Comparison

Hum vs Writers Session

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

Head to head
About

Hum

Capture and organize all your songwriting ideas in one place. This app combines lyric writing, note-taking, and audio recording. Keep your creative output sorted by various tags and backed up to Dropbox.

Highlights
  • Lyric writing
  • Note-taking
  • Audio recording
  • Tagging and sorting
  • Dropbox backup and sync
  • Built-in tuner
Features
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Hum combines lyric-writing, note-taking, and audio recording into a single app for capturing and organizing all your songwriting ideas. Hum keeps your lyrics and song ideas organized and sortable so you never lose anything again. Hum keeps everything backed up and in sync with Dropbox. • Tag and sort any of your lyrics and riffs by key, tuning, tonality, color, and mood. • Share your ideas via email or iMessage. • Import audio from other apps. • Keep a page of notes for each song, separate from your lyrics. • Play your ideas straight from the library—no need to tap into a song to audition your ideas. • Keep organized with folders • Keep your library backed up and in sync with Dropbox. • Stay in tune with a built-in tuner. If you’ve enjoyed using Hum, please leave a review.

About

Writers Session

This app helps songwriters by providing a central place to record and organize lyrics and melodic ideas. It features a text editor, audio recorder, rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, and tools for managing song sessions and creative inspiration.

Highlights
  • Full-featured text editor
  • Built-in audio recorder
  • Offline rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, dictionary
  • Organize sessions into folders
  • Import backing tracks
  • Collections of words and phrases
  • Export lyrics and audio
Features
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Writers Session is a perfect songwriter’s companion. It provides a single place to record and organise all your lyrics and melodic ideas. STREAMLINE THE CREATIVE PROCESS It offers a full featured text editor with a scrollable tool bar for quick access to many commonly used songwriting tools. BUILT IN AUDIO RECORDER Quickly Capture multiple recording ideas when inspiration strikes on the go. MANAGE MULTIPLE RECORDINGS Each song session contains an editable list of all your audio recorded ideas. An easy to use audio player is there for quick playback of all the recorded takes as well as exporting options. STAY ORGANIZED WITH FOLDERS Organize all your song Sessions into folders so as to get quick access and manage large lists. A COLLECTION OF WRITING TOOLS It contains a offline Rhyming dictionary, Thesaurus and Dictionary. This means that no WIFI or 3G connectivity is required to use these features. FULLSCREEN AND NIGHTTIME MODE This is great for singers or studio musicians performing in low lighted environments. The text sizes can be quickly adjusted whilst in fullscreen mode which is great for showing lyrics or chords. MORE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: • You can Import backing tracks from your device media library. • A Collections of Words and Phrases are available for generating ideas, these are grouped into mood categories. • A List of Musical Chord Notations and Song Sections for quick entry. • Features a Quick recorder for capturing those inspirational moments with a few clicks. The recorded audio files can be then easily be transferred to any session afterwards. • Email or Airdrop Export is available to share your song lyrics and recorded audio ideas. • Various Screen Mode themes are available. • Easy Printing of Lyrics which can be sent directly to your WIFI printer. • Songs are Autosaved to prevent accidental loss of ideas. • Song Session Information such as writers credits, royalty splits, publishing details and more can be stored and displayed. These can also be exported as a PDF file. • Sessions can be searched by title or writers names as well as been filtered according to their likes. If you’ve enjoyed using Writer's Session, please leave a review.

Screenshots

Hum4 screens
Writers Session4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Writers Session at Free against Hum's $2.99. Writers Session also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 44). Hum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (81% vs 54%). On update cadence, ads 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

Writers Session is free to download; Hum costs $2.99 up front. Writers Session sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hum asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Writers Session holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Writers Session has 2.7K ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Hum's written reviews are positive against 54% of Writers Session's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hum ships an update every 2 months, Writers Session monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hum versus Writers Session: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHumWriters Session
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (44 ratings)4.5 (2.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews — better54.1% of reviews
Number of ratings442.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJust HumOne In A Billion Ltd

Customer experience

Hum

All ratings44 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative29.5%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative14.7%

Writers Session

All ratings2,661 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral11.0%
Negative34.9%

Bugs and requests

Hum

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Writers Session

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to enter text while listening to audio
  • Inconsistent behavior when deleting songs
  • Issues with audio recording quality and reliability
  • Problems with in-app purchases and upgrades

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to edit/format text (bold, italic, etc.)
  • Option to organize songs into folders
  • Automatic backup and sync across devices
  • More customization options (fonts, colors, etc.)

In-app purchases

None

Hum

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Writers Session

One-time1
  • In-App Purchase$6.99

Questions

Is Hum free?
Hum costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Writers Session free?
Writers Session is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hum or Writers Session?
Writers Session is rated higher. Hum averages 3.7 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Writers Session averages 4.5 from 2.7K ratings.
Do Hum or Writers Session have ads?
Neither Hum nor Writers Session shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hum or Writers Session?
Hum ships an update every 2 months, and Writers Session monthly. Most recently, Hum was updated on October 17, 2026 and Writers Session on October 18, 2026.

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