Songbox: Songwriter's Notebook

Made for singer-songwriters. Record each verse and chorus as it comes, drag them into order and hear your demo take shape. Cut the best lines out of a free jam.

Songbox is a songwriting notebook made for singer-songwriters. Catch the melody you just hummed over your guitar or piano, and build it into a whole song before it slips away.

CAPTURE IT IN A SECTION A song is made of sections: Intro, Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus and more. Tap ● to record. Another way to sing it? Add a take and compare. Long-press a take to drag it into a new order or into another section.

DRAG IT INTO A DEMO Drag takes into the bar at the top to set the order, then tap ▶ to hear the whole song. Want the second chorus idea instead? Just drag it in. Takes in the song are colored so you always know what's in. Tap a section in the bar to play the song from there. When it's ready, export the song as one audio file (AAC or WAV) and save it to Files or send it with AirDrop.

SING TO A GROOVE Set the tempo with a slider or by tapping along while you play. Record to a click or to 8-beat, 16-beat, shuffle, funk, bossa nova, reggae or ballad rhythms.

TRIM IT TO THE FIRST WORD Set where a take starts and ends on two levels: a bar showing the whole take, and a zoomed waveform for the fine work. Tap the waveform to listen from there, and the range you pick plays on a loop. Cut the breath and the strum before you sing. Played to the metronome? The range snaps to bars. The original is kept, so you can always undo.

JAM IT OUT, KEEP THE BEST Record a long free run-through and export only the lines you love into sections. Played to the metronome? Cuts snap to bars, so they stay in time. Even in an hour-long session, tap the waveform to listen and find the good part.

LYRICS ALONGSIDE Keep lyrics and notes with each song.

A TRASH THAT FORGIVES Deleted takes and sessions wait in the Trash until you empty it.

PRICING Keep up to three songs for free. A one-time purchase, Songbox Unlimited, lets you make as many as you like. No subscription.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN Recordings stay on your iPhone. No account, and nothing is sent anywhere.