Roadmap

What's next.

Where Good Take is heading. Plans shift — if you really want something below, tell me and it moves up.

Building now

Queued up next

Thinking about

No promises on any of these. Feedback shapes the order.

Shipped

What's already in.

Release history, newest first.

Version 1.3

Analysis on your terms. Better keys. Real audio gear support.

Analysis

  • Analysis is now opt-in — tap Analyze recording on an idea’s detail view when you want it
  • A ”~” in front of a detected key flags low confidence so you can override with one tap
  • Toggle for full transcription on recordings over 5 minutes
  • Improved key detection accuracy
  • Removed chord analysis

Keyboard

  • Instrument browser with 45+ GM sounds, favorites, and recents
  • Faster, smoother key response

Recording

  • Audio input picker — USB mics, AirPods, and external interfaces
  • Fixed: recording no longer stops when the screen locks
  • Fixed: long recordings no longer crash

Library

  • Move to Project from the idea card long-press menu
  • Delete from any idea’s detail view
  • Search bar dismisses the keyboard properly

Activities & Polish

  • Live Activity restored for Lock Screen recording
  • First-run prompt to enable Live Activities
  • AIFF export option in settings
  • Session log and legal links in settings
  • Theme color now updates the tab bar and pickers correctly

Version 1.2

Beats. A full drum machine, right in the app.

Beats — Pads

  • 16 velocity-sensitive drum pads with multi-touch support
  • 4x4 and 3x3 grid layouts
  • Long-press any pad to remap it to a different percussion sound
  • Multiple drum kits: Standard, Room, Electronic, Jazz, and more
  • Record pad performances directly into your library as rhythm ideas

Beats — Sequencer

  • Step sequencer with 8, 16, 24, or 32 steps per pattern
  • Tap to toggle steps, tap again to cycle velocity (hard, medium, soft)
  • Swing control for shuffle feel
  • Mute and solo per track
  • Visual playhead during playback
  • Full-screen landscape mode for detailed editing

Beats — Patterns

  • Save and load beat patterns
  • Patterns store steps, kit, BPM, swing, and pad assignments
  • Record sequencer playback to audio with automatic BPM tagging

Version 1.1

New tools, new ways to capture ideas, and a lot more polish.

Keyboard

  • Full 88-key playable keyboard with scrollable octaves
  • Seven instruments: Acoustic Grand Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Strings, Steel Guitar, Pad, Electric Bass
  • Audio effects: reverb, delay, filter, and chorus with four presets (Dry, Room, Hall, Ambient)
  • Sustain pedal, pitch bend strip, and mod wheel
  • Scale lock — restrict keys to a specific scale and root
  • Transpose up or down by 12 semitones
  • Real-time chord recognition from played notes
  • Record keyboard performances directly into your library
  • Full-screen landscape mode with dedicated controls

Capture

  • Record with a metronome — tap tempo or set BPM while recording
  • Continuous recording mode with markers — split into ideas when you’re done
  • Import audio files from other apps
  • Text ideas — capture lyrics, concepts, or notes without audio

Library & Organization

  • Batch operations — multi-select ideas for bulk tagging or project assignment
  • Recently Deleted folder with 30-day auto-purge
  • Undo and redo for all edits
  • Expanded quick tags: beat, bass, verse, chorus, bridge, intro, idea
  • Tag manager for organizing and deleting tags

AI Copilot

  • Drum pattern suggestions
  • Include your notes as context for smarter suggestions

Playback & Editing

  • Re-transcribe recordings in a different language

Tools

  • Practice history — total sessions, total time, streak, weekly count, and calendar view
  • Practice timer Live Activity on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island

Platform

  • iPad support with adaptive sidebar layout
  • Lock Screen widgets in circular, rectangular, and inline styles
  • Haptic feedback on tuner (in-tune detection) and other interactions

Version 1.0

Your first take.

Capture

  • One-tap recording from the app, Lock Screen, or Home Screen widget
  • Live Activity on Dynamic Island shows recording progress
  • Session mode for capturing multiple ideas back-to-back
  • WAV and M4A format support
  • Crash recovery — never lose a recording

Analysis

  • On-device key detection
  • BPM detection from onset analysis
  • Speech-to-text transcription in 60+ languages

Library & Organization

  • Search by title, key, BPM, or transcription
  • Filter and sort by tag, date, duration, or key
  • Tags for quick categorization
  • Projects to group ideas together
  • iCloud sync across all your devices

Playback & Editing

  • A-B looping with button taps or drag
  • Variable speed playback
  • Trim and apply

Export

  • Share audio files
  • Full project ZIP bundles for your DAW

Tools

  • Chromatic tuner with cents offset and reference tone
  • Metronome (40-240 BPM) with tap tempo
  • Chord transposer with audio playback
  • Chord and scale reference (12 roots, 16 scale types)
  • Capo chart with forward and reverse lookup
  • Practice timer with block-based sessions and presets

AI Copilot

  • Bring your own Claude or ChatGPT API key
  • Context-aware suggestions based on your recording’s key, BPM, and transcription
  • Chord progressions, melody ideas, lyric directions, and more
  • Custom instructions to shape the AI’s style
  • Audio playback of suggested chord progressions and melodies

Design

  • Five color themes
  • Dark-first design
  • Siri Shortcuts integration