01 / Record in one tap
Catch the song before it fades.
Music Dawn is where your musical ideas live. Record one the moment it arrives, find it again in seconds, and come back when you're ready to work on it.
Start a take from iPhone, Apple Watch, the Lock Screen, Control Center, Siri, or Shortcuts.
02 / Find any idea again
Every idea, ready to find.
Working on an album? Give it a folder and drop every idea for it there. Every new take gets a title, so even an idea you never named is easy to spot.
Search by title, keep the best ones in Favorites, or browse by where you recorded them. Select a handful of takes at once to move, favorite, or delete them.
Anything you delete waits in Recently Deleted until you restore it or erase it for good.
03 / Shape the sound
Shape the sound while it is alive.
Play against a detailed waveform and trim without touching the original.
Every take plays with a finished sound, free: EQ, a compressor, a plate reverb, and Master, which sets the level. Share the original, or the take as you hear it.
04 / Listen on the go
Hear what goes on the next album.
Play a whole folder while you commute, travel or go for a run, in order or shuffled. When one song ends, the next one starts, even with the screen locked.
Favorite the best ones as you listen, even from the Lock Screen, and you know what to work on next. Back home, share a favorite as a WAV and drop it into your DAW.
More in the app
Everything you need while you play.
05Pro
Hear yourself while you play.
Monitor through headphones as you record. The saved take stays dry.
06
Set the pulse. Choose the meter.
A click from 40 to 240 BPM, in 2/4 up to 7/4, with Tap Tempo. The take never includes it.
07
Tune without leaving the song.
Note, frequency, and cents, with guitar strings as targets. Set A4 to 432, 440, or 442 Hz.
08
Record on Apple Watch.
Start a take on your wrist without putting the instrument down.
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From iPhone to iPad, without missing a beat.
Your own iCloud keeps the library the same on every device.
Free and Pro
A complete recorder for free. Pro adds live monitoring and every effect.
Music Dawn
Free
- Recording on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
- The library: folders, search, favorites, places, and Recently Deleted, synced with iCloud
- Tuner and metronome
- Playback, trimming, and a finished sound: EQ, compressor, plate reverb, and Master
- Playing a whole folder, with the screen locked and from the Lock Screen
- Sharing the original or the take as you hear it
Music Dawn Pro
Monthly, yearly with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time purchase
- Hear yourself through headphones as you record
- Every other effect, from delay and chorus to distortion, and more reverb spaces
- Build, reorder, and save your own effect chains
- A default sound for every new take
- Chord, key, and tempo detection (Beta)
Yours
Your music stays yours.
- No account
- Open the app and record. There is nothing to sign up for.
- No ads
- Nothing is tracked. No ads and no third-party analytics.
- On your device
- Recording, playback, effects, and tuning happen on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch.
- Your iCloud
- Sync runs through your own private iCloud. Location tagging is optional.
Questions
Before you install.
- I miss Music Memos. Is this for me?
- Yes. Music Dawn is made for that same moment: a riff or a melody you want to keep before it slips away. Record it in one tap, then come back to it with a tuner, a click, and your ideas sorted into folders.
- What does it add to Voice Memos?
- A click to play along to, a tuner on the same screen, recording from Apple Watch, folders and search made for takes, and effects that shape how a take sounds. And your Voice Memos can come along: bring in many at once and pick up where you left off.
- Is it free?
- Yes. Recording, the library, iCloud sync, the tuner, the metronome, playback, trimming, and the finished sound (EQ, a compressor, a plate reverb, and Master) are free. Music Dawn Pro adds live monitoring, every other effect, your own effect chains and presets, and chord, key, and tempo detection (Beta). Pro is monthly, yearly with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time purchase.
- Which devices does it run on?
- iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 or iPadOS 26, and Apple Watch with watchOS 26. Your own iCloud keeps the library the same on iPhone and iPad.
- Can I record on Apple Watch?
- Yes. The Watch app records on its own and sends the take to your iPhone library.
- How do I keep my song ideas organized?
- Give each song or album a folder and move takes into it, one at a time or many at once. Search by title, keep the best takes in Favorites, or browse by where you recorded them. Every new take gets a title, and anything you delete waits in Recently Deleted until you restore it. It is all free.
- Can I listen to my ideas on the go?
- Yes. Play a folder in order or shuffled, and it keeps playing with the screen locked or while you use another app. Skip a song or favorite it from the Lock Screen.
- Does the click end up in my recording?
- No. The metronome plays in your headphones and the saved take never includes it. Set it from 40 to 240 BPM, in 2/4 up to 7/4, or tap the tempo.
- Where do my recordings go?
- Music Dawn keeps them on your device and syncs them through your own private iCloud. There is no account, no ads, and no third-party analytics, and Beyond Beyond never receives your recordings.
Music Dawn
Record ideas. Find them again.
Every great song started as an idea someone almost forgot. Save yours, for the sake of humanity.