Use the Chrome extension on YouTube or paste a link into the web app. LyricLens turns captions into readable lyric lines with romanization, translation, and tap-to-learn vocabulary. Start free. Upgrade when you want AI lyric cleanup and audio transcription.
LyricLens is for songs, live sessions, and lyric videos. The product is optimized around fast lookup, readable lines, and keeping API costs under control so the free tier stays useful.
Captions are merged into natural phrases so you can follow the song instead of decoding broken fragments.
Touch a lyric token to hear it, inspect it, and add it to your study deck without leaving the song.
The free tier leans on cheap cached paths first. Pro unlocks the expensive AI paths only when they add real value.
Three steps: open a song on YouTube, read line by line, keep the words you want.
LyricLens overlays the video directly in Chrome. If you prefer, the web app can still handle pasted YouTube URLs.
See native lyrics, romanization, and meaning together so you can follow timing and emotion instead of isolated words.
When captions are bad or missing, Pro unlocks AI lyric cleanup and transcription to rescue harder songs.
Start free. Pay when you want better coverage and better lyric quality.
Best for trying songs, browsing captions, and building a lightweight lyric study habit.
For users who want LyricLens to salvage rough captions and handle videos with no usable subtitles.
No. The free tier is meant to be useful on its own. You only need Pro for the expensive AI rescue paths.
Free uses the cached caption path. Pro can use AI cleanup to regroup lyric fragments into more natural lines.
That is where Pro matters most: it can trigger audio transcription instead of just failing out.
LyricLens is ready for the first click: no signup wall required.