Guess the Song: a music quiz game with real clips, free on iPhone

01 — DefinitionWhat is Guess the Song?

Guess the Song is the quick-fire music quiz inside Dronk, the party game app with 14 games in one. It is the simplest of the three music games in the app: no cards, no teams, no board. You choose an artist, the phone plays a real clip from the full catalog, and the group races to name the track. Four titles appear on screen, all by that artist, so even people who "kind of know" the song have a fair chance.

It was built for the ten minutes before you head out: the music you're about to hear all night, played in ten-second bursts, with a penalty for whoever calls it wrong. Every song counts once, the group decides when the round ends, and the app shows how many you got right at the finish.

The catalog is the same one behind the Board and the Timeline: real clips, ranked by how well known each song is, so a round starts with the hits and drifts toward album tracks the longer you play.

02 — RulesHow to play Guess the Song (step by step)

There is no setup beyond picking an artist. Here is how a round runs.

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   Pick an artist

   “Who do you want to guess?” Search or scroll the International list, Drake, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift and 50 more, each with the song count next to the name. The green box at the top shows how many of tonight's 10 free songs you have left; Premium plays unlimited.

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   Hear the clip, pick one of four titles

   Round 1: the clip plays (tap the note to replay it), and the question is “Which Lewis Capaldi song is this?” Four real Capaldi titles appear: Before You Go, Someone You Loved, Bruises, Hold Me While You Wait. Whoever calls it first wins the song; the phone holder taps it to check.

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   Correct: hand out 2 penalties

   The right title gets a check mark: Someone You Loved (2018). “Correct! Hand out 2 penalties.” Get it wrong and you take 2 yourself. Tap Next song, or Finish & see result whenever the group has had enough.

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   The result

   8 of 10 correct. “Warm-up approved, you can sing along to most of it.” Tap One more round to keep going with the same artist, or Pick another artist and hand the phone to whoever wants revenge.

03 — ArtistsArtists in Guess the Song

English-speaking players pick from over 50 international artists across pop, rap, R&B, country and rock. Every artist's catalog was pulled from real, verified releases, and only songs with a playable clip are included. A sample:

Also in the catalog: 21 Savage, 50 Cent, Future, Gunna, Metro Boomin, Don Toliver, Playboi Carti, David Guetta, Zara Larsson, Robbie Williams, Lewis Capaldi, Macklemore and Dave.

Why "pick an artist first" makes a better quiz

Most song quizzes throw random tracks at the room, which means half the group can't play half the songs. Choosing the artist first keeps everyone in the game: you know you're about to hear Drake, the question is only which Drake song. It also lets the group tune the difficulty on the fly. Pick a legacy act for a mixed-age crowd; pick whoever dropped an album last month to separate the fans from the pretenders.

04 — Free vs. Premium10 free songs every night

Guess the Song is free to play, with a nightly limit rather than a paywall on the door. Every device gets 10 free songs per night; the counter resets at 6 in the morning, so a session that runs past midnight doesn't reset halfway through. The app shows how many free songs you have left before you start.

If you hit the limit mid-round, the app keeps your place: unlock Premium and the next song picks up exactly where you stopped. Premium renews automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store settings.

05 — TipsHow to win Guess the Song

Read the four options before the clip ends

The options appear with the clip. Skim them immediately: usually two are obvious hits, one is a deep cut, and one is the answer. If the clip sounds like a single, eliminate the album track; if it sounds like a slow album cut, eliminate the radio hits.

Call it early, but call the full title

The first person to say the right song wins the round, so hesitation costs you. But most groups rule that "the one that goes na-na-na" doesn't count. Say the title.

Pick artists with a deep catalog for a longer game

An artist with 12 songs is a four-minute round. An artist with 60 is a full warm-up. Check the song count next to each name in the picker before you commit.

07 — More gamesMore games in Dronk

Guess the Song is one of three music games in the app, and one of 14 games in total: