Cadance Dance Syllabus Tempo
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Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad
More dependable studio control on iPad: improved AirPlay output selection, clearer system-volume controls, and reliability refinements for everyday teaching.
Cadance is the music player built for dance teachers.
Change tempo without changing pitch. Find music for the exercise in front of you. Keep playlists, class notes, and playback controls together on iPhone and iPad, with an Apple Watch companion when you are away from the device.
TEACH WITH CONTROL
• Change the tempo of eligible local music without changing its pitch.
• Keep the controls you need close at hand: play, pause, skip, repeat, volume, duck, delay start, and Teaching Lock.
• Use the built-in metronome when a count is what the exercise needs.
• Remember tempos in your own playlists so recurring classes are ready to go.
FIND THE RIGHT MUSIC FASTER
• Search Your Media and Apple Music in one place. Your device library, files, Syllabus, and playlists appear first.
• Browse dance-focused search terms for barre, centre, allegro, pointe work, musical feel, and style.
• Collect results into My Cadance playlists, save favorites, and use More Like This to continue exploring.
• Works with your device music library, DRM-free files you import, and your Apple Music library. Apple Music playback and available controls depend on your subscription, the item, and what Apple makes available to Cadance.
PLAN, PRACTICE, AND STAY ORGANIZED
• Create and organize custom playlists and folders for each class.
• Import music, playlists, and Syllabus material from Files, AirDrop, or the Share sheet.
• Keep typed and handwritten Teacher Notebook notes with portable track links and iCloud sync when available.
• Use Perfect Practice Passes to unlock a chosen eligible track for 30 days.
CONTROL CLASS FROM YOUR WRIST
The Cadance Apple Watch companion mirrors what is playing on your iPhone. Browse the active collection, choose a track, adjust tempo where supported, control volume, and duck the music without returning to the device. Bluetooth remotes work with iPad and iPhone and they support tempo changes.
FLEXIBLE ACCESS
Class Planning mode is always available for browsing, organizing, and short previews. New users receive 14 Day Passes and one Perfect Practice Pass. A Day Pass unlocks full Artist-level access for one calendar teaching day and is consumed when activated, not when purchased. Passes never expire. Optional subscriptions and in-app purchases are available for teachers who need ongoing access.
PERFECT PRACTICE PASS designed for Dancers
• Focus Player: distraction-free, full-screen practice for one track with full tempo control
• A/B loop markers: repeat just the section you're working on
• Waveforms are available to simplify marker placements
• Repeat ladder with delay-start and pauses between runs
• A free pass for new users
• Practice Pass supports 30 days of full feature access
SUBSCRIPTION LEVELS (optional)
- Spark (for occasional teaching):
Unlocks full playback of your local files, Metronome, Delay Start, Apple Watch, and Bluetooth remote support.
- Artist (for regular instruction):
The ultimate frictionless experience. Direct streaming of Apple Music albums and playlists without downloading.
Spark and Artist are auto-renewing subscriptions available on a monthly or annual basis. You can cancel at any time — your access continues until the end of the current billing period. To check eligibility and actual pricing for your region including discounted introductory rates, see the in-app subscription screen.
NOTES:
Cadance is not bundled with music and doesn't sell music, so bring your own or use our playlists with your Apple Music account.
Standard Apple Terms of Use apply to Cadance: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
more I use this app 5-6 hours a day, 6 days a week. It’s my music control centre for teaching classes, running rehearsals and for performances. It keeps my music organized, allows me to adjust playback speeds as needed and even has a metronome feature for when I just need a steady beat. I can’t imagine teaching without it on my devices.
I use this app 5-6 hours a day, 6 days a week. It’s my music control centre for teaching classes, running rehearsals and for performances. It keeps my music organized, allows me to adjust playback speeds as needed and even has a metronome feature for when I just need a steady beat. I can’t imagine teaching without it on my devices.
This is so helpful! All my music is organized and easy to access. The ability to change tempo of each individual selection is great.
Developer Response Does the concept of Set Lists interest you? I’d be happy to hear your thoughts via email.
This is so helpful! All my music is organized and easy to access. The ability to change tempo of each individual selection is great.
