Comparison

Recordex vs SongSeek

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

Head to head
About

Recordex

Features
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Recordex is your simple place to log what you’re listening to, rate albums, and see what friends are into. Build a living record of your music taste and discover great albums through people—not algorithms. Do more with your listens • Log albums you play and keep notes • Rate and review with quick, lightweight entries • Create lists (favourites, year-end picks, discoveries) Follow friends • See what your friends are listening to and rating • Like and comment on reviews (coming soon) • Share your profile and lists Your library, your data • Fast, clean, ad-free experience • Optional notifications for comments & follows • Privacy-respectful by design This is the first release of Recordex—feedback is very welcome! Support: https://cooing-beech-936.notion.site/Recordex-Support-e1887ea9e71341fdbb2ff058049f8185

About

SongSeek

This app connects you with a community of music lovers to help identify songs you can't quite remember. Post a description, hum, or audio clip, and others will help you find the track. Earn points and climb leaderboards by solving mysteries for others.

Highlights
  • Post song mysteries via text, audio, or video
  • Community-driven song identification
  • Smart search across all mysteries
  • Direct messaging between users
  • Leaderboards and solver titles
  • Save discovered songs with bookmarks
  • Custom notifications for answers
Features
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SongSeek is the community for finding songs you can't remember. You know the feeling. A melody stuck in your head. A song from a movie you can't place. A clip you heard at a coffee shop, gone before you could identify it. Now you can post the mystery, and the SongSeek community will help you solve it. HOW IT WORKS 1. Post your mystery Describe the song in words, hum an audio clip, or record or upload a video. Add what you remember: when you heard it, what it sounded like, what the lyrics might've been. 2. The community jumps in Other music lovers see your post and try to identify the song. They drop their guesses in the comments. The right answer rises to the top. 3. Mark it solved When someone nails it, you mark their answer correct. They earn points, build a reputation, and climb the leaderboard. FEATURES - Text posts, audio, video, and images - Smart search across all mysteries - Direct messages between users - Trending and category browsing - Leaderboards and solver titles - Bookmarks to save songs you discover - Custom notifications when someone answers your post - Upvotes and threaded comments WHY SONGSEEK? Some tools work when the song is playing. Some work when you remember the lyrics. SongSeek works when you've only got a vague memory and need real humans to fill in the gaps. We built SongSeek because no other app gets the half-remembered song. The hum, the dim memory, the description of a vibe. It takes a community. Sign up free and start solving.

Screenshots

Recordex4 screens
SongSeek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Recordex at none against SongSeek's shown. SongSeek's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recordex ships an update every 4 months, SongSeek every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Recordex versus SongSeek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecordexSongSeek
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperZAK KENNETH NORMAN COCHRANEMeggy Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Recordex

No in-app purchases

None

SongSeek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recordex free?
Recordex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SongSeek free?
SongSeek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recordex or SongSeek have ads?
SongSeek shows ads; Recordex does not.
Which is updated more often, Recordex or SongSeek?
Recordex ships an update every 4 months, and SongSeek every 6 days. Most recently, Recordex was updated on October 28, 2026 and SongSeek on October 24, 2026.

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