Sweet Lyrics
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Sweet Lyrics

for iPhone and iPad

Lyrics, the way they’re sung.

Word-by-word lyrics for whatever you play on Spotify or Apple Music, in an Apple Music style player. An unofficial iOS version of the Spicy Lyrics extension, free and open source.

Install for free Source on GitHub

Needs iOS 17 or newer. Installs with AltStore or SideStore.

Every word lights up as it’s sung.

Lyrics follow the singer word by word, with the same smooth animation as Spicy Lyrics on desktop. Tap a line to jump to it, or long-press it to copy or share.

Every voice in its place.

In duets each singer gets their own side. Backing vocals sit under the main line, and instrumental breaks show three bouncing dots.

A player made from the cover.

The background is the album cover, slowly flowing like liquid. Swipe sideways to change songs, pinch to make the text bigger.

Big cover, one line.

Swap the lyrics for a large cover with the line being sung right under it.

Sing along in any language.

Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian and Greek can be shown in Latin letters, and any song can be translated line by line.

Make it yours.

Pick the font, size, boldness, alignment, glow, blur and background. Simple Lyrics Mode keeps the motion calm.

On top of every app.

Picture in Picture keeps the current line on screen while you text, browse or play a game.

Try it: drag the window, tap it, or open an app.

Bigger screens, bigger lyrics.

On your TV. Turn on Screen Mirroring or plug in a display, and the TV shows full-screen lyrics. Your phone becomes the remote for size, offset, cover and background.
On iPad. Upright and sideways, with keyboard shortcuts.
Sideways. Turn your phone, and the cover and controls move next to the lyrics.

Spotify or Apple Music.

Spotify

Plays along with the Spotify app. Needs Spotify Premium and your own free Spotify developer app. Sweet Lyrics walks you through making one in about two minutes.

Apple Music

Follows the Music app on your phone. Just allow access to your music library. Crossfade and AutoMix transitions are handled too.

And the small things

Install it in a few minutes.

Sweet Lyrics isn’t on the App Store. You install it with AltStore or SideStore, free apps that install apps with your own Apple ID.

You need an iPhone or iPad on iOS 17 or newer, and a Windows PC or Mac for the first setup.

  1. Get AltStore or SideStore

    Follow the guide of either one. AltStore keeps using a small helper on your computer to refresh apps; SideStore needs the computer only once.

    altstore.io sidestore.io

  2. Add the Sweet Lyrics source

    In AltStore or SideStore go to Sources, tap +, paste this link and tap Add.

    https://github.com/Sppqq/sweet-lyrics-ios/releases/latest/download/altstore-source.json

    Open in AltStore Open in SideStore

    Want new features first?

    Add the test channel instead. You get every build as soon as it’s made, so it can be buggier. Add only one of the two links: they install the same app.

    https://github.com/Sppqq/sweet-lyrics-ios/releases/latest/download/altstore-source-testing.json

  3. Install the app

    Open the source, tap Sweet Lyrics, then Install. Updates show up under My Apps, and your settings stay.

  4. Connect your music

    Open Sweet Lyrics and pick Spotify or Apple Music. For Spotify the app shows every step, and it takes about two minutes.

With a free Apple ID, apps you install yourself need a refresh every 7 days. AltStore and SideStore do it for you.

Questions.

Why do I have to create a Spotify app?

Spotify lets each developer app be used by only 5 people. So instead of sharing one app, everybody makes their own. It’s free and takes a couple of minutes:

  1. Open the Spotify Developer Dashboard, sign in with your Spotify account and accept the terms.
  2. Tap Create app and give it any name. Under Redirect URIs add spicylyrics-ios://callback, tick Web API and save.
  3. In Settings → User Management add the email of your Spotify account. You can add up to 5 people, so friends can use your app too.
  4. Copy the Client ID and paste it into Sweet Lyrics.

Apple Music mode needs none of this.

The lyrics are a bit behind or ahead

For the most exact timing, let Sweet Lyrics talk to the Spotify app on the same phone. In your app on the Spotify Developer Dashboard open Settings and tick iOS as well. Add the Bundle ID shown in Sweet Lyrics under Settings → Sync → If it won’t connect, and the redirect URI spicylyrics-ios://callback. Then sign in again if the app asks.

The app stopped opening after a week

With a free Apple ID, apps you install yourself work for 7 days and then need a refresh. AltStore refreshes them on its own when your computer with AltServer is on the same Wi-Fi; SideStore does it on the phone. To refresh by hand, open My Apps and tap Refresh All. A free Apple ID can have only 3 such apps at a time.

Is it official?

No. Sweet Lyrics is an unofficial iOS version of Spicy Lyrics by Spikerko. It isn’t made by or affiliated with Spotify or Apple. The code is open under the AGPL-3.0 license.

Something doesn’t work

In the app go to Settings → Log → Share Log File, then open an issue on GitHub with the file attached.