Song-Writer: Write Note Lyrics 4+

This has been one of my essential apps for years now. In fact, I intended not to update my iPhone just to make sure I didn't lose access to the app. That's no longer a concern. I think this is one of the best songwriting apps available, even compared to newer or more up to date apps.

I give it four stars, instead of 5, because the updated app is a bit buggy. I'm having an issue where lyrics disappear when I go to edit them (but reappear when I close the "edit mode" view.) Some of the UI isn't as clean and smooth as it could be.

That said, I'm extremely happy that it's gotten an update. I really hope that this might be the first of more new updates, and the app might become even better than before. I'll definitely re-review with five stars if that turns out to be the case.

Things that could improve the app:

Branching folders (i.e, a folder within a folder)

More export options

More customizable UI

Fixing of bugs (when going from landscape mode to portrait mode, song file stays in landscape; aforementioned disappearing text issue; etc.)

This used to be an amazing app. The best! But after getting taken over by a holding company, this app hasn’t seen an update in 3 years. The Dropbox linking has been broken for some time which didn’t affect me until my iPhone X quit. Now I’m no longer able to access my songs that were stored in Dropbox. If the developer would fix the broken Dropbox link it would be fine.

This app received a modest update to work with iOS 11. I was ecstatic to see this because the app had not been updated in 4 years and was not working with iOS 11. I have a lot of content in this app and wasn't sure how I was going to get to my material. It's a great app but therein lies my problem. If they decide not to update it anymore then I'm screwed and all my years of songwriting are gone. But this goes for any app. I've toyed with the idea of moving all my material to an app such as OneNote that's not going away but it's not specific to songwriting and not as great to use. Plus there is no easy way to export your material from one app to another. I did that years ago when iWork for iCloud came out and lost a ton of material because iCloud was buggy. So this is a great app for songwriting and I've used it for many years. I said all this to say this: just make sure you have a backup plan.

The Setting the letters above are covering words below that line all the way down the page. My folders & song Titles are blending into the line below. It’s in need of a basic fix. I’m using an iPad 12.9” screen & iPhone Pro & both have this same issue. The font for Settings is too big to fit correctly in the app & same goes for I suppose the Folders & sing titles. This should be quite fixable for the developers. Why if I’m paying could I not move my songs from the initial trial/free version over to the paid version. I didn’t want to d.l. an additional app (paid). I just wanted to pay for more than the 2-3 folders in the free version but when I went to purchase it had me download the app a 2nd time. No way to purchase from within the app. Why? Please fix. This is messy! I’ll revise my review. App has great potential but no readable Settings/Instructions etc. Why?