Does the concept of Set Lists interest you? I’d be happy to hear your thoughts via email.
Cadance 7.3 makes studio playback more dependable.
• Improved AirPlay output selection on iPad, including when using Teacher Notebook alongside your music.
• Clearer system-volume controls that show a precise level only when Cadance can reliably read it.
• Reliability improvements for new-user access and everyday playback.
7.3 Sep 22
Cadance 7.2 improves the first-time experience for new teachers.
• More reliable welcome passes: New-user Day Pass and Perfect Practice Pass credits are now delivered more reliably, even when the app is closed before setup finishes.
• Faster startup: Cadance no longer holds the opening experience while checking pass and subscription information.
• Continued improvements to playback, search, and studio-ready controls.
7.2 Sep 17
Cadance 7.1 improves reliable playback and hands-on studio control.
• Improved Apple Music playback compatibility on iPadOS 27, including recovery for affected library tracks.
• Refined the Collection Detail volume control: the volume spinner now follows its visible low-to-high layout, with more reliable drag behavior and a steadier control layout.
• Includes additional playback reliability, layout, and stability improvements.
7.1 Sep 16
Cadance 7 makes it faster to find the music you need and easier to manage your teaching access.
• One Search: Search your device library, imported files, Syllabus, playlists, and Apple Music together. Your Media stays at the top, with Apple Music results below.
• Search for class music by exercise or feel: Start with dance-focused terms for barre, centre, allegro, pointe work, adagio, waltz, and more. Refine a search with simple, removable terms.
• Better search control: Switch between All and Your Media, choose whether Apple Music is included, and rebuild your local search index from Settings when needed.
• A new Visual Tour: The rebuilt guide now includes Quick Start, Passes and Modes, Troubleshooting, Apple Watch, and clearer walkthroughs of the controls you use in class.
• Simpler Account & Passes: Subscription, Day Passes, Perfect Practice Passes, Purchase History, Refresh, and Support Info now live together in one Settings section.
• More complete purchase history: See both Day Pass and Perfect Practice Pass purchases with dates and times, and copy transaction IDs when you need support.
This release also improves welcome-credit reliability for new users and includes performance, layout, and stability improvements.
7.0 Sep 9
Cadance 6 introduces Teacher Notebook: a new place to keep your class notes connected to your music.
• Create typed notes or handwritten pages, organize them in folders, and share them as Cadance notes (.cadnote files), PDFs, or images.
• Link notes to tracks: choose Copy Track Link from any track’s Actions menu, then paste it into a typed note or place it on a handwritten page. Tap it later to play that track again.
• Take your notes with you: track links travel with shared .cadnote files and find the best available match on another device.
• Stay with the music: albums, playlists, and Syllabus collections now make it easier to return to the active track while playback continues.
• Improved teaching layouts: keep a Teacher Notebook note or Syllabus document beside the live player. Focus Player, repeat gaps, scrubbing, and playback feedback have also been refined.
• A more responsive library: smoother scrolling and more reliable handling of large Apple Music playlists, offline playlists, imports, and playback startup.
• Refreshed Cadance controls across the player, library, Teacher Notebook, and Apple Watch.
• Watch support for Perfect Practice Playlist, Focus Player and track markers.
Plus reliability, stability, playback, and iPad layout improvements throughout the app.
6.0 Aug 28
Cadance 5.1 makes it easier to get started, easier to bring in your own material, and gives you more control the moment you tap a track.
Visual Tour
A new Visual Tour on the Favorites tab walks you through Cadance one short topic at a time, so new teachers can get up and running quickly.
No Autostart
The repeat menu now offers "No Autostart" alongside "No Repeat". With No Autostart, tapping a track loads it paused at the beginning so you can set the tempo before the music starts — ideal when you want a moment to prepare. Play All and Shuffle still start playing immediately. Your choice is remembered.
More of your own material in the Syllabus
You can now import loose PDFs, images, text notes, and videos into your Syllabus, not just audio and folders. When you import, Cadance asks "Music or Syllabus?" up front and routes each item directly — no extra steps.
