Soundtrap

Soundtrap is Spotify's bet that the future of audio creation lives in the browser. As a music DAW it's surprisingly capable, with multitrack recording, MIDI, virtual instruments, and live collaboration that genuinely lets two people edit a project at the same time.

For podcasters, the appeal is the Spotify integration — you can upload a finished episode and a transcript directly to Spotify for Creators without leaving the app. The Storyteller tier packages this as a podcast-specific workflow with auto-transcription.

The downsides are the ones that come with any browser DAW. Recording happens over the network, not as local lossless files, so if your connection wobbles your audio wobbles. The features you actually want — higher upload limits, transcription, collaboration — sit behind tiers that climb past $14/mo when billed monthly.

And the Spotify-first design means the publishing flow assumes you treat Spotify as your primary platform. For a creator-musician who wants one tool for songs and podcasts and already lives on Spotify, Soundtrap is a clever pick. For a podcaster who values lossless local capture and platform-agnostic publishing, Riverside or Iris are better fits.