Comparison

Graba vs Opus

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

Head to head
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.

About

Opus

Features
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Turn a prompt or your own lyrics into a complete song—or, with the Opus subscription, a hum or a recording. Your first song from a prompt or your own lyrics is free, with no sign-up or card required. FROM IDEA TO FULL SONG Describe a sound, mood, or story. Choose a genre, add your own lyrics, let Opus write them, or make an instrumental, then hear it back in about a minute. Every song comes in two versions. START WITH YOUR VOICE (OPUS SUBSCRIPTION) Sing, hum, or rap into your phone—or import audio you own or have the rights to use—and make it the starting point for a new arrangement. SHAPE THE RESULT Extend a song, reuse the style of any song (or the style and lyrics of your own), and make another version without starting over. With the Opus subscription, you can also restyle a song with Cover or Remix, blend two of your songs into one, and save the voice and style of a song you made as a Persona for future songs. FIND THE MOMENT WORTH SHARING Hook Finder suggests the part of your track most worth sharing and marks it on the waveform. Adjust the clip, choose 15, 30, or 60 seconds, and share the moment that lands. LISTEN, SAVE, AND DISCOVER Play your songs with full lyrics and lock-screen controls, keep favorites in your library, and publish only the tracks you choose. Like songs and follow creators on Discover, and set up a public profile with a photo, cover photo, and bio. CREDITS AND SUBSCRIPTION Making a song uses credits. The Opus subscription is billed weekly or yearly. It includes credits that refresh every week on the weekly plan and every month on the yearly plan (unused plan credits don't carry over), and it unlocks the Gen 4 and Gen 5 models, songs from your recordings and imported audio, Cover, Remix, Persona, song blends, and WAV export. Prefer not to subscribe? Buy a one-time credit pack to make more songs with the free features—pack credits never expire. Prices and allowances are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions. You are responsible for the prompts, recordings, and files you upload and for how you use generated output. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Opus Terms: https://opussong.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://opussong.app/privacy

Screenshots

Graba4 screens
Opus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Graba at none against Opus's 7. Opus's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Opus sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Graba asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Graba ships an update every 3 weeks, Opus every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Graba versus Opus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrabaOpus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB86 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperADRIEL CONDE MACKENZIEEtka Gulec

In-app purchases

None

Graba

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Opus

Subscriptions4
  • Hobby Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Creator Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Opus Hobby Annual$49.991 Year
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  • Creator Yearly$89.991 Year
One-time3
  • 50 Songs$4.99
  • 120 Songs$9.99
  • 300 Songs$19.99

Questions

Is Graba free?
Graba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Opus free?
Opus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Graba or Opus have ads?
Neither Graba nor Opus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Graba or Opus?
Graba ships an update every 3 weeks, and Opus every 10 days. Most recently, Graba was updated on October 31, 2026 and Opus on November 6, 2026.

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