Is Shazam: Identify Songs Safe for Kids?
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What Shazam: Identify Songs's age rating means
Shazam: Identify Songs is rated 12+ on the App Store, meaning it targets older teenagers, not young children. With parental controls and an honest conversation, many teens use apps like this fine, but the rating exists for a reason.
What parents and users report about Shazam: Identify Songs
Users frequently complain that the Mac version of Shazam lacks key features compared to the iOS app, such as syncing with Shazam accounts or Apple Music, and cannot detect system audio (only microphone input). Many also report technical issues like app crashes, microphone permission problems, and incompatibility with newer Mac models.
Summarized from 127 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Shazam: Identify Songs
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Shazam: Identify Songs if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall Shazam: Identify Songs on your child's device.
Shazam: Identify Songs for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Shazam: Identify Songs safe for kids?
Shazam: Identify Songs has an official age rating of 12+ on the App Store, aimed at older teens rather than young children. It can be appropriate with guidance, parental controls, and a conversation about what to share and who to talk to.
What age rating does Shazam: Identify Songs have?
The App Store rates Shazam: Identify Songs as 12+. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use Shazam: Identify Songs safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove Shazam: Identify Songs from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find Shazam: Identify Songs and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.