Screef

Screef is a songwriting notebook for iPhone. Capture a recording, write out some lyrics, mark the chords over the words. Recordings and words live on the same sheet, so the hum that started a song stays next to the verse it became. See all your ideas in one feed and pick up where you left off. Tag things when you feel like it — covers, open mic, bluesy — or don't. Screef works well for quick capture, and for the tidier versions later. It's the plainness of a notes app, with somewhere to put the chords. Record a riff or a half-finished song without going anywhere else. What's in it • Hit record and play. A recording names and dates itself the moment it exists — rename it later, or never. • Chords sit above the word they land on. Tap a word, tap a chord. • Sections group lines together: verse, chorus, bridge, or whatever you call it. • Notes to yourself in the margin — start a line with…