MIDI Scribe
James Ranson Music iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
MIDI Scribe is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by James Ranson. Rated 5.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 18.6. Updated June 9, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 39 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jun 9
- 2026 · v1.1.2
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About MIDI Scribe
MIDI Scribe is a free productivity app for capturing and organizing practice takes from your MIDI-capable musical instrument. Run it while you practice, and it will automatically start new takes after every session break, with a configurable auto-take idle time, as well as support for specific MIDI commands (such as a middle or left piano pedal press) to manually start and end takes. A piano roll is provided to review and scrub individual takes. Star the takes that you want to keep indefinitely, while unstarred takes are cleaned up over time based on a configurable retention policy. All takes can be exported as MIDI files for use in other programs. MIDI Scribe is completely private. Connect your instrument, capture your takes, and keep everything securely on your device . No ads, no analytics, no snooping on your usage, and nothing ever leaves your device unless you export it. MIDI Scribe is completely free and open source for you to enjoy.
What’s new
Version 1.1.2 · Updated June 9, 2026
This release includes changes under the hood for performance and stability.
App privacy
The developer, James Ranson, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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