Write with intention

Ilena is a writing companion that helps songwriters refine rhythm, language, and structure while preserving full authorship.

Rhyme suggestion
Meter analysis
Syllable count
Rewrite verses
Emotional tone
Structure analysis

Lyrics are not just words
Every syllable matters

Every line carries rhythm. Every syllable shapes the flow of a melody. Every word carries emotional weight. Most writing tools are blind to all three, and the ones that aren't just offer to do the writing for you.

Stuck on a rhyme Twenty minutes on the last line and nothing fits. You can still feel what the verse was reaching for. You just can't find the words for it any more.
Something sounds off The rhythm breaks when you sing it aloud, but identifying exactly where takes longer than fixing it should.
Revising into oblivion Version eighteen. The original feeling has almost disappeared beneath all the changes.
Too many separate tools A rhyme dictionary, a thesaurus, a notes app and a voice memo, all open at once, and the verse still isn't finished.

Great lyrics are not generated
They are discovered, refined,
rewritten, and shaped over time

Authorship belongs to the writer
Technology should sharpen their tools

Ilena was built for writers who believe
in the craft of writing

Working on your lyrics is more interesting than having them generated.

Ilena gives you what you need to refine every line — rhythm, rhymes, structure — and the words stay yours.

Other tools

  • Produce text automatically
  • Replace the creative process
  • Focus on output volume
  • Treat writing as disposable
  • Remove the author from the work

Ilena

  • Supports human writing
  • Enhances the creative process
  • Focuses on craft and intention
  • Treats writing as work worth keeping
  • The writer remains the author

Built for the whole writing process

From the roughest first draft to the last line you change, Ilena stays out of the way of your voice.

Lyric editor

A focused writing environment for lyrics, poems, and drafts. Organize your works into projects, access them from any device, and never lose a line.

Rhythm intelligence

Analyze the syllable structure and feet count of each line as you write. Understand how your lyrics flow and refine phrasing that fits naturally with melody.

Rhyme exploration

Perfect, near and slant rhymes, offered as options rather than answers. Nothing drops into your line unless you put it there.

Word explorer

Look up definitions, synonyms, and antonyms without leaving your work. Understand nuance, avoid repetition, and choose the word that means exactly what you intend.

Emotional tone analysis

See the emotional tone of each verse line in real time. A large language model annotates every line so you can observe emotional patterns and shape the arc of your work with intention.

Large language model line completion

Stuck on a line? Ilena offers an ending that matches the rhythm and rhyme of the one before. Tab takes it, Escape throws it away, and nothing happens until you decide.

Version history

Creative work evolves. Ilena preserves every saved version so you can experiment freely, revisit earlier ideas, and restore a previous draft at any time. Nothing is lost.

Team tools Studio

Comment and annotate your co-writers' work right in the editor. Everyone can be in the same song at once, watching it change as it changes.

Formatting & PDF export

Mark a line as verse, title, annotation or legal, and it keeps that formatting wherever it goes. One click turns any work into a clean PDF, which is still how most people want to read a lyric.

The writer's workflow

Ilena follows the way lyrics actually get written instead of proposing a tidier way to write them.

01

Start with an idea

A line. A rhythm. A phrase that won't leave your mind. Ilena gives you a focused space where those fragments become the beginning of a work.

02

Shape the rhythm

Lyrics interact with music. Ilena analyzes line structure and verse length so writers can refine lyrics that flow naturally with melody.

03

Explore language

Some days the word you want is one step away and won't come. Rhymes, synonyms and definitions sit beside the line, so looking one up costs you nothing.

04

Iterate freely

Great lyrics emerge through revision. Ilena tracks every version so you can experiment without fear of losing what already works.

Designed for the craft of writing

Ilena exists to take the craft of lyric writing seriously. It helps you sharpen rhythm, language and structure, and it leaves the writing itself where it belongs.

30+ years of software engineering

Enterprise-grade architecture, security and reliability, built by someone who has shipped systems that had to stay up.

Built by a songwriter, for songwriters

Every feature comes from a real frustration in a real writing session. These tools exist because the founder needed them.

Shaped by working lyricists

Working songwriters have been in the room since day one, testing things, pushing back, and deciding what gets built next.

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Simple, honest pricing

Three ways to pay for it. Solo monthly, Solo annual with a free trial, or Studio if you work with other people.

Solo · Monthly
$9 / month
Everything you need as a working solo songwriter, billed monthly.
  • Unlimited works & projects
  • Rhyme & word explorer
  • Syllable & feet analysis
  • Emotional tone analysis
  • Large language model line completion
  • Version history
  • Formatting & PDF export
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Studio
$7 / seat / month
A shared workspace for bands, studios and labels, from three seats up. Coming soon.
  • Everything in Solo
  • Team management & seats
  • Real-time co-writing
  • Comments & annotations
  • Shared project library
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Your works are safe. Full stop.

You focus on the words. We handle everything else.

Lyrics are private and encrypted Your data belongs to you Available wherever you are Secure payments, and we never store your card Versioned cloud storage Assisted by a large language model, never authored by one Built to grow with you Reliable enough for deadline work GDPR compliant