# Dubnote: Music Recorder — Song writing app & Songbook

> Mobile music recorder and organizer for songwriters. (iPhone/iPad app by Vochlea Music.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dubnote-music-recorder/id6445849526 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vochlea Music](https://appshunter.io/developer/1542770760)
- Category: Music, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 163 App Store ratings · 30 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.3 · 170 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2024-12-18
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dubnote-music-recorder/id6445849526/reviews.md

## What is Dubnote?

Voice memos don't care about your song ideas, Dubnote does.


Record, organize, and revisit your music ideas— without the chaos. Whether you're capturing a melody at rehearsal or a top-line on the walk home, Dubnote keeps everything clear, searchable, and ready to develop.


Built for musicians who write on the go:
• Organize recordings in folders with custom covers
• Auto-split recordings into sections: verses, hooks, riffs, with on-device AI
• Tag key moments with emojis or notes- instantly searchable
• Record straight into notebooks from your home screen in stereo
• Transcribe lyrics with built-in speech-to-text
• Detect BPM to keep your ideas DAW-ready
• Vocal Pitch Monitor whilst you record
All audio stays on your device, with optional iCloud backup. Your ideas, your control.

## Key features

- Record and organize music ideas
- AI-powered section splitting
- Searchable tags and notes
- Stereo recording
- Speech-to-text lyric transcription
- BPM detection
- Vocal pitch monitoring

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dubnote Premium (Annual) | $39.99 | per year |
| Dubnote Premium (monthly) | $7.99 | per month |
| Dubnote Pro (Monthly) | $2.99 | per month |
| Dubnote Pro (Monthly) | $1.99 | per month |
| Dubnote Pro (Annual) | $19.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime Free | $99.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Dubnote?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to record musical ideas instantly
- 👍 Well-made and no lag
- 👍 Love auto note tracking and lock screen shortcut
- 👍 Not constantly nagging about upgrading
- 👍 Great for mood boarding song ideas
- 👍 Saved hours in band rehearsal
- 👍 Splits sessions into parts easily
- 👍 Bounce single tracks to others
- 👍 Easy to record and sort ideas
- 👍 Designed for musicians, better than voice memos
- 👍 Ability to add cover images is great
- 👍 Great for cello practice
- 👍 Shows BPM and splits pieces into sections
- 👍 Easier to track progress
- 👍 Good UI and stable
- 👍 Automatically splits recordings
- 👍 Lets users leave comments
- 👍 Well thought out and relevant features for composers
- 👍 Organizes recordings by instrument
- 👍 Transcribes singing
- 👍 Adds comments to clips and trims audio
- 👍 Game changer for songwriting
- 👍 Easy to navigate and organize
- 👍 Better workflow than voice memos
- 👍 Keeps notes organized
- 👍 Recognizes and splits different parts in a session
- 👍 Fantastic tool, easy to use
- 👍 Organizes as you record
- 👍 Better than Voice Memos for singers and musicians
- 👍 Visuals and AI recording splitting are perfect
- 👍 Organizes voice notes into folders
- 👍 Automatic splitting by instrument
- 👍 Easier to scroll and find old ideas
- 👍 Ability to add comments to clips and trim audio
- 👍 Doesn't feel cluttered
- 👍 Easy to navigate by splitting into sections
- 👍 Transcribes lyrics and tags by activity
- 👍 Recordings and notes in one place
- 👍 Much better workflow than voice memos
- 👍 Easier to navigate and organize
- 👍 Already much better than other audio note-taking tools
- 👍 Super easy to use
- 👍 Keeps notes organized
- 👍 Automatically recognizes and splits parts
- 👍 Easy to keep and share desired parts

**Cons**

- 🐛 Cannot clean up audio
- 🐛 Not letting users use any feature
- 🐛 Just Voice Memos with a subscription
- 🐛 Not worth it, use voice memos
- 🐛 Notes are not accurate (Es are Cs)
- 🐛 iCloud option not saving songs
- 🐛 Terminated trial early
- 🐛 Subscription says time left but app is in free limited mode
- 🐛 Unreliable
- 🐛 Kostenlos unnötig (free but unnecessary)
- 🐛 Doesn't offer anything worthy that sets it apart from Voice Memos
- 🐛 Playback feature locked behind subscription
- 🐛 Popups to upgrade with every button push
- 🐛 Overpriced apps
- 🐛 Expensive Voice-to-Midi app is a free feature in DAWs
- 🐛 Not worth the price, free options offer same features
- 🐛 Recording edit functions not complete (cannot delete parts)
- 🐛 Wish it had more editing functionality (trimming, EQ)
- 🐛 Deceptive advertising (button says free but charges)
- 🐛 No way to cancel charge
- 🐛 App is broken, cannot record audio
- 🐛 Useless app
- 🐛 Not as advertised (voice to instrument transcription)
- 🐛 Separate application needed for transcription
- 🐛 Useless app, same tasks as voice memos
- 🐛 Subscription costs are too high for students

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Cannot clean up audio
- Not letting users use any feature
- Notes are not accurate
- iCloud not saving songs
- Trial terminated early
- App gone into free limited mode despite subscription
- App crashing during edit features (historical)
- Playback feature locked behind paywall
- Popups to upgrade with every button push
- Deceptive charging, no way to cancel
- App is broken, cannot record audio
- Voice to instrument transcription not available in app

**Most requested features**

- Lifetime purchase option
- More complete recording edit functions (e.g., delete parts)
- Trimming or EQ editing functionality
- MIDI input
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard

## Recent user reviews (10 of 30)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dubnote-music-recorder/id6445849526/reviews.md

### 1/5 — so not useful

*2026-08-10*

cant even clean up audio !! not letting me use any feature

### 5/5 — Easy, useful, no lag, well-made

*2026-06-05*

Gets me recording musical ideas instantly — love the auto note tracking and lock screen shortcut! Best app of its kind I’ve tried. And not constantly nagging about upgrading.

