# Genius — Song Lyrics Finder

> The world's biggest collection of song lyrics and crowdsourced music knowledge.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.genius.android](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.genius.android)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.genius.android`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Genius Media Group, Inc.
- **Category:** MUSIC\_AND\_AUDIO
- **Downloads:** 11,666,658
- **Rating:** 3.83 / 5 (86,412 ratings)
- **Version:** 8.1.5.93
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-21
- **First published:** 2015-08-04
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 103 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-30
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.genius.android)
- **Website:** [http://genius.com](http://genius.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://genius.com/static/privacy\_policy](http://genius.com/static/privacy_policy)

## Description

Genius is the world’s largest collection of song lyrics combined with crowdsourced music knowledge. Easily search millions of songs, explore trending tracks, and dive deep into lyrics explained through annotations written by verified artists and the passionate Genius community.

This extension allows you to quickly find lyrics for songs you're streaming with real-time notifications, identify songs playing around you using soundwave detection, and join an active community by contributing your own music insights. Whether you're a casual listener or a music aficionado, Genius makes discovering and understanding music more engaging and accessible.

## Rankings

- #12,344 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.AD_SERVICES_CONFIG`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.applovin.array.apphub.permission.BIND_APPHUB_SERVICE`
- `com.genius.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Genius offers broad, multilingual lyric coverage and useful offline search features, with positive feedback on language learning and lyric availability. However, users repeatedly report severe performance and stability problems, incomplete song libraries, weak YouTube/Spotify integration, update-driven regressions, and installation/consent prompts. Overall, it’s valued for lyrics but reliability and content gaps limit its usefulness.

### Pros

- Broad multilingual lyric support, including romanized lyrics
- Extensive lyric coverage across many songs and artists
- Helpful features like offline search for downloaded lyrics
- Positive impact on language learning and discovering lyrics
- Strong praise for lyric availability across tracks and artists

### Cons

- Severe performance and stability issues (extremely slow loads, crashes, sometimes won't open)
- Incomplete library with missing or limited songs
- Poor integrations with YouTube/Spotify (no video load, no playlist transfer)
- Update/regression drawbacks (feature removals or changes like missing search on downloads)
- Installation and registration difficulties, plus frequent consent prompts

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.genius.android)