Lyri Live vs libretto42
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lyri Live
This app provides real-time synchronized opera librettos on your device. Read the text as it unfolds during a performance, with automatic scrolling and language selection. It also offers show summaries and performance details.
- Real-time text synchronization
- Live show summaries
- Multiple language selection
- Automatic brightness adjustment
- Performance information
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Lyri: opera librettos are now on iPhone and iPad! Lyric poems are sometimes very difficult to understand: with Lyri you can read the text on your device in real time. Text slides go on automatically, syncronized via Wi-Fi network. FEATURES: - Text syncronization in real time - Summary of the show in real time - Language selection among those available for the show - Automatic brightness reduction - Performance main information
libretto42
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Does the theatre, opera or musical performance you attend offer subtitles via the libretto42 app? Just scan the QR code the venue provides and read along to the performance in real time. You can get additional information about the play, and switch between the provided translations. Use your headphones, if you wish to listen to the subtitles with the text-to-speech option. A stable internet connection is required. The app itself is available in English and German. The availability and number of the subtitle languages depends on the performance organisers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: libretto42 at every 3 weeks against Lyri Live's every 2 months. Lyri Live's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Lyri Live ships an update every 2 months, libretto42 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lyri Live | libretto42 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Develia Srl | Lemon42 IT, Web und Software GmbH |
In-app purchases
Lyri Live
No in-app purchases
libretto42
No in-app purchases
