ShirSense vs Live Lyric
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShirSense
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Ever heard a beautiful song in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, or any other language — and wished you could understand every word? ShirSense translates song lyrics line by line, so you can read the original and the English translation side by side. Just search by song title and artist, or use the built-in audio recognition to identify any song playing around you. What you can do: • Translate lyrics from any language into English • Identify songs by listening with your microphone • Save translations to your personal library • Organize songs into playlists • View your full translation history Powered by AI for accurate, natural translations — not robotic word-for-word guesses. Perfect for music lovers, language learners, and anyone who wants to feel the full meaning behind a song.
Live Lyric
This app listens to music playing around you and displays real-time, synchronized lyrics. It highlights the current line as it plays, with an option for a larger display for sing-alongs or viewing from a distance. It works with any audio source and caches lyrics for quick access.
- Real-time song identification
- Synchronized lyric display
- Highlighting and scrolling lyrics
- Landscape hero-size view
- Works with any audio source
- Offline lyric caching
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Live Lyric identifies the song playing around you and shows its lyrics in real time, synced to the music. Tap Listen. Live Lyric hears the song through your microphone, matches it with Shazam, and fetches time-synced lyrics from the web. As the song plays, the active line is highlighted and scrolls into view. Rotate your phone to landscape and the lyrics switch to a bold, hero-size view - perfect for sing-alongs or reading across the room. Works with any audio source: speakers, car stereo, radio, a friend's phone. If the song is in Shazam's catalog, Live Lyric will find it. Lyrics are cached locally for 30 days, so revisiting a song is instant.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: ShirSense at 3 against Live Lyric's 1. ShirSense also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | ShirSense | Live Lyric |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Ilya Welfeld | Sammer Sheikh |
In-app purchases
ShirSense
No in-app purchases
Live Lyric
No in-app purchases