Imported Items
A new "Imported Items" area gathers everything that's been shared to Cadance, AirDropped, or dropped in via the Files app, and lets you send each item to Music or the Syllabus yourself. Nothing is filed away automatically.
A smoother scrubber
The playback position now glides smoothly between updates instead of stepping, with a refreshed position thumb and loop markers shared across the inline and Focus players.
Fixes and improvements
• Fixed an iPad crash when resizing the PDF pane in split view.
• Improved layouts on narrow iPad windows and split view.
• Stability and reliability improvements across playback and the library.
5.1 Jun 20
Cadance 5.0 introduces the Syllabus browser — a faster way to teach from your own structured material.
• Syllabus browser: import zipped syllabus and exercise collections and browse them by section on the Favorites tab. Cadance automatically organizes folders into clean, playable track lists.
• Play any syllabus track with real-time tempo change (no pitch shift), and control it from your Apple Watch or a Bluetooth remote.
• Open in Focus Player from anywhere: Patrons and Day Pass users can now open any track in the distraction-free Focus Player without using a Practice slot.
• Unified track menu: a single, consistent track-actions menu across albums, playlists, files, and the Syllabus.
• Practice Pass improvements: a Practice Pass summary in Settings, more reliable cross-device slot syncing, and "Open in source" now jumps straight to the right album or syllabus.
• Playlist import: streamlined Apple Music playlist importing that preserves the original owner and stays in sync across renames and folder moves.
• Refreshed app icon and Apple Watch complication, plus assorted layout, stability, and clarity fixes.
Thank you for teaching with Cadance. Questions or feedback are always welcome.
5.0 Jun 5
Perfect Practice Pass is here.
• Focus Player: a distraction-free, full-screen practice view built for repeating and drilling a single track over 30 days. Designed for dancers, not just teachers.
• A/B loop markers: set two points on the timeline and loop just that section — perfect for nailing a tricky passage. These look like hearts with a down arrow (think needle down on a vinyl record track, and up arrow (think of the playback needle on a vinyl record being lifted off the track).
• Repeat ladder with optional delay-start and pause-between-repeats, so you can set up and reset between runs.
• Unlock any track for focused practice with a Practice Pass. New users get one free pass to try it out.
• Activate the wrong track? You can swap it out twice.
• Need more time with the track? Extend it at any time.
• Patron subscribers can now open tracks directly in the Focus Player and get endless Practice Passes.
Plus reliability improvements to library loading and a smoother start of playback over Bluetooth. BT Remote Overlay on iPad now supports Playlists.
We've received a few reports of content (artwork, track lists, songs) not loading and the app showing endless busy indicator on several screens. This build has significant changes to fix this and new debugging tools to help us squash anything that remains. If any such problems linger after the 4.9 update, contact support so that we can help.
4.9 May 31
Cadance 4.8 brings a major reliability and pricing update.
Quick Fix in 1143 to make Apple Music preview banner overlap on iPad dismissible.
• New Day Pass system — your Day Pass balance now syncs reliably across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch using your Apple ID. Buying a pack of passes shows up everywhere within seconds.
• 14 free Day Passes for new users on first launch.
• Fixed: iPhone freezes after rapid Apple Watch track navigation that could leave the play button disabled. The app now recovers within seconds even on slow networks or when Apple Music is mid-sync.
• Fixed: tab bar dead zones on iPhone 17 — Library, Playlists, and Favorites tabs are now fully tappable across the entire tab.
• Fixed: imported playlists from Apple Music or your Music Library now correctly preserve the original curator and mark themselves "(syncable copy)" — they no longer look like Cadance-authored playlists.
• Fixed: buying a Day Pass pack no longer occasionally inflates the balance.
• Fixed: stalled iOS Music library no longer leaves Albums, Artists, or Music Playlists spinning forever. You'll now see a clear "Library unavailable" message with a Retry button.
• Customer Center is now accessible from Settings → Manage Subscription even without an active subscription, so Day Pass users have full account access.
• Apple Watch active-row controls now disable correctly while a track is loading, preventing accidental impatient taps.
Smaller fixes, performance improvements, and behind-the-scenes refactoring throughout.
4.8 May 17
Stability and polish pass, with a focus on reliability on iPhones that are low on free storage.
