Strum: Tabs Made Easy
Write. Tune. Play.
$3.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Compose, edit, and play ukulele and guitar tabs with chords, frets, strum patterns, a built-in tuner and an auto-scrolling metronome. Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Strum is a clean, focused tablature editor for ukulele and guitar. Write a song, drop in chords, set a strum pattern, and hear it back - all on the same screen, with a layout designed for the way fretted-instrument players actually think about a song.
» Designed for the iPad, made for every Apple device.
Strum scales from a quick lookup on your iPhone to a full editing surface on your iPad or Mac. Your library syncs through your private iCloud account, so a song you wrote on the couch is waiting on your iPad at practice.
» Tab-first editing
› You control what you see: standard staff, tablature, beat counters, chord boxes, chord names, strum directions, and lyrics.
› Tap any beat to add or edit notes using chords or manual frets. Speed up repetitive parts by reusing recent frets and chords, or by duplicating entire measures and sections.
› 4-string ukulele (high-G, low-G, Baritone) and 6-string guitar (standard EADGBe) supported out of the box.
› Section labels, repeat barlines, and song sections let you structure longer pieces.
» Chord palette + custom shapes
› A library of common ukulele and guitar chord shapes, ready to drop into a beat.
› Build your own custom chords with the multi-fret finger editor. Save a custom shape, and Strum will reuse it everywhere.
› Change finger placements globally to match your preferences, or override them at the song level to adapt to a specific chord progression.
» Strum patterns
› Build patterns from up/down strokes, mutes, and rests across any beat numerator.
› Save your patterns for reuse across songs, or pick from the built-in library.
› Per-song and per-section overrides let you use a different pattern without touching your defaults.
» Playback
› Tap play in Edit mode to verify your note progressions and rest lengths during creation.
› Tap play in Read mode to leverage a configurable metronome.
› Follow-tab highlights the current beat as it plays and auto-scrolls your tab hands-free.
» Built-in tuner
› Open the tuner sheet, pluck a string, and Strum tells you whether it's flat, sharp, or in tune.
› The microphone is used only inside the tuner - audio is processed on-device and never recorded or sent anywhere.
» PDF Export & Sharing
› Export any song as a clean PDF or image you can print and share.
› Send the native .strum file to other users for app-to-app collaboration.
» Private by default
› Songs, folders, sections, custom chords, custom strum patterns, and preferences sync through your private Apple CloudKit database.
› No accounts. No analytics. No third-party servers. Your songs never leave Apple's infrastructure.
» Pay once, play forever
› No subscriptions, no accounts, no ads. Buy Strum once, and it's yours.
Whether you're sketching a quick song on a 4-string uke or notating a fingerpicked guitar piece, Strum gets out of the way and lets you write.
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Information
- Seller
- Mateusz Dabrowski
- Size
- 21.9 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mateusz Dąbrowski
