- Best for
- Hobbyists who want high-quality AI songs to listen to and share inside the app
- Price
- Freemium · from $8/month
Free: 10 credits a day (100 a month), up to 3 full-length songs a day - Platforms
- Web, iOS
- Made by
- Uncharted Labs · since 2023
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.2★ (3.6K)
What it is
Udio generates songs with vocals from text prompts and offers detailed editing, style references, voices and remixing. After settling with Universal Music Group in October 2025 it disabled all downloads, and it is rebuilding as a licensed platform with deals from Universal, Warner, Merlin and Kobalt.
Latest: Udio's licensed platform with Universal and Warner was still in staged rollout as of September 2026, with downloads disabled.
What the AI does
- Songs with vocals from text prompts
- Style references and blended styles
- Udio voice library and saved custom voices
- Extend, remix and edit music and lyrics
- Generate from uploaded audio
Pros and cons
- Excellent audio quality and natural-sounding vocals
- Detailed editing and style controls
- Licensing deals with Universal, Warner, Merlin and Kobalt
- Low-cost paid plans
- No downloads on any plan since October 2025
- Output can't be used commercially or released elsewhere
- Its promised licensed platform still hadn't fully launched by autumn 2026
How it scores
Music quality8.5
Ease of use7.5
Features5.5
Value for money4.5
Platforms6
Sound quality is still near the top, but with no downloads or commercial use, features and value score low.
Feature checklist · 3 of 9
- ✓Songs with vocals and lyrics (yes)
- –Commercial use allowed on paid plans (no)
- –Download stems (no)
- ✓Generate or remix from your own audio (yes)
- ✓Edit or regenerate parts of a track (yes)
- –Direct tempo, key or mood controls (no)
- –Release tracks on streaming services (no)
- –Trained on licensed or consented music (no)
- –API for developers (no)
How we score apps →
Alternatives
See all Udio alternatives, ranked →
- ElevenMusic 8.6/10Creators who want polished vocal songs with the clearest commercial licensing
- Suno 8.5/10Anyone who wants complete, radio-style songs with vocals from a simple prompt
- Google Flow Music 8.1/10People who want to shape a song through conversation, especially Google AI subscribers
- Loudly 7.4/10Content creators who want cheap, royalty-free tracks they can also release
ElevenMusic vs Udio
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