Live Lyric vs LyricsForMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
LyricsForMe
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Live Lyric | LyricsForMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sammer Sheikh | Eunjin Jo |
In-app purchases
Live Lyric
No in-app purchases
LyricsForMe
No in-app purchases








