# Motif : Songwriting Assistant — Capture Songs as They Come > Capture Songs as They Come (iPhone/iPad app by David Caswell.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/motif-songwriting-assistant/id6760936456 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [David Caswell](https://appshunter.io/developer/1886425606) - Category: Music - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2026-04-02 - Data updated: 2026-07-08 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/motif-songwriting-assistant/id6760936456/reviews.md ## What is Motif? Your musical ideas deserve better than Voice Memos. Motif is the songwriter's idea-capture tool — built for the moment inspiration strikes. Record a melody in the car, jot down a lyric in bed, snap a photo of a chord chart at rehearsal. Every fragment lives in one place, organized and ready to become a song. CAPTURE IN SECONDS Tap the home screen widget or lock screen action and you're recording in under 2 seconds. Capture three types of fragments: • Text — lyrics, song notes, rhyme schemes • Audio — melodies, riffs, vocal ideas with real-time waveform • Image — chord charts, setlists, handwritten lyrics • Action Button quick capture (iPhone 15 Pro and later) — bind a single press to start recording instantly • Live Activity surfaces your recording on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while you keep your phone in your pocket • "Hey Siri, capture a song idea" works without per-user setup ORGANIZE YOUR SONGS Create song projects with genre and mood tags. Drag fragments into place, assign sections (Verse, Chorus, Bridge), and link related ideas across projects. Your creative inbox keeps unassigned fragments safe until they find a home. SHARE YOUR WORK • Polished 1080×1920 share images for audio fragments — waveform, key, tempo, lyric snippet • Typographic lyric posters — single-line quotes or full-verse layouts • Vertical MP4 export with an animated waveform synced to your audio • Light + dark PDF lyric sheets with melody notation alongside each section ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE Motif listens to your recordings and tells you what you played: • Automatic key and tempo detection on every audio fragment — free • Melody transcription — converts hummed melodies to notation • Rhyme suggestions — find the perfect word to complete a line TURN FRAGMENTS INTO DEMOS • Audio compilation export: stitch a project's audio fragments into a single MP4 demo, ordered by section, with crossfades and an optional metronome count-in • Transcribe a hummed audio fragment into editable text, on-device • Version history for every lyric fragment with one-tap revert • Song timeline view: drag fragments onto section lanes and see what's missing before you call the song done EXPORT & SHARE Generate formatted PDF lyric sheets grouped by song section, complete with key and tempo annotations. Share with bandmates, producers, or your own archive. WORKS EVERYWHERE iCloud sync keeps your ideas safe and available across all your devices. Never lose a song idea again. CAPTURE WIDGET Add the Motif widget to your home screen or lock screen for one-tap recording. Also available as a Control Center action (iOS 18+). FREE TO START Motif Free includes 3 projects, 25 fragments, and 30-second recordings — enough to try the full capture-to-song workflow. MOTIF PRO — $4.99/month or $39.99/year (7-day free trial) Motif Pro unlocks: • Unlimited projects and fragments • Unlimited recording length • Melody-to-notation transcription • Library-wide key and tempo search • Re-analyze audio after edits • Rhyme suggestions • Cross-device iCloud sync • Fragment linking and timeline view • PDF lyric sheet export • Audio compilation export • Audio-to-text transcription Built by songwriters, for songwriters. Start capturing today. Terms of Service : https://motifpro.app/terms.html Privacy Policy : https://motifpro.app/privacy.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Motif Pro - Annual | $9.99 | per year | | Motif Pro - Monthly | $0.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 2 releases) ### 1.1 — 2026-05-26 Motif 1.1 is our biggest update since launch — capture faster, share your work as polished images and videos, and turn a folder of fragments into a finished demo. CAPTURE EVERYWHERE • Action Button (iPhone 15 Pro and later): press once to start recording • Live Activity: keep recording while the phone is locked, see elapsed time on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Siri Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, capture a song idea" works without setup • Lock Screen widget with a new wider option SMARTER ANALYSIS, NOW FREE Every audio fragment automatically detects its key and tempo — no Pro needed. Pro unlocks melody-to-notation transcription, audio re-analysis after edits, and library-wide key + tempo search. SHARE YOUR WORK • Share any audio fragment as a 1080×1920 image with waveform + key/tempo • Share lyrics as a typographic poster — single line or full verse • Share an audio fragment as a vertical MP4 with an animated waveform • Polished PDF lyric sheets with light and dark themes, plus melody notation blocks alongside each section NEW WORKFLOW TOOLS • Audio compilation export: stitch a project's audio fragments into a single demo MP4 with crossfades and an optional metronome count-in • Transcribe an audio fragment to text — on-device, instant, private • Version history for every text fragment, with one-tap revert • Song timeline view: arrange fragments by section, see what's missing • iPad layout with master-detail navigation POLISH EVERYWHERE • Streamlined two-screen onboarding lands you on a focused lyric editor in under two seconds • Microphone permission is asked when you tap record, not at install • Search filters by type, section, and date range • Tag autocomplete remembers your recently used values • Multi-select fragments in the inbox to move or delete in bulk • Drag fragments from the inbox onto any project card • Haptic feedback on every capture action • Duplicate any fragment from its detail view • Image fragments now render real thumbnails on every card We've also tuned the cold-launch path so the widget-to-recording flow opens about twice as fast. Got a feature request or a bug? motifpro.app/support.html ### 1.0 — 2026-04-02 No release notes. ## Related topics [motif app](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/motif-app) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-08.*