The best AI music generator apps in 2026, compared on what you can make, fix, keep and share

We make Midhull, so read this with that in mind: we ranked it first, and the reasons are below in plain terms you can check. Every fact about another app on this page comes from that company's own pricing page, help center, terms, app store listing or credible press, opened on 31 October 2026, and each one is linked at the bottom. We did not invent ratings, user counts or test scores, and we did not run blind listening tests across these apps, so this is not a sound quality shoot out. It is a comparison of what each app lets you do on a phone, and what you get to keep.

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Midhull's Create screen with nine ways to start a song

The short list

RankAppBest for
1MidhullMaking, fixing and sharing finished songs on your phone, with downloads that stay yours
2SunoThe widest feature set, including a desktop style studio on its top plan
3ElevenLabs MusicLicensed music for creators and brands, with stems and inpainting
4Google Flow MusicCheap web plans with unlimited downloads, stems and music videos
5MurekaMany songs for little money, with uploaded vocal input and up to 12 stems
6MusicfulLots of tools in one budget mobile app
7SonivaA quick sung song on the phone, with song packs instead of a subscription
8DonnaPersonal songs from a photo or lyrics on mobile
9UdioExperimenting inside Udio while its licensed platform is built
10SoundfulRoyalty free background instrumentals for content

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How we ranked them

We scored each app against the job most people come for: you have an idea and a phone, and you want a finished song you are proud of, that you can fix without starting over, keep as a file, and share with someone.

CriterionWeightWhat we looked at
Ways to start20%Text, own lyrics, hum or audio, photo, rhythm, remix, sample
Control after the first take25%Section edits, single line edits, extend, key, tempo, voice, stems
What you keep25%Download rules and caps, formats, whether downloads survive a plan change, written ownership and commercial terms
Mobile15%iOS and Android apps, what each app can do on the phone
Sharing and community15%How a song reaches a person who does not have the app, feeds, remix credit, challenges

Things we did not score: sound quality (we did not run a fair blind test across apps), ratings (store ratings are easy to look up and not comparable for a launching app) and price for Midhull (not published until launch).

In the app

Regenerating one chorus in Midhull's studio while the rest of the song stays
Midhull export screen with WAV, MP3, stems and loudness presets

1. Midhull: best for making, fixing and sharing finished songs on your phone

Midhull is a music studio app for iPhone and Android, launching soon in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. It is built for the whole life of a song, from the first idea to the person you send it to.

Why it ranks first

  • Nine ways to start. Describe it, Write it (your own lyrics), Hum it, Sing it, Snap it (a photo), Dedicate it (a song about a person from a few questions), Tap it (a rhythm), Remix it and Sample it. Most apps give you a text box and an optional upload.
  • Fix one thing, keep the rest. Regenerate one section, rewrite or re sing one line, extend by 10 to 90 seconds, add a bridge, change the key by up to 6 semitones, set the tempo anywhere from 40 to 220 BPM, swap the vocal (female, male, duet, group, choir, rap, whisper or your own verified voice), make it acoustic, or move it to another genre and keep the vocal. Lines you like can be locked. Some of these tools open up as you make songs: key and tempo at level 3, section redo and bridges at level 5, instrument swaps at level 8.
  • Downloads stay yours. MP3, WAV, stems (drums, bass, keys, lead; stem export opens at level 10), a chord MIDI file and a lyric sheet, with loudness presets for streaming, short video, YouTube and podcasts. Songs you make stay downloadable even if you change plans: Midhull does not lock downloads after the fact.
  • Fair by design. Previews do not use your balance; a song counts only when you keep it. If a kept take comes out broken (a gap in the vocal, a skipped line, clipping, cut short, wrong language, silence), the song goes back to your balance automatically. Songs stay on the engine version they were made with, so later edits still match.
  • Songs that travel. Send a song to someone and they open it in any browser, with no app and no account, with its own cover and lyrics in time. They can answer with a song of their own, and the two become one split cover. Add birthdays to an occasion calendar and get a reminder five days ahead by default.
  • A cover for every song. Each song gets its own cover from a real photograph, a typeface and a layout chosen for that song, not a stock square.
  • Community with a pulse. A discover feed, charts by genre, city and language, Fresh 50 for new creators, remix trees that credit every original, and weekly challenges where every entry stays sealed until Release Hour, when they all open at once.
  • Your voice only with your consent. Your own voice works after a live read of a consent phrase, which is checked. Midhull does not clone other people and does not imitate real artists.

