Blipsong

Blipsong asks one question: how little of a song do you need to know it? The daily round opens on a 0.1-second fragment, often no more than a drum hit or part of a sung vowel, and you type the title if you can. A wrong guess or a skip unlocks the next clip, at 0.5, 1, 2, 5 and 10 seconds, all starting from the same point in the track's preview, so each listen builds on the last. After the sixth miss the song is revealed.

The daily song is the same for everyone on the same UTC date and changes at 00:00 UTC. You can replay the current clip as often as you like without spending a chance, and a preview that fails to load costs nothing. Only the title counts, not the artist: case, accents and punctuation are ignored, as are labels such as remaster, live or feat. in trailing brackets, and a short list of familiar alternate titles is accepted.

The songs come from previews in the Apple iTunes catalogue and lean toward pop and rock favourites. At the end of a round you get links to the track on Apple Music and a Spotify search, and a share card that shows your score without giving the song away. Unlimited mode lets you play more songs straight after the daily without touching your streak.

There is no account, no app to install and no leaderboard; your streak is kept in your browser. The site calls itself an independent, early-stage listening experiment. It suits players who like Heardle-style games but want a much shorter first clip, and anyone who enjoys a quick music break.