EavesJam
For iPhone · Overheard music, remembered
Wish you knew what those songs were?
Start EavesJam before the music starts. It names the songs playing around you and keeps them in order, so the whole outing reads as one list whenever you come back to it. It marks the stretches where it caught nothing, because an app that only shows its wins isn't telling you much.
Keeps listening with the screen off or while you use other apps
Shows what it missed, not just what it caught
No account, no sign-up, nothing to log into
Every outing becomes its own chapter, in order
I built EavesJam because I kept losing songs. One would come on at an event or in someone's car, I'd think 'I'll look it up later' - and later never came. Shazam's great when you remember to pull your phone out. This is for all the times you don't.
- Douglas, maker of EavesJam
Every day has a soundtrack. Now you can keep it.
Instead of tapping a button for every song, you start one session and go do your thing - the drive, the workday, the gym, the night out, the whole vacation. When you're back, the songs are waiting.
Start it once. Songs pile up while it runs.
Lock the phone. It keeps listening.
Use your maps, take your photos, forget it's running. The list is there when you want it - what played, when, how often.
Each outing becomes its own chapter - named, timed, with honest gaps where nothing was caught.
Favorite the keepers, sort them into folders, build the playlist later.
Nothing leaves the phone.
No accounts, no ads, no uploads - nothing to sign up for and no profile to create. Share a single song, or share a whole outing as one setlist card. Delete everything whenever you want.
One start covers the whole stretch.
There's no mode to pick and nothing to tune. The only choice is how long you want it to run.
- Open-ended Runs until you stop it
- 30 minutes A coffee run, a short commute
- 1 hour A class, a workout, the drive home
- 2 hours Dinner out, a long drive
- 4 hours A night out
- 8 hours A shift, a festival day
All of them keep listening with the screen off and while you use other apps. The Lock Screen shows what it's catching. A timed session stops itself and hands you the list.
Streaming's on. Hands are on the wheel.
Start before you pull out. The Lock Screen quietly shows what it's catching - and the full list is waiting when you park.
Good song, good conversation.
You don't have to choose. EavesJam catches the track while you stay focused on what you're doing.
Their playlist, your discoveries.
Hands stay on the bar. The songs that played will be in your timeline.
Eight hours of someone else's radio.
Shop floor, open office, kitchen line. Start it when you clock in and read what the day played on the way home.
The music is half of why you remember a trip.
Beach bar, hotel lobby, the rental car. Every day comes back as its own chapter, in order.
Remember the songs, even if the rest is fuzzy.
Set the 4- or 8-hour timer on the way out. Read the setlist over coffee.
Your phone. Your songs. Nobody else's business.
Raw audio is not stored by EavesJam.
EavesJam saves recognized song metadata, favorites, folders, listening-window records, settings, diagnostics, and battery measurements on device. It does not save raw microphone audio.
It uses the microphone and Apple recognition.
EavesJam listens through the iPhone microphone and uses Apple's ShazamKit to match music. It works best with music playing out loud, not through headphones or other devices, calls, or private audio inside another app.
You stay in control.
You start it, you stop it, and you can delete everything from Settings whenever you want. It's built for the sessions you choose to start - not an always-on guarantee. If it missed a stretch of the night, the timeline says so. No pretending.
Be one of the first hundred.
The beta's open: 100 seats, free, through Apple's TestFlight. EavesJam will be a paid app when it reaches the App Store - testers get it free. Try it somewhere loud and tell me what it missed. Beta feedback is shaping what ships.
Questions people ask
Is EavesJam a Shazam replacement?
No - it runs on Apple's ShazamKit, the same recognition Shazam uses. Shazam has a continuous mode of its own, hidden behind a long-press on its app icon. The difference is what you get back. Auto Shazam adds finds to one running list and shuts itself off after about six hours. EavesJam makes each outing its own chapter - named, timed, with the gaps marked where it caught nothing - and you choose up front how long it runs.
Do I need a Shazam or Apple Music subscription?
No. Recognition runs on ShazamKit, which Apple builds into iOS. There's nothing to subscribe to and nothing to sign into. Tapping a song to open it in Apple Music or Spotify uses whatever app you already have.
Does EavesJam record or store audio?
No. Short stretches of mic audio are turned into compact acoustic signatures, matched against Apple's catalog, and discarded. Raw audio is never stored or uploaded.
Does it keep listening when my phone is locked?
Yes. It keeps going after you lock the phone or switch apps, until you stop it or your timer runs out.
Will it catch every song?
No, and it won't pretend it did. Loud rooms, rare tracks, and iOS interruptions cause gaps - the timeline shows them honestly.
How much battery does it use?
Enough that it's worth setting a timer. The microphone stays on for the whole session, and the cost depends on your phone's age and battery health. To see the real number for your phone, open the iPhone Settings app and tap Battery - iOS lists usage by app, so it can tell you EavesJam's share. No app can measure its own share accurately, and EavesJam won't pretend otherwise. An optional timer stops listening after 30 minutes, or 1, 2, 4, or 8 hours.
What does it cost, and is there an Android version?
The beta is free on iPhone (iOS 18 or later). When it reaches the App Store it'll be a paid app - testers get it free. It's iPhone only.