Comparison

Dubnote vs Locker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Locker

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Locker is where your music lives. Songwriters, producers and artists end up with the same mess: audio in one folder, lyrics in a notes app, credits in a group chat, and the best idea of the year sitting in a voice note called "New Recording 47". Locker puts all of it in one place and keeps it organised for you. CATCH THE IDEA Record a voice note or drop in a demo and it is filed, named and searchable straight away. Every version of a song sits together, so you can hear the demo, the mix and the master side by side instead of hunting through folders. KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE Locker listens to your uploads and works out tempo, key, genre, mood and instruments on its own. Ask for "the mid-tempo ones with live drums" and get an answer, without ever having tagged a thing by hand. WRITE A proper lyric editor with rhyme, syllable and chord tools built in, and a formatting bar that sits above the keyboard where your thumb already is. Lyrics stay attached to the song they belong to, with their own version history. KEEP THE CREDITS STRAIGHT Record writers, producers and splits on the song itself, at the moment you remember them, rather than six months later in an email thread. Everyone who worked on it stays attached to it. SHARE IT PROPERLY Send a track, a playlist or a whole folder as a link that looks like you made it. See who actually listened, which parts they replayed, and what they said, instead of guessing. ASK KII Kii is the assistant built into Locker, and it can see your whole catalogue. Ask what you have not finished, what fits a brief, what a song is missing, or who you last worked with on something. It answers from your actual catalogue, and it tells you when it does not know. WORKS WHERE YOU DO Locker is on iPhone, in any browser and on the Mac, with the same catalogue everywhere. Music keeps playing when your screen locks. Locker is free to start. Paid plans add more storage and more of everything else. SUBSCRIPTIONS Creator, Creator Plus and Studio are auto-renewing subscriptions, each available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.getlocker.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.getlocker.co/privacy

Screenshots

Dubnote4 screens
Locker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dubnote at every 5 days against Locker's fortnightly. Locker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dubnote sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Locker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dubnote ships an update every 5 days, Locker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dubnote versus Locker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDubnoteLocker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (163 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings163 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.315.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVochlea MusicRed Hammer Ltd

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

Locker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Dubnote

Subscriptions4
  • Dubnote Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Dubnote Premium (monthly)7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Dubnote Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Dubnote Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Free$99.99
6 purchases

Locker

Subscriptions6
  • Creator$14.991 Month
  • Creator Plus$29.991 Month
  • Studio$49.991 Month
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  • Creator$149.991 Year
  • Creator Plus$299.991 Year
  • Studio$499.991 Year

Questions

Is Dubnote free?
Dubnote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Locker free?
Locker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dubnote or Locker have ads?
Neither Dubnote nor Locker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dubnote or Locker?
Dubnote ships an update every 5 days, and Locker fortnightly. Most recently, Dubnote was updated on November 12, 2026 and Locker on November 10, 2026.

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