What are the best music organizer software to connect metadata to songs much like Shazam?

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Best music organizer software to connect metadata to songs much like Shazam?	Price	Platforms	License
-- MusicBrainz Picard	-	-	-
-- MusicBee	FREE	Windows	All rights reserved
-- beets	FREE	-	-
-- Jaikoz	$37	-	-
-- SongGenie	-	-	-

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beets

Music Tag

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score 22 · Answer 1

MusicBrainz Picard

Top Pro

Free

Doesn't cost a dime. See More

Top Con

Not much usable unless you have a whole Star Trek crew with you...

Used a couple times, maybe an hour of experience so far. Can't even understand what's happening yet! No simple 1-2-3 steps. Rather, 4 split panes, so many blobs of info, too many panes, columns, lines and subtleties, AND NO CLEAR WORKFLOW / DIRECTION to go!! The UI is so confusing!! Seriously, since when mp3 tagging became a science? Cmon geeks, USABILITY!! 1-2-3, BAM! Life's too short... Cluster: what's that? It's scary!! Lookup / Scan: why 2 buttons, isn't it the same thing? What's the work flow ? With a GUI, it should be obvious: step 1 do A, then 2 = B, 3 = C, etc etc... Why is there so many buttons and places to click ? Ah what the heck, maybe we should just pay for a USABLE tool! ;-) See More

Bruno Déry's Experience

Had some mixed results so far, used it maybe 4 times on a bunch of random files who were unsorted / had messed up or no tags. It identifies some of the files, but it's far from obvious how one should use it... Nothing it obvious about this pretty simple task (or so it seems for a newbie). Why not a simple walkthrough / tutorial. Even after a few times I don't understand what the commands do: cluster, lookup, scan. So I end up clicking a few buttons and see some files get found and the GUI fills up some slots with information. That's about as much as I have patience to decipher Picard. Maybe I'm not enough a Trekkie, I'd rather have a Borg clean up my mp3s automatically in silence without having to learn Klingon... ;-) See More

Top Pro

Multiple ways of identifying tracks

Both Acoustic ID and already present metadata can be used to add in missing track info See More

Top Con

Missing database entries

While community members can freely add metadata to their database, less well-known albums and artists may not have additions. See More

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Cross-platform

Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux See More

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score 9 · Answer 2

MusicBee

Top Pro

Does it all better than any other app .... still.

Top Con

Paradox of choice

There are so many customizable features and elements that it can be confusing working out what to do. The Preferences window contains so much information, some of it is not logically sorted or documented. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows

Release Date:January 9, 2020

Algorithmic Radio:Native Groove Music support

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Top Pro

Functionality can be extended via plugins

A collection of plugins can be found here. These plugins extend the uses of the app from iOS support, last.fm support, to streaming services support. See More

Top Con

Installs pictures that are irrelevant to the artist being played

Top Pro

Customizable look and feel

MusicBee can be skinned which can significantly change the appearance of a player. To apply a skin, it must first be downloaded, moved to the appropriate folder, and after restarting MusicBee, it can be applied. A collection of skins can be found here. It's also possible to customize the layout by choosing which panels to display. See More

Top Pro

Can autofill information on songs

MusicBee can automatically identify songs based on their sound signature and use that information to pull metadata about the song (such as tags, artwork, and lyrics). See More

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score 3 · Answer 3

Jaikoz

Top Pro

Uses Music Brains and Discogs

Plus the manual editing features seem decent, if needed. See More

Bruno Déry's Experience

Tried it (free trial) for 1/2 an hour, was impressed enough to go ahead and buy it! See More

Top Pro

Simple & clear UI and workflow!

The interface is clean, simple and well organized. Not much voodoo involved, every button has a hover description which is enough to figure things out as you go. See More

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Free trial

Without save for more than 20 songs. But that's enough to see how it performs since it'll still show all the tags it finds. See More

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SongGenie

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score 2 · Answer 5

Finetune

Top Con

Can't apply (save) any changes with free version

Hence only good if you want to try before you buy, otherwise pointless if you're looking for a free tool to clean up your tags. See More

Top Pro

Fixes all issues automatically, requires only some supervision

The software does everything automatically, you only need to review the proposed changes, make some adjustments if necessary, and apply them. See More

Bruno Déry's Experience

Seems nice, perhaps worth paying. See More

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Fully functional free version

The free version of the software works perfectly. You can choose to get the paid version for free unlimited updates and email support. See More

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score 1 · Answer 6

TuneUp

Top Pro

Uses audio fingerprints to identify music

Even without metadata, TuneUp can identify music by analyzing the waveform. See More

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My Recommendation for MusicBrainz Picard

My Recommendation for MusicBrainz Picard

Free

Not much usable unless you have a whole Star Trek crew with you...

Multiple ways of identifying tracks

Missing database entries

Cross-platform

My Recommendation for MusicBee

My Recommendation for MusicBee

Does it all better than any other app .... still.

Paradox of choice

Functionality can be extended via plugins

Installs pictures that are irrelevant to the artist being played

Customizable look and feel

Can autofill information on songs

My Recommendation for beets

My Recommendation for beets

My Recommendation for Jaikoz

My Recommendation for Jaikoz

Uses Music Brains and Discogs

Simple & clear UI and workflow!

Free trial

My Recommendation for SongGenie

My Recommendation for SongGenie

My Recommendation for Finetune

My Recommendation for Finetune

Can't apply (save) any changes with free version

Fixes all issues automatically, requires only some supervision

Fully functional free version

My Recommendation for TuneUp

My Recommendation for TuneUp

Uses audio fingerprints to identify music

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My Recommendation for Music Tag

My Recommendation for Music Tag

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