Hit Record and Forget
Capture the entire jam or rehearsal session, then let FR-1 do the hard work.
Find the Music
Automatically detect music clips, speech are also transcribed.
Play at Variable Speeds
Slowdown or speedup playback for review and practice.
Document Your Tunes
Location tagging, metadata editing, look up traditional tunes.
No Ads, Tracking or Subscription
Free download, one-time purchase to unlock all features for all platforms.
Private by Design
All analysis and transcription run locally on your device.
FR-1 Pro
FR-1 is free to use, Pro is a one-time upgrade at $4.99 for iPhone, iPad & Mac. Upgrading to Pro supports future development and unlock all features, including:
- Clip Editor: edit, split and merge clips
- Import Audio Files from Voice Memo and other sources
- Variable speed playback
- Starring clips for reference
- Coming Soon: Sync your recording library with iCloud
To make the app accessible to all, limited number of free upgrade codes are also available upon request, please email me.
Tech Specs
FR-1 is written in modern Swift, with mostly SwiftUI API and a little bit of UIKit. Targeting primarily iOS/iPadOS 18+. Development started in July 2026.
Support
Feedback is welcome via email. As the sole developer, I will try to read all comments but cannot respond to all.
If for any reason the paid upgrade does not fit your needs, you can request a refund from App Store. Unfortunately I cannot handle refunds directly.
Privacy Policy
FR-1 does not collect any data from you. Your data and settings are saved to your device only. When using iCloud Sync, your data may be stored securely on Apple's iCloud server.
Your device's microphone is used to record audio. All analysis and speech transcription run privately on your device — your audio is never uploaded anywhere.
When you enable location tagging, FR-1 uses your phone's location once during recording; location data is stored alongside your recording and never leaves your phone.
Traditional Tune Sources
Traditional tune name database compiled from the following sources. Last updated: 2026.9, containing 75326 tunes and 122573 unique names.
The Session
Community website dedicated to Irish traditional music
ODC Open Database License (ODbL)
The Traditional Tune Archive
The Semantic Index of North American, British and Irish traditional instrumental music with annotations
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Version History
1.2.126-10-28
- NEW: Auto Export allow one-tap batch export to pre-selected folder
- Translation available for Chinese, Japanese and German
- Bug fix: During iCloud upload audio playback are no longer disabled
1.226-10-14
- iCloud: sync recordings across iPhone, iPad & Mac.
- iPhone Duo support
- Export recording may now include a index readable by Audacity
- Bug fixes and improved stability
1.1.226-09-30
- Active recordings can be paused and resumed
- Location tagging flow improved
- More space efficient default recording format, AAC 64kbps takes half the space
- Export clip filename now have date prefix
1.1.126-09-18
- Mini player to keep the recording playing while navigating in the app
- Bugfixes for iPad
1.126-09-15
Initial release
LLM Usage
LLM-based ("AI") tools were used in the programming of this app under human review. >95% of the code was generated using LLM.
All graphics & human interface was created and designed by hand.
Tune database was compiled manually, and not processed by LLM.