Snag is a free iPhone app for identifying music, powered by Apple’s ShazamKit. It saves a short recording for every identification attempt, including attempts that produce no match. Retry Analysis checks saved audio at several points in the clip and may find tracks missed initially. Snag can record without an internet connection, but identifying a song requires a connection and can be done later. Its history keeps the date of each attempt, with optional location and personal notes. Users can replay recordings, try identification again, open matched songs in Apple Music or Spotify, and share identified songs through a link. History and recordings are stored on the iPhone and can sync through the user’s private iCloud account. For matching, the device sends an audio fingerprint directly to Apple’s Shazam Catalog; Snag says it does not access or store that fingerprint. The app has no Snag account, advertising trackers, or third-party product analytics. Its history currently has no search feature.
Who it is for
Snag suits iPhone users who want to keep recordings and a dated history of music identification attempts, including unsuccessful ones. It also fits people who want to capture audio offline and run matching later.
What is good
- Saves a clip with every identification attempt.
- Can record audio without an internet connection.
- Retry Analysis can check saved clips again.
- History can include dates, location, and personal notes.
- Identified songs can open in Apple Music or Spotify.
What to know first
- Song matching requires an internet connection.
- History has no search feature.
- Only iPhone is listed as a platform.
Verdict
Snag keeps recordings alongside identification attempts and supports retrying them later. Matching still needs a connection, and users cannot search their history.
Snag plans and pricing
All plansCompared on music identification apps
- Free plan
- Yes
- Platform support
- mobile
- Lyrics
- No
- Identification history
- Yes
- Offline identification
- Yes
- Listening links
- Yes
