Free Music Royalty Calculator for DistroKid, TuneCore & Symphonic Distribution (2026)

If you're an independent artist distributing music through DistroKid, TuneCore, or Symphonic Distribution, you already know that streaming royalties arrive as a single lump sum. But when a song was made with collaborators — a co-writer, a producer, a featured artist — figuring out who gets paid what, and how much, can quickly become complicated.

That's exactly what Song Royalty Calculator is built for. And unlike most tools that promise to solve this problem, it's completely free — no subscription, no account, no credit card.

The Problem: Distributor Payouts Don't Split Themselves

When Spotify or Apple Music pays your distributor, the money lands in your account as a total. DistroKid shows you earnings per song. TuneCore provides a transaction ledger. Symphonic sends a royalty report. But none of them tell you what each collaborator on each track is actually owed based on your agreed splits.

If you owe a co-writer 25% of publishing income, a producer 10% of mechanical royalties, and there's an unrecouped advance on top of that — the math becomes a spreadsheet exercise every single quarter. Most artists either do this by hand (error-prone) or pay for a service to do it for them.

Until recently, there were a handful of free tools that could handle this. Most have since been discontinued or moved behind paywalls, leaving independent artists with few genuinely free options. Song Royalty Calculator exists to fill that gap.

Which Distributors Are Supported?

The calculator currently supports CSV and TSV exports from the three most popular independent distributors:

DistroKid

Upload your DistroKid earnings CSV (downloadable from your Bank page). The calculator handles both the current CSV format and the older legacy TSV (tab-separated) format automatically — no manual configuration needed. Earnings are automatically aggregated by song title.

TuneCore

Upload the transaction ledger CSV from your TuneCore Reporting section. The calculator parses TuneCore's transaction format and groups earnings by track so you can see the total per song before calculating splits.

Symphonic Distribution

Upload your Symphonic earnings report CSV. The calculator reads Symphonic's royalty columns and aggregates totals by track title, ready for you to apply your collaborator splits.

How to Use the Calculator

The tool is designed to be as straightforward as possible. Here 's how it works:

1. Export your earnings CSV from DistroKid, TuneCore, or Symphonic Distribution.
2. Upload the file by dragging it onto the drop zone on the calculator page, or click to browse and select it.
3. Your songs appear automatically as tabs, each showing the total earnings for that track.
4. Add your collaborators under the Publishing and Mechanical sections. Set each person's percentage split.
5. Optionally add advances or recoupable costs — the calculator will factor these into the final payout.
6. Hit Calculate and see a breakdown of exactly what each person is owed.

You can manage multiple songs at once, each in their own tab. If a song isn't in your CSV, you can also add it manually.

Why It's Free — and Why That Matters

Most royalty accounting tools are aimed at labels or publishing companies and priced accordingly — typically $30–$100+ per month. For an independent artist earning a few hundred dollars a quarter from streaming, that's simply not viable.

Song Royalty Calculator was built specifically for independent artists who just need to know what to pay their collaborators without subscribing to enterprise software. It does one thing well, it 's free, and it always will be.

Your Data Stays Private

When you upload a CSV, it is processed entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing is sent to a server. There's no database, no storage, no tracking of your earnings data. Once you close the tab, everything is gone. This is by design.

Your financial data is sensitive. You shouldn't have to hand it over to a third party to figure out a basic royalty split.

Frequently Asked Questions