Comparison

SongSmith vs Spit Notes

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

Head to head
About

SongSmith

This app helps songwriters visualize and organize their lyrics. It tracks rhyming patterns and poetic meter, and offers a powerful search for rhymes, synonyms, and definitions. Easily restructure your songs by moving or deleting verses.

Highlights
  • Visualize rhyming patterns with color-coding
  • Track rhyming schemes
  • Visualize poetic meter and syllable counts
  • Search for rhymes, synonyms, and definitions
  • Organize and restructure song verses
Features
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SongSmith is the only notepad for writing lyrics that lets you visually see your patterns and easily restructure your lyrics. You can track your rhyming patterns, poetic meter, organize/move verses in a song, and look up new rhymes, synonyms, and more with its easy-to-use and intuitive interface. EASILY VISUALIZE RHYMING PATTERNS SongSmith finds rhyming words in real-time and color-codes them so you can easily see which words rhyme and visualize complicated rhyming patterns. It also keeps track of your rhyming scheme based on the last word of each line in the right-hand column. EASILY VISUALIZE POETIC METER SongSmith also tells you the syllable stresses and number of syllables for each word and updates this in real-time as you type so you can see how the words flow easily. It even keeps track of the number of syllables for each line in the left-hand column too. EASILY FIND POWERFUL WORD COMBINATIONS SongSmith's search feature is extremely powerful. Enter any word and SongSmith will show you all the exact rhymes, all the near rhymes, all the synonyms, and all the definitions for that word. Allowing you to find new creative wording for your lyrics. EASILY RESTRUCTURE YOUR LYRICS SongSmith gives you the option to create your lyrics one verse at a time. Those verses can then be moved or deleted to allow the user to tinker with their overall structure or experiment with new ideas and scrap ones they no longer need.

About

Spit Notes

Capture song ideas instantly with voice recordings and lyrics in one place. Features include one-tap recording, automatic transcription, rhyme suggestions, and chord detection. Organize and develop your musical creations effortlessly.

Highlights
  • One-tap recording
  • Audio and lyrics together
  • Automatic transcription
  • Rhyme suggestions
  • Chord detection
  • Lyric video creation
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Never lose a song idea or sick bar again. Spit Notes keeps your voice recordings and lyrics neatly organized in the same note so the melody and the words stay together. One tap to record, one place for everything. You know the moment - that perfect melody in the shower, a dope rhyme while driving, or a great hook at 2 a.m. Will you remember it by morning? With Spit Notes you will. It helps you capture inspiration the second it hits. Make recordings, write lyrics, and keep every idea safe and organized. Why Artists Use Spit Notes
 1-Tap Recording Open the app and you’re recording instantly. No menus or setup, because your best ideas don’t wait. Whether you’re writing lyrics, freestyling, or building a song demo, Spit Notes records the moment with a single tap. Audio + Lyrics Together Finally, a workspace for songwriters. Record melodies and write lyrics in the same note. No more guessing which voice memo goes with which song idea. Every recording stays with its words – organized, searchable, and ready to grow. Ideas When You're Stuck Tap the Ideas lightbulb to get rhymes, word suggestions, and lyric prompts based on what you've already written. Long-press it to ask for a specific mood or direction. It's a creative nudge that can help you get past mild cases of writer's block. Built for Your Creative Flow Spit Notes includes simple but powerful tools that make writing and recording feel natural. – Record from your lock screen or control center without even opening the app – Transcribe recordings automatically with high accuracy – Find rhymes and slant rhymes without leaving the app – Rhyme highlighter shows how words connect across your song – Get lyric ideas tailored to what you're writing – Keep the screen awake while rehearsing – Teleprompter auto-scrolls lyrics as you perform – Work offline with automatic iCloud sync – Pin notes to the top of your home screen for quick access What Songwriters Are Saying “I had thousands of voice memos. All untitled. Pure anxiety. Now everything’s in Spit Notes where it’s organized, searchable, and I can actually find my ideas.” – Jamie L. “Having voice notes and lyrics together is a game-changer. I can capture the melody and words in the same place. Can’t imagine going back to writing without it.” – Maya Song Your Creative Workflow, Simplified Capture → Hit record the second inspiration strikes. Organize → Keep song lyrics and recordings in the same note. Search ideas and rhymes effortlessly.
 Create → Revisit old notes, finish drafts, and polish lyrics. Turn your best ideas into full songs and share them as lyric videos. Free to Start Try Spit Notes free with your first 10 notes and thirty minutes of Super Transcribe time. When you’re ready, unlock unlimited notes and recording with a simple one-time purchase. You can use the Ideas lightbulb for free 10 times each month or become a paid subscriber for higher limits. Privacy First Your music is yours. Everything you create stays private and secure. Spit Notes never accesses, shares, or claims ownership of your songs or recordings. Stop losing great songs in your voice memos and notes app. Start building them in Spit Notes – the songwriting app that helps you write lyrics, record vocals, and turn more ideas into songs. --- Requires: iOS 18.0 or later
 Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SongSmith4 screens
Spit Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SongSmith at none against Spit Notes's 7. SongSmith also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (22 vs 7). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Spit Notes sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SongSmith asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SongSmith against 5.0 for Spit Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SongSmith ships an update weekly, Spit Notes every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SongSmith versus Spit Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSongSmithSpit Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (22 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerchelsie pasleyMaurice Cadenhead

Customer experience

SongSmith

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spit Notes

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SongSmith

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Spit Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Ideas Starter$1.991 Month
  • Ideas Pro$4.991 Month
  • Ideas Max$9.991 Month
One-time4
  • 15 Minutes Super Transcribe$0.99
  • Unlock Unlimited Notes$1.99
  • 75 Minutes Super Transcribe$2.99
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  • 200 Minutes Super Transcribe$4.99

Questions

Is SongSmith free?
SongSmith is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spit Notes free?
Spit Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SongSmith or Spit Notes?
SongSmith and Spit Notes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 22 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do SongSmith or Spit Notes have ads?
Neither SongSmith nor Spit Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SongSmith or Spit Notes?
SongSmith ships an update weekly, and Spit Notes every 10 days. Most recently, SongSmith was updated on September 25, 2026 and Spit Notes on September 26, 2026.

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