- Quick specs
- Price: Purchase; iTunes account required $4.99 to buy
- Operating system: iPhone, iPhone OS 3.x, iPhone OS 2.x
- Date added: September 24, 2009
- Total Downloads: 9,895
- Downloads last week: 194
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jessica Dolcourt on September 21, 2009
Gone are the days when this excellent music discovery app was a free experiment. Yet Midomi's philosophy and core functionality remains unchanged. Like Shazam, Midomi returns song titles and artist information when you sing, hum, speak, type, or play a request into a stylish, redesigned interface. The four input types give you the freedom to dictate your search style (you'll never catch us crooning). While the input quality may vary depending on ambient noise, our tests were fairly accurate, and typing usually prevailed in the rare case that singing or holding the iPhone up to a speaker failed.
Take heed that Midomi is the discovery app advertised and not a song downloader. Like other native iPhone apps, this one will steer you toward legitimate purchasing through iTunes. Indeed, the musically curious are offered the chance to buy the single in addition to sharing the song details with friends, and watching YouTube videos.
We do harbor one complaint that bypassed our ears and directly assaulted our eyes. Although this is a premium application, it flashes ads in a banner on the results page. This is behavior we expect in freeware, not in an app that costs more than the price of a latte.
Publisher's description
From Melodis :Midomi for iPhone is a music search and discovery application that lets users search for music in four different ways. Sing-just sing or hum a few seconds of a song, Say-just say the song or artist name you are looking for, Type-just type a song or artist name the way it sounds regardless of spelling, or Grab-just hold your phone to a speaker playing original music for a few seconds. Regardless of which way you search, Midomi will find your song. Once you find a song, you can share it with friends, watch it online, or buy it from the iTunes store. You can also browse artist photos, albums, and biographies.
CNET Editor's Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue the download process. You must have iTunes installed in order to open the link, and you must have an active iTunes account to download the application. This download may not be available in some countries.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.2 provides option to email the complete bookmarks to others, and links to iTunes store.
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