Dubnote vs Tambu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dubnote
Capture and organize musical ideas effortlessly. This app helps songwriters record melodies, lyrics, and song sections with AI-powered organization and transcription. Keep your creative process streamlined and your ideas ready for development.
- 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
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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.
Tambu
This app serves as a digital notebook for musicians to store practice materials, record sessions, and monitor progress. It allows users to plan practice routines, organize their music library, and review past sessions to identify areas for improvement.
- Digital practice notebook
- Record audio clips
- Track practice progress
- Plan practice sessions
- Organize music library
- Log session details
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Tambu is your digital practice notebook. Store the exercises and pieces you are practicing, record your practice sessions and track your progress. - Track your practice: easily see notes and details from past practice sessions and track your progress - Record audio clips: listen back to spot issues and improve - Choose what to track: only jot down a quick note about the session, or log everything you practiced and how it went - it’s up to you - Plan your sessions: easily get sidetracked? Structure your session at the start, then work your way through it - Organise your practice library: keep notes and easily see what you haven’t practiced in a while Terms of Use: https://www.tambu.fm/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.tambu.fm/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tambu at 5.0 against Dubnote's 4.5. Tambu also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.3). Dubnote's advantage is ratings volume (163 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Dubnote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Tambu sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tambu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dubnote has 163 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Dubnote's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tambu's.
Dubnote ships an update every 5 days, Tambu every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dubnote | Tambu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (163 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.3 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vochlea Music | Tambu Ltd |
Customer experience
Dubnote
Tambu
Bugs and requests
Dubnote
Reported bugs
12 issues- Cannot clean up audio
- Not letting users use any feature
- Notes are not accurate
- iCloud not saving songs
- Trial terminated early
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- 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
Requested features
6 requests- Lifetime purchase option
- More complete recording edit functions (e.g., delete parts)
- Trimming or EQ editing functionality
- MIDI input
- Dark mode option
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- Advanced analytics dashboard
Tambu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dubnote
- Dubnote Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Dubnote Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Dubnote Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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- Dubnote Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Dubnote Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Lifetime Free$99.99
Tambu
- Early Adopter - Monthly7 Days trial$1.001 Month
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