MetroLyrics vs LivePrompter 2
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
LivePrompter 2
This application helps live musicians display and automatically scroll song lyrics and chords. It supports ChordPro files, allows for easy transposition, and can be controlled remotely via MIDI or a network connection. Organize your entire song repertoire into setlists and collections for seamless live performances.
- Display lyrics and chords
- Automatic scrolling
- ChordPro file support
- Transpose songs
- Remote MIDI control
- Setlist organization
- Networked device control
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LivePrompter is a teleprompter for live musicians - it helps you show and automatically scroll the lyrics and chords of your song. Its Windows version is already being used for live gigs and rehearsals by musicians across the world. Now the second generation is here, running on multiple platforms, so you can use it on your smartphone or tablet! Built for live musicians - Display lyrics and chords of your songs in nice & friendly type and colors - Automatically scroll your lyrics in time with the song, without the need to manually turn pages (of course you can still do that if you want to) - Use text files in the popular ChordPro format that combines lyrics and chords; thousands of songs are readily available on the Web - Easily transpose songs or adapt the displayed chords for capo use on your guitar Hassle-free operations - LivePrompter is designed to be used on-stage with a minimum of interaction - Operate easily via touch screen or keyboard - A complete live performance can be operated with just one pedal, button or key - Control LivePrompter remotely via MIDI, or send MIDI commands to connected equipment - Create a network connection between LivePrompter devices, controlling them from a "master" device Organize your repertoire - Organize your songs in setlists and step through them in sequence - Create collections of songs ("books") within your repertoire (e.g. "Live Songs", "Unplugged", ...) - Create multiple LivePrompter configurations and repertoire directories to manage different projects or bands - Share song files among band members, with individual content shown for each musician from the same song file Did I mention it's free? - Yes, LivePrompter is absolutely free, no strings attached, no ads, no hidden features, no phoning home. I built it for my own use, and I couldn’t be happier if other musicians find it useful for their own live experience. IMPORTANT: LivePrompter needs your song files to be stored in a Dropbox folder, so you’ll need a Dropbox account to use LivePrompter. You will need to authorize LivePrompter to access your Dropbox, so the song files can be downloaded to your mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: MetroLyrics at 911 against LivePrompter 2's 5. MetroLyrics also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 50%) and rating (3.7 vs 3.4). LivePrompter 2's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MetroLyrics holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MetroLyrics has 911 ratings behind it against 5, 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 50% of LivePrompter 2's.
MetroLyrics ships an update every 4 months, LivePrompter 2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MetroLyrics | LivePrompter 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (911 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 911 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 4.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CBS Interactive | Torsten Ecke |
Customer experience
MetroLyrics
LivePrompter 2
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
LivePrompter 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MetroLyrics
No in-app purchases
LivePrompter 2
No in-app purchases









