Comparison

Live Lyric vs LyricsForMe

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time song identification
  • Synchronized lyric display
  • Highlighting and scrolling lyrics
  • Landscape hero-size view
  • Works with any audio source
  • Offline lyric caching
Features
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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.

About

LyricsForMe

Features
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Whatever music app you play in, LyricsForMe recognizes the song and shows synced lyrics in real time. • Real-time synced lyrics — the current line highlights as it plays • Translation — see lyrics in the language you choose • Furigana — readings above Japanese kanji • Sync offset — nudge the timing if lyrics drift • Add your own — paste your own lyrics, translation, and pronunciation. Perfect when a song isn't found, or whenever you prefer your own translation or reading. It doesn't replace your music app. It's a companion that adds lyrics and translation on top of whatever you're listening to.

Screenshots

Live Lyric4 screens
LyricsForMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Live Lyric at none against LyricsForMe's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Live Lyric versus LyricsForMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive LyricLyricsForMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSammer SheikhEunjin Jo

In-app purchases

None

Live Lyric

No in-app purchases

None

LyricsForMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Live Lyric free?
Live Lyric is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LyricsForMe free?
LyricsForMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Live Lyric or LyricsForMe have ads?
LyricsForMe shows ads; Live Lyric does not.

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