Good to know

  • Midhull is phone first. On the web you open and listen to songs people send you; making happens in the app.
  • Your first full song is free during setup. After that there are Creator, Pro and Family plans, monthly or yearly, with a 3 day trial on yearly plans. Prices are published at launch.
  • Singing has been tested in 37 languages, from Spanish and Portuguese to Hindi, Arabic and Filipino.
  • Personal use is included on every plan, and each song's rights card states what you can do with it under your plan. The full terms are published at launch.

Best for: anyone who wants a finished song on their phone, wants to fix a line instead of rolling the dice again, and wants to keep the file.

2. Suno: best for the widest feature set

Suno runs on web, iOS and Android. Its v6 model family launched on 9 September 2026 and was trained with licensed partners Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe. Suno Studio 2.0, a browser based studio with MIDI and stem tools, is part of the Premier plan.

  • Price: in the iOS app, Pro is $10.00 a month and Premier $30.00 a month; the website shows $8 and $24, the per month cost of yearly billing. Free gives 50 credits a day on v6-mini.
  • Downloads: since 3 September 2026, Pro includes 20 song downloads a month and Premier 60, and the caps also apply to songs made before that date. Extra downloads are sold separately. Premier's Studio exports are not capped.
  • Rights: on paid tiers Suno assigns its rights in outputs to you, without promising that copyright will exist in them; free tier outputs are for personal, non commercial use, and remixes are non commercial on every tier.

Pros

  • The largest feature surface in this list: Studio 2.0 with MIDI, up to three stem types, custom models trained on your tracks, Voices and personas, and inputs from text, audio, images and video.
  • Licensed partners for v6 (WMG, BMG, Believe).
  • Everywhere: web, iOS, Android, CarPlay, Android Auto and an iMessage extension.

Cons

  • Monthly download caps on paid plans, applied to older songs too.
  • The free tier is limited to v6-mini and personal use, and earlier models were retired at the v6 launch.
  • Still in litigation: Universal and Sony, Round Hill, SOCAN and Koda cases are reported as ongoing, and a Munich court ruled against Suno at first instance in the GEMA case on 31 July 2026 (appealable).

Best for: people who want the deepest tools and are comfortable with download caps.

3. ElevenLabs Music: best for licensed music with stems

ElevenLabs makes music in its web product and in ElevenMusic, an iOS app released in April 2026. Music v2 launched on 26 May 2026. ElevenLabs has licensing deals with Merlin, Kobalt and Believe, and Universal Music Group signed a multi year licensing agreement with it in September 2026.

  • Price: ElevenMusic on iOS is $9.99 a month or $95.90 a year. On the web, music uses the same credits as ElevenLabs' voice products, at 900 credits per minute.
  • Downloads: MP3 and WAV, with 2 and 4 stems on Starter and Creator and up to 6 on Pro.
  • Rights: self serve paid plans allow online and offline commercial use except film, TV and games; Free is personal use only.

Pros

  • Licensed model with independent and major partners.
  • Section inpainting and up to 6 stems.
  • A marketplace that pays creators a share starting at 25% of each licence sale.

Cons

  • The ElevenMusic app is on iOS; we found no Android listing.
  • Commercial use excludes film, TV and games on self serve plans.
  • On the web, music minutes share a credit pool with other ElevenLabs products.

Best for: creators and brands who need cleared music and stems.

4. Google Flow Music: best for cheap web plans with unlimited downloads

Google Flow Music is the former ProducerAI, acquired by Google in February 2026 and renamed in April 2026. It runs on the web at flowmusic.app and on iOS, with a chat based producer.

  • Price: web Starter $6 a month (3,000 credits, about 600 songs), Plus $18, Member $48. The same plans cost more in the iOS app: Starter $7.99 a month.
  • Downloads: "unlimited downloads", in MP3, WAV and M4A, plus stems; music videos through Veo.
  • Rights: We could not find product specific ownership or commercial terms on the pages we checked.

Pros

  • The lowest paid entry price in this list on the web.
  • Unlimited downloads and stems.
  • Covers, replace, extend and Veo music videos in one product.

Cons

  • iOS prices are higher than web prices.
  • No product specific commercial terms found; the terms link goes to general Google Terms.
  • Named in a pending class action (Kogon v. Google) over training data.

Best for: web first producers who want volume and files.

5. Mureka: best for volume and custom vocals on a budget

Mureka, from Skywork AI, runs on the web and iOS (an Android listing exists but we could not open it to confirm).

  • Price: yearly billing works out at $7.17 and $21.59 a month for its two plans, Pro and Premier (Mureka's FAQ gives both figures without saying which plan each belongs to). The iOS app also sells weekly plans. Free gives 50 Gold a day, about 4 songs on its older free model.
  • Downloads: subscription only, "unlimited downloads" for members; Premier adds MIDI and WAV exports and 12 stem splitting. After you cancel, you can listen but not download.
  • Rights: members get "full commercial rights" per Mureka's subscribe page.

