Comparison

Retune App vs SaveSound

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

Head to head
About

Retune App

Discover trending music based on your location and see what others are listening to nearby. Connect your Spotify account to map your listening habits and explore popular songs in different areas. Share your music discoveries with friends and see their listening activity.

Highlights
  • Location-based music tracking
  • Spotify integration
  • Friend connections
  • Music map of your city
  • Personal listening history by location
  • Explore trending music nearby
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Retune is a location-based music tracking app that turns your city into a music map. Connect to Spotify, add friends, and explore what people are listening to nearby! See where you listen to music the most and which songs you play at each location.

About

SaveSound

Instantly identify music and sounds from videos, audio files, or live environments. Discover track titles, artists, and artwork with advanced recognition technology. Seamlessly integrate with your favorite music streaming services.

Highlights
  • Identify music from videos
  • Scan audio files and voice memos
  • Live audio scanning
  • Automatic scan history
  • Direct streaming platform integration
  • Powered by ShazamKit
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Identify music and sounds hidden within your videos, audio files, and live environment. SaveSound lets you discover track titles, artists, and artwork in seconds using fast, privacy-focused audio recognition. Voice Announcements: Choose whether SaveSound announces identified songs aloud. Customize song identification and no-match announcements independently in Settings. No Match Announcements: When Voice Announcements are enabled, SaveSound announces when no song is identified, so you know the scan is complete without looking at your screen. Scan History: Automatically save identified tracks and revisit your discoveries anytime. Open tracks directly from your history using your preferred streaming service. Share Extension: Scan videos and voice memos directly from the Share Sheet in apps like Photos and Voice Memos without manually opening SaveSound. Home Screen Quick Actions: Quickly start Live Scan, Video Upload, or Files & Voice Memo Scan by long-pressing the SaveSound icon. Siri Live Scan: Say “Hey Siri, Live Scan with SaveSound” and SaveSound will open and immediately begin listening for music. Control Center Live Scan: Start Live Scan directly from iOS Control Center, even when SaveSound isn't already open. Multi-Platform Integration: Open identified tracks in Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, Deezer, TIDAL, or YouTube. Key Features: Video Identification: Identify music from videos in your Photos library. Audio & Voice Memo Support: Import audio files from Files or Voice Memos. Live Scanning: Identify music playing around you with a 15-second listening session. Powered by ShazamKit: Fast and accurate music recognition. Privacy-First Design: Audio signatures are processed securely, with permissions requested only when necessary. Clean & Simple UI: Pick a file or start a Live Scan with minimal setup. Ad-Supported Experience: SaveSound remains free with a non-intrusive advertising experience. How it Works: Select Media: Choose a video, audio file, voice memo, or Live Scan. Analyze: SaveSound generates a digital audio signature from your media or microphone. Discover & Stream: View the matched track, artist, and artwork, then open it in your preferred music service. Note: An active internet connection is required for music recognition. Microphone access is required for Live Scan.

Screenshots

Retune App4 screens
SaveSound4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Retune App at none against SaveSound's shown. Retune App also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (20 vs 2). SaveSound's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Retune App against 5.0 for SaveSound. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retune App has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Retune App ships an update every 2 weeks, SaveSound every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Retune App versus SaveSound: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetune AppSaveSound
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAndrew CruzRonald Fella

Customer experience

Retune App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SaveSound

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Retune App

No in-app purchases

None

SaveSound

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Retune App free?
Retune App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SaveSound free?
SaveSound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Retune App or SaveSound?
Retune App and SaveSound are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 20 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Retune App or SaveSound have ads?
SaveSound shows ads; Retune App does not.
Which is updated more often, Retune App or SaveSound?
Retune App ships an update every 2 weeks, and SaveSound every 3 days. Most recently, Retune App was updated on October 24, 2026 and SaveSound on October 24, 2026.

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