LyricsNow vs Sonio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
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.
- Click wheel haptic interaction
- 3D cover flow gallery
- Apple Music streaming integration
- Lossless local audio import
- Word-by-word synced lyrics
- Distraction-free listening
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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.
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Verdict
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
LyricsNow is free to download; Sonio costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
LyricsNow ships an update daily, Sonio every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LyricsNow | Sonio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 89.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #158 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 洁伟 薛 | 翔 程 |
Customer experience
LyricsNow
Sonio
In-app purchases
LyricsNow
No in-app purchases
Sonio
No in-app purchases








