Guitar Notebook4.1 - App Store

Keep all your songs and ideas together in one place! Add chords, audio recordings, lyrics, and more. Import songs from photos with SongSight AI! Perfect for songwriters and guitarists of any skill or music theory level.
ADD CHORDS AND NOTES

Use the Chord Keyboard and Automatic Chord Detector to quickly add chords to your song. With the virtual fretboard, you can also just tap to add notes for custom chords or any pattern. Add a capo, create custom tunings, and choose from beautiful page styles for your song. Show your notation as chord diagrams or expandable fretboard diagrams. Display notes on the fretboard as note letters, frets, chord degrees, or fingering.
RECORD AUDIO & LYRICS

Record your song to capture rhythm and tempo, and add as many recordings to a page as you like. Use the Text Editor to add notes and lyrics. With audio, text, and notation you have everything you need to save and recreate your idea, whether that’s a new song or part of a multi-track GarageBand / DAW project.
IMPORT AND ORGANIZE YOUR SONGS

Streamline your songwriting workflow with Folders and Tags. Group songs by Writing Phase, Category, Rating, Album, Style, or Instrument.
SongSight imports your handwritten notebooks, photos of printed songs, or PDF chord charts, so you can keep all your songs together in one place.
PRINT & SHARE

Print songs, or save as PDFs to your Files. Share your songs as PDFs via email, text, AirDrop, and more!
YOUR SONGS ARE SAFE

Guitar Notebook was created by guitarists at SonaMetro. We understand how important your songs are to you. SongSync ensures your songs are private, secure, and available on all your devices using your personal iCloud account. You can even work offline and SongSync will upload any changes to your account when you come back online.
GET MORE WITH PRO

Get started songwriting with this limited version Guitar Notebook. Upgrade to Guitar Notebook PRO in-app with a Lifetime Buy or Yearly Subscription (your songs will always be there even if you end your subscription) for unlimited songs, pages, recordings, capo, custom tuning, and more. With Universal Purchase, your upgrade works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
BEAUTIFUL PAGE STYLES

. Paper: Crisp white with maple fretboard
. Maple: Neutral off-white with maple fretboard
. Rosewood: Dark Mode with rosewood fretboard
. Blue Steel: Twilight blue with metal fretboard
. Dark Studio: Ultra-dim and easy on the eyes during late night sessions
. Sunburst: Classic orange sunburst with hardwood fretboard
The FREE version of Guitar Notebook gets you started with:

. Up to 5 Songs, 1 Page per Song
. 1 Audio Recording per Page (up to 1 hour per recording)
. Import songs from photos with SongSight AI
. Chord Library and Chord Keyboard to easily add chords
. Chord Detector helps you figure out what chord your notes are
. All Page Styles with Auto Light/Dark Modes
. Professional audio monitoring
. Custom labels and tags to organize songs
. Tap/strum and zoomable fretboard with sound
. SongSync between devices
. Work Online or Offline
. Print, Save, and Share PDFs
. Full portrait and landscape mode support
Get Guitar Notebook PRO with a Lifetime Upgrade or Yearly Subscription and get all current and future Pro features!

. Unlimited Songs and Pages
. Unlimited Audio Recordings per Page (up to 1 hour per recording)
. SongSight up to 500 photos
. Guitar Capo
. Custom Tuning with 128 note range
. Remove Guitar Notebook header from PDFs
. Universal Purchase - Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
. Family Sharing support (everyone has their own private notebook)
Questions? Contact us at support@sonametro.com

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Version History Guitar Notebook keeps getting better!
- New: Import Songs from PDF
- Folders now respect sort by Date and Name in the Song list
- Ready for iOS and MacOS 27
- Mixed chords (sharps and flats) in a song now automatically adapt to show proper note letters in on the fretboard
- Integrated with StoreKit 2
- Imported SongSight chord names over lyrics are now have more accurate spacing
- Imported SongSight chord diagrams now use chord library chords so you can change fret positions and see fingerings 4.1 Oct 5 • Redesigned experience! Now it's easier to access your songs pages and create chords.
• New ways to play chords including single strum and in sequence (scale or finger pick)
• Add chords with the chord key board directly on the song page
• Labels are now Folders (all your labels and settings have been preserved) - start with a single set of folders, or use virtual folders to put songs into multiple folders at the same time. (Note that Guitar Notebook folders work a little differently. Deleting folders moves any songs in that folder to "Unfiled". It never deletes your songs.)
• New fretboard display modes: Show notes as Note letters, frets, degrees, or fingering
• Chord notation style now automatically enforces one note per string (you can change this in settings if you prefer)
• Access the Tuning and Capo settings directly from the Song page
• Search for songs in your song list
• Page lock is now Edit mode and View mode
• Song pages now show up as tabs on your song, making it easier to switch back and forth
• Chords now show proper note letters based on the chord degree (flat 3, flat 7, etc), instead of the sharp version.
• Detected chords now remember your selection and show proper degrees as well
• Tapping on any chord diagram or fretboard diagram now plays that diagram. Access the fretboard by tapping the "guitar" icon below the chord (or in the notation section or the chord keyboard)
• Notebook settings can now by found in the song list (sidebar) toolbar menu
• Longer chord names now fit above the chords.
• Paste now clears existing notes before pasting, and pastes the name and chord info.
• Folders can be collapsed/expanded in the song list
• On iPhone, the current chord diagram is now shown on the fretboard view, in the Display controls section
• Numerous other fixes and performance improvements.
• Send us feedback at support@sonametro.com! Tell us what you think! 4.0 Aug 25 Updated audio engine
- New Audio Settings pop-up shows current Audio Inputs and Outputs, a larger audio level meter, and audio monitoring details.
- Better handling of switching audio inputs and outputs on your devices such as Sound Settings on Mac or Bluetooth connections on iOS. No longer need to restart the app to detect new/changed inputs/outputs.
- Reduced file sizes for mono audio sources.
- Improved mic detection when using Tuner.
- Overall audio performance and stability improvements. 3.4.2 Jul 15 - Added support for 7#9, 13ths (13, maj13, m13), and 7sus4 chords in chord detector
- Improved handling of auto-switching between chord detector and chord keyboard
- Improved reliability of store kit validation 3.4.1 Jul 5 New Features:
- New Automatic Chord Detection when adding in notes on the fretboard!
- Sort your Song list by a Label Group so you can see every song and how it is labeled.
- Customize the font size for lyrics.

