Online music services such as Spotify, Tidal, or Apple Music are the order of the day, allowing us to enjoy libraries with thousands and thousands of songs at a competitive price. Despite the fact that both Spotify and Apple Music have the option to show the lyrics of the songs, this does not always appear when we need it, so it may be a good idea to go to third-party applications.

So, we collect some of the best applications to recognize song lyrics when you are playing them on your mobile, regardless of whether it uses Android or iOS as the operating system.

1. Musixmatch

Musixmatch is available for free download on both Android and iOS, and it is a fairly complete application to know the lyrics of the songs. When accessing its interface, we find a start menu, in which we are shown different playlists. playable from the application with their corresponding letters. They even go beyond showing us the lyrics, and some of them are translated into several languages ​​so that we can understand them better.

In the music section, on Android, the songs that we have on our device will appear. In the same way, we will see the button of FloatingLyrics, the best function of the app. This allows us to recognize the lyrics of the songs in apps like YouTube or Spotify through a floating, intrusive window, but with an excellent interface. 

As we were saying, as an extra contribution to the Genius integrated in Spotify, we can see the translation of the lyrics in real-time, apart from the fact that there are many songs that do not have lyrics on Spotify, but they are found on Musixmatch.

2. Genius

Genius is one of the platforms (if not the most) best known and iconic when it comes to recognizing song lyrics. It has an application for both iOS and Android, as well as integration within Spotify. In the case of Android, when we are playing a song, we will see a notice in the notification bar that will indicate that the lyrics are available. After clicking on it, we will access the app, with the corresponding interface that shows the letter. In the same way, the app has its own music player and search engine, so we can have it all without leaving the app.

If you are an iOS user, and you want to recognize the lyrics of a song you are playing, you will see a dedicated button in the application for it. It requires microphone permissions, and allows, through it, to identify the song to offer us the lyrics. Apart from recognizing songs, Genius is a news platform, where we can be informed about all the news on the international music scene. The app is a mix between a magazine and a music player with built-in lyrics, so it's worth a try.

3. Quicklyric

Quick Lyric is available for Android and has a very similar operation to that of Musixmatch, although the application is more simplified to offer a letter recognition service, without much more science. Its main advantage is its floating window, which allows us to see the lyrics of the songs from any desktop, just like Musixmatch.

With QuickLyric we are faced with a simplified Musixmatch, for those who do not need as many options

If we enter the application, we are faced with recent tracks, saved tracks, and the option to identify songs. In short, this application is a Musixmatch with fewer options, but just as valid for recognizing songs.

4. Lyrics Mania

Lyrics Mania is another application to quickly recognize the lyrics of the songs. In this case, we are faced with a simple interface, which shows us the main trends, and which has a fairly complete search engine through which we can find songs and artists.

Lyrics Mania recognizes letters quickly and has a very careful interface

To recognize the lyrics of a song we must click on it, or activate the identification of songs, which after a Shazam search will take us to the lyrics of the song. The application, in the same way, allows us to synchronize our Spotify or Apple Music lists to have the lyrics at hand.