• Fixed a rare freeze when opening Custom Playlists on iPhones running low on free space. Opening a playlist now always produces a usable screen — or a clear retry option — within a few seconds, even when Apple Music is being slow in the background.
• Music Playlist artwork that got stuck on a placeholder will now load correctly after the next app launch, and on iPad will try again automatically when you open the playlist.
• Switching between the Favorites, Library, and Playlists tabs now keeps your scroll position in each tab, so returning to a tab after a detour no longer snaps back to the top.
• Fixed a background crash that could occur when running Cadance on an Apple Silicon Mac ("Designed for iPad") while the Music app was syncing.
• Apple Watch: opening a different album or playlist on iPhone now reliably scrolls the Watch tracklist to the first track instead of inheriting the previous container's scroll position.
Thanks to everyone who reported issues — please keep the feedback coming.
4.7 May 8
- Faster startup — eliminated a launch-time delay caused by oversized artwork.
- Bluetooth remote controls now route to Cadance reliably even after using Apple Music on the same device.
- Smoother track changes on Apple Watch — no more ghost play/pause flash or stale progress.
- Better tempo handling on Apple Music tracks — your set tempo is preserved across pause, scrub, and repeat.
- Album release year now shows on Albums, Artist pages, and album detail.
- Music import now runs in the background — keep using the app while files copy.
- Many improvements for Cadance running on Mac (Designed for iPad).
- Various reliability fixes and polish.
4.6 May 6
Version 4.5
• Imports from iCloud, OneDrive, and Google Drive now run in the background — you can keep using Cadance while your music copies over, with a progress banner showing filenames and a cancel button.
• New: When an album's track numbers are missing or scrambled, Cadance can now restore the correct order using Apple Music as a reference. A one-tap toggle lets you switch back to the original order any time.
• Fixed a bug where tempo on DRM / Apple Music tracks silently reverted to normal speed on repeat.
• Fixed a bug where tapping "Go to Album" from a playlist could show a blank black page on iPhone.
• Smoother, more natural slide animation when tapping an artist to see their albums.
• Apple Watch: fixed accidental misfires between rewind, play/pause, and tempo on the inline player — taps now land where you expect.
• Apple Watch: track changes are now instant and clean — no more brief flash of the previous track's progress or a stuttering play/pause icon.
• Apple Watch: rapid-fire tapping through tracks on flaky connections no longer "unwinds" back through earlier selections.
• Apple Watch: if the Cadance iPhone app needs updating to match your Watch, you'll now see a clear banner with guidance.
• Many smaller playback, audio, and Apple Music preview fixes.
4.5 May 5
Cadance 4.4 — Stability & Polish
This release focuses on making your teaching experience smoother, especially on Apple Watch and with large music libraries.
Apple Watch improvements
- Easier-to-read track rows with the new rotated, wrist-aware tempo display
- More reliable play/pause — no more accidentally jumping to the next track when tapping pause
- Cleaner volume and tempo control from the Digital Crown
- Watch now follows the "Show Full Album" toggle from your iPhone
- Repeat mode honored correctly when starting a track from the Watch
- Brighter row separators in Music Playlists for clearer separation
Scrolling & performance
- Much smoother scrolling through large libraries of thousands of albums or artists
- Faster load for large Music Playlists (fewer background checks)
- No more stale tempo numbers showing on playlists you're only browsing
Crash fixes
- Fixed an iPad crash when opening a playlist or album that contained the same track more than once
- Fixed playability icons (cloud / DRM / unplayable) disappearing after activating a Custom Playlist track
- Fixed a rare loop when a playlist description was open while playback continued
Small but nice
- Playlist description overlay no longer gets clipped at the screen edges on iPhone
4.4 May 2
Cadance 4 is a massive upgrade, completely rebuilt to be faster and more reliable for the studio. This 4.3 update includes important bug fixes to Settings screen on silicone Macs and performance improvements.
• 14 Free Day Passes: Every user gets 14 days of unrestricted premium access to use whenever you teach.
• 33 Curated Playlists: Pre-installed music for Extraordinary Groups (Autism, Parkinson's, Senior Health), kids' Hip-hop, and more.
