10 games like Bandle to guess the song, daily or unlimited
Since Spotify shut down Heardle in 2023, Bandle has become the daily fix for music lovers: a song reveals itself one instrument at a time, drums first, then bass, guitar, keys, and finally vocals, and you have six tries to name it. It is clever, free, and over in two minutes. Which is exactly the problem: one song a day is never enough.
Here are 10 games like Bandle to keep playing, with what each does well and where it falls short. We publish one of them (Junban) and judged it against the same criteria as the others.
1. Junban — the one where you never need the title
Price: free · iOS and Android
Junban flips the idea round: a clip plays blind, and instead of naming it you say whether it came out before or after the previous one on your timeline. If you know the song, great. If you don't, you can still reason from the sound, the production, the voice, and be right. Daily challenges, a ranked solo mode and up to 4 players, online or on one phone.
- Strengths: no streaming subscription, clips built in, offline mode, and the same before/after move works on 50+ themes beyond music (movies, history, sagas like Harry Potter or Star Wars).
- Limits: it is not pure recognition. If shouting the title first is the whole point for you, start at number 2.
2. Songless — three songs a day, from a fraction of a second
Price: free · browser
The closest thing to the old Heardle: every day, three tracks, and you hear only a fraction of a second at first. Each wrong guess or skip unlocks a longer snippet, up to fifteen seconds. Everyone in the world gets the same three songs, so results are easy to compare with friends.
- Strengths: three rounds instead of one, an adjustable clip length in free play, and rooms to play the same run against friends on a shared clock.
- Limits: charting hits only, mostly English-language.
3. SongSpot — the unlimited version
Price: free · browser
Same "guess from 0.1 second" mechanic, but with no daily cap: unlimited rounds and five difficulty levels, so a casual listener and a record collector can play by the same rules without the same catalogue depth. Guess early for the best result, reveal more when stuck.
- Strengths: unlimited, no account, progressive clues, easy to challenge a friend to beat your score.
- Limits: solo by design, and no instrument-by-instrument twist.
4. Tapzz (formerly Spotiguess) — the quiz built from your own Spotify
Price: free · browser, Spotify account required
Spotiguess changed its name to Tapzz, but the idea is the same and still the smartest of the bunch: the game connects to your Spotify account and builds quizzes from your listening history, any playlist you import, or a single artist's discography. AI-generated quizzes based on your taste have joined the menu.
- Strengths: 100% personalised, perfect for a night among friends who share the same playlists.
- Limits: needs a Spotify account, and the game is only as good as your playlists.
5. Songlio — up to 100 players in one room
Price: free · browser
The multiplayer specialist: from 2 to 100 players, the faster you guess, the more points you score, and the quiz builder lets you make a round on any topic and send the link. A solo mode is there for practice.
- Strengths: scales from a couch to a whole office, custom quizzes in minutes.
- Limits: typing speed matters as much as musical memory.
6. GuessTheSong.io — the decades quiz, no account needed
Price: free · browser
Create a game, share the link, everyone plays from their phone. The themed mode runs by decade, 70s, 80s, 90s and onwards, which makes it the easiest way to settle a generational argument at a party.
- Strengths: zero friction, solo or multiplayer, nostalgic playlists.
- Limits: minimalist interface, mostly English-language catalogue.
7. Groovle — Heardle without the limit
Price: free · browser
One second of audio, six attempts, and when you are done there is always another song. Groovle is the "unlimited Heardle" people were asking for, with genre and decade filters to narrow the pool.
- Strengths: unlimited, fast, filters that make it playable for non-native English speakers.
- Limits: a small project whose availability can vary over time, like most Heardle clones.
8. VG Bandle — Bandle for video game music
Price: free · browser
Same instrument-by-instrument reveal as Bandle, but the catalogue is video game soundtracks, from Zelda to Final Fantasy. If you grew up with a controller in hand, this is the one you will finish first.
- Strengths: the exact Bandle mechanic on a catalogue nobody else covers.
- Limits: one puzzle a day, and useless if you have never played the games.
9. SongPop Classic — the app veteran
Price: free · iOS, Android, Windows
Over 100,000 clips, duels with friends, daily tournaments against hundreds of players, and a solo practice mode. Not a daily puzzle but the biggest catalogue of the genre by far.
- Strengths: huge catalogue, new playlists every week, an active community.
- Limits: pure recognition, and the free version is generous with ads.
10. Hitster — the box for the table
Price: physical box (~£25) + Spotify subscription
The board-game cousin: scan a card, a track plays, place it in the right spot on your timeline. Unbeatable atmosphere when everyone is around the table, and the same before/after logic as Junban. If you like the idea but not the box, our Hitster alternative page compares the two.
- Strengths: a real object, real cards, real conviviality.
- Limits: you need the box and a Spotify subscription, and nothing to do alone or on the move.
How to choose
| What you want | The game to pick |
|---|---|
| The Bandle feeling, more than once a day | SongSpot, Groovle |
| Three daily songs to share with friends | Songless |
| A quiz on your own playlists | Tapzz |
| A big remote game | Songlio, GuessTheSong.io |
| Video game music | VG Bandle |
| Playing even when you don't know the song | Junban |
All these games reward the same skill: recognising a track from almost nothing. That is thrilling among people of the same generation, and frustrating for everyone else at the table. The before/after format is the exception: it lets anyone take a shot, which is why it comes first in our comparison of timeline quiz games.
👉 Try Junban on iOS and Android, your first game takes less than a minute.
To go further: our 10 best music quiz apps and our ways to train your music knowledge.