ElevenLabs Launches AI Music App to Challenge Suno, Udio
The iPhone app expands ElevenLabs beyond voice generation as the company pushes deeper into creative AI.
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ElevenLabs has launched ElevenMusic, an iPhone app that lets users create, remix and discover AI-generated songs, expanding the company’s reach beyond voice tools and into music.
The app had been listed on Apple’s App Store for several weeks before its wider release on April 1, TechCrunch reported.
The launch puts ElevenLabs in more direct competition with AI music platforms such as Suno and Udio, and suggests the company wants to build a broader creative AI business rather than remain primarily a voice-model provider.
That interpretation is supported by ElevenLabs’ recent moves into music generation, creator tools and marketplaces.
The move comes as AI audio tools risk becoming commoditized, pushing companies to expand into adjacent creative domains such as music.
ElevenMusic allows free users to generate as many as seven songs a day from text prompts, with controls for elements such as lyrics, duration and style.
The app also includes discovery features such as charts, trending tracks and mood-based mixes such as Focus, Energy, and Chill.
A paid tier priced at $9.99 a month offers up to 500 tracks a month, more storage and broader style options, TechCrunch reported.
The release builds on a broader expansion by ElevenLabs this year. In March, the company launched its Eleven Music API, describing it as a commercially cleared music-generation product trained on licensed data.
Days later, it introduced a music marketplace inside ElevenCreative that lets users publish tracks and earn money when others use them.
ElevenLabs said in February that it had raised $500 million in a Series D round that valued the company at $11 billion.
The company has also been testing creator payouts in adjacent formats. In March, ElevenLabs said authors in its ElevenReader publishing program could earn $1.10 for each listener who engaged with their work for more than 11 minutes, though the program was then limited to US residents because of tax requirements.
Early reactions online reflect both excitement and inevitability. One comment on X summed it up: “Text to voice is the future.”
