Comparison

Knocki vs CyrusLyrics

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Knocki

Turn any surface into a smart home controller. Create custom tap gestures to activate lights, music, and other connected devices. Works with popular smart home platforms.

Highlights
  • Transform surfaces into touch controls
  • Control smart home devices
  • Create custom tap gestures
  • Works with Alexa, IFTTT, Philips Hue, and more
  • Trigger task lists with gestures
  • Works via WiFi independently of phone
Features
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Transform entire walls or tables into touch controls for your favorite smart home functions. With just a few taps on a regular surface, you can control your lights, find your lost phone, and much more! Knocki works with Alexa, IFTTT, Philips Hue, Lifx, TP-Link, Sonos, Honeywell, Schlage, and more! The Knocki app lets you setup your Knocki device(s), connect to your smart devices and services, and create custom gestures (tap patterns) to trigger specific tasks or even groups of tasks all at once (called "task lists"). Once Knocki is set up, it works through WiFi, even if your phone isn't around. Popular Tasks include: - Tap your nightstand to turn off the lights. - Tap your coffee table to boot up the TV. - Tap your front door to lock the door and turn off all the house lights. - and much more! Explore what Knocki can do or get your own Knocki at http://knocki.com - Have questions? Reach out to us at support@knocki.com

About

CyrusLyrics

Easily store, find, and sing along to your favorite song lyrics. Connect to Spotify to play songs in the background or learn them better. Create your own lyric library for personal use or to share.

Highlights
  • Add song lyrics easily
  • Find lyrics by artist and song name
  • Store lyrics in a personal Google Sheet
  • Play songs directly from Spotify
  • Create custom lyric libraries
Features
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Hi, I'm Aaron - Cyrus' dad, and the developer of CyrusLyrics. Even since before Cyrus was born, I loved singing to him, and once he hit about 2-4 months old, he really responded to that kind of interaction. But I noticed that I regularly couldn't think of a big variety of songs to sing to him - and even when I did, I wouldn't remember all of the lyrics. I thought "this is crazy; I probably know at least a hundred songs and probably most of the lyrics to those songs, so why can't I think of them?" That's why CyrusLyrics was born. I built the app for myself so that I could easily store and find the lyrics to the songs that I liked to sing to my son. I knew that I needed the ability to add song lyrics at a whim with minimal effort, so I decided to store the data in a simple Google Sheet. I needed it to be dropdead easy to add and remove new songs, because every day I found myself finding entirely new batches of songs that I wanted to add to my list, so I made sure the app just needed an artist and song name, and it found the lyrics based on that. I also wanted the ability to play those songs in Spotify, in case I either didn't quite know how the songs were sung, or if I just wanted to play the song in the background while I sung. And to take the app a step further, I wanted to make it useable by other people too, so everyone could create their own Google Sheet through the app to start adding songs to. Maybe you have a kid that you love to sing to, or maybe you just like to sing in general, or maybe you're trying to better learn the lyrics to some of your favorite songs. Whatever the reason is for you, I hope you enjoy CyrusLyrics.

Screenshots

Knocki4 screens
CyrusLyrics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CyrusLyrics at 100% against Knocki's 31%. CyrusLyrics also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Knocki's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CyrusLyrics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Knocki's written reviews are positive against 100% of CyrusLyrics's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Knocki versus CyrusLyrics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKnockiCyrusLyrics
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHaptic, Inc.Aaron Krauss

Customer experience

Knocki

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative53.8%

CyrusLyrics

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Knocki

No in-app purchases

None

CyrusLyrics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Knocki free?
Knocki is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CyrusLyrics free?
CyrusLyrics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Knocki or CyrusLyrics?
CyrusLyrics is rated higher. Knocki averages 3.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while CyrusLyrics averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Knocki or CyrusLyrics have ads?
Neither Knocki nor CyrusLyrics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Knocki or CyrusLyrics?
Knocki ships an update every 2 months, and CyrusLyrics every 2 months. Most recently, Knocki was updated on November 2, 2026 and CyrusLyrics on November 3, 2026.

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