The 10 Best Music Quiz and Song Guessing Apps in 2026
The music quiz is once again the king of game nights. But behind the "music quiz" label sit very different games: naming a track as fast as possible, guessing a year, ordering songs, or solving a daily puzzle in thirty seconds. Which means the best game mostly depends on what you're after.
Here are 10 music games worth trying in 2026, with what each does well and what it doesn't. We publish one of them (Junban) and judged it against the same criteria as the others.
1. Junban — the chronological song quiz
Price: free · iOS and Android
Junban doesn't ask you to name the track: a clip starts blind, and you simply say whether it came out before or after the previous one. The difference sounds small; it changes everything — someone who has never heard the song can still reason and play.
- Strengths: nobody is excluded at the table, no streaming subscription, ranked solo mode, up to 4 players, offline mode. And beyond music: over 50 themes covering movies, TV shows, history and sport.
- Limits: it isn't pure song recognition — if you want to shout the title first, look at numbers 3 and 4.
2. Hitster — the best paper-based game
Price: physical box (~£25) + streaming subscription
Scan a card, a track starts, place it in the right decade on your timeline. The atmosphere is unbeatable when everyone is around the table.
- Strengths: the conviviality of a real board game, a huge music catalogue.
- Limits: you need to buy the box and hold a Spotify subscription. No solo mode, and nothing to do on the move.
3. SongPop Classic — the biggest catalogue
Price: free · iOS, Android, Windows
The veteran of the genre: over 100,000 clips, from Queen to Billie Eilish, and you have to identify title and artist as fast as you can. Duels with friends, daily tournaments against hundreds of players, and a solo practice mode.
- Strengths: gigantic catalogue, new playlists every week, a very active international community.
- Limits: everything rests on pure recognition — if you don't know the song, you can't even try.
4. Mukiz — France's favourite song quiz
Price: free · iOS, Android and browser
Very popular in France, Mukiz has you find title and artist by keyboard or voice, with classic, multiple-choice and knockout modes, plus tournaments with rewards.
- Strengths: immediate interface, playlists deeply rooted in French-speaking culture, a tense competitive format.
- Limits: same pitfall as SongPop — without knowing the track, you're a spectator. Premium playlists to unlock.
5. WhatTheHit — guess the year, app-style
Price: free · iOS
A direct competitor to Junban's music mode: you listen to a track and guess its release year, with built-in Shazam recognition and automatically generated hints.
- Strengths: the Shazam integration lets you play on music happening around you, several game modes.
- Limits: music only, iOS only, and you have to guess a precise year rather than reason by comparison.
6. Bandle — the daily instrument-by-instrument puzzle
Price: free · browser
Every day, a track reveals itself one instrument at a time: drums first, then bass, and so on. Your job is to name it as early as possible.
- Strengths: a clever, original format, free, no install, perfect for two minutes.
- Limits: one round per day, no multiplayer, English-speaking catalogue.
7. "Guess the intro" puzzles — the morning reflex
Price: free · browser
In the lineage of Heardle, these daily games reveal an intro second by second until you get it. The format has spawned many themed variants.
- Strengths: ultra fast, very shareable, nothing to install.
- Limits: availability of these sites varies a lot over time, and again, one round per day.
8. Spotiguess — the quiz built from your playlists
Price: free · browser
The idea is smart: the game generates a quiz from your own Spotify playlists. Which means you have no excuse when you get one wrong.
- Strengths: 100% personalised, ideal for an evening among friends who share the same taste.
- Limits: requires a Spotify account, and the experience depends entirely on how good your playlists are.
9. SongTrivia 2 — tense multiplayer
Price: free · browser, iOS and Android
More than twelve music genres, public games against players worldwide, and private rooms to create with friends. Pick a playlist, a clip starts, first to name it scores.
- Strengths: fast rounds, private rooms that work brilliantly for a remote game night, varied playlists.
- Limits: still pure recognition — if the title escapes you, there's nothing to try.
10. GuessTheSong.io — the browser song quiz
Price: free · browser
No install, no account: create a game, share the link, and everyone plays from their phone. The easiest format to launch when the urge strikes mid-evening.
- Strengths: zero friction, ideal for an impromptu group, free.
- Limits: minimalist interface and a mostly English-speaking catalogue.
How to choose
| What you need | The game to pick |
|---|---|
| Everyone able to play, even without knowing the songs | Junban |
| Shouting the title first, among enthusiasts | SongPop Classic or Mukiz |
| A real box to put on the table | Hitster |
| A two-minute break at work | Bandle or a "guess the intro" puzzle |
| An evening with your own playlists | Spotiguess |
The real divide isn't free versus paid, it's recognising versus reasoning. Recognition games are thrilling among people of the same generation, but leave everyone else on the sidelines. Chronological sorting games let anyone take a shot: that's what makes them unbeatable as soon as the table is mixed.
👉 Try Junban on iOS and Android.
To go further: our Hitster alternative, our Mukiz alternative, our ways to train your music knowledge and the comparison of chronological sorting games.