling of background noise
- Faster recognition time (under 10 seconds)
Earzz monitors
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Recognize
- Remove Adverts$0.99
Earzz monitors
No in-app purchases
