An audience music game for podcasts and radio shows
Give your listeners something to do while you talk. A live show or a recorded session with guests can run a music round where the audience plays along on their phones.
Free to try. Whoever starts the game logs in with an email code, no password. Players who join a party room need no account and no app.
For a live podcast or a video-recorded show, the setup matches a stream: the host screen is shown on camera or in the recording, and listeners join with a link in the show notes, the chat or a pinned message. The leaderboard gives you something to react to, and the reveal of each year is a natural prompt for a story or a joke.
Audio-only radio is trickier, because the game is visual. You can still use it in a studio with a screen, or read out the room code and leaderboard on air for a listener round, but plan the sound carefully: whether the songs belong in a broadcast or a recording is a rights question for your station or platform, not something Hitify can settle.
How to set it up here
- 1
Decide where the game lives
On a live video stream, in a recorded episode with a camera on the screen or as a side segment in your studio.
- 2
Open the host screen
Go to hitify.app/host, sign in with an email code, pick a deck and a mode, then create the room.
- 3
Tell listeners how to join
Share hitify.app/j/ with the 4 letter code in the chat, in the show notes of a live episode or on screen.
- 4
Talk through the reveals
Let each reveal lead into a story, a guest reaction or a break, and read the leaderboard at the end of the segment.
The timeline in one look
A timeline is a row of songs in release order. You hear a new song, never its year, and decide where it fits between the songs already on the row. Get it right and the row grows.
What you need
A place to show the screen
A video stream, a recording or a studio monitor.
A decision on the songs' sound
Decide whether the songs go on air or into the recording, and check the rules that apply to you first.
A deck that fits the show
Pick a deck for your audience, for example songs from the decade your show is about.
Tips for a better game
Keep the game to one segment
Five or six songs fit between two topics and do not take over the episode.
Read the rules of your platform
Podcast hosts, streaming sites and broadcasters all treat music differently. Check before you record or go live.
Put the link in the show notes
The room code changes for every game, so for a live show post the link when the room is open.
What streamers and communities should know
Viewers need nothing but a browser
No account, no download and no sign-up for players. They open a link or scan a QR code, type a name and play from a phone or a laptop.
The host screen is a normal web page
You show it with window capture, display capture or a screen share. There is no plugin, overlay or chat bot, and none is needed.
The app sets no player limit
The whole chat can join one room. Year Rush suits big crowds best, because everyone answers at the same time.
Frequently asked questions
Can listeners play without seeing the screen?
They can answer on their phone, but they need to hear each song to guess it, and the song only plays on the host computer. A listener round works best where the audience also sees or hears that sound.
Can I keep the songs out of the recording?
That is a choice about your audio capture, not a Hitify setting. If you leave the songs out, viewers who rely on the stream will not hear them, so plan the game around that.
Can I play the songs on my stream? What about music rights?
Hitify plays 30 second previews from music services in the browser tab of the host, so whatever your computer sound sends to your stream goes out with it. Hitify gives you no licence to broadcast music and cannot know what your platform allows. Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Discord, Zoom and others each have their own music rules and may mute, flag or limit streams and recordings. Check the rules of your platform before you go live. This is not legal advice.
Do viewers need an account or an app?
No. Viewers open the join link or scan the QR code in a browser on a phone or laptop, type a name and play. Nothing to install. Only the person who hosts signs in, with an email code and no password.
Ready to run a round for your chat?
Open the host screen, pick a deck and show the room code. You can have the first song playing within a few minutes.
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