1. Sing! Karaoke By Suzanne Lanoue Mobile Apps
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2. Sing! Karaoke from Smule
Smule is a mobile app company created in San Francisco in 2008 by entrepreneur Jeff Smith and Stanford assistant professor Ge Wang. The app is for social music-making (collaborating). Originally it was mostly just a karaoke app, for Apple phones and tablets, but it has developed into more.
They have many apps, but the most popular one is Sing! Karaoke, created in 2012
Sing! Karaoke is an app on your phone or tablet that lets you sing and record yourself with a karaoke song.
Like most apps, it has multiple purposes; it's not just for singing but for social media as well.

3. The Sing! Karaoke app is a free download (with 7 day trial) for either iOS or Android with ads. They have just a few free songs.
You can pay $3 a month/$24 a year to get a subscription (to get more songs and features) as a VIP member, or $4 a month/$40 per year for All Access.

4. Subscription types

5. Many Song Choices
When you open Sing! Karaoke, you see the list of songs. They have various categories, such as Top Hits, Community, New, Free, Sing with the Artist, Pop, R&B, Rock, Hip Hop and many more.
You then choose whether you want to sing alone
(With or without video)
Or you can duet
or sing with others ("collaborate").

6. Learning to use Sing! Karaoke
What it looks like today (with video)
Learning to use Sing! Karaoke
2012 Smule tutorial
What is looks like now 
(without video)

7. Polish, Save and Share your songs
After you sing your song, you can add one of their audio filters that may make you sound better. They add reverb, sharpen the tone, bring your voice more forward -- all sorts of special effects.
They call the effects Magic, Studio, Polish, Super Harmony, Pop Star, Indie etc. Then you save your song and choose whether to make it public or not.
You can then choose if you want to share it with your friends on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, texting, or via .
You can hear your songs online
You can listen to others' songs– both on PC’s or Mac’s.

8. Choices in Sing! Karaoke

9. SMULE is always adding new features
In 2014, they added video (iPhone/iPad only)
Funny 2015 video to explain why there's no video yet on Android
A month later, they added video on Android
They've added many different features over the years such as an Explore Song (featured video song), contests, messaging, and more VocalFX. They've also improved the quality of the app, its streaming and how well it works.
This is a global app; there are many songs and users from around the world.

10. Sing! Karaoke Vs. Other Sites and Apps
There are many karaoke websites and apps.
You can find karaoke songs on Youtube or you can record yourself using those songs or from other karaoke sites. Probably the best of the online karaoke sites is SingSnap. However, Singsnap has to pay for the royalties to their songs, so it limits the songs they have.
There are many karaoke apps online. I used another one before Sing! Karaoke called KaraokeAnywhere.
Smule distinguishes itself from other apps and sites in that it lets users upload their own karaoke backings and then other people can use them. You can vote up or down on whether it's a good backing. This feature means potentially unlimited songs, including many that are unavailable in traditional karaoke formats.

11. Sing! Karaoke Is Fun and Popular
The app is practical for anyone who likes to sing/listen to singing, or wants to meet other people online who sing.
Sing! Karaoke by Smule gets 4 out of 5 stars on Google Play.
It gets 4 1/2 out of 5 stars on iTunes.

12. Pros and Cons PROS Fun app Fairly easy to use
Many songs, including rare karaoke tracks
Not too expensive
Multi-platform
Collaboration
Social Network
Sing/record/save/share
Always adding/improving features
Global
CONS
Not free
Only works on phones and tablets
A little confusing at times
Some user-created songs have no background singers
Smule website lacks information
Might run into copyright problems