Comparison

zlirik vs SceneSong

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

Head to head
About

zlirik

Features
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zlirik is a lyrics app that supports these features: • Offline use, to overcome signal difficulties in crowds¹. • Song recognizer by its lyrics, either by speech or typing. • Save favorite singers. • Search feature. • ¹ You can avoid ads by turn off internet, but this needs internet for updating newer lyrics data sometime.

About

SceneSong

Identify music playing around you and discover its history in TV shows, movies, and video games. Get scene details and direct streaming links to your favorite tunes.

Highlights
  • Identify music with microphone
  • View media appearances (TV, movies, games)
  • Direct streaming links
  • Find where to stream shows/movies
  • Search songs by title/artist
  • Submit community sightings
Features
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SceneSong is a music recognition app that listens to songs playing nearby and tells you exactly where you've heard them before — in TV shows, movies, and video games. HOW IT WORKS Tap the listen button and SceneSong will identify the song playing around you. Once recognized, you'll instantly see every TV show, movie, and video game that song has appeared in, complete with scene details and streaming links. FEATURES • Song Recognition — Identify music playing nearby using your microphone • Media Appearances — See every TV show, movie, and video game a song has been featured in • Streaming Links — Jump directly to the song on Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube Music • Where to Watch — Find where to stream the shows and movies featuring your song (Netflix, Hulu, and more) • Search — Look up any song by title or artist to explore its media history • Community Sightings — Submit songs you've spotted in media and help build the database Whether you're watching a show and can't place that familiar tune, or you just discovered a song and want to know its pop culture history, SceneSong connects the music to the moments you love.

Screenshots

zlirik4 screens
SceneSong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SceneSong at Free against zlirik's $0.99. SceneSong also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). zlirik's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SceneSong is free to download; zlirik costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

zlirik ships an update every 2 months, SceneSong every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
zlirik versus SceneSong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterzlirikSceneSong
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammad Ziyad Al MaududiTatanka Labs

In-app purchases

None

zlirik

No in-app purchases

None

SceneSong

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is zlirik free?
zlirik costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SceneSong free?
SceneSong is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do zlirik or SceneSong have ads?
Neither zlirik nor SceneSong shows ads.
Which is updated more often, zlirik or SceneSong?
zlirik ships an update every 2 months, and SceneSong every 4 days. Most recently, zlirik was updated on November 4, 2026 and SceneSong on October 31, 2026.

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