Comparison

LyricsNow vs Sonio

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

Head to head
About

LyricsNow

This app synchronizes lyrics with your music library, offering a seamless playback experience. Enjoy features like adjustable lyrics, Spotify and Apple Music integration, and music identification.

Highlights
  • Line-by-line synchronized lyrics
  • Adjustable lyrics timing, size, and background
  • Spotify and Apple Music integration
  • Music identification via Shazam
  • Picture-in-picture for lyrics
  • iCloud synchronization of settings
Features
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Lyrics Now 将同步歌词、音乐资料库与沉浸式正在播放体验带到 iPhone 和 iPad。 • 查看逐行同步歌词,可调整时间偏移、字号、背景、翻译与罗马音显示 • 连接 Spotify,浏览歌单、专辑、艺人和收藏,并控制支持的播放功能 • 通过 Apple Music 浏览资料库、播放音乐及管理歌单 • 使用 Shazam 识别周围正在播放的音乐 • 通过画中画在使用其他 App 时继续查看歌词 • 在同一局域网内将 Shazam 识别结果同步到 Lyrics Now 的 Apple TV 版本 • 使用 iCloud 在支持的平台间同步部分歌词偏好和设置

About

Sonio

Experience music with a classic interface, featuring tactile click wheel controls and a 3D cover flow. Stream from Apple Music or your private cloud, and enjoy word-by-word synced lyrics. This app offers a distraction-free, immersive listening experience.

Highlights
  • Click wheel haptic interaction
  • 3D cover flow gallery
  • Apple Music streaming integration
  • Lossless local audio import
  • Word-by-word synced lyrics
  • Distraction-free listening
Features
Currently charting
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Rediscover the ritual of focused listening and let classic musical heritage live again. Sonio is a tribute to the golden era of digital music. In a world crowded with algorithm feeds and short-video noise, we have pixel-perfectly recreated the iconic design and physical controls of the classic music player. Seamlessly combined with modern streaming and 120Hz fluid motion, Sonio creates a pure, distraction-free musical oasis tailored just for you. [CLASSIC HARDWARE & TACTILE CONTROLS] Click Wheel Haptic Interaction: Finely tuned tactile feedback faithfully reproduces distinct physical detents and the crisp mechanical clicking sound with every spin of your thumb. Iconic Industrial Design: High-gloss polycarbonate finish, vintage split-screen LCD layouts, and multiple retro device finishes including classic and special editions. [MULTI-SOURCE LIBRARY INTEGRATION] Native Apple Music Streaming: Connect seamlessly to stream your personal cloud music library and curated playlists without tedious imports. fnOS Private Cloud Support: Native integration with your NAS music library, streaming high-resolution lossless audio smoothly wherever you go. Lossless Local Audio Import: Import audio files directly via the Files app or local Wi-Fi transfer, with automatic extraction of embedded ID3 lyrics and album artwork. [FLUID MOTION & 120Hz VISUAL DELIGHT] 3D Cover Flow Gallery: The legendary 3D album wall comes alive with continuous momentum flicking, precise damping, and physics-based inertia. 180-Degree 3D Vinyl Flipping: Swipe between tracks with realistic two-sided record flipping dynamics, framed in translucent frosted glass materials. Fluid Screen Rotation: Smooth landscape-to-portrait transitions without black screen flicker; controls smoothly interpolate while text stays oriented to your eyes. [WORD-BY-WORD SYNCED LYRICS] Intelligent Online Lyrics Search: Built-in lyrics service automatically searches and synchronizes high-precision word-by-word dynamic timestamps with smart metadata cleaning. Ambient Floating Glow: Lyrics pulse and highlight softly alongside melodic rhythms, fully supporting Apple Music dynamic animated video artwork loops. [IMMERSIVE LANDSCAPE DESKTOP STAGE] Large-Format Audio Stage: Rotate your device to transform it into a retro desktop music station, showcasing 300pt album covers with single-line lyrical highlights. Distraction-Free Listening: Zero algorithm recommendations, zero social popups - just you, the rotating wheel, and the pure sound of music. Put on your headphones, press play, and reconnect with the pure joy of music.

Screenshots

LyricsNow4 screens
Sonio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LyricsNow at Free against Sonio's $2.99. LyricsNow also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Sonio's advantage is chart position (#158 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

LyricsNow is free to download; Sonio costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LyricsNow against 5.0 for Sonio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of LyricsNow's written reviews are positive against 90% of Sonio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LyricsNow ships an update daily, Sonio every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
LyricsNow versus Sonio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLyricsNowSonio
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (19 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better89.7% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better8
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#158 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB35 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer洁伟 薛翔 程

Customer experience

LyricsNow

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sonio

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.3%

In-app purchases

None

LyricsNow

No in-app purchases

None

Sonio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LyricsNow free?
LyricsNow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sonio free?
Sonio costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LyricsNow or Sonio?
LyricsNow and Sonio are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 19 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do LyricsNow or Sonio have ads?
Neither LyricsNow nor Sonio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LyricsNow or Sonio?
LyricsNow ships an update daily, and Sonio every 3 days. Most recently, LyricsNow was updated on November 8, 2026 and Sonio on November 10, 2026.

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