Vanido is gone — what to use instead

What we found

We removed Vanido as a pick from our own roundup on 20 August 2026, having recommended it until then, and checked again on 11 November 2026. Four checks, all of which you can repeat:

• vanido.app does not resolve at all — no site, no redirect, no holding page.
• vanido.io answers with a server error rather than a site. In August it served a two-byte placeholder.
• A US App Store search for "vanido" returns no matching app.
• A Google Play search for "vanido" returns no matching app either.

We are not going to claim a company is dead on the strength of checks from one country, so the honest phrasing is: we could not find it running in August or in November 2026, and we will not keep recommending something we cannot open. If you have found a working listing in your region, we would genuinely rather hear about it.

What Vanido was good at

Worth naming precisely, because it determines which replacement is right. Vanido was a friendly beginner app built around short daily exercises: open it, do a two-minute drill with pitch feedback, close it. It was not deep, it did not have a song catalogue, and that was the point — the design goal was that you would do it tomorrow as well.

So the replacement question is not "what is the most powerful singing app". It is "what will I open for two minutes on a Tuesday".

The closest replacements

• For the short-daily-exercise habit → the training plan: short lessons that unlock one at a time behind a score gate, in the browser or the Android app. The first five lessons are free; lesson six onward needs Pro. Same shape — a small thing to do today — with a number attached so you can see the habit paying off.
• For the pitch feedback itself → the live tuner for checking, and scored drills when you want a target and a result in cents. Both free, nothing to install; the mic audio stays on the device.
• If you specifically want an installed app → Sing Sharp, on iPhone and Android, has a freemium tier of exercises plus a range test. Yousician is the polished course option, with a limited free tier and a subscription for real use. On Android, Vocalify is also on Google Play. All are covered in the comparison.

Before any of them, spend a minute on the range test. Vanido asked for your range early for a good reason: exercises pitched outside it teach you to strain.

What "free" covers here

So you can compare like with like. Free, with no card and no expiry: every standalone exercise, live pitch feedback scored in cents, the melody editor, backing tracks, your recordings, your history and analytics, and syncing across devices once you have an account. The first five course lessons are free. A free account also includes audio splits one track at a time, 20 minutes a day of singing along to songs, and up to five saved melodies. Vocalify Pro unlocks course lessons from lesson six, removes the daily limit on songs, lets you save more than five melodies, and increases storage from 250 MB to 5 GB. Pitch feedback is never metered, which is the whole point of the comparison.

Frequently asked

Is Vanido still available?

We could not find it running in August or November 2026. The domain does not resolve, and neither the App Store nor Google Play returned a matching listing. Treat any list that still recommends it as one that has not re-checked.

What happened to Vanido?

We do not know, and we are not going to guess at a company's circumstances. What is observable is that the site and the listings are gone.

What app is most like Vanido?

For the short-daily-drill habit with pitch feedback, a short training plan is the closest shape. For an installed app on iPhone or Android, Sing Sharp is the nearest equivalent with a free tier.

Is there a free Vanido alternative with no account?

Yes — browser tools need no sign-up at all. See a free singing app with no sign-up.