MetroLyrics vs MIDI Scope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MetroLyrics
Access millions of song lyrics, view music videos, and explore artist information. Discover trending songs in your city and globally with interactive charts. Synchronize lyrics and join a worldwide music community.
- Millions of song lyrics
- Synchronized lyrics
- Music videos
- Map charts of popular songs
- Artist information and pictures
- Song search by keywords
- Add songs to favorites
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The #1 lyrics site in the world! Get the official MetroLyrics app! LYRIC VIDEOS, millions of tracks, synchronize lyrics, scrobble to last.fm and much more! Find lyrics to all your favorite songs, and use the MAP CHARTS feature (populated by users) to see the most popular songs in your city and around the globe. Join a worldwide music community with the new MetroLyrics app. View music videos and enjoy all the artist info and pictures you can handle! Get exclusive access to the planet's largest, most concise and popular database of over a MILLION song lyrics from metrolyrics.com. More than 40 Million people come to MetroLyrics.com every month - now the fun of the world’s #1 Lyric site is available on iPhone and iPod touch. Key Features · Special MAP CHARTS to view what other people around you are listening to. · Find the most popular songs in your city as the charts get populated by you and your friends. · Watch music videos of your songs. · Exclusive access to over a MILLION songs from metrolyrics.com – the world’s #1 source for Lyrics. · Access to the Exclusive MetroLyrics music charts. · Sophisticated, search for songs – even by just a few key words from a song, title or artist. · Synchronize lyrics and contribute to the experience of others. · View galleries and info about the artist. · Add songs to favorites and see your history of songs listened to and heard · Easy quick navigation to the playlist menu
MIDI Scope
Monitor MIDI activity on your iOS device. Filter events by type, group, or channel, with detailed packet interpretation in decimal and hexadecimal. Send feedback directly to the developer.
- Monitor MIDI activity
- Filter events by type, group, or channel
- Detailed event packet interpretation
- Raw packet data in decimal and hexadecimal
- iOS device compatibility
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MIDI Scope allows you to monitor MIDI activity using your iOS device. Features include the ability to filter events by individual type, continuous controller, or by group as well as MIDI channel. A comprehensive interpretation of each event packet is displayed. Raw packet data is shown in both decimal and hexadecimal formats. Please send feature requests and trouble reports to the support email listed on our web site. Please rate this app, there is a button on the settings page to make it easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MIDI Scope at 4.8 against MetroLyrics's 3.7. MIDI Scope also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%). MetroLyrics's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (911 vs 20). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. MIDI Scope sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MetroLyrics asks for nothing beyond the download.
MIDI Scope holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MetroLyrics has 911 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of MetroLyrics's written reviews are positive against 100% of MIDI Scope's.
MetroLyrics ships an update every 4 months, MIDI Scope every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MetroLyrics | MIDI Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (911 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 911 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CBS Interactive | Kinematic Systems |
Customer experience
MetroLyrics
MIDI Scope
Bugs and requests
MetroLyrics
Reported bugs
3 issues- Search function not working
- Lyrics not loading for many songs
- App crashes on launch or when switching songs
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to copy/share lyrics
- Improve song search functionality
- Expand song library coverage
- Optimize performance and stability
MIDI Scope
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MetroLyrics
No in-app purchases
MIDI Scope
- Small$0.99
- Small$2.99
- Large$4.99
