Do I need a Shazam or Apple Music subscription?
No. Recognition runs on ShazamKit, which Apple builds into iOS. There is nothing to subscribe to and nothing to sign into.
Support
Stuck, curious, or found a bug? Email and a human answers. The short version of what EavesJam can and can't do is below.
Contact
Email: support@initiatorworks.com
Need something else - legal, press, anything? Same email.
Recognition
EavesJam identifies songs through the iPhone microphone using Apple's ShazamKit framework. It can only recognize audio that reaches the microphone. It does not identify headphone audio, audio playing only on another device far from the phone, silence, unsupported catalog material, or songs that are too quiet or noisy to match.
Sessions
EavesJam has one listening mode, Nonstop, and one choice to make: how long it runs. Start it open-ended and stop it yourself, or give it 1, 2, 4, or 8 hours and it stops on its own. A session keeps listening when the phone is locked or you use another app. iOS can still interrupt recognition for calls, audio conflicts, permission changes, battery constraints, or system limits.
Can EavesJam hear headphones or calls?
No. EavesJam uses the iPhone microphone. It does not identify headphone audio, phone calls, or private audio playing only inside another app.
A stretch of my night is missing.
That is expected and the timeline marks it. Loud rooms, rare tracks, quiet passages, and iOS interruptions all cause gaps. EavesJam records what it could not match rather than hiding it.
Battery
Nonstop keeps the microphone and audio engine active, so it uses more battery than a passive app. EavesJam shows battery measurements from listening runs on the device and does not estimate drain until it has a completed unplugged run of at least 30 minutes.
Privacy
EavesJam stores recognized metadata and listening records locally. Raw audio is not stored by EavesJam. The Settings screen includes a local delete action for saved songs, folders, listening-window records, diagnostics, and battery measurements.