★★★★✩ (iTMS)

For the musician on the go, FourTrack is a great way to lay down ideas or even record a demo in spaces that usually prove to be inopportune.

Sonoma Wire Works’ FourTrack is intuitive and easy to use. Touch a track to select it then slide the recording arm to start recording. As new tracks are in use, the older ones that have already been used play underneath so you can hear their whole song as you lay down new sounds.

Panning tracks so they play in the right, left or center is as easy as sliding left or right on the controller and skipping to any section of the song is as simple as touching different places on the black progress bar at the bottom. Once you’re done recording, transferring is a breeze as well through Sonoma’s built-in Wi-Fi sync.

FourTrack’s one area where users could become confused is when they want to create a new song or sync to their computer. Touching the name of the song at the bottom of FourTrack’s main window brings up a space to rename the track and some information but due to poor design on Sonoma’s part, the bottom of the menu overpowers the top making the song list button hard to find at first glance. Once at the song list though users can create, delete or sync songs.

FourTrack is the go-to application on the iPhone for easy recording. At $9.99, it’s a bit on the pricey side but if you’ve ever found yourself in a hotel room with a great idea wishing there was a way to lay it down on wax, FourTrack is the app for you.