• Class Planning Mode: The free tier now allows unlimited playlist creation and 15-second previews of the entire Apple Music catalog.
• Studio Upgrades: Massive iPad remote overlay, new Teacher Lock to prevent accidental taps, and enhanced Apple Watch control.
• Frictionless Discovery: Explore artist catalogs instantly without leaving the app.
4.3 Apr 28
Cadance 4 is a massive upgrade, completely rebuilt to be faster and more reliable for the studio. This 4.2 update includes important bug fixes and performance improvements.
• 14 Free Day Passes: Every user gets 14 days of unrestricted premium access to use whenever you teach.
• 33 Curated Playlists: Pre-installed music for Extraordinary Groups (Autism, Parkinson's, Senior Health), kids' Hip-hop, and more.
• Class Planning Mode: The free tier now allows unlimited playlist creation and 15-second previews of the entire Apple Music catalog.
• Studio Upgrades: Massive iPad remote overlay, new Teacher Lock to prevent accidental taps, and enhanced Apple Watch control.
• Frictionless Discovery: Explore artist catalogs instantly without leaving the app.
4.2 Apr 27
First native iOS version, build 1127 is mostly better at everything than v3.x. Much better playlist support, integration with Apple Music catalog, auto lock, remote overlay, and Day Pass support.
4.1 Apr 26
Fixes mp3 and wav playability from playlists (free tier). Added support for Bluetooth remote (Satechi R2 tested) for Spark tier and only really useful on owned albums / tracks. Improvements to make active track visible. Fix bottom button height on iPad. Simplified 'restore subscription' after reinstall. Fixed volume picker sizing.
3.5 Mar 3
Favorites tab will refresh all popularity scores during the startup for the first session of the day. These had been static until you played the album or playlist again.
Your music is now more likely to be playable if not downloaded while remaining in the cloud. Playlist import, syncing and repair fixes to solve track playability issues.
Paywall is shown if you never had an account and click into Customer Center.
3.4 Feb 18
Minor update to the review nudge which should now happen after 7 containers rather than 30. I can't express strongly enough how important reviews are to the future of this app.
3.3 Feb 5
Useful tips added to the initial empty library, local files and playlists screens describing how the user can install music.
The Library / Files tab has been renamed with new subtext to provide better context to the user.
Watch app fixes to solve an issue with playability of cloud tracks of tracks exceeding 20.
A review nudge was added for users that have played 30 containers, which offers to show the App Store review page for the app. This can easily be dismissed and after 3 spaced out requests for reviews there will be a checkbox shown to let the user opt out of future reminders
3.2 Feb 3
Minor fix to tempo display during the dock / undock while scrolling. Artists now sorted while ignoring diacritics. Albums have leading spaces removed from title to fix that sort order as well. Removed obsolete onboarding videos. App compiled with modern Xcode and disabled app compatibility with Silicon based Macs to adhere to licensing restrictions.
3.1 Jan 29
New free tier to recreate BarreNotes functionality and pricing.
New support for DRM protected tracks found in your Apple Music Library, local files, and Apple Music subscriptions.
3.0 Jan 23
Added the ability to 'heart' albums and playlists to make them appear instantly on the Favorites tab (thanks to Cathie and Josephine for this!). Long press on the album or playlist under the Favorites tab to remove that item from Favorites without resetting everything. Great for cleaning up anything you need out of the way.
Collage rebuild fix and quick refresh of the display for improved UX.
2.1 Jan 16
Big update worthy of advancing the version to 2.0: MusicKit added to enable playing of previously locked DRM songs. Playability indicators moved to the left side of song titles, several updates to settings screen, playlist collage creation and refresh improvements, song delay improvements and the slider no longer gets orphaned and forgotten on screen.
2.0 Jan 13
Settings screen update to show RevenueCat UDID to user.
1.4 Jan 7
Cadance 7.3 makes studio playback more dependable.
• Improved AirPlay output selection on iPad, including when using Teacher Notebook alongside your music.
• Clearer system-volume controls that show a precise level only when Cadance can reliably read it.
• Reliability improvements for new-user access and everyday playback.
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