MasterWriter vs Songkeeper Studio
MasterWriter
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| Figure | MasterWriter | Songkeeper Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8.33/mo | $0.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Songwriting tools | 8.1 (#8) | 7.8 (#19) |
| Purpose | MasterWriter is a suite of songwriting tools and references intended to help users find words and organize their writing. | Songkeeper Studio combines a recorder, text editor, and practice tools to help songwriting guitarists pair recordings with lyrics, chords, and tabs. |
| Support | The contact page lists phone and email support Monday through Friday, 9am–6pm PST. | The site lists support at [email protected]. |
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In their own words
MasterWriter
MasterWriter has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Songkeeper Studio
Songkeeper Studio is a songwriting app for guitarists who want to keep recordings, lyrics, chords, and practice tools together. A song can hold multiple recordings for playback and multiple drafts that can be copied, moved between songs, renamed, or deleted. Guitar tools include chord diagrams, a chromatic tuner, tuning options, and chord transposition. The writing editor offers word suggestions, rhymes, a music keyboard, tablature stamp mode, and trackpad cursor control. For practice, users can set a tempo, use a metronome or drum loops, and enable tempo-based autoscroll. Reference videos can be linked and played in the built-in YouTube player. The free Basic plan costs nothing and allows five songs, two drafts and two recordings per song. Pro costs $0.99 a month and adds unlimited songs, drafts, and recordings, Cloud Vault, sharing, collaboration, import, and export; it includes a 7-day free trial. The app runs on Android and iOS. Songs are also stored locally, and the site warns they can be lost if the app is uninstalled or the phone is lost.