Songwriting, scales & music theory — built around the circle of fifths.
Tonaly helps you write songs, master scales, and finally make sense of music theory. Visual, interactive, and built for guitarists, pianists, producers, and every musician in between.
** #1 Music App in over 20 countries **
** Loved by 250.000+ musicians **
WRITE SONGS THAT WORK
Pick chords from the circle of fifths and combine them into songs that sound great. See how chords connect, change keys instantly, and export your ideas as MIDI to Ableton, Logic, or GarageBand.
LEARN SCALES VISUALLY
Master scales on guitar, piano, bass, ukulele, violin, viola, or cello — with left-hand mode. From major and minor to Dorian, Mixolydian, and 80+ additional scales.
UNDERSTAND MUSIC THEORY
See how keys, chords, and scales connect — instead of memorizing rules. Roman numerals, Nashville numbers, intervals, and chord structures, all explained visually.
FOR EVERY MUSICIAN
Whether you're starting out, finishing your first song, or teaching students — Tonaly adapts to your level and instrument.
KEY FEATURES
- Interactive circle of fifths
- 80+ scales and modes
- 7 instruments with multiple tunings
- MIDI and PDF leadsheet export
- Song templates (Pop, Jazz, Blues & more)
- Time signatures: 4/4, 3/4, 6/8, 7/8, 5/8
- Transposed playback for Bb and Eb instruments
- Color themes including a color blind theme
- German note names (H/B)
- iCloud sync
- Left-hand mode
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One of my favorite apps. Love the save feature, now I can save my creations. The one thing it’s missing is the ability to alter the minimum amount of beats per chord. The metronome works so that each chord gets a minimum of 4 clicks before it switches to next user inputed chord. There should be a way to edit this so that some chords, still locked into the tempo, can switch faster, maybe I only want my Bm for half the bar, and then an A chord for the other half. An edit feature where I can adjust the “length” that a chord rings out over the metronome would make this app perfect.
Developer Response
Hi and thank you for your feedback! The feature you've requested will be one of the next features. I'm currently working on the design for it, stay tuned! ✌️
Wonderful update
InitialsWS
I’ve been using Tonaly for quite a while. It’s a great tool for learning the fretboard and practicing scales that’s been incