Comments on: Shazam Launches $4.99 iPhone App, Cripples Free Version

By: Midomi SoundHound Takes It To Shazam In v3.0 « : App Advice

Midomi SoundHound Takes It To Shazam In v3.0 « : App Advice — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:47:36 +0000

[...] Shazam Entertainment crippled the free version of Shazam and decided to start charging $4.99 for the premium version of the app, which still features ads [...]

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:26:55 +0000

Why isn’t Shazam Encore listed on Bargain Bin so I can monitor the price in case they have a promotional sale at a lower price that is reasonable rather than the unreasonable $4.99? If the encore version really does work faster (and maybe even opens faster so you can catch thje song before it stops playing) I would be willing to spend up to $1.99.

By: Bjarni

Bjarni — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:56:16 +0000

Yea, I can see that, they added that this morning of late last night.

They must have seen the response on the internet regarding those changes.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:33 +0000

I’m looking at the Update screen for Shazam on my iPhone right now. The last line of the description reads:

PLEASE NOTE:
As an existing user when you update to Shazam 1.8. you will keep unlimited tagging.

By: meso100

meso100 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:20 +0000

I have just seen an update for Shazam and it states:

PLEASE NOTE
As an existing user when you update to Shazam 1.8 you will keep unlimited tagging.

So, this must mean the free/lite version of limited tagging is only applicable to new users?

What do you guys think?

By: Bjarni

Bjarni — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:47:03 +0000

It is stated in the first line of the second paragraph, that “With this version of Shazam, you get 5 Tags per month and the options to buy and share your music discoveries”.

By: Dakotah

Dakotah — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:13:34 +0000

An update for shazam is out. it says nothing about a limit, but DO NOT UPDATE.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:35:31 +0000

Well, the last 4 times I tried to use Shazam it failed to find the song. All were songs in tv shows or commercials, so it wasn’t really obscure stuff. $5 would be reasonable if it actually worked well.

By: Dan Dare

Dan Dare — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:25:19 +0000

Presumably if you ignore the free version update Shazam stays as it is with unlimited tags.

By: Bjarni

Bjarni — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:21:41 +0000

I think that current users that do NOT update their free Shazam ID can use it without the 5 tag limit.
I could be wrong but I tagged about 8 or 10 songs with it today without problems.
Now Shazam has been deleted and Midomi is the main thing now.

They could a least have given us a little more than 5 tags, 10-15 would have been ok for me at least.

I will not use shazam ID again, or buy the new version.

I will use ANY other such application I can find rather that Shazam, and Midomi although expensive will be my choice, simply because of this move by shazam, I will not be bullied into buying the new app.

If I wer Midomi I would lower my price temporarily to catch all those angry Shazam users in the next weeks