One of the most popular – and free – apps now has a premium companion.  Shazam is now launching its ‘Encore’ upgrade, a $4.99 (2.99 pound, 3.99 euro) app that offers faster recognition, recommendations, charts, and an in-car mode designed to easily identify songs played on the radio.

Encore is a stand-alone app, though the company is altering its free version to encourage upgrades.  Existing users will not see any changes, though fresh downloaders of the free version will be limited to five tags per month.  Shazam counts a total of ten million app downloads to-date, a free-for-all that must be transitioned into a stronger revenue stream.

Tags: Arts, Charts, MP3, Music, Radio, Shazam, Song, Sound Files

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