iReal Pro is two things musicians love in one app: a realistic backing band that plays along with you, and a huge free library of chord charts you can pull up anytime — at practice, at a jam session, or on a gig. Need to transpose a song for a singer? Done. Want to practice with a full rhythm section behind you? Hit play.
Named one of TIME Magazine's 50 Best Inventions and trusted by thousands of students, teachers, and pros at schools like Berklee College of Music — iReal Pro has been helping musicians get better since 2008.
BAND
• 50 accompaniment styles — Swing, Bossa Nova, Blues, Funk, Rock, Bluegrass, Reggae, Latin, Gypsy Jazz, Country, and more
• Customize each style with acoustic or electric piano, Fender Rhodes, guitars, upright or electric bass, drums, vibraphone, organ
• 40 additional styles — blues, salsa, Brazilian — available as in-app purchases
BOOK
• Download thousands of free chord charts shared by the iReal Pro community
• Create your own charts in minutes with the built-in editor
• Organize charts into playlists for gigs, sets, or lessons
PRACTICE
• Adjust tempo, loop difficult sections, transpose to any key
• Automatic tempo increase and key cycling for focused practice
• Global Eb, Bb, F, and G transposition for horn players
REFERENCE
• Guitar, ukulele, and piano fingerings for any chord
• Tap any chord in your chart to see how it's played
• Scale suggestions for improvisation
SHARE
• Share charts and playlists with other iReal Pro users
• Export charts as PDF or MusicXML
• Export backing tracks as audio or MIDI files
• Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud
FOR TEACHERS
• Create playlists of exercises or tunes for students
• Use in the classroom, over live stream, or while screen-sharing lessons
We're a small team of musicians who built this app because we needed it ourselves. We hope you enjoy using it as much as we do.
IMO, IReal Pro is essential for all singers/musicians. As a singer, we tend to learn music differently (playing by ear) than musicians with an instrument. Because of this, there tends to be gaps in the learning music process. When I bought the iReal Pro app, I quickly realized those music gaps were filled- for example, charting. Full disclosure-I did take a recent irp class. Alot of the class was focused on the edit mode/charting. After I got used to the edit mode and creating my own charts (in a small amount of time), I found this process very easy and fun. The irp cons would be to put more detail in the step-by-step instruction videos per device and slow down each step please. I found even stopping the video/s and rewinding each step ended up taking longer. I say all this because this was the reason I took the class-to get a better irp understanding. Also, a longer template would be helpful. Is it possible to create/add as many bars as the tune calls for? 😃 Maybe in the future, irp could expand to a window desktop version other than a 3rd party version ? Recently I had a few irp troubleshooting issues and Warren, one of the support team members worked with me throughout the day via email to get them resolved. He was very e-mail responsive which I appreciated. I was relieved that it was the same person I was dealing with too. Warren was very helpful ! Cost of app is reasonably priced which is very much appreciated too. All in all, I’ve had a great experience with the iReal Pro app and the support team . Highly recommend! Thank you so much for creating this wonderful app! 👍🙏👍
The versatility of iReal Pro
Optime LLC
There’s no question that there are similar products on the market but the versatility of iReal Pro allows the practitioner of music or the producer the ability to not only create but continue to grow as a technician. I personally have found the app useful in production not being a keyboardist by training. Additionally, it is a great and useful tool to practice new material or theory by soloing over changes or melody as well as having a set list available to distribute to musicians in a band. and of all of the things listed what has not been mentioned is having this in your back pocket when impromptu performing when you don’t know a song you have a roadmap at your fingertips which is incredibly useful and I’ve used dozens of times whether it’s on a professional gig or just sitting in when I did not know the tune. The only drawback to this wonderful app is that it only allows rhythms on the one on the downbeat and nothing on the upbeat. There would be so much more possibility if you could have portal rhythmic phrasing on eighth notes or 16th notes instead of just on quarter notes. This is something that I as well as others perhaps have suggested however for whatever reason it is still not available. Other than that one area it’s an amazing product for the price and I find it highly useful.
Essential for aspiring and professional jazz musician
Woody Gatt
Solid Playback, compositional accompaniment and practice tool with multiple applications. But doesn’t come with any music but there’s a great form or you could download the court changes to thousands of popular tunes and experiment by changing the styles. It’s like band in a box, and someways more versatile, but with less tweak ability in regards to the accompaniment. If you want to gig and you don’t know key changes, this is the app to have. I’ve seen so many professionals with them. You can also export midi, and whatever style you want. It’s help me to compose new songs. The interface is a little tricky, but there’s plenty of tutorials and helpful for him literature, as well as templates and options. This is probably the most comprehensive tool of its kind, and although there’s no real audio, if you’re not happy with the sounds of styles, export the midi, or if you like what you hear you can export the audio. For example, I found a tune template with some key changes I liked. Tweaked and changed some of the form and chords with ones I was hearing. Changed up the style. Wrote the developers and ask them if they could add an option to record. Not only did they respond, they did. Unbelievable. That was five years ago. There are still regular updates... it and it is absolutely a go to app that is One killer practicing, especiallyif you are a student of jazz, Bluegrass, blues, this will help you gain levels. I even use it on gigs if someone has a song request that is too obscure to find a backing track. It’s all about just getting from Milyer with the controls. Being tasteful and thinking creatively. It also is a plus, having the technology on hand to stream Bluetooth audio.
Performance tracks too!
Nick-neighm
I’ve used this app since the early versions and it always surprises me. First off it let’s me create simple, readable chord charts and share them effortlessly. The backing instruments give you flexibility to easily practice and rehearse. While most of my use of this app is as a practice or teaching tool - I also use it to create basic backing tracks for live performance. I play lap steel - so all I really need is a bass line, and a simple rhythm instrument to back me up as I play the melodies. Once I get a chart working live - if I want better quality for a show etc. I’ll do a more pro track in my DAW with real instruments. But for many songs, doing simple gigs - this app works fine. The endings are not great, and the bass lines get a bit boring - but overall it works ok. If you construct a good chart with proper repeats, and pick a good style for the song etc. - the tracks work really well. I like the Rhodes piano, vibes and bass along with the Jazz styles. Love being able to export .pdf to share charts with the band.
- Show a "Swipe up to set" hint when touching the tempo/repeats button
- Improved audio export progress bar — now shows progress across all export phases
- Smarter auto playlists — no more duplicates in Last Viewed
- Auto playlists now support up to 100 songs (previously 50)
- Last Viewed songs now show their source playlist name
- Fixed player settings not persisting in Last Viewed playlist
- Fixed Spotlight search and single-song imports not showing the song on iPhone
- Fixed tapping selecting the wrong measure on long compressed charts
- Fixed a crash that could occur with a badly formatted song
- MusicXML export now uses rests instead of slash or diamond notes for more accurate notation
Version 2026.4
In-App Purchases
Brazilian backing tracks
Feel the Rhythm of Brazil
$6.99
Salsa style backing tracks
Deep dive into Afro-Cuban music!
$6.99
Blues style backing tracks
Bring out your inner B.B. King
$6.99
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