### 1/5 — Just Voice Memos With A Subscription

*2026-04-22*

Not worth it, just record in your voice memos, having the chord visualizer is cool but that’s about all they have to offer

### 4/5 — Notes are not accurate

*2026-02-12*

Unfortunately the notes are not accurate. Eve is often says my Es are Cs.

Would be great otherwise.

They do need a lifetime purchase option too

### 5/5 — I need help!

*2026-02-09*

Hello! My name is Joseph I am a high school artist and have been using dubnote for a couple months now and it has been so helpful recording all of my bits and pieces of melodies I come up with and want to save later. I am very forgetful. I deleted the app for space but did not think too much of it because I saved everything through my iCloud account I thought but when I signed back in nothing saved. Any suggestions on how to retrieve my recordings? 
If there’s no way I hope you can provide a reason to why there is an iCloud option to begin with if not o save songs.

### 1/5 — You lost my trust

*2026-01-27*

I bought the voice software on windows and got this as free trial. It seems okay and I intended to buy annual but you terminated my trial early and even though my subscription says I have time left into February your app has gone into free limited mode . I don’t use it so much but tonight it was quite important to have and it wasn’t available. I can’t have such unreliability so it’s NO from me

**Developer response:** Hi, I'm very sorry your trial stopped working. We're not entirely sure why this might be as trial and subscription expiration is managed by apple - so normally even if you cancel a trial, access will remain until expiration. I'm very sorry this wasn't your experience.
In terms of free vs. premium. There are no restrictions on recording, cloud syncing or sharing with collaborators. The main limit for free users is the number of recording you can analyse - which resets each week. You can analyse a recording any time after it is made or imported - so if you ever end up without audio analysis credit again, you can still make the recording and analyse it later when you are back in credit. I hope this helps and you'l give Dubnote another try. Thanks, team Dubnote

### 5/5 — Songwriters need this

*2025-10-29*

the best place to mood board song ideas!

### 4/5 — Saved me hours tbh

*2025-09-06*

Used this in band rehearsel last week and it literally saved me hours. Before I was dragging big recordings into Logic to cut up, now it just splits the session into parts and I can bounce single tracks to the others on imessage or airdrop. big time saver.

### 5/5 — being early to an app this good feels like investing in bitcoin in 2011

*2025-09-05*

very easy to record ideas and sort them, and a great alternative to voice memos bc this was clearly designed for musicians. also the ability to add cover images is rlly great, idk it sounds pretty irrelevant but in my head I sort songs by what I visualise when I hear them and honestly that helps a lot. already recommending to all my musician friends

### 5/5 — great for cello practice

*2025-09-02*

I’ve been using this to record my cello practice & I love how it shows the BPM and splits my pieces into sections. Makes it much easier to track progress day to day.

## Frequently asked questions about Dubnote

### What does Dubnote do?

Dubnote is a mobile application designed for songwriters to record, organize, and revisit their musical ideas. It helps capture melodies, lyrics, and song sections, making it easier to develop creative concepts without the usual chaos of voice memos.

### What are the key features of Dubnote?

Key features include AI-powered auto-splitting of recordings into song sections, searchable tags and notes, stereo recording, speech-to-text lyric transcription, BPM detection, and a vocal pitch monitor. Recordings can be organized in folders with custom covers.

### Is Dubnote free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with in-app purchases available for additional features or functionality. The core recording and organization tools are accessible without upfront cost.

### How does the app help with song organization?

The app automatically splits recordings into sections like verses and hooks using on-device AI. You can also tag key moments with emojis or notes, and all audio is kept on your device with optional iCloud backup for easy retrieval and development.

### What devices is Dubnote compatible with?

While specific device compatibility isn't detailed, it is a mobile application, implying it is designed for smartphones and tablets. Audio is stored on the device, with iCloud backup as an option, suggesting compatibility with Apple's ecosystem.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.0 — 2026-04-08

Dubnote Cloud support with Apple Sign In
Sync across devices (e.g. iPad and iPhone)
Collaborate with other Dubnote users via Sharing
NEW local and private AI key detection - see the musical keys of your clips.

### 1.4.9 — 2026-04-02

Dubnote Cloud support with Apple Sign In
Sync across devices (e.g. iPad and iPhone)
Collaborate with other Dubnote users via Sharing
NEW local and private AI key detection - see the musical keys of your clips.

### 1.4.8 — 2026-03-31

Dubnote Cloud support with Apple Sign In
Sync across devices (e.g. iPad and iPhone)
Collaborate with other Dubnote users via Sharing
NEW local and private AI key detection - see the musical keys of your clips.

### 1.4.7 — 2026-03-25

Dubnote Cloud support with Apple Sign In
Sync across devices (e.g. iPad and iPhone)
Collaborate with other Dubnote users via Sharing
NEW local and private AI key detection - see the musical keys of your clips.

### 1.4.6 — 2026-03-17

Dubnote Cloud support with Apple Sign In
Sync across devices (e.g. iPad and iPhone)
Collaborate with other Dubnote users via Sharing
NEW local and private AI key detection - see the musical keys of your clips.

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