Comparison

Spur vs Graba

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

Head to head
About

Spur

This music notation and lyric studio helps songwriters, poets, and music enthusiasts capture and refine all their creative ideas. It offers a distraction-free interface for writing lyrics with chords, recording audio demos, and organizing all your song drafts in one place.

Highlights
  • Lyrics and chords annotation
  • Integrated audio recording
  • Distraction-free workspace
  • Consolidated song organization
  • Complete song book environment
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The Ultimate Lyric Studio. Spur is the essential music notation and songwriting app built to consolidate your entire creative process into one clean, distraction-free interface. Whether you're into songwriting, poetry, or music writing, Spur is your go-to app for capturing every lyric idea, melody idea, song draft, or demo. Try Spur free, then unlock everything with a subscription. Key Features for Songwriters Lyrics, Tabs & Chords in One: Easily annotate your writing with chords and tabs directly above the text. Perfect for creating professional-looking notation and lyric drafts — no more switching between apps. Integrated Voice Recording: Record song demos and voice memos directly within your lyric file. Attach vocal takes, melody ideas, or guitar riffs to your song drafts instantly. Idea Capture: Spur is designed to help you chase rhymes, capture ideas the moment they strike, and refine your songs and lyrics without distraction. Clean Interface: A distraction-free workspace that gets out of the way so you can focus on your craft. Organization: Consolidate all your recordings, song drafts, and lyrics into a single file. Never lose an idea again. AI-Powered Writing (Coming Soon): Intelligent songwriting assistance is on the way — built right into the Spur workflow. Spur is more than just an app for writing lyrics. It's a complete songbook environment designed to help you capture, refine, and organize your musical and poetic output. Start your free trial today! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Graba

This app helps musicians capture, organize, and develop song ideas. It offers recording, lyric writing with chord suggestions, a tuner, metronome, and video recording features. All your musical creations are stored locally and backed up to iCloud.

Highlights
  • Two-tap recording
  • Interruption-proof takes
  • Lyric sheets with inline chords
  • Rhyme suggestions
  • Chromatic tuner with alternate tunings
  • Metronome with haptics
  • Video recording with scrolling lyrics
Features
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A pocket studio for musicians. Two taps and you're recording. Develop the idea, and keep every version you make. CAPTURE Two taps from your pocket. Audio or video, straight from launch. Calls, alarms, and force quits can't eat a take: interrupted recordings are saved and recovered. • Start recording from a Lock Screen widget, the Action Button, or Siri • Film when you need to see the hands, with your lyrics scrolling over the camera • When the idea shows up as words, Write opens a blank sheet with the keyboard up DEVELOP The tools you reach for next. Lyrics with chords over the words, a tuner for guitar, bass and ukulele, a metronome, a playable piano, ear training, and a chord library you can hear. • Rhymes while you write, in English and Spanish, all offline • Chord suggestions in your key, and one-tap transpose with capo hints • Alternate tunings: Drop D, DADGAD, Eb Standard, Open G • Tap tempo, odd meters, and a metronome that keeps time on the Lock Screen • Loop any section of a take to learn your own part back • Stand mode, for reading your lyrics on a music stand KEEP Nothing gets written over. Every take lands in your Vault with versions, notes, and trims. Local first, synced through your own iCloud if you choose. • Projects hold every version, with tempo, key, tags, and notes • Notes pinned to the exact second of a take • Trim a take and keep the trim as a new version • Bring finished mixes in from Files, Mail, or AirDrop and keep them with their demos • Add a title to a video take and send it to TikTok or Instagram • Old ideas come back around on their own Free, with no account, no ads, and no subscription.

Screenshots

Spur4 screens
Graba4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Graba at none against Spur's 3. Spur's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Spur sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Graba 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 Spur against 5.0 for Graba. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spur has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spur ships an update monthly, Graba every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spur versus Graba: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpurGraba
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (21 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTerrace Software LLCADRIEL CONDE MACKENZIE

Customer experience

Spur

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Graba

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Spur

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Graba

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spur free?
Spur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Graba free?
Graba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spur or Graba?
Spur and Graba are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 21 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Spur or Graba have ads?
Neither Spur nor Graba shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spur or Graba?
Spur ships an update monthly, and Graba every 3 weeks. Most recently, Spur was updated on October 24, 2026 and Graba on October 17, 2026.

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