Apps for writing songs, tested by someone who writes them.
Ranked guides, hands-on reviews, and deals on the songwriting, lyric, and recording apps worth your time. Plus the Tennessee rooms I’ve played along the way.
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Guide
The 10 best songwriting apps, ranked by a working songwriter
The apps I actually use to catch ideas, find rhymes, build chords, and cut vocal demos, ranked from the one I open every day.
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Deals
Free songwriting apps and free trials worth knowing, October 2026
The best free tiers and free trials on songwriting, lyric, and vocal apps this month, and what each one actually gives you for nothing.
Tested
Voloco review, after two years of writing and demoing on my phone
How Voloco handles vocals while you record, what you get for free, what Premium adds, and who should use it.
On the road
8 Tennessee rooms I’d play again tomorrow
Listening rooms, theatres, and writers’ nights from Memphis to Knoxville, ranked by how much I’d want to go back.
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- Best-of guides
Ranked, regularly updated lists of the apps worth your time.
- Tested
One app at a time, tested by writing real songs with it.
- Deals & free stuff
Sales and free tiers, rounded up so you don’t have to watch for them.
- On the road
Venues, cities, and stops from the road.