iDousyn vs Lyrics View 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iDousyn
This app transforms your device into a professional music production tool. It features a sample-based synthesizer with dual-layer sampling, advanced filters, and a professional effects chain. Create immersive sounds and build captivating tracks with an intuitive interface and extensive sound library.
- Dual-layer sampling
- Advanced filters and EQ
- Professional effects chain
- Creative chord pads
- MIDI mastery
- Expansive sound library
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iDousyn transforms your iPhone and iPad into a premium sampler, synthesizer, and AUv3 plugin built for professional music production, beat making, and sound design. Powered by a massive dual-layer rompler engine, it delivers a touch-optimized workflow to create studio-quality music anywhere. Seamlessly integrating as a high-performance AUv3 Audio Unit, iDousyn is the perfect companion for Logic Pro for iPad, GarageBand, Cubasis, AUM, Loopy Pro, and other leading iOS DAWs. Whether you are producing EDM, making hip hop beats, scoring cinematic soundtracks, or designing ambient soundscapes, iDousyn gives you the ultimate sonic palette. Chord Sequencer & Harmony Engine • Ultimate Inspiration: Instantly browse, audition, and map over 432 chord variations and 100 global musical scales directly to your pads—no advanced music theory required. • Timeline Sequencer: Drag and drop your custom chords into the new visual timeline. Program rests, set loop lengths, and let the zero-latency lookahead scheduler play your progressions with perfect tempo synchronization. • Dynamic Performance: 10 customizable Chord Pads featuring intelligent strumming, dual MIDI keyboards, and assignable key ranges with real-time Neon Glow visual feedback. Dual-Layer Synthesis & DSP Effects • True Dual-Layer Rompler: Stack and blend two independent sample oscillators. Fine-tune with octave, semitone, cents, pan, and level controls for massive, evolving textures. • Studio-Grade FX Chain: Shape your tone with multi-mode filters, a parametric EQ, and fully automatable AUv3 effects including Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Compressor, and Limiter. Massive Sound Library & iCloud Sync • 1,100+ Premium Samples: An expansive built-in soundbank featuring heavy basses, lush synth pads, sharp leads, drum kits, acoustic guitars, and orchestral strings. • Smart Presets: Create unlimited custom patches. Your library is safely backed up with automatic, silent background iCloud Drive synchronization across all your Apple devices. Pro Recording & Export • Lossless Audio & MIDI: Record your live sessions directly within the app and export high-fidelity FLAC, WAV, AIFF, CAF, or M4A audio files, as well as full MIDI sequences. • AudioShare Integration: Instantly route your bounces to your favorite audio editors. • Background Audio: Keep your sequences running and your MIDI controllers active even while switching between apps. Designed for modern producers, beat makers, live performers, and synth enthusiasts, iDousyn brings desktop-class virtual instruments right to your fingertips.
Lyrics View 3
This app provides a clean interface for viewing song lyrics, designed for professional and karaoke singers. It allows customization of text size, font, and color, and integrates with the device's music player. Lyrics are loaded from song file tags, requiring proper music collection tagging.
- Clean and minimal interface
- Customizable theme picker (color, font, size, alignment)
- Full iPad multitasking support
- Music player control
- Song queueing
- Loads lyrics from song file tags
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Lyrics View 3 Focus on the lyrics This is version 3 of the popular Lyrics View app. It has been fully rewritten from scratch to support all modern iOS devices. It is used by professional and karaoke singers around the world. The clean and minimal interface lets you focus on the song lyrics played by the iOS music app. IMPORTANT: Please review the Lyrics View description carefully before making the purchase. Lyrics View can be used in any orientation on iPhone and fully supports iPad multitasking. With the built-in theme picker, you can change the colour scheme, font, text size and alignment for the best experience. You can easily control the music player and queue songs from within the app. Note that the app doesn’t come with any lyrics, nor does it download them from the internet. You need to ensure that your music collection is tagged properly. This means it doesn't support displaying lyrics for songs streamed from services like Apple Music or Spotify. Lyrics View loads lyrics from the song file tags. You can easily edit them using the iTunes or Music application on your desktop computer. For more information and any support queries please visit the product website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lyrics View 3 at none against iDousyn's 1. Lyrics View 3 also leads on price ($4.99 vs $9.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). iDousyn's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (159 vs 5). On rating, ads and device support 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
iDousyn costs $9.99 and Lyrics View 3 $4.99 up front. iDousyn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lyrics View 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for iDousyn against 4.2 for Lyrics View 3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iDousyn has 159 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of iDousyn's written reviews are positive against 14% of Lyrics View 3's.
iDousyn ships an update every 2 months, Lyrics View 3 every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iDousyn | Lyrics View 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (159 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.3% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 159 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jorge Lozada | Nikolozi Meladze |
Customer experience
iDousyn
Lyrics View 3
In-app purchases
iDousyn
- Unlock ProFree
Lyrics View 3
No in-app purchases









