About this app
What Bandmate does
Bandmate is a phone-first songwriting studio for people who can sing or hum a melody but can't yet play instruments. Hum a tune; Bandmate records and analyzes the pitches. Build a song structure (verse / chorus / bridge) one block at a time. Suggest chords from a curated catalog of pop / folk / R&B / country progressions. Save and share. What's in v1: — Hum recorder: tap, hum 8 seconds, get back a sequence of detected pitches plus a one-line key/scale guess. Uses Apple AVAudioEngine pitch detection (autocorrelation) — entirely on-device. — Chord builder: pick a key. Bandmate shows the 7 diatonic chords (I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii°). Tap to play through AVAudioEngine sine synthesis. Stack chords into a progression. — Progression library: 30 hand-curated progressions (Axis of Awesome I-V-vi-IV, Pachelbel canon I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V, twelve-bar blues, Bo Diddley beat, Doo-wop I-vi-IV-V, ...). — Song structure builder: drag blocks (intro / verse / pre-chorus / chorus / bridge / outro), assign a progression and a melody hum to each, see total duration estimate. — Lyrics pad: a syllable counter that tells you how many syllables each line has versus the matching melody, so words and tune align. Free. Optional Bandmate Plus ($9.99/yr) adds extended progression library, MIDI export of progressions, and tempo + drum-track tap.
Features
Built to be useful, not noisy.
Hum recorder
On-device pitch detection.
Chord + progression builder
Diatonic chords, tap-to-play.
Song structure
Verse-chorus blocks with assigned hums.
Lyrics pad
Syllable counter against melody.
Why it exists
The problem
Suno hit $300M ARR letting you type a description and get a song. Many would-be musicians don't want 'AI makes a song' — they want 'I'm the artist, AI helps me execute.' The bridge between humming and DAW (Logic, Ableton) takes years; Bandmate halves that.
What's different
How Bandmate stands out
Bandmate is the only mobile app combining (a) on-device hum-pitch detection, (b) a curated progression library, (c) a song-structure builder with hum-as-melody slots. Suno generates whole songs; Bandmate teaches songwriting. GarageBand is a DAW; Bandmate is the writer's notebook before the DAW.
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FAQ
Questions about Bandmate
How much does Bandmate cost?▾
Bandmate is free. All features are included from day one — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no paid tiers. Everything you see in this listing works the moment you install it.
Where does Bandmate store my data?▾
On your device. Bandmate is built privacy-first: no account is required, no analytics SDKs, no third-party trackers. Nothing is uploaded to a server we control — the app works without one.
What platforms does Bandmate support?▾
iOS, on iPhone and iPad. You can find the latest availability on this page.
How do I get support for Bandmate?▾
Use the Support link on this page, or email support@allthingsn.com. We answer every message and keep responses on the same thread.
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