Fixes:
- Fixed rare "AudioEngine could not be initialized" error that would prevent recording.
- Fixed issues with playback slider getting stuck.
- Waveforms now show up after downloading without reloading the page.
- Pro features now work offline (no internet connection) properly.
- Song list filters and label sorting now stay in place between launches.
- UI Fixes for iPhone zoomed mode.
- Tuner now more responsive with built-in device mic 3.4 Jun 22 Audio file import and recording export!
Audio waveforms and dynamic sizing of the audio player.
Built-in Guitar Tuner!
Drag and drop to re-arrange chords and pages.
Song list now shows applied labels and tags for each song.
Added ability to quickly clear the song list filters from the filters list overlay.
In the tags section you can now see available tags that you've used before.
Fixed glitching issues with recording on Mac from 48k audio sources.
If using a single channel input guitar interface, but file is recorded in stereo, monitoring, playback, and export will now handle that so it plays in mono.
Fix a rare issue where first launch on app update could play audio through the phone receiver instead of main speaker. 3.3 Jun 2 Fixed an issue where deleting an audio file immediately after recording could cause a crash. 3.2.8 May 9 Moves next/previous buttons under chord keyboard on the fretboard view.
Adds New Chord Diagram button on the fretboard view. 3.2.7 Apr 19 Now text syncs in realtime between iOS devices (iPhone, iPad). 
Fixed an issue where text would not sync properly when you had the app open on two devices at the same time.
As you type, your lyrics are automatically saved when you stop typing for 1 second.
Mac syncs much faster as well (switch to the Finder or any other app and back to "refresh" faster). 3.2.6 Mar 1 Fixed an issue where under specific conditions, tapping on the fretboard would place the note in the wrong place.
User interface fixes and improvements
Streamlined help text 3.2.5 Jan 20 Text editing fixes for iOS 18 and earlier. 3.2.4 Jan 5 Fix issues with text editing on iOS 26 3.2.3 12/23/2025 - Fixed an issue where chord buttons would not update when pressed in iOS 26
- Faster check for "Pro" status when accessing features
- Improved switching between chord inversions - now increments up and down the fretboard properly and does not overlap the sound 3.2.2 11/30/2025 Add flats support to the new Chord Keyboard 3.2.1 09/06/2025 New! Chord Library with thousands of common chords up and down the fretboard.
Chord Keyboard for quickly adding Chords to your song.
Now swipe to move up and down the fretboard when zoomed.
Other minor UI improvements and fixes. 3.2 09/02/2025 Minor UI changes, links in Help.
Prep for new chord library feature (coming soon!).
Updated limits on free vs pro.
See https://www.sonametro.com/guitarnotebook/compare for details 3.1.5 07/09/2025 Now you can explore all the features in the Starter version of Guitar Notebook for up to 3 songs.
Upgrade to Pro for unlimited songs.
Other minor UI changes and improvements. 3.1.4 06/15/2025 New text tab button in the keyboard for iPhone (iPad already has one built in), making it easier to jump into lines when adding chords.
You can now select and copy text even when the page is locked.
Fixed a number of text view jumping issues, where the view would jump to the top, or place the cursor just above the keyboard when typing anywhere in the view.
Fixed an issue on iPad when using physical keyboard where locking the page would not disable text editing. 3.1.3 06/08/2025 Fix issue with X's still showing when notes are on a string 3.1.2 05/03/2025 Fixed an issue that would prevent launch on older versions of iOS
Updated help icons for older versions of iOS 3.1.1 04/14/2025 - New! Lock a page to prevent changes and to play your chords from the main page
- Fixed an issue where pressing play on an audio file that wasn't downloaded yet would cause a crash
- Pressing play on an audio file that is not downloaded will now initiate the download
- If no network connection, or if problems occur with syncing an error icon will be shown in the title bar

Complete release notes here: https://www.sonametro.com/guitarnotebook/releases 3.1 04/07/2025 - Create multiple audio recordings on each page!
- Add Artist/Songwriter/Composer name
- Zoom the fretboard for easier tapping
- Next/Previous buttons on the Fretboard editor
- Set any style as the default Style
- iPad now shows chord diagrams in portrait mode in the fretboard editor
- Show and Hide Editing buttons on the Fretboard editor
- New Integrated Help pages
- Bug fixes and Performance improvements

Full Release Notes here: https://www.sonametro.com/guitarnotebook/releases 3.0 03/17/2025 Improved handling of restricted iCloud account status
Printing, Saving, and Sharing PDFs are now Pro features 2.8.3 02/03/2025 Update SongSight to the latest OpenAI APIs
Other minor bug fixes
See complete release notes here:
https://www.sonametro.com/guitarnotebook/releases 2.8.2 12/05/2024 Fix note alignment in PDFs/Prints on iPhone.
Minor graphic bug fixes. 2.8.1 10/15/2024