Singer Song Reader
Singer Song Reader is a utility for macOS that searches the internet for lyrics to songs in your music library and automatically embeds them into the song's ID3 metadata tags. This lets you view synced or unsync'd lyrics within the Music app (formerly iTunes) as songs play. The app is particularly valued for its broad song database, including lesser-known tracks and songs in non-English languages. Users can browse and edit lyrics within the app before writing them to their library files.
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1 suggestionSinger Song Reader appears to be abandoned — the last publicly released version was 3.0, published in September 2024, and the developer's site shows no sign of recent activity. There is no confirmed native Apple Silicon build and no clear roadmap for one. The app continues to run under Rosetta 2 today, but Apple is removing Rosetta in macOS 28 (September 2028), so it will stop working on that release. Before then, you have two practical paths: first, contact the developer directly to confirm whether a native build is planned — if development has resumed recently, they may be working on it; second, explore modern alternatives. Apple's native Music app now supports viewing and editing lyrics directly in the interface (a feature added in recent macOS releases), and services like Genius, Musixmatch, and Shazam can populate song metadata automatically in many music managers. If you need a dedicated lyric-lookup utility, Lyricly is a free, actively maintained native-Apple-Silicon app that searches for lyrics and integrates with the Music app on recent macOS versions.
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