Who It Is For
PracticeBell is built for serious musicians who want to practice smarter, not just longer. From conservatory students to dedicated amateurs, the app structures every session with the tools professional teachers recommend.
iPhone & iPad · Version 1.3
PracticeBell
Professional music practice companion. Precision metronome, Tempo Ramp trainer, BPM progress tracking per piece, scales and key reference, piece tracking, routines, goals, streaks, session history export, intervals reference, and more — fully offline.
Fully Offline
No account. No ads. No analytics. No network access. Everything — every session, piece, routine, and export — lives on your device. Your practice data is yours.
What Changed in 1.1
- BPM Progress Chart — each piece now shows a line chart of every recorded session BPM, with your target BPM as a reference line. See your tempo progression at a glance and track exactly how many sessions it took to improve.
- Scales & Key Reference — all 15 major and 15 natural minor scales bundled offline with note names, key signatures (exact sharps and flats), standard piano fingerings for both hands, step patterns, and a practice note per scale. Also includes 6 harmonic minor and 6 melodic minor scales.
- Circle of fifths — tap any key to see its relative major or minor, accidental count, and closely related keys. Bundled inside the Scales reference with no internet connection needed.
- Scale shortcut from pieces — if a piece has a musical key assigned, a "Scale for this key" card appears in the piece detail view. One tap jumps straight to that scale in the reference, pre-expanded and highlighted.
- Scales on the Practice tab — the quick-links row now includes Scales, so you can open the reference without leaving the Practice tab.
Practice Tools
AVAudioEngine-driven click at sub-millisecond accuracy. Four synthesized voices (wood, cowbell, beep, ride), five subdivisions, eight time signatures, customizable accent patterns, and a rotary BPM dial with haptic feedback.
Set a start and end BPM, choose the step size and how long to stay at each tempo, and PracticeBell advances automatically. The industry-standard technique for bringing passages up to performance speed — now built in.
Set a practice target, link a piece from your library, and track elapsed time. Save sessions with mood (Productive, Struggle, Breakthrough) and free-form notes. Sessions survive backgrounding so the metronome can keep playing while you lock the screen.
Build multi-block routines — Warm-up, Technique, Repertoire, Sight Reading, and more. The runner auto-advances blocks, plays a bell tone on transition, and logs sessions for every completed block.
Tracking & Analytics
Log every piece with composer, instrument, key, time signature, BPM target, and status. A per-piece BPM chart now shows tempo progression across sessions — start BPM, latest BPM, total gain, and target BPM marked as a reference line.
Full searchable, sortable list of every session across all pieces. Filter by mood, sort by date, duration, or BPM. Export as CSV to share with a teacher or open in a spreadsheet.
Bar charts for any date range (7 days to 1 year), a 365-day practice heatmap, top pieces by minutes, instrument breakdown, and session quality distribution. Export all sessions as CSV directly from the Stats tab.
Practice streaks with a one-day grace period. Goals for daily minutes, weekly minutes, sessions per week, BPM targets, and piece-by-deadline. Progress updates live as you log sessions.
Reference Library
All 15 major and 15 natural minor scales with note names, key signatures, piano fingerings (both hands), and practice tips — fully offline. Includes harmonic and melodic minor scales and a circle of fifths. Jump directly from any piece to the matching scale.
All 13 chromatic intervals from unison to octave, fully offline. Each entry includes semitone count, just-intonation ratio, character description, ear-training examples from real music, and practice tips. Filterable by interval quality.
Italian tempo markings from Largo to Prestissimo with BPM ranges and musical context. Includes accelerando, ritardando, rubato, and other expressive terms.
Adjustable A4 pitch (415–446 Hz) with presets for modern standard (440 Hz), European orchestral (442 Hz), and baroque pitch (415 Hz). Play any chromatic pitch from C3 to E5 as a pure sine tone for tuning by ear.
Actual App Interface
This image shows the current app interface prepared for review-facing screenshots.
