WhoSampled

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.2
5.96K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Teen
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About this app

What is the sample in this song?
Who covered my favorite artists?
What remixes were made for this track?
WhoSampled knows!

Discover the DNA of the music you love. Scan the music playing around you, or your Spotify library, to uncover samples, covers, and remixes - and explore WhoSampled's vast universe of musical knowledge.

Awards include:
- The Guardian - 25 BEST ANDROID APPS OF THE YEAR
- The Telegraph - BEST MUSIC APP OF THE YEAR
- Music Ally Digital Music Awards - BEST MUSIC APP
- Named one of the world's best apps by The Next Web, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and more

Explore the Music Behind the Music
WhoSampled is the music DNA discovery app that reveals how songs are connected. Explore the world's largest database of sample-based music, cover songs and remixes, and discover how your favorite artists influence, and are influenced by, others.
Whether you're into Hip-Hop, Electronic/Dance, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Classical, or beyond, WhoSampled is an essential music discovery experience.

Key Features
- Discover music through your own collection. Scan your Spotify library to uncover amazing connections for the songs you love.

- Identify music playing around you and instantly see its samples, covers and remixes.

- Access the world’s largest and richest database of music DNA, with over 1,287,000 tracks, 399,000 artists, and continuous daily additions. Search for any artist or track even if it's not in your music library.

- Beautiful, ad-free, clean interface. Simple and intuitive navigation makes exploration effortless.

- Compare songs side-by-side and listen to full‐length tracks via YouTube (where available).

- "Now Playing" feature – switch from Spotify to the WhoSampled app to instantly see the musical DNA of the song you’re listening to.

- Highly detailed information on any sample (sample timing, sample type, part sampled) lets you pinpoint exactly where and how samples were used.

- Share your finds on social media.

- Deep and unique music charts that show you trending and top-rated music as well as the all-time most influential artists and tracks.

- A host of other features and functionality including the ability to save favorites and contextual recommendations from every sample, cover and remix.

Dig deeper into the music you love. Dig into the WhoSampled app!
Updated on
Feb 13, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Audio, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Photos and videos and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.2
5.72K reviews
Bill Rhoten
November 5, 2025
I really like this app and have used the free version for years. I noticed lately that none of the audio links work anymore, get the message "This Video Is Unavailable - error code: 15" for any song that I pull up. Hopefully it's a bug that can be fixed. This error is the only reason I gave it less than 5 stars. Looking forward to using your app again soon.
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Clay Call
August 10, 2020
Dang this app is Amazing. Sometimes I just can't believe how they gain access to certain samples used. This app has expanded my music knowledge and enjoyment Sooo much over the years. I recommend this ANYONE who loves music. And if your just a casual listener. Look up your favorite artist and I guarantee this app will take you on a journey you'll never regret. Get it!!!! I only wish I could discover some of People Under The Stairs samples as this app has only like 3. Maybe the People won't let t
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WhoSampled.com Limited
August 11, 2020
Thank you very much for the kind words!
iLL FeRaL
June 21, 2020
I use this app every day, multiple times a day. Up until recently, I had literally no complaints about this app, in the 3ish years I've been using it. That is, up until the newest update happened.. Now (at least on my OnePlus 7T) you cannot fwd/rwd the songs anymore. So if the sample I need to hear occured at 8min in, I'd have to listen for 8min to hear the (probably 5 second long) sample. That is a HUGE problem that needs to be addressed. Thank God I didn't update the iPad smh
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WhoSampled.com Limited
June 23, 2020
Hi, thanks for flagging this issue. We will aim to issue a fix for this shortly. In the meantime, please note that as part of the latest update, sample timings are now tappable whenever a YouTube video is shown, so you can just tap on the timings to jump directly to the sample. Best regards, WhoSampled Support

What’s new

- Track ID and Spotify library scanning are now free to use without requiring a subscription.
- All ads have been removed.
- Bug fixes and stability improvements.