ReadSound vs Lyrics Play
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReadSound
Manage your personal music library with this player. It displays album art and lyrics, allowing you to read along like karaoke. Organize and filter your playlists with ease.
- Personal music library management
- Album cover display
- Lyrics display
- Karaoke-style lyric reading
- Playlist organization and filtering
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Music Player. Add, manage and filter your own music playlist. Displays the cover and the lyrics of your song library. Read the song lyric as a Karaoke.
Lyrics Play
This app allows you to play your local audio files and YouTube videos with synchronized lyrics. Customize playback, edit song information, and manage playlists with various audio format support.
- Play local audio files (.mp3, .m4a)
- Play YouTube videos without ads
- Add and edit song lyrics
- Adjust playback speed and crossfade
- Customize lyrics font size
- Playlist management (save, load, shuffle)
- Support for multiple audio formats
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- Play ".mp3" / ".m4a" files and display saved lyrics during playback; - Play YouTube videos without Ads. Perfect for home parties; - Add / Edit song lyrics; - 4 play modes: Play All, Stop after current, Repeat current, Repeat all; - Change the playback speed; - Crossfade, Fade In, Fade Out; - Change Lyrics Font Size; - Edit ".mp3" / ".m4a" title and artist; - Save, Load and Shuffle playlist. - Show Player, Video Player and Playlist in separate windows. - Play different audio formats: ".mp3", ".m4a", ".flac", ".wav", ".aac", ".ac3", ".aiff", ".au", ".caf", ".mp2" - Control sound level from the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lyrics Play at 50% against ReadSound's 0%. Lyrics Play also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). ReadSound's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Lyrics Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ReadSound asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lyrics Play holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lyrics Play has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ReadSound's written reviews are positive against 50% of Lyrics Play's.
ReadSound ships an update every 3 weeks, Lyrics Play fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReadSound | Lyrics Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pavel Lezama | Andriy Pohorilko |
Customer experience
ReadSound
Lyrics Play
In-app purchases
ReadSound
No in-app purchases
Lyrics Play
- Lyrics Play$4.99
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