SongScribe
Write, rehearse, play live
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Version 2.0 is here. Rebuilt in native Swift. Faster editor, smoother performance mode, multi-track recording, 16 themes. Free to try. $19.95 lifetime.
Write songs the way you play them.
SongScribe is a songwriting and performance app built for musicians.
Write lyrics with chords exactly where you play them. Capture ideas the moment they happen. Practice with confidence. Step on stage knowing everything is ready.
Offline by default. Cloud if you want.
Songwriting that stays in flow
• Place chords inline with lyrics, naturally
• Organize verses, choruses, bridges, and notes
• Set key, tempo, time signature, and metadata
• Clean, readable layouts designed for musicians
Built for live performance
• Performance Mode with large text and auto-scroll
• Adjustable font sizes for stage visibility
• Hands-free scrolling with MIDI or foot control
• Distraction-free fullscreen view
Chords that match your hands
• Chord builder with voicings and inversions
• Slash chords, extensions, and variations
• Support for guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, and piano
• Chords designed for real instruments, not theory charts
Capture ideas instantly
• Built-in multi-take audio recorder (experimental)
• Waveform editing with loop, trim and playback
• Record ideas without leaving your song
Practice with confidence
• Chromatic tuner
• Metronome with tap tempo
• Circle of fifths and harmony tools
Import anything. Export everything.
• Import ChordPro, text files, PDFs, and more
• Export to PDF, ChordPro, plain text, and printable formats
• Flexible layouts for rehearsal, sharing, or printing
Offline by default. Cloud if you want.
• No account required
• Your songs live on your device
• Optional backup to iCloud or open cloud providers (Dropbox, Google Drive, WebDAV, Nextcloud, more)
Made for musicians, by musicians.
SongScribe is built by musicians who write, practice, and perform.
No subscriptions forced. No clutter. Just the tools your songs need.
Local web access (coming soon)
Share songs with bandmates on the same network, or open and edit them from your computer using a web browser.
No accounts required. Your songs stay local.
Terms of Use: https://songscribe.io/terms
Version 2.0 is a ground-up native rewrite of SongScribe. Every screen was rebuilt in Swift for iOS. Faster to open, smoother to scroll, and shaped around the way iPhone and iPad actually work. If you used SongScribe before, this is the version we always wanted to ship.
WHAT'S NEW
- Native Swift rewrite. Everything is faster and more responsive, especially the editor and performance mode.
- Redesigned chord-on-lyric editor. Tap to enter chord mode. Drag chords to reposition. Tap any chord to hear it, edit it, or see the fingering.
- Chord picker with reverse search. Play a shape and get the chord name back.
- Multi-track recording. Stack up to four overdub layers on any song, control gain per layer, and bounce to a single mix.
- Performance mode. Fullscreen, auto-scrolling, with auto-hiding controls and setlist navigation.
- Five instruments: guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, with 25+ alternate tunings and correct chord diagrams for each.
- Chromatic tuner built in, with instrument presets and noise suppression.
- Harmony tool. See the diatonic chords for your song's key, Roman numerals and functions, and explore related keys.
- Metronome with tap tempo, five click sounds, and time signatures up to 12/16.
- Export to PDF (Lyric, Busker, or Musician layouts), ChordPro, ASCII, or plain text. Auto-fit to a single page.
- iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad, opt-in and built on your existing Apple ID.
- 16 visual themes, light and dark, with five font choices and three text sizes.
- Setlists with drag-to-reorder and one-tap launch into performance.
- Song notes, per-song capo and tuning, and automatic key detection from existing chords.
PRICING
Free to download. 10 songs and 5 recordings per song, forever. Lifetime upgrade is $19.95, one time, no subscription. A 7-day free trial is available.
Thanks for using SongScribe. If something doesn't feel right, write to support@songscribe.io. A person reads every message.
The developer, Sergei Lekoutovich, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Sergei Lekoutovich
- Size
- 9.5 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- SongScribe Lifetime $19.95
- Copyright
- © 2025 Rasputin Software

