# SongDesk: Songwriting Notebook — Lyrics, chords, and ideas

> Lyrics, chords, and ideas (iPhone/iPad app by Scott Harvey.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/songdesk-songwriting-notebook/id6819495628 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Scott Harvey](https://appshunter.io/developer/1463455059)
- Category: Music
- Price: $12.99
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 64 MB
- Released: 2026-10-24
- Data updated: 2026-10-29

## What is SongDesk?

Capture
- Record ideas and takes directly into a song.
- Import audio from Files or Voice Memos.
- Play and record the built-in piano.
- Autosave your work and return to earlier saved versions.

Write
- Attach chords above exact syllables.
- Press and hold a chord, then slide it to another syllable.
- Add, reorder, duplicate and delete song sections.
- Link repeated sections so edits update every occurrence.
- Keep alternate lyrics and section notes.
- Find words with the built-in rhyming dictionary and thesaurus.
- Filter word results to narrow your choices.

Song Settings
- Set the key, tempo, time signature, capo position and guitar tuning.
- Choose a palette of chords for your song.
- Explore guitar fingerings and piano chord diagrams.
- Hear individual chords.
- Transpose by key or musical steps.
- Display sounding chords, capo shapes or Roman numerals.

Organize
- Keep ideas and completed songs in separate collections.
- Create custom folders.
- Move, duplicate and organize your songs.

Share and Perform
- Sync selected songs and recordings across your devices with iCloud.
- Export PDF song sheets, editable DOCX documents or portable SongDesk files.
- Export lyrics-only sheets.
- Use Perform mode with automatic scrolling.

## Is SongDesk safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess SongDesk.

## Is SongDesk legit?

SongDesk: Songwriting Notebook has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SongDesk is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-27

New iCloud controls let you stop or resume syncing individual songs. When deleting a song, choose whether to remove only the local copy or also its iCloud copy. Deleted cloud copies are no longer offered for syncing again.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-24

No release notes.

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