The chords for 20,000+ songs, a diagram for every shape and a strum you can hear before you play. Every song free, no ads, no sign-up. Open and play.
The chords for 20,000+ songs to play on the ukulele, free. No ads, no sign-up, no card needed. Every chord comes with a diagram for ukulele and every song suggests a strum you can hear before you play it.
Open a song and you get what a ukulele player actually reaches for: the chord shapes, the chords laid out right where they change and a strum to play them with. Tap the hear-it button and the pattern plays on that song's own chords, so you copy the feel instead of decoding notation.
UkuTabs keeps your eyes on your hands. Want the words there too? Paste your own lyrics once and the app lines them up under the chords for you. They stay on your device.
WHAT YOU GET, FREE
• The chords for any of 20,000+ songs, forever
• A finger-by-finger diagram for every chord, so you always know the shape you are reaching for
• A suggested strumming pattern with a hear-it button that plays it on the song's own chords
• A How to play note under the song: the groove, the tempo and the key
• A Learn tab with 44 in-depth guides, from tuning your first ukulele to strumming, fingerpicking, theory and care
• Browse by difficulty, by chord count or through every artist A to Z
• Charts of the most played and top rated songs, plus a song of the day
• Turn it sideways for a wide music-stand view
• Dark mode, bigger text and left-handed chord shapes
• Up to 5 favorites, so your go-to songs stay one tap away
MADE FOR PLAYING, NOT FOR ADS
The big apps bury the chords under banner ads and pop-ups. Not here. Open a song and it is just you and the chords. That is the whole point.
FROM UKUTABS.COM
UkuTabs has been the home for ukulele players on the web for years. This is that same catalog, the same curated arrangements and the same guides, now native on iPhone and iPad.
UKUTABS+
The songbook stays free. UkuTabs+ adds the performance tools: hands-free autoscroll with speed control, Stage mode for playing live, one-tap transpose to any key, the built-in tuner, play-along videos, custom chord colors and shapes, full offline access and unlimited favorites. Cancel anytime.
Grab your ukulele and play something!
UKUTABS+ SUBSCRIPTION
UkuTabs+ is an optional auto-renewable subscription that unlocks the performance tools above, unlimited favorites and full offline access. You can read any song free without it. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation and it renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Prices are shown in the app.
• Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
• Privacy Policy: https://ukutabs.com/songs-privacy/
Really good app for finding ukulele songs. I have been using the UkuTabs website for years and now having everything in an app + offline saving is convenient.
A little disappointed.
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I have almost a decade of music saved in this system, and now what? I don’t mind occasional ads, but charging $50 for something that claimed to be “always free” is frustrating. You have to pay for lyrics, other instruments, autoscroll, all these things that used to be free.
Developer Response
Your songs and favorites are safe. They live on your UkuTabs account, they are still there and opening any of them is free, both in the app and on ukutabs.com.Lyrics are not behind the paywall. Paying does not unlock them, for anyone. I do not have a license to publish song lyrics in an iOS app, so every song shows chords only. You can add your own to any song in a few taps: tap "Add lyrics", copy the song from its page on ukutabs.com, paste it in, and the app lines the words up under the chords and keeps them there.The old app was the website in a wrapper, so autoscroll and the instrument switcher came free with the site. This one is a native app that I built from scratch and supported by me alone, and those tools are what pays for it. The $50 you saw is the one-time option, there is a monthly one too and the website itself is unchanged and still completely free, in your phone browser as well.Sorry for the frustration. If you would consider revisiting the review after another look, I would appreciate it, and if something is genuinely not working, do reach out personally please. I answer every message.Happy strumming!Jonas
Stick to web browser, use an ad blocker
MizzPelirrojo
I downloaded this app because I was sick of the pop-ups every time I would use the website. I’ve been using the website for years and I was happy to see that there was an app. But it’s not better than the website. You have to pay for scroll, which is free on the web browser and none of the songs come with lyrics, which doesn’t make any sense to me because in the web browser all of the songs have lyrics. But there is a link to easily copy and paste. They said it’s not even part of the plus subscription either.Three stars because I absolutely love the web browser version minus the ads and I’m hoping that they find a way to make the app as seamless. I assumed the app was going to be the same with ads and paid for ad-less. But you do get to favorite songs which is easier than having multiple tabs open.
Developer Response
Every song in the app is free to open, read and play with its chord diagrams. Over 20,000 of them, no ads, no sign-up, fully private. That has not changed and it will stay that way.The website is 100% free, yes, and it pays for itself with ads. The app carries no ads at all, so the performance tools pay for it instead: autoscroll, stage mode, transpose, the tuner, offline, unlimited favorites. Same bills, covered a different way through a small monthly sub or a one-time payment for lifetime access. If you would rather keep using the site without ads, support through Patreon removes them there and there is also a dedicated tier that covers both the site and the app.You read the lyrics part correctly and I appreciate the care. It is not a UkuTabs+ feature and paying does not unlock it. I do not have a licence to publish song lyrics in an iOS app, so pasting your own is the way and it sticks once you have done it for a song. I have tried to make it as seamless as possible to copy them from the website. Thank you for acknowledging that.ukutabs.com is unchanged and built for phones. I have run UkuTabs on my own for over a decade and kept every song free that whole time, which is what the ads and the subscriptions are for.Sorry it was not what you expected and my apologies for the frustration. If you would consider revisiting the review after another look I would appreciate it and if something is genuinely not working, do reach out please, I answer every message.Happy strumming!Jonas.
• Fixed a rare crash when stopping a strumming pattern while the audio was still warming up.
• Bought UkuTabs+ on another device? It now follows your UkuTabs account, so signing in unlocks it everywhere.
• The Latest chart now updates as soon as new songs are added.
• More stability fixes throughout.
Version 1.2.3
The developer, Jonas von der Crone, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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