Best Songwriting Apps and Software Online (2026)

Most songwriting tools that run in your browser take one of two approaches. Some help you write and edit the song yourself, note by note and line by line. Others generate a whole song for you and then let you change it. Both are useful, but they suit different writers, so the first question is which kind you want.

This guide compares browser-based tools only, so there is nothing to install. Prices are in US dollars and were checked on each product’s own site in September and October 2026. They change, so confirm before you buy.

At a glance

Tool	Approach	Price
Hookpad	Write chords and melody on a grid	Free plan; Standard $7.99/month or $199 lifetime
Songcraft	Write lyrics, chords and recordings together	Free for up to 5 songs; Pro $5/month
Mouta Studio	Write a melody and improve it line by line	14-day free trial; Pro $25/month
Suno Studio	Generate a whole song, then edit it	Included with Premier, $30/month or $24/month billed yearly
BandLab	Record and produce, with generated starting ideas	Free, with a paid membership

Tools for writing the song yourself

These start from your idea. You put in the notes, chords or words, and the tool helps you see, hear and change them.

Hookpad by Hooktheory

You write chords and melody on a simple grid, and Hookpad shows which chords fit the key. The free plan covers chords and melody. Standard adds lyrics, recording, audio import, MIDI input, and MIDI or MP3 export.

Best for: Sketching chords and melody with music theory built in
Price: Free plan; Standard $7.99/month or $199 lifetime

Songcraft by Songcraft

Built for co-writing. Lyrics, chords, tabs and recordings for one song live in one place, with a rhyming dictionary and thesaurus, and suggestions for keys and chord progressions. Pro adds unlimited songs, version history and video co-writing.

Best for: Writing songs with other people
Price: Free for up to 5 songs; Pro $5/month

Mouta Studio by Mouta

You bring in a melody by humming, playing a MIDI keyboard, importing MIDI or typing notes, then work on it phrase by phrase. More on how it works below.

Best for: Finding the weak line in a melody and rewriting it
Price: 14-day free trial; Pro $25/month

Tools that generate a song first

These start from a description or a generated idea and give you a full song or track to work from. They suit writers who want a finished-sounding result quickly and are happy to shape it after.

Suno Studio by Suno

Suno makes complete songs, with vocals and production, from a text prompt. Studio is its editor in the browser, where you can rework and rearrange what was generated.

Best for: Starting from a full song made from a text prompt
Price: Included with Premier, $30/month or $24/month billed yearly

BandLab by BandLab

A free recording studio that runs in the browser and as a phone app, with a large community. SongStarter gives you generated starting ideas to build a track on.

Best for: A free studio in the browser and on your phone
Price: Free, with a paid membership

How Mouta Studio works

Mouta is built for songwriters who already have melodies and want to make them better. Each step below maps to a part of the app.

In Mouta Studio

Bring in a melody. Hum into your microphone, play a MIDI keyboard, import a MIDI file, or type the notes in the editor.
Find the weak line. Hook Score scores each line by its melodic structure, on things like contour, rhythmic distinctiveness and motif, and marks it Flat, UP, HOOK or DOWN. It updates as you edit notes.
Rewrite it. Select a phrase and Replace suggests 8 candidates tuned to your Skill, the taste profile Mouta builds from phrases you tag as Memory Points. Or tap one Music Word and Rewrite it to hear it another way.
Check it against other songs. Reveal shows which songs have used a melodic pattern you select, by title and artist.
See the whole song. Struct maps your phrases into a song structure, and you can mark which part is the bridge. Mentor draws an energy curve of the whole song and shows where your hooks sit.
Hear it with words. The virtual singer sings your melody and lyrics as an a cappella demo, in English, Chinese, Japanese or Korean.
Take it further. Export the melody as MIDI for your DAW. Ledger keeps every edit in order in your own file, and you can release the finished track through Mouta’s distribution.

Mouta works on melody. It doesn’t write lyrics, arrange, or produce the final audio, and it runs best in Chrome or Edge on a computer, or on a tablet. You can try one part of it now: Rewrite a Music Word in your browser, no signup needed. Or start a free trial.

How to choose

Decide who writes the melody. If you want every note to be yours, pick a tool from the first group. If you want a full song to react to, try the second.
Start where your ideas start. If you think in chords, Hookpad fits. If you start from words and write with others, try Songcraft. If you start from a melody you hum, Mouta fits.
Make sure your work can move. Look for MIDI or audio export, so what you write can go into your DAW or to a producer.
Try before you pay. Every tool here has a free plan or a free trial. Write one real song with it before you decide.

Keep going

If you are stuck on a tune for words you already have, read how to write a melody for your lyrics. If you need a reason to start, try our songwriting prompts. When the song is finished, here is how to get it on Spotify.

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