What it does
The five surfaces, where the words come from, and what Pro adds.
9xLyrics reads what your system says is playing, finds the words, and shows them in time. It is not a music player and has no library — it follows whatever you were already using.
Five ways to see the words
| Surface | Best for |
|---|---|
| Floating Lyrics | One line, anywhere on screen, clicks falling through it |
| The Lyrics Window | Reading the whole song, and jumping to a line |
| The Mini Bar | A pill on a screen edge, with controls on hover |
| The Edge Strip | The lightest possible presence — one thin line |
| The Widget | A player card parked on the desktop |
A free account runs one overlay. Pro runs them together.
And a few things around them
- Karaoke — the current line, full screen, filling word by word.
- Identify Song — what is playing in the room, not on this computer.
- Share cards — a few lines as a picture.
Where the words come from
Automatically, matched by title, artist and length. Your own .lrc files are
checked first, so a file you have beats anything online. When the automatic match
is wrong you can search the sources yourself and pin the right one to that song —
see Settings.
Two timing controls: a global delay for a system that runs ahead, and a per-song offset for a recording that does not match the common lyrics. Both are free and both are remembered.
What Pro adds
The other overlays, choosing the lyrics yourself, album artwork behind the words, sharing, translation, and the animated word fill. The full split is in Free and Pro.
Everything, by screen
Each card below is one screen of the app. Rows tagged Pro need an active trial or subscription; everything else works on a free account.
Floating Lyrics
- The current line on top of every window
- Clicks fall through to the window behind
- Drag anywhere, or lock it in place
- One line, or the next one underneath
- Fade out while the pointer is over it
Lyrics Window
- The whole song, with the current line lit
- Click a line to seek the player to it
- Per-song offset, remembered
- Search every source and pin a matchPro
- Paste lyrics or load an .lrc filePro
Mini Bar, Edge Strip and Widget
- A pill docked to a screen edgePro
- Transport controls on hoverPro
- One thin line along an edgePro
- A player card on the desktop, in four stylesPro
- Several overlays at oncePro
Karaoke and highlighting
- Full-screen, one line at a time
- Word-by-word highlighting
- Highlight colour shared by every surface
- Sunset, Aurora and Ocean gradients
- Smooth word fill as each word is sungPro
Identify Song
- Recognise what is playing in the room
- Show its lyrics in every surface
- Timing estimated from the match
- Built in on Windows and Linux
- Apple's Shazam integration on macOS
Share cards
- Up to four lines as a picturePro
- Square, Story and Wide formatsPro
- Art, Dark and Light themesPro
- Copy, save as PNG, or sharePro
Settings - General and Lyrics
- Follow one player, or whatever is active
- Launch at login and start minimised
- Global lyric delay for every song
- Your own .lrc folder, checked first
- Translated lyrics where a source has themPro
- Song title or lyric in the macOS menu barPro
Appearance
- Theme, accent colour and interface size
- Nineteen languages
- A solid colour behind the lyrics
- Album colours or the cover itselfPro
- Gradient presets, blur and dimPro
Shortcuts and the tray
- Twelve global actions you can bind
- Every surface toggled from the tray
- Player picker and offset nudge in the menu
- Play, pause and skip the followed player
Lock Screen (macOS)
- Track and lyric while your Mac is lockedPro
- Card, Wide and Vinyl layoutsPro
- Drag it where you want itPro
- A sound on unlockPro