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Kordra Capture
London, United Kingdom
What it is
Kordra Capture is a free native iPhone app for saving songwriting ideas as lyrics, chord changes, notes, melodies, rhythms, riffs, or voice recordings. You can capture text without first setting a title, tempo, or structure, then add another take to the same capture. Related captures can be arranged into a Song Seed, an ordered group of lyrics, notes, and recordings. Optional context includes title, tags, type, section, mood, key, tempo, and chords. Text, audio, and songwriting context remain stored locally on the iPhone and work offline. Search helps locate ideas, and recently deleted captures can be recovered on the device for up to 30 days. You choose what to export or share through iOS destinations such as Files, AirDrop, or another app, while the original remains on the phone. Capture requires no account, subscription, or in-app purchase. Kordra says it uses no cloud storage, advertising, or analytics SDKs and does not receive captures or library records. Kordra Studio for Mac is sold separately but is not required.
For and against
For
- Free iPhone app with no account required
- Stores text and audio offline
- Supports lyrics, chords, notes, and recordings
- Song Seeds organize related captures
- Recently deleted ideas recoverable for 30 days
Against
- iOS only
- Requires iOS 18 or later
- Kordra Studio is sold separately
- Spotlight indexing is off by default
The verdict
Kordra Capture focuses on quick, private songwriting notes and recordings stored directly on an iPhone. Its offline storage, search, recovery, and selective export support an idea-capture workflow without requiring Kordra Studio.
Who it suits
Capture suits songwriters who want an iPhone pocket companion for quickly preserving ideas. It is also intended for creative professionals using Kordra Studio, though Studio is optional.
Plans and prices
Kordra Capture
iPhone app · iOS 18 or later
Read 8 Oct 2026 · kordra.io
On the record
- Context
- Captures can include optional titles, tags, type, section, mood, key, tempo or chords.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Export
- Users choose what to export or share, and iOS hands selected text and audio to destinations such as Files, AirDrop or another app while the original stays on the iPhone.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Kordra describes its products as focused tools for creative professionals and Capture as a pocket companion for songwriters using Studio.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Microphone and sharing
- Capture requests microphone permission only when recording begins, and files leave the app only when users deliberately export or share them.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Offline storage
- Text, audio and songwriting context are stored locally on the iPhone and remain available offline.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Kordra says Capture requires no account or sign-in, uses no cloud or hosted storage, advertising or analytics SDKs, and does not send users’ text captures, recordings, context or library records to Kordra.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Kordra Capture is a native iPhone app for saving lyric, chord, note and voice ideas while they are fresh.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Search and recovery
- Users can search captures and recover recently deleted ideas on the device for up to 30 days.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Song Seeds
- A Song Seed is an ordered group of related captures, such as lyrics, notes and recordings.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Spotlight
- Spotlight search integration is off by default; when enabled, only approved capture titles, tags and Song Seed titles are added to the on-device index.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Studio handoff
- Capture can prepare ideas for Kordra Studio, a Mac app sold separately; Studio is not required to keep, search or export captures.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Kordra directs Studio and Capture users to email [email protected] with the app version, iOS or macOS version, and a description of what happened.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Text capture
- It lets users save lyrics, chord changes or a few words about a song without first setting a title, tempo or structure.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
- Voice recording
- Users can record melodies, rhythms or riffs and add another take to a capture.kordra.io · read 8 Oct 2026
