The essential instrument
for every musician.
Master your art by practicing with the world’s most versatile virtual band, tirelessly accompanying you in any style, tempo or key.
With thousands of chord charts in your pocket, you’ll always be prepared for the next jam session.
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iPhone & iPad
Also available for Android in China
Also available on the Mac App Store for macOS 11.5 or higher
For macOS 10.13 - 10.15 download older version
iOS and Mac versions support VoiceOver
Practice made perfect.
4.8 Stars and used by
2,000,000+ Musicians Worldwide
Top 10
Music App in the App Store
13 Years
Supporting Musicians
50 Best Inventions of 2010
Practice. Develop. Perform. Create.
Made by musicians, for musicians.
Smart chord charts that jam with you.
Write, share, and collect chord charts of all your favorite songs and access them anywhere on your phone, tablet or Mac — even offline.
All the standards come standard.
Thousands of chord charts in all styles, right at your fingertips, easily downloaded from the forums for free. Better than any chord book on Earth thanks to iReal Pro’s global community of musicians.
Create & edit wherever inspiration strikes.
Edit any chart to your liking or create your own from scratch, which will automatically generate great sounding backing tracks with endless organic variations.
The teacher’s tool
that lets students play.
Use iReal Pro in the classroom or screensharing over a live stream. Even create playlists of exercises for your students. See why iReal Pro has become the standard app in top music schools around the world.
Unique backing tracks to match your style.
From Jazz to Latin, Pop to Bluegrass, Rock to Reggae… play along with a realistic sounding band for incredibly fun practice. Choose from over 50 different accompaniment styles that come with a variety of instrument choices.
Learn guitar, piano — and even ukulele.
Teach yourself to play the guitar, piano or ukulele with interactive chord diagrams that show you exact fingering as you play through a song.
Mix it up and take it to 11.
No matter your instrument or your style, adjust backing tracks to suit your needs with the mixer. Fine tune the levels of each instrument individually as well as muting to replace with your own playing.
Repeat after me:
once more, but differently.
Choose a group of measures that you want to focus on and loop them. Challenge yourself with the popular automatic tempo increase and automatic transposition, and get better with each repeat.
Bring out your inner B.B.King!
The Blues style pack - available as a one-time in-app purchase - includes 12 backing tracks that will work with your exiting songs.
Check out the examples in iReal Pro Settings under Store or in the App Stores.
Deep dive into Afro-Cuban music!
The Salsa style pack - available as a one-time in-app purchase - includes 17 backing tracks that will work with your exiting songs.
Check out the examples in iReal Pro Settings under Store or in the App Stores.
“…It’s the perfect technology for a practicing musician: high-quality digital audio, mixable, transposable into any key and completely mobile. Now every aspiring musician has a backup band in their pocket. Man, I would have killed for this back in the woodshed days.”
Tim Westergren, Pandora founder
Practice, Practice, Practice.
Your own backing band that never gets tired. Play any song—or just that tricky part—in infinite combinations of tempo, key, and style.
Trusted by over 500,000 musicians around the world.
“I have been using this app for several years now. It’s useful for my drum practice, bass practice, vocal practice, songwriting. How one chooses to use this as a practice tool: the sky’s the limit! The online community is amazing. I can have friends come over and I mute their particular instrument along with mine. I am learning bass as my second instrument and this program is invaluable. I can slow down anything to a manageable tempo so I can explore the chords deeper.
I can pick up even esoteric jazz and pop songs with the incredible online community. I do not need to be connected to the Internet to play downloadable songs with this software. I use it to also practice vocal exercises. It also exports charts to PDF which is fantastic if I want to play or share a chart with the actual song audio.”
Alfred
“If you don’t have it, you NEED it. If you are a musician at any level, this is the app for you! Imagine being able to practice any of hundreds and hundreds of songs at any tempo and in any key. Any number of choruses. Ability to select the rhythmic style. Ability to select the instrumentation of the rhythm section. Ability to dial rhythm instruments up or down—or out.
