There have been countless times when I've heard a song on the radio and couldn't understand a certain part of the lyrics. It's incredibly frustrating not being able to understand what the singer is actually singing about, especially when you're on the go and don't have access to a computer. Lyrics+ solves this problem with a simple and straightforward application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

The app's main page only has three options to choose from. You can pick a song from your iPod's library, check the lyrics of the currently playing song and search for a song by artist and title. When you tap on "pick from library", your default iPod interface appears to choose a song. As soon as you tap on a song, it starts playing and the lyrics are displayed with album art in the background. From this screen you can fast forward or rewind the song, pause the music, change the volume and scroll through the lyrics.

The app is not an actual player, so if you're already playing a playlist, the app will display lyrics for the first song only. When that song is finished playing, the next song will start, but the app won't display the lyrics for it. You have to go back to the main screen and tap on "now playing song" to get the next song's lyrics. This process revealed a little bug where the third song in my playlist was playing but the lyrics were displayed for my second song. Then, the fastforward/rewind slider got stuck and stayed at zero. So, the app really only works one song at a time right now. As I reviewed the 1.0 version, it is likely this will be corrected in an update.

The search feature works well to find lyrics for songs that you don't have on your iPod, but the search must have an artist name. You can't just search for a song title. If you just put in an artist name, the app will display a list of songs by that artist to choose from.

Lyrics+ is definitely a useful application for the iPhone & iPod Touch. It accurately displays the lyrics of any song in its library using LyricWiki.org. The app is a little buggy and barebones in its 1.0 release. It lacks social networking integration and a feature to save lyrics to your device, however the developer does promise added features in the next update. Overall, Lyrics+ does its job well and I strongly recommend checking it out.