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Songneer is a public-domain inspiration engine for musicians. It analyzes what makes songs work musically, finds public domain works with similar characteristics, and helps you build new compositions from those building blocks — public-domain and CC0 works, not the song you started with.
No. All audio analysis happens entirely on your device using on-device machine learning. Your music never leaves your phone. Network calls are limited to: Apple Music (for song search), Shazam song identification (off by default — when you turn it on, a short audio fingerprint is sent to Apple), and downloading audio when you paste a URL link. The downloaded file is saved locally on your device and is never sent anywhere else.
From version 1.4, your first 5 compositions include every genre and Composer Classic, plus 3 audio or MIDI exports — with no time limit. After that you can keep composing and previewing for free in 6 basic genres, and analyzing songs, browsing the catalog and comparing Sound Signatures stay free too. Songneer Pro, a one-time purchase, unlocks every genre, Composer Classic and export. (Version 1.3 and earlier: a 3-day trial of everything, then 3 compositions in 6 genres.)
Songneer Pro is a one-time purchase ($7.99) that permanently unlocks: unlimited compositions, all 25+ genre transforms, audio export (M4A), and MIDI export & share. No subscription — buy once, own it forever.
Open the paywall (tap the composition counter badge on the home screen) and tap "Restore Purchase" at the bottom. This checks your Apple ID for any previous Songneer Pro purchase.
Songneer builds compositions from public-domain and CC0 source material, and what you make with it is yours to use, including commercially. Songneer can't check your result against copyrighted songs, though — if a track matters commercially, listen for accidental similarity to songs you know, and consider advice from a music lawyer. This is general information, not legal advice.
No tool can certify a song as legally safe, but three free checks catch most problems: (1) listen to it side by side with the song you started from, especially the main melody; (2) hum or play the hook into hum-to-search in the Google app or SoundHound, which match melodies; (3) upload the track to YouTube as a private video — the upload's “Checks” step runs Content ID and shows any copyright claim. If you plan to release commercially and something sounds close, a forensic musicologist or music lawyer can give a professional opinion. More in our guide: Is my song too similar?
Songneer can analyze MP3, M4A, WAV, and other common audio formats. You can import files from the Files app, or search and use Apple Music 30-second previews.
After composing, use the MIDI export button to save a standard MIDI file. You can then open it in GarageBand, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio, or any DAW that supports MIDI import. You can also export audio as M4A.
Try these steps: (1) Force-quit and reopen the app, (2) Make sure you're running the latest version from the App Store, (3) Restart your device. If the issue persists, email us at support@songneer.com with a description of the problem and your iOS version.
Catalog. Full-score excerpts are adapted from the PDMX dataset (Long et al., 2024), licensed CC BY 4.0; each score was published on MuseScore as public domain or CC0 and is by a composer who died by 1930. The other entries are traditional tunes or works published by 1930 whose composers died by 1955 — public domain in the US and in countries with a life + 70 years term. Some countries have longer terms; this is general information, not legal advice.
Credits. Audio transcription: Basic Pitch by Spotify, Apache License 2.0. Melody smoothing model trained by Songneer on public-domain scores from the PDMX dataset. Instrument sounds: FluidR3 GM by Frank Wen (MIT License). Demo recordings: “J. S. Bach: Prelude in C - BWV 846” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0; “Für Elise” from classicals.de.