Pros

  • Low yearly cost per month for a large Gold allowance.
  • Broad inputs: text, image, video, hum, reference audio and uploaded vocal audio.
  • 12 stems on Premier.

Cons

  • Downloads stop when the subscription ends.
  • Free users are limited to the older model.
  • We found no statement about licensing of training data.

Best for: power users who want many songs for little money and will keep subscribing.

6. Musicful: best for many tools in one budget app

Musicful runs on the web, iOS and Android, with text to song, lyrics to song, hum to song, AI covers, music videos, a stem splitter and a lyric video maker.

  • Price: in the iOS app, weekly plans at $4.99 and $6.99 and yearly plans at $39.99 and $49.99, plus credit packs.
  • Downloads: MP3, WAV and MIDI are listed; caps are not stated.
  • Rights: the website says Free and Basic songs are non commercial and higher plans allow commercial use, without guaranteed copyright protection.

Pros

  • MP3, WAV and MIDI export stated.
  • Hum to song and reference audio.
  • iOS and Android apps with a synced web workspace.

Cons

  • Weekly subscription plans.
  • Three different legal entities across the iOS listing, the Android listing and the terms, and the terms do not state who owns the output.

Best for: budget mobile users who want covers, stems and video in one place.

7. Soniva: best for a quick sung song with song packs

Soniva is an iOS and Android app.

  • Price: weekly $6.99, monthly $18.99, yearly $79.99 in the iOS app, plus a 10 song pack for $3.99. AI Cover ($9.99), Proof of Creation ($12.99) and video credits are sold separately.
  • Downloads: "high quality audio exports"; formats and caps are not stated.
  • Rights: the store listing says "royalty free songs"; the terms do not explicitly grant ownership or commercial use.

Pros

  • A non subscription option through song packs.
  • AI Cover with your own voice upload.

Cons

  • Add ons for covers, proof of creation, stems and video.
  • Terms do not state ownership or commercial rights.

Best for: casual users who want a fast song on the phone.

8. Donna: best for personal songs from a photo or lyrics

Donna is an iOS and Android app.

  • Price: weekly plans from $2.49 to $5.99 and a yearly plan at $59.99 in the iOS app. A subscription is needed to create, and Extend, stem separation and Proof of Creation are not included in it.
  • Rights: Pro subscribers own the songs they make during their subscription; songs made on the free tier are owned by Donna and can be used personally with credit.

Pros

  • Photo to song, AI covers and stems in one app.
  • Clear ownership for paying subscribers.

Cons

  • Extend, stems and Proof of Creation cost extra.
  • Ownership is tied to songs made during the subscription period.

Best for: casual mobile users making personal songs.

9. Udio: best for experimenting inside Udio

Udio runs on the web and iOS; its help center says there is no Android app. After settling with Universal and Warner in late 2025, Udio has added agreements with Merlin, Kobalt and the NMPA, and is building a licensed platform. Sony's lawsuit is reported as ongoing.

  • Price: Standard $10 a month and Pro $30 a month in the iOS app. Free gives 10 credits a day plus 100 a month.
  • Downloads: "downloading of audio, video, and stems has been disabled," per Udio's help center. Songs can still be streamed and shared as links.

Pros

  • Licences with most major and independent rights holders.
  • Inpaint, extend, Styles and Voices on the web.

Cons

  • No audio, video or stem downloads.
  • No Android app, and its help center lists audio upload, remix, inpaint and styling as not yet in the iOS app.

Best for: listening and experimenting inside Udio. See Udio alternatives if you need files.

10. Soundful: best for royalty free background instrumentals

Soundful is a web platform that makes instrumentals from genre templates.

  • Downloads: Free 1 MP3 a month, Plus 100 MP3 and WAV, Pro 400 plus 20 stem packs with MIDI. Dollar prices did not load on its pricing page when we checked.
  • Rights: the Free plan has a personal licence, paid plans a "Music Creator License", and its FAQ says the Standard plan cannot be used commercially.

Pros: stem packs with MIDI on Pro. Cons: no vocals or lyrics described; no mobile app linked from its site.

Best for: background music for videos, streams and brands.

Others worth knowing

  • BandLab: a free mobile and web DAW with SongStarter, an idea generator that opens as editable tracks. Great for musicians; SongStarter takes a genre and a vibe, and we found no prompt or lyrics input on its page.
  • Loudly: a Berlin based platform for royalty free background tracks with stems; check its licence agreement for who owns generated tracks.
  • MusicGPT and TopMediai: web first generators with iOS apps. We could not confirm their current plans and terms from their own pages, so they are not ranked.
  • Boomy: a long running generator with built in distribution; we could not read its current prices or terms from its own site, so it is not ranked.

