InnerHook in brief

Straight answers to the questions people ask first. Each one starts with the short answer; the details and links follow.

#What is InnerHook?

InnerHook is a web app for writing song lyrics. A song is one page split into sections (Verse, Chorus, Bridge…), every line shows its syllable count, and each section can keep three versions. Writing tools that use AI are there when you want a nudge, and you can write together with others live.

It runs in the browser at app.innerhook.com. Around the editor are Today's pages for a daily writing habit, artist profiles, setlists with a stage view, Hear it sung and your own recordings.

#Who is it for?

People who write lyrics: songwriters and lyricists, bands, writers who write for other artists, and teams who write together. It counts syllables for lyrics in English and Finnish.

• Songwriters and lyricists get sections, syllable counts per line, versions and a song brief, so the shape of the song stays in view.
• Bands and co-writers can share a song with roles (Can edit, Can comment, Can view) and write in it at the same time, with comments on the exact words.
• Writers who write for artists can keep an artist profile for each voice: its language, genres, themes and words to avoid, which the writing tools follow.
• Anyone building a habit can use Today's pages: a few minutes of free writing a day, with a prompt and a streak.

#Who is it not for?

InnerHook is for words. It is not a tool for composing music or chords, not a DAW or a recording studio, and not a machine for turning out finished songs in bulk.

• There is no chord or notation editor.
• Your recordings are voice memos for melody ideas, not multitrack production.
• Hear it sung makes a sung draft of your words to hear how they sit; it is not meant for producing releases at scale.

#How is it different from a notes app or Google Docs?

A notes app or a document editor sees text. InnerHook sees a song: sections with labels, a syllable count on every line, versions of each section and the song's tempo and key, and co-writers work in that same structure live.

• Sections: press Enter twice for a new one; they are labelled Verse 1, Chorus 1 and so on, and a pasted lyric is split into sections. See Sections & song form.
• Rhythm: the syllable count of every line shows whether lines match before you sing them.
• Versions: each section can keep A, B and a Scratch version, with a history to restore from.
• Tempo and key belong to the song, with a metronome and tap tempo.
• Together: co-writers see each other's carets and comment on the exact words; undo takes back only your own changes. See Live co-writing.

#How is it different from a general AI chatbot?

The writing tools work inside the song, so you don't copy text back and forth. A rewrite of selected lines keeps their line count, a reimagined section stays about the same length, and the song's sections stay as they are; every suggestion is shown as a change you accept or discard, and it can follow the artist profile you chose.

• Select lines and use Rewrite ✨ to improve, shorten, lengthen, change the tone or translate them; the suggestion is shown against your lines, and you Accept or Discard it.
• Press Space on an empty line for the Space menu: lines that continue the song, or ideas, with the whole song as context.
• The tools use the song's brief and the artist profile, so the style is the one you set, not a generic one.
• Each use costs a small, fixed number of credits, shown in Plans & credits. Rhymes and synonyms are free.

#How is it different from AI song generators?

You write the song; AI helps when you ask and never takes over. It writes only when you ask it to, a suggestion in your song waits for you to accept it, and Hear it sung sings your own words as a draft to hear, not a finished song made for you.

Autodraft ✨ can write a first draft from an idea if you want one, and Reimagine offers another take on a section. Both are starting points you edit, and you choose what stays.

#Does AI write my songs?

No, unless you ask it to. InnerHook is a writing app first: the editor, the syllable counts, versions, Today's pages, setlists and co-writing use no AI at all. The AI tools are there for a nudge, and you decide what to keep.

When a tool uses AI, the app says so: the writing tools use Claude by Anthropic, and Hear it sung uses Eleven Music by ElevenLabs. See Plans & credits for what each costs.

#Who owns the lyrics?

You do. You own what you write in InnerHook: your lyrics, notes, artist profiles, daily pages and comments. InnerHook claims no ownership of them.

Who owns a song written together is between you and your co-writers. The details are in the terms.

#Is my writing used to train AI?

No. InnerHook does not use your lyrics to train AI models, and its AI provider, Anthropic, does not use the content sent through its API to train its models.

How your data is handled is in the privacy policy.

#Which languages does it support?

The app is in English. Syllables are counted for lyrics in English and Finnish, set per song or detected automatically.

Each song has a Lyrics language: Auto, English or Finnish. The same setting tells the writing tools which language to write in. See Syllables & language.

#Can I write with others?

Yes. Share a song by email or with a link, give each person a role (Can edit, Can comment or Can view), and write in it at the same time.

See Sharing & roles, Live co-writing and Comments & mentions.

#Can I hear my song sung?

Yes. Hear it sung sends your words and the style you set to AI (Eleven Music) and brings them back sung. It costs credits by length, the price is shown before you start, and a take that fails costs nothing.

See Hear it sung.

#Can I record my own ideas?

Yes. Record an idea on any section: a melody, a hum or a demo take, up to three minutes, kept with the song. Your own recordings use no AI and no credits.

See Your recordings.

#Does it work on a phone?

InnerHook is made for writing on a computer, in the browser. There is no mobile app.

It is a web app, so there is nothing to install: open app.innerhook.com and sign in.

#Can I import my lyrics?

Yes. You can import lyrics from text, Markdown and Word (.docx) files, or paste them; InnerHook finds the songs and splits them into sections.

See Import lyrics.

#Can I print or export a song?

You can print a song from its Preview, which can also copy the lyrics, and print a setlist or a lyrics book of the setlist's songs. There is no file export yet.

See Setlists for printing a set.

#How much does it cost?

During the closed beta, InnerHook is free. The AI tools use credits: new accounts start on the Beta plan with 3,000 credits a month, and nothing can be bought until payments open.

The plans after the beta (Free and Pro) and their prices are on the pricing page. Writing, rhymes and synonyms, your own recordings and everything that doesn't use AI cost no credits. See Plans & credits.

#How do I get access?

InnerHook is in closed beta: you need an invite. Join the waitlist on innerhook.com, or get invited to a song by someone who already writes in InnerHook.

See Sign in & invites.

#Who makes it?

InnerHook is made by Unreal Productions Oy, a company in Helsinki, Finland.

Company details are in the terms.