One Second Song
The music guessing game.
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Name the song from a short clip. Guess as often as you like, and hear a little more when you need it. New packs every week! Free, with no ads and no accounts.
How fast can you name that song?
One Second Song plays you a short clip from a real song. If you know it, type a few letters and tap the match. If you need more, tap Hear More and the clip gets longer. Wrong guesses are free, so guess as often as you want! The less of the song you hear, the better your score.
Each song also has three hints. They give real trivia about the song without naming the title or the artist.
PLAY ALONE OR PASS THE PHONE
Practice on your own, or take turns with friends. The scorecard at the end shows how much of each song each player needed.
FRESH PACKS EVERY WEEK
Choose today's hits, decades from the 60s to the 2020s, rock, hip-hop, and more! We refresh the packs every week from Apple Music's editorial playlists. Each pack has three difficulty tiers, from familiar hits to deep cuts.
OR PLAY YOUR OWN PLAYLIST
Copy the link to any playlist on Apple Music, Spotify, or YouTube and paste it into New Game. Those songs become your pack. Artist, album, and song links work too.
FREE
• Songs play from Apple Music preview clips. No subscription needed.
• No accounts, no ads, no data harvesting.
• No in-app purchases.
Pick a pack and see how little song you need!
more The logo on Home no longer plays its animation on its own once a day. Tap the logo any time to see today's.
2.28 Oct 17
Until you play, today's Daily on Home is covered in question marks in the song's colors, drifting under a glass play button. Play the Daily and they burst off to show the cover.
2.27 Oct 9
Until you play, today's cover on Home shows its own pixels, shuffled into a new picture each morning. Play the Daily and they slide back into place.
After the Daily, your result now hangs below today's cover on Home: how you placed against everyone who played today, and a tap through to the board.
Play an encore and its record now sits behind that day's cover, won or missed. Tap the corner that sticks out to bring it forward and hear it.
2.26 Oct 2
Home is new. The Daily sits at the top as a row of the songs you have played, with today's first. Scroll back through them, and tap a cover to hear its song again.
Once a day, something small happens to the logo on Home.
Packs play on stages in their own colors, and the Daily's stage takes its colors from the day's album cover.
Open challenges moved to Setup, under Start. A challenge from a friend still waits for you on Home.
The day you win a reward, it shows on Home in place of your streak.
2.25 Sep 29
The Daily card stamps your result on the cover once you have played, the way the reveal does.
Tap a time chip you have already earned to hear that snippet again. Replays cost nothing.
In the Daily encore, a tap on the stage puts the keyboard away so the play button is back in reach, and the whole Give Up button now takes the tap.
New pack: 2020s Hits.
2.24 Sep 23
Your rewards cabinet now keeps every month you finish. Each kept month gets its own card on the Souvenirs shelf, ready to share.
The Daily encore now gives you unlimited guesses. A wrong guess costs nothing. Only asking to hear more moves you to the next rung.
2.23 Sep 17
Your 2026 recap arrives in December: the songs you named, your fastest solves, and a poster to share.
Song suggestions appear faster as you type, and long lists no longer stall.
The encore plays on a new gold stage.
The Daily card keeps your record, and the cover art grows once you have played.
The encore's pass button stays above the keyboard, and Siri starts the app without waiting.
2.22 Sep 15
Ask Siri to play One Second Song, or start a game from Spotlight and Shortcuts.
Two new packs: Hip-Hop and Party Anthems.
The home logo dresses up for the holidays, starting with Halloween.
The daily reveal no longer shifts when the scorecard arrives, and it uses the extra room on taller phones.
2.21 Sep 13
Scrolling through song suggestions no longer selects a song by mistake.
Suggestions now stay clear of the listening controls and move smoothly when the keyboard opens.
Plus small interaction and stability improvements.
2.20 Sep 3
The screen that shows you the answer is rebuilt around the album cover. It's about twice the size it was, with your result stamped across the bottom of it.
Casual games now open with a one-second snippet, the same as every other difficulty.
Pasting a playlist link now tells you up front that the playlist has to be public, instead of failing after you paste it.
Plus fixes to start-up and settings loading.
2.19 Sep 2
When a playlist link does not work, the app now tells you what went wrong. A single video, a Mix, a link to your own library, a Deezer link: each one says what it is and what to paste instead.
Also in this update:
• A private playlist opens in Spotify or YouTube so you can switch it to public. Come back to the game and it tries again on its own, with no second paste
• Add songs to a playlist that was too short, paste it again, and the game reads your new songs instead of repeating the old count
• End game now takes you back to pack selection, so the next pack is one tap away
2.18 Aug 30
Paste a YouTube playlist and play it. Copy the link to any public playlist on YouTube or YouTube Music, paste it into New Game, and those songs become your pack.
Also in this update:
• Pasted Spotify links work more often, and a private playlist now says it is private and how to share it
• After a game, Take these songs home opens each song in Apple Music or Spotify so you can save it there
• Fixed: the paste sheet no longer drifts after the keyboard opens
2.17 Aug 29
Special packs now get their own look — starting with rhinestones on the Just Dolly pack.
Also in this update:
• Difficulty levels now read Casual, Normal, and Hard
• A Contact us row in Your Corner — questions and ideas reach us in one tap
• New Game opens instantly: the pack grid no longer waits on the network
2.16 Aug 28
Play your own playlist. Copy the link to any playlist on Apple Music or Spotify, paste it into New Game, and those songs become your pack. Artist, album, and song links work too.
Also in this update:
• New Game has a Your Playlist tile that walks you through it: share the playlist, copy the link, paste it in
• The Daily reveal is tighter. Your time and your place come first, and the song takes half the room it used to
• Every trophy on a player card now says what it is for
• Fixed: left open overnight, the Home screen did not roll over to the new day at midnight
2.15 Aug 27
Easy is easier and Hard is harder. Song picking now leans on the biggest hits for Easy and the deep cuts for Hard, and songs repeat far less often from game to game.
Also in this update:
• The encore gets a two-second last chance as a third try
• The 2010s pack grew to 190+ songs, with the hits it was missing
• One artist, one seat: a duet or featured credit no longer lets the same act take two songs in a game
• Settled challenge cards read like open ones, with the winner on the line below
• Today's board shows misses and hints next to each encore result
• Pack names drop the "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" padding, and long chip names fit
• Fixed: an encore finished after midnight didn't count for the right day
2.14 Aug 21
The New Game screen now starts with a search box. Type any artist, playlist, or album and results appear as you type. Your recent picks stay one tap away.
Also in this update:
• Search for a style, decade, or country and playlists come first. Anything without enough playable songs stays out of the results.
• More albums and soundtracks can start a game.
• Open challenges: a finished challenge shows who won, The House always has one open, and leaving a match mid-run counts as a forfeit.
• Leave the Daily, an encore, or a match and it pauses where you were. No restarting for a better time.
• New celebrations: a sunburst when you solve the Daily, and a Triple Strike for a half-second encore.
• The hint button lights up once and then rests. How to play now lives in your profile.
2.13 Aug 18
The Home screen got a redesign. The Song of the Day Challenge now leads, showing your time, your streak, and where you placed against today's field.
Also in this update:
• Play the Daily every day to earn In Residence, a mark next to your name on the board
• Today's board is easier to scan, and encore runs get their own callout
• Text is bigger throughout, and the app now follows your system text size
• Open challenges show live standings, and a waiting match starts with one tap
• Games hold up better on a weak connection, and an interrupted game picks up where it left off
• Fixed: the Daily could show the wrong day on phones set to a non-Gregorian calendar
2.12 Aug 14
- Songs credited to two acts now match either name
- Reissue labels like "EP Version" no longer clutter song titles
- Tidier placeholder for unnamed players while the Daily board loads
- Added anonymous usage counts so we can see which parts of the game get played
2.11 Aug 11
- Play through a shared speaker: tap the speaker chip during a game to send the music to a HomePod, Bluetooth speaker, or TV
- The visualizer now stays in step with what the room hears on a connected speaker
- New Wild Card pack mixes the biggest hits from every era into one game
- Songs credited to two acts now match either name
- Reissue labels like "EP Version" no longer clutter song titles
- Tidier placeholder for unnamed players while the Daily board loads
- Added anonymous usage counts so we can see which parts of the game get played
2.10 Aug 3
- Encore board now displays footer messaging and pill indicators
- ENCORE UNLOCKED card shows a preview of the gold room
- Half-Second Club winners see The Bolt celebration effect
- New Rate One Second Song row in the Profile for easy app reviews
- Enhanced encore animations and visual polish throughout
2.9 Jul 26
Everything responds faster: no more tiny pause when you tap HEAR MORE, jump the ladder, or reveal a song.
Also in this update:
• The song reveal comes in clean, with no flicker or stutter
• The snippet stops exactly on time, even while you are scrolling the suggestions
• Old search suggestions no longer pop back after a guess
• Saving a game's songs to Spotify is much faster
• Fixed: the Daily's buttons could sit off the bottom edge on smaller phones
• VoiceOver can now read the daily board and report a name
2.8 Jul 23
Your Daily Song score now lands on a global leaderboard. Claim your name, see where you rank, and defend your spot tomorrow.
Also in this update:
• New Games screen: every game you have played, with song-by-song recaps
• Fixed: the save-to-Spotify option at the end of a game now shows up for everyone
• The Summer Hits pack wears its summer colors on the shelf
• Small fixes and polish
2.7 Jul 20
New for the season: the Summer Hits pack! The biggest songs of summer from every era, on the shelf until fall. Watch for the NEW tag whenever a limited-time pack lands.
Also in this update:
• Save a game's songs to Spotify as well as Apple Music
• Guesses now match songs with featured artists however the credit is written
• The X on the song reveal now asks before ending your game
• Small fixes and polish
2.6 Jul 18
The daily challenge is a little friendlier: you hear more of the song as you climb, and your first hint unlocks after one miss.
Also in this update:
• Long song titles now fit the reveal screen
• Smoother playlist saving
• Small fixes and polish
2.5 Jul 17
Take the music home with you:
• Save any game's songs to an Apple Music playlist, straight from the scorecard
• Casual difficulty now sticks to songs everyone knows, even after a long night of games
• Small fixes and polish
2.4 Jul 16
The logo on Home no longer plays its animation on its own once a day. Tap the logo any time to see today's.
more Version 2.28 Oct 17
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