Find Out How Your Singing Lands
Pitch, rhythm and expression — scored honestly by AI
Pick a song, sing a few lines into your mic, and get a candid breakdown of what works and what to practice. It's free, it's fast, and it won't clap politely out of pity.
Premium: 2 credits per analysis
What Is Rate My Singing?
Everyone in your life is too polite about your singing. This tool isn't. Record a verse — 15 to 60 seconds, any song — and the analyzer listens the way a studio engineer would: pitch accuracy, rhythm, tone, control and expression, each scored 0-100 with notes on where the take wobbled.
Under the hood it transcribes what you sang, then measures the physics: how far each note sat from its target, whether the tempo survived the chorus, how the dynamics breathed between lines. It's the same structural listening a vocal coach does on a first pass — minus the hourly rate and the awkward eye contact.
Karaoke night, a musical audition, a bet with friends, or pure 2 AM curiosity — whatever brings you here, the verdict takes seconds and costs nothing. No account, no upload queue, just you and an honest number.
How the scoring actually works
No black box and no vibes. The first pass is pure signal analysis: your recording is broken into pitch frames, each frame is compared against the nearest expected note, and deviations feed three sub-scores — pitch accuracy, rhythmic stability, and consistency across phrases. This is the number you see within seconds.
Then an AI listening coach layers on the human stuff signal analysis can't see: breath placement, diction, phrase shaping, and whether you actually committed to the performance. That's the written summary and tips you get alongside the score. If the server refinement doesn't come back, you still keep the acoustic score — it's computed on your device, not ours.
Scores are calibrated against real untrained singers, not autotuned studio releases. A 60 from us means genuinely decent for someone who doesn't perform regularly — think church choir or shower-concert level. Most first-timers land between 45 and 65, and +5 points of improvement is very visible within a week of focused practice.
Your Friends Are Lying to You (Kindly)
Why AI scoring hears what humans won't say
Friends are too nice
"You sound great!" is a compliment, not data. Numbers repeat the same standard every single take.
Vocal coaches cost money
Vocal coaches are worth it eventually — at $50-100 an hour, find your weak spots first, then bring them the right questions.
You can't hear yourself
Your skull is a resonance chamber: what you hear while singing is not what the room hears. Measurement settles the argument.
No way to track progress
And "getting better" needs a baseline — record today, practice, return tomorrow, and see which score moved.
Signal, Not Sentiment
The analyzer scores the audio, not your feelings: five consistent metrics on a 0-100 scale, plus a targeted tip on your weakest dimension each time. No moods, no flattery, no coaching invoice — just a number that moves when you actually improve.
How It Works
From first note to final score in under a minute
Sing 15-60 seconds
Pick a chorus you know cold and sing it a cappella — no backing track, just your raw voice into the mic.
The analyzer does the listening
Your take gets transcribed and measured: pitch stability, range, dynamics and tempo across five scoring dimensions.
Get scores + tips
Scores arrive instantly with one concrete practice pointer — fix that, come back, and see if the number agrees.
How to actually score higher
The analyzer rewards the same things a vocal coach listens for. Steal these five.
Warm up first
Two minutes of lip trills or humming before you record. Cold starts cost you the first phrase — and first phrases anchor the whole score.
Pick a song you know cold
Choose something you've sung a hundred times in the car. Splitting attention between melody and lyrics is the #1 reason scores tank.
Stay in your comfort range
Drop the key or pick an easier song rather than straining for high notes. Pitch accuracy is the heaviest-weighted dimension — a comfortable middle beats a heroic crack.
Slow it down
Rushing the tempo breaks rhythmic stability faster than any pitch wobble. Sing at 90% of the song's real speed; nobody's grading your BPM.
Commit to the performance
Half-volume singing reads as hesitation in both the acoustic signal and the AI's summary. Sing like the neighbors are already judging you — the analyzer respects confidence.
What Gets Scored
Five dimensions, scored like a session musician hears them
Pitch Accuracy
Distance from the intended note — the single biggest tell of in-tune singing.
Rhythm & Timing
Whether the beat survived your phrasing, or your phrasing survived the beat.
Tone Quality
Timbre and texture: breathy, bright, strained, resonant — the raw material of your sound.
Control & Stability
Stability across the range — no wobble at the edges, no cracks in the passaggio.
Expression
Dynamics and feeling — whether it sounded like a performance or a scale exercise.
Private by Default
Your recording exists to produce a score, then it's gone. Nothing is published anywhere, ever.
Who Uses Rate My Singing
From shower reprisals to actual auditions
Karaoke Contenders
Before you commandeer the mic at the office party, know what you're walking into.
Aspiring Singers
Bring your coach something better than "I practiced": bring week-over-week score movement.
Audition Preppers
Choir, musical, talent show — audition with your strongest dimensions already mapped.
Music Students
Objective scores make practice measurable; improvement becomes a number you can watch climb.
Content Creators
Streamers and vocalists: check how the voice actually lands before the audience votes.
The Curious
The question has been open since your first shower. Thirty seconds closes it.
People Who Asked for the Number
Honest takes from brave throats
“Scored 58. Deserved 58. Two weeks of the suggested pitch drills and I broke 70 — the first number in years that actually meant something.”
“Before my choir audition I learned rhythm was my strength and expression was the gap. I walked in knowing exactly what to sell, and it worked.”
“My DAW's pitch plugin says roughly the same thing this does — which is awkward for my DAW, since this one's free and takes 30 seconds.”
Singing Score Questions
Before the first note
- Is Rate My Singing free?
Yes — scoring your singing costs nothing and needs no account. Daily limits keep the servers humming; a subscription buys more attempts and deeper analysis if you get hooked.
- How does the judging work?
Your recording is transcribed, then acoustic features — pitch stability, range, dynamics, tempo — are measured and mapped to five scores: pitch, rhythm, tone, control and expression, each on a 0-100 scale.
- What should I sing?
A chorus you know by heart, sung a cappella for 15-60 seconds. Backing tracks confuse the analysis — the tool needs your unaccompanied voice to measure pitch honestly.
- So is 70 any good?
60-70 means you can hold a tune; 70-80 is solid fundamentals; 80+ turns heads. Most first scores land between 50 and 70 — which is a starting line, not a verdict.
- Can I improve my score?
That's the entire point. Every result names your weakest dimension with a drill to match — return tomorrow, and the score is your practice report card.
- Account required?
No — guests can record and score right away. A free account just raises the daily ceiling.
- Does my recording go anywhere?
Nowhere. It's analyzed for your score and never published or shared; logged-in users keep a private history in their dashboard only.
- And this vs. Rate My Voice?
Different sports. Rate My Voice scores speaking — clarity and confidence for meetings and podcasts. This one scores musical performance: pitch, rhythm, expression. Run both for the full picture of your voice.
- Does the song I choose affect my score?
Indirectly, yes — the analyzer compares your pitch against the melody it detects, so songs with wide jumps or belted high notes are harder to score well on. Any song works, but if you're chasing a number, pick a melody that sits in your comfortable range with a steady tempo.
- Why did my score change between takes?
Because your takes are different. The acoustic pass is deterministic — same recording, same score — but real singing varies breath by breath. If the score moved a lot between two takes, listen back: you'll usually hear wobblier pitch or a rushed bridge in the lower one.
- Can I share my score?
Yes — every result has a share button. It opens your device's native share sheet on mobile, or copies a link on desktop. Perfect for settling family arguments about who's the better singer.