Lyric Genie review
A focused Apple songwriting app for turning ideas, recordings and edits into lyric sheets.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Lyric Genie is a native songwriting app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, built for lyricists who want one workspace for drafting, recording, revising and sharing songs. Its editor supports verse, chorus, bridge and other section types, while projects group songs and concepts. Writers can also attach voice recordings to specific lyric lines, collaborate in real time, and publish lyric sheets through public URLs or PDF exports. That makes it particularly suitable for Apple users who co-write and capture ideas by voice.
The free plan provides unlimited songs, basic rhymes and synonyms, 60 minutes of voice recordings, and real-time collaboration. Pro Monthly costs $4.99 per month and adds Wish Workshop AI brainstorming, creative ideas and song concepts, rewriting or section generation, smart rhyming, thesaurus and sound-alikes, smart syllable adjustments, 1,000 minutes of recordings, and 5,000 AI requests per month. Pro Yearly costs $49.99 per year, includes everything in Pro Monthly, and provides two months free. A 14-day free trial is also available. The free tier covers core writing and collaboration, while Pro is aimed at writers who want deeper AI assistance and more recording capacity.
Its standout workflow is the combination of structured lyric editing and Freestyle mode, which turns singing or speech into editable lyrics. Wish Workshop can rewrite selected lines or generate sections, titles, phrases and lines, while rhyme, synonym, sound-alike and word-association tools support manual refinement. The app remains focused on lyric creation rather than a broader music-production environment, and its listed language support covers one language. Choose Lyric Genie if Apple compatibility, co-writing, voice capture and lyric-focused AI are priorities. Consider another option if you need broader platform coverage, multilingual support, or tools beyond songwriting and lyric sheets.
Lyric Genie pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Structured editor with verse, chorus, bridge and other sections
- Freestyle converts sung or spoken ideas into editable lyrics
- Real-time collaboration, line-linked recordings and PDF exports
- Where it doesn't
- Available on iOS and macOS only
- AI features are concentrated in the Pro plans
- Pro AI requests are limited to 5,000 per month
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