Feature table

Yes, No, Partial or Not stated, from each company's own pages on 31 October 2026. "Not stated" means we could not find it on an official page, not that the feature is missing.

FeatureMidhullSunoElevenLabs MusicGoogle Flow MusicMurekaMusicfulSonivaDonnaUdioSoundful
iOS appYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNot stated
Android appYesYesNot statedNot statedNot statedYesYesYesNoNot stated
Make songs on the webNo (web opens and plays songs)YesYesYesYesYesNot statedNot statedYesYes
Free way to startFirst full song freeYesYesYesYesYesNot statedOne songYesYes
Text promptYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNot stated
Your own lyricsYesYesYesYesYesYesNot statedYesYesNot stated
Hum or sing to startYesYesYesPartialYesYesPartialPartialPartialNot stated
Photo to songYesYesNot statedNot statedYesNot statedNot statedYesNot statedNot stated
Rhythm tap to startYesYesNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot stated
Sample your own recordingsYesYesPartialNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedPartialNot stated
Your own voiceYes, with consent readYesPartialYesYesYesYesYesNoNot stated
Redo one sectionYes, from level 5YesYesYesYesNot statedNot statedPartialYesNot stated
Re sing or rewrite one lineYesYesNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot stated
ExtendYesNot statedPartialYesYesNot statedNot statedYesYesNot stated
Key and tempo changeYes, from level 3PartialPartialPartialNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot stated
StemsYes, export from level 10YesYesYesYesYesPartialYesNoYes
MIDI exportChord MIDIPartialNot statedNot statedYesYesNot statedNot statedNot statedYes
WAV exportYesNot statedYesYesYesYesNot statedNot statedNoYes
Downloads on paid plansYes, never locked laterCapped (20 or 60 a month)YesYes, unlimitedYes, while subscribedYesYesNot statedNoCapped (100 or 400 a month)
Commercial use on paid plansSet per plan at launchYesPartialNot statedYesPartialNot statedYesNot statedYes
Broken songs refunded automaticallyYesNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot stated
Song opens in a browser for someone without the appYes, with answer songYes, share linkNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedYes, share linkNot stated
Feed or communityYesYesYesPartialYesYesNot statedPartialYesNot stated
Challenges or contestsWeekly, with Release HourYesNot statedNot statedYesNot statedNot statedNot statedNot statedNot stated

Notes: Suno and Udio share links open on their own websites, which run in any browser (Suno: library stays "playable and shareable" per its terms update post; Udio: share links per its WMG help article). Midhull's studio tools open up with creator levels earned by making songs (key and tempo at level 3, section redo at level 5, stem export at level 10); line edits, extend, vocal style, MP3, WAV and MIDI are open from the start. Which plans include stems and MIDI is confirmed with the plans at launch. Suno's photo, rhythm and sample inputs are from its App Store listing and v6 announcement ("humming a tune, tapping out a beat, or uploading an audio recording"; creates from "text, audio, images, and video"). Suno share links are part of publishing and sharing in its app; Udio's help center confirms udio.com links open for non users. ElevenLabs commercial use is Partial because self serve plans exclude film, TV and games. Musicful is Partial because its Basic plan is non commercial.

Entry price of a monthly plan bought in the iOS app

Midhull is not on this chart because prices are published at launch.

Lowest monthly plan price in each app's iOS listing, US dollars Google Flow Music Starter 7.99, ElevenMusic 9.99, Suno Pro 10.00, Udio Standard 10.00, BandLab Pro 14.99, Soniva monthly 18.99. Flow Music$7.99 ElevenMusic$9.99 Suno Pro$10.00 Udio Standard$10.00 BandLab Pro$14.99 Soniva$18.99
Monthly in app purchase prices from each app's US App Store listing, checked 31 October 2026. Web prices can be lower (Flow Music Starter is $6 on the web; Suno shows $8 a month for yearly billing). Apps that sell mainly weekly plans (Donna, Musicful) are not shown.

Which app is right for you

If you wantPick
A finished song on your phone that you can fix line by line and keepMidhull
A song for someone that they can open without an app and answerMidhull
A desktop style studio with MIDI and multitrack exportSuno Premier
Cleared music for brand content with stemsElevenLabs Music
The most downloads for the least money on the webGoogle Flow Music
Many songs and custom vocals on a budgetMureka
Royalty free background instrumentalsSoundful or Loudly
A free DAW to finish ideas yourselfBandLab

Frequently asked questions

What is the best AI music generator app in 2026?

For making, fixing and sharing finished songs on a phone, we rank Midhull first: nine ways to start, line and section edits, downloads that are never locked later and songs that open in a browser for the person you send them to. Suno has the widest feature set, and ElevenLabs Music suits licensed commercial work.

Which AI music apps work on Android?

From the official listings we checked: Midhull, Suno, Musicful, Soniva, Donna and BandLab have Android apps. Udio says it has no Android app, and we found no Android listing for ElevenMusic or Google Flow Music.

Which apps let me download my songs?

ElevenLabs Music, Google Flow Music (unlimited), Mureka (while subscribed) and Midhull (never locked later) allow downloads on paid plans. Suno caps them at 20 or 60 a month. Udio has disabled downloads.

Can I use AI music commercially?

It depends on the app and the plan. Most free tiers are personal use only. Read Can you use AI music commercially? for the details by platform.

Is there a free AI music app?

Most apps have a limited free tier; Midhull gives you your first full song free. See Free AI song makers compared.

Did you test sound quality?

No. A fair sound comparison needs the same prompts, blind listeners and every app's best model, and we have not run one. We publish our own engine's measured lyric results on AI songs in other languages.

Corrections

Prices and terms change often. If something here is out of date, write to hello@midhull.com and we will check it and update the page with the new date.

Sources (all checked 31 October 2026)

Suno: https://suno.com/pricing; https://suno.com/blog/introducing-v6; https://suno.com/blog/suno-updates-tos; https://suno.com/blog/studio-2; https://suno.com/terms; https://suno.com/release-notes; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/suno-ai-music-song-maker/id6480136315; https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-raises-over-400-million-pushing-valuation-to-5-4-billion/; https://musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-infringed-copyright-in-gema-case-german-court-rules; https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/round-hill-sues-suno-and-anthropic-for-up-to-1bn-apiece-it-isnt-looking-to-settle/; https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/now-canadas-socan-sues-suno-claiming-it-illegally-copied-hits-like-both-sides-now-and-sk8er-boi/

ElevenLabs: https://elevenlabs.io/music; https://elevenlabs.io/pricing; https://elevenlabs.io/blog/introducing-music-v2; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id6755965224; https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/elevenlabs-releases-a-new-ai-powered-music-generation-app/; https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/music/marketplace.md; https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/elevenlabs-officially-launches-elevenmusic-as-streaming-and-ai-creation-platform-with-licensed-remix-model/; https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/from-elevenlabs-11b-umg-deal-to-hybe-weverses-data-breach-its-mbws-weekly-round-up/

Google Flow Music: https://www.flowmusic.app/; https://www.flowmusic.app/pricing; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id6760315723; https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/believe-flow-music-partnership/; https://www.androidauthority.com/google-labs-producerai-3643738/; https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/believe-partners-with-google-to-offer-ai-music-creation-tool-flow-music-to-its-artists/

Mureka: https://www.mureka.ai/subscribe; https://www.mureka.ai/faq; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mureka-ai-music-generator/id6677033144

Musicful: https://www.musicful.ai/; https://www.musicful.ai/terms-condition/; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id6740258878; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.musicful.android&hl=en_US

Soniva: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ai-song-maker-soniva-music/id6502906463; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonivamusic.ai&hl=en_US; https://sonivamusic.com/; https://sonivamusic.com/terms_and_conditions

Donna: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id6482289804; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ai.sound.donna&hl=en_US; https://www.mobiversite.com/terms

Udio: https://help.udio.com/en/articles/12683565-changes-associated-with-the-universal-music-group-umg-partnership; https://help.udio.com/en/articles/11386622-ios-app; https://help.udio.com/en/articles/10739134-credits-and-credit-limits; https://help.udio.com/en/articles/12874375-udio-warner-music-group-wmg-partnership; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/udio-ai-music-maker-studio/id6511211165; https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-music-denied-bid-to-add-30k-recordings-to-its-udio-lawsuit/

Soundful: https://soundful.com/; https://soundful.com/pricing/; https://www.fairlytrained.org/certified-models

Others: https://www.bandlab.com/songstarter; https://www.bandlab.com/membership-pricing; https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bandlab-music-making-studio/id968585775; https://www.loudly.com/legal/terms; https://musicgpt.com/pricing; https://www.topmediai.com/ai-music-generator/; https://musicbusinessworldwide.com/warners-ada-to-distribute-music-from-generative-ai-platform-boomy-in-first-of-its-kind-deal

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