You can even enter your own song chord changes.
It’s not just a practice tool. You can hook your phone up to an amp and perform in public with this app. Make playlists.
This is one of THE most well-designed, well-maintained and useful apps anywhere.”
Steve
Jam better together.
“iReal Pro saved me at the jam session when the singer called a tune I didn’t know in a crazy key. Within seconds we were all in sync. It feels like having the world’s largest chord book in my pocket.”
Jess
“This is my 2nd review. Prior to this, I rated iReal Pro 5 stars; now I like to change that rating to 5.5 to 6 stars. I love all that is possible with iReal.”
Joe
“I use this app all the time, as a guide when I’m in a jam session and to practice. I love being able to build flexibility by playing a song in every key, practicing both solo parts and rhythm.
I also create charts with particular arrangements so that band members or someone sitting in with the band can practice to the same chart, tempo and rhythm.
I have also used iReal Pro as a backing track in a live performance if I am singing and playing flute.”
Martha
“This is, hands down, one of the best apps that I own. I have been playing guitar on and off for years… This app is very easy to use and has a ton of bells and whistles… It seamlessly syncs with my iPhone and my iPad, so I can create a song on one device and it will easily just be there on my other device when I open it up. Fantastic job. Keep up the great work!”
JR
“I love it!! What a bargain! I’ve spent countless hours joyfully singing with this app. I’ve also been able to set keys that fit my voice like a glove. This used to be a very awkward process with a pianist, because finding the perfect key can be very time consuming. Well, it is for me. I can also email a set list and charts for upcoming gigs. This makes life so much easier. It is truly a bargain. I’ve saved hundreds of dollars in rehearsal time because of this app. I recommend it to all my singer friends. Thank you!”
Anais
What’s the dress code?
We didn’t create iReal Pro so that we could make t-shirts, but it’s difficult to ignore this highly requested feature. We just had to deliver.
Hot for Teachers
It’s no surprise that the best app for students is great for teachers too. Teach via Zoom, customize exercises, send playlists, and empower your students to play, learn, and grow with your real-time feedback.
We’re humbled to be the top choice
at teaching institutions around the world.
“Ten Star App! I've been using iReal Pro since the beginning... and it keeps getting better and better! Besides being a great practice aid for my trumpet, it has helped me understand song form, and how to write it. Then it helped me learn the bass guitar, and now I'm able to teach basic guitar and piano to young students. In a pinch, it is a great backup band for live performance! I recommend this app, by name, to every musician I encounter!”
T
“This app serves the purpose of the composer SO WELL. Have a melody and chord changes in my head? Bap! I lay it down, play with grooves, tempos, new harms, and bring the composition to fruition in no time flat!”
Joey
“Great practicing app! I recommend this app to my piano students because it helps them to play in time much better or at the very least realize how far off their own timing and rhythm is, without ME being the one to tell them! Love the app!”
Avazel
“Awesome on so many levels. I’ve been using this for many years through many upgraded versions. It just keeps getting better! Especially when I cannot jam with my fellow jazz musicians, this app keeps me practicing and improvising so I can feel comfortable when our jazz jam gets together. I play tenor sax as my main instrument, but also play guitar and piano. I absolutely love the chord scale diagrams! And the various styles, plus the full control of the beat speed. I highly recommend this full featured app!”
DJ
Create as you play.
Liberate your creativity when writing and composing by letting iReal Pro quickly create a demo of what the music could sound like with a full band.
Play your heart out.
Whatever your instrument, wherever you jam, together or alone, iReal Pro is the trusted tool for over half a million musicians around the world.
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Made by musicians,
for musicians.
iReal Pro is made by a very small team of passionate people led by Massimo Biolcati, a jazz musician in NYC who taught himself to code for the first iPhone so that he could build his dream app. Eleven years later, he’s still coding and playing music every day.