Suno launches its first mobile app after attracting 12 million users

AI music startup Suno’s roadmap continues despite the company facing a lawsuit from a record label. This week, the company launched its first mobile app, though it’s only available on iOS devices in the U.S. for now.

This free app lets you create songs from lyric prompts and lyrics, record audio with your own device to use in your song, and listen to music created by other Suno users.

There are plenty of them, too. In addition to the app launch, Suno said its service had been used by 12 million people, up from 10 million in May when it raised $125 million in a funding round. The company told users to “wait” for an Android version of its mobile app, as well as a global rollout.

One notable feature of the iOS version is that it uses Apple’s in-app purchase system for paid subscriptions, with two tiers costing $10 and $30 per month respectively.

The fact that Suno and Udio (the other startup the labels are suing) have premium tiers is emphasized in the lawsuits. For example, in the complaint against Suno:

“Suno charges many users a monthly fee to use its product… it monetizes its service by charging users up to $24 per month for the highest subscription tier… Suno makes money by encouraging users to generate digital music files and use them commercially.”

Now, Apple will receive up to 30% of the revenue from Suno iOS app subscriptions, which will certainly add some spice to the situation – as if it needed it…