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I've yet to find a music/lyrics app that isn't half-broken or riddled with spyware and advertising. Edit: I thought saying "app" made it clear I needed it for

by causi 5y ago

I've yet to find a music/lyrics app that isn't half-broken or riddled with spyware and advertising. Edit: I thought saying "app" made it clear I needed it for a mobile device, Android, sorry. Foobar2000 is my choice of music player, it just doesn't do lyrics on mobile. I do think it's a testament to how underserved this niche is that all the replies are either desktop programs or mobile apps that don't support displaying lyrics while playing a song.

hashhar 5y ago
If you have files which have lyrics already embedded I believe BlackPlayer does a pretty good job (and it's a very awesome and well customisable music player in and of itself).
ZYinMD 5y ago
I use Foobar2000 with OpenLyrics and it's been great.
severak_cz 5y ago
foobar2000 works great for my local mp3 collection on two different windows machines. It's even possible to use it as a source for internet radio stream using some other software (butt & voicemeter) and lot of black magic.
iggldiggl 5y ago
I cannot absolutely vouch for it on the spyware front (though I didn't encounter anything suspicious so far), but https://www.mediahuman.com/lyrics-finder/ https://www.mediahuman.com/lyrics-finder/ does work (i.e. isn't half-broken) and doesn't contain advertising, either.
mynameismon 5y ago
If someone is looking for Android, check out Musicolet. Absolutely free, doesn't even request the WiFi permissions so one can be assured it does not track. Also is lightweight, and (relatively) customisable.
- acidburnNSA 5y ago
  Been using Musicolet. I agree that it's great. https://krosbits.in/musicolet/ https://krosbits.in/musicolet/
thesuitonym 5y ago
I haven't heard of any spyware or advertising Winamp. It doesn't have very good lyrics support (maybe not any?) out of the box, but there are tons of plugins.
geenew 5y ago
There’s always mpg123
zuno 5y ago
Its been a long while since I used EvilLyrics: http://www.evillabs.sk/evillyrics/ http://www.evillabs.sk/evillyrics/
leokennis 5y ago
"Half-broken" can be discussed, but Apple Music has fantastic lyrics support ^1, with timed lyrics for a large part of the library. Even with nice visual indicators on intro's and bridges etc. where you can visually see how close you are to lyrics starting again by three dots slowly filling up. ^1 Example: https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/03/Apple-Music-Lyrics-iOS.jpg https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/03/Apple-...
ffpip 5y ago
Musicolet is a fantastic app for Android. Completely offline, almost every feature you need, supports tag editing and displays lyrics from the metadata too. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.krosbits.musicolet https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.krosbits.mu...

by causi 5y ago

hashhar 5y ago

If you have files which have lyrics already embedded I believe BlackPlayer does a pretty good job (and it's a very awesome and well customisable music player in and of itself).

ZYinMD 5y ago

I use Foobar2000 with OpenLyrics and it's been great.

severak_cz 5y ago

foobar2000 works great for my local mp3 collection on two different windows machines. It's even possible to use it as a source for internet radio stream using some other software (butt & voicemeter) and lot of black magic.

iggldiggl 5y ago

I cannot absolutely vouch for it on the spyware front (though I didn't encounter anything suspicious so far), but https://www.mediahuman.com/lyrics-finder/ https://www.mediahuman.com/lyrics-finder/ does work (i.e. isn't half-broken) and doesn't contain advertising, either.

mynameismon 5y ago

If someone is looking for Android, check out Musicolet. Absolutely free, doesn't even request the WiFi permissions so one can be assured it does not track. Also is lightweight, and (relatively) customisable.

acidburnNSA 5y ago
Been using Musicolet. I agree that it's great. https://krosbits.in/musicolet/ https://krosbits.in/musicolet/

thesuitonym 5y ago

I haven't heard of any spyware or advertising Winamp. It doesn't have very good lyrics support (maybe not any?) out of the box, but there are tons of plugins.

geenew 5y ago

There’s always mpg123

zuno 5y ago

Its been a long while since I used EvilLyrics: http://www.evillabs.sk/evillyrics/ http://www.evillabs.sk/evillyrics/

leokennis 5y ago

"Half-broken" can be discussed, but Apple Music has fantastic lyrics support ^1, with timed lyrics for a large part of the library. Even with nice visual indicators on intro's and bridges etc. where you can visually see how close you are to lyrics starting again by three dots slowly filling up. ^1 Example: https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/03/Apple-Music-Lyrics-iOS.jpg https://www.maketecheasier.com/assets/uploads/2020/03/Apple-...

ffpip 5y ago

Musicolet is a fantastic app for Android. Completely offline, almost every feature you need, supports tag editing and displays lyrics from the metadata too. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.krosbits.musicolet https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.krosbits.mu...