An iOS voice recorder optimized for capturing song ideas. Tap record, hum or sing your idea, name it (or don't), and it's saved. Recordings are organized into regular iCloud folders to make sharing and working across multiple devices easier.
- One tap to record. Big record button; stop, then optionally name the recording before it's saved (defaults to the date and time, like "Jul 7 2.32 PM").
- Folders. Group recordings by song or session. Record into a folder directly, move them between folders, or archive ones — or whole folders — you're done with. Archived items wait in an Archived row at the bottom of the list they came from, where you can play, restore, or delete them.
- Folder notes. Each folder can hold free-form notes — lyrics, tunings,
chord charts — stored as a plain
notes.txtin the folder, so they sync and edit anywhere the files do. - Overdub. Record a new part while an existing recording plays — sing a melody over a guitar idea — and Song Bits saves the two as a new recording. Through headphones it captures a clean layer and mixes them evenly; on the speaker it keeps the raw capture, since the backing is already coming through the mic. The part you record sets the length, so you can run past the original or stop short.
- The filesystem is the database. Recordings are plain
.m4afiles on disk. By default they live in iCloud Drive → Song Bits, synced across devices and visible in Finder on your Mac; pick any other folder in Settings. Files you move in the Files app show up on the next scan. - Two play/pause buttons while a recording is expanded. The round button is a plain pause: it stops where you are and resumes from the same spot. The square play button is a DAW-style transport: pausing rewinds the playhead back to where playback last started, so you can audition the same recording over and over without scrubbing. While playing, a small square under the scrubber marks that return spot.
- Search across all recordings by file or folder name.
- Skip leading silence on playback (optional) so the quiet lead-in is skipped when you play.
- Action Button / Shortcuts support: "Open Recorder" foregrounds the app so you can tap record — it deliberately doesn't start recording hands-free.
- Built-in help. The ? button on the main screen explains the less obvious parts (transport buttons, overdub routing, Files-app sync) right in the app.
Image is hosted as an asset on the assets release, not committed to the repo.
Requires iOS 17+.
Architecture, build & run, and testing notes live in CONTRIBUTING.md.
MIT with the Commons Clause — use, modify, and share the code freely, including in a commercial setting, but you may not sell the software or a product substantially built from it. See LICENSE.