Can multiple applications access a SQLite database?

Question

I get into some database lock (SQLite_BUSY) troubles and I fear that SQLite will not work for me.

Basically, my setup is a cronjob which periodically calls some unspectacular Java functionality and (just new in the project) an Jetty/Jackson/Hibernate REST service via a framework called Dropwizard. Both 'modules' need to have database access - and that maybe to the same time...

So, can multiple applications access a SQLite database, or do I need to switch to MySQL?