Graba: Song Idea Recorder

Your phone is full of New Recording 47. Graba catches ideas in two taps, keeps every version, and throws in a real tuner and metronome. Free, no subscription.

Every musician's phone is a graveyard of "New Recording 47." Graba is the songwriter's pocket studio: catch the idea in two taps, develop it, and keep every version in one place.

CATCH IT

• Two taps from cold launch to recording
• Interruption proof: calls, alarms, and route changes never lose a take
• Lock Screen widget and Action Button support
• Video takes when you need to see the hands
• A Write button for when the idea arrives as words, not sound

KEEP IT

• Projects with versions, tags, tempo, key, and notes
• Timestamped notes pinned to the exact second ("1:42, double the pre-chorus")
• Import finished mixes from Mail, Files, or AirDrop and keep them with the demos they came from
• Trim any take, and keep the trim as a new version or replace the original
• Old ideas resurface on their own so nothing rots in the archive

WRITE IT

• Lyric sheets with inline chords that render above the words
• Chord suggestions that match your key, with the progressions songwriters actually use
• Rhymes while you write, in English and Spanish, perfect and near. Offline, rule based, no account and no waiting
• One-tap transpose with capo hints
• A stand-readable view for rehearsal

PLAY IT

• A fast, accurate chromatic tuner with alternate tunings (Drop D, DADGAD, Eb Standard, Open G) plus bass and ukulele
• A rock-solid metronome with tap tempo, odd meters, haptics, and locked-screen operation
• Loop any section of any take to learn your own part back
• A playable piano, a chord library of 165+ shapes, and ear training

SHOW IT

• Film with your lyrics scrolling over the camera, held high so reading them keeps your eyes near the lens
• Add a title and text to a video take and save it or send it straight out

YOURS, PERIOD

• Everything lives on your device, backed up to your own iCloud
• No account, no ads, no subscription, and storage is never paywalled