Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to RiffShare
Write down a musical riff, send to band members, collaborate
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. RiffShare launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Almost a year ago someone stumbled upon our hobby project and posted it to HN (edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33999162). It was magical to see so many of you enjoy something we built for our love of music. We’re back today with a real product and are excited to see what you think! riffusion.com lets you create original music via short, shareable audio clips called “riffs”. You describe the lyrics and a musical style to generate riffs complete with singing and custom artwork in a few seconds. From inspiring musicians, to wishing your mom a ‘good morning!’, we are…
2023 · riffusion.com · its alternatives →
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riffle▲344An infinite, collaborative playground for music creation
Apr 2026 · riffle.studio · its alternatives →
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2013 · riffup.com · its alternatives →
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Riff Studio▲71Build your setlist, tweak your songs and practice!
2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Little side project from the past few months indexing ascii guitar tab sections into pseudo-language "words" (notes, chords) and "sentences" (riffs) that can be queried and indexed with ElasticSearch (Apache Lucene).
2013 · riffbank.com · its alternatives →
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Jam on Chrome▲249Sticky notes for the web to comment right on your website
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Draw.Audio is a free online music maker. Draw notes on a grid and hear them play back instantly — a browser-based synthesizer, sequencer, and visual instrument.
2024 · draw.audio · its alternatives →
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LightNote▲242An interactive site to learn the basics of music theory 🎶
2016 · lightnote.co · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm Gabe, the creator of Songcraft (https://songcraft.io/home). I recently dove headfirst into songwriting, and I quickly grew frustrated with my process. I found songwriting difficult enough without having to wrangle a mess of different tools, and there's no great solution to build chord sheets and tabs (unless you love pure text input). So, I built Songcraft - an online songwriting platform and tab builder. The drag-and-drop editor makes it easy to jump from chords to lyrics to melodies. I added a chord progression generator and chord recommendation engine to ensure…
2019 · its alternatives →
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Tab Lab▲76Read and write music notation and tablature, together.
2015 · my.tablab.io · its alternatives →
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2011 · myamphead.com · its alternatives →
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Songcraft.io▲88A platform for songwriters to write, organize & collaborate.
2021 · songcraft.io · its alternatives →
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TabShare▲78Save your tabs to a link to revisit later or share
2014 · tabshare.me · its alternatives →
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