Everything stays on your phone

Catch the idea before it’s gone.

Takepad is a notebook built for people who make music. Lyrics, recordings and photos live together in one note, and every take is turned into text right on your phone — nothing is sent over the internet.

Beta coming soon Android 10 or later

Songwriters
Rappers
Vocalists
Producers
Bands

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Night Drive

Today, 11:14 PM · song sketch

a hundred nameless takes,

a hundred hooks no one heard,

now every whisper gets a title

before I lose the words,

humming on the late-night bus,

half a melody, half a rhyme,

hit record, there’s the take,

caught it right on time

Recording 100:24

Transcription draft

a hundred nameless takes, a hundred hooks no one heard, now every whisper gets a title before I lose the words,

Recording 200:13

Chorus

Whispered at three. A hit by ten.

Why Takepad

A song idea shows up on the bus, in the shower, halfway through a conversation. A week later you’ve got fifty files with names like “Recording 37,” and not one of them tells you what’s inside.

Takepad gets you from a rough take to finished lyrics — and keeps all of it off other people’s servers.

1Record
2Read
3Find
4Write

Features

Everything a song needs, on the go

From the first hum to finished lyrics, in one app. No account required.

Capture in one tap

Hit record and the take drops straight into your note as an audio tile. A line, a melody, a stray thought, caught before it slips away.

Transcription on your phone

Transcription runs entirely on your device, in English, Polish and five other languages. Watch a live draft appear as you record, or dictate straight into a note.

Works offline

Search by meaning

Type what a recording was about and Takepad finds it, even when the exact words escape you.

One-time model download

The whole song in one note

Lyrics, song sections like verse, chorus and intro, to-do lists, even a photo of your lyric sheet from rehearsal, all side by side.

Take it anywhere

Export everything as a ZIP file (password-protected if you like) or save straight to Obsidian. Your songs stay yours.

A look inside

This is Takepad

Takes right inside your lyrics, transcription on your phone, a calendar and a recorder — all in one app.

Privacy

Your ideas stay with you

Unreleased lyrics, vocal takes, half-finished ideas — none of it belongs in the cloud.

No account, no sign-in. Open the app and get to work.
Nothing leaves your phone. Transcription and search run on your device and work offline.
Online only to download models. From a public server, once per model.
Backups on your terms. A folder on your phone, your own cloud drive or Google backup — all off by default.

The first test release is on the way

Android 10 or later. Details coming soon, right here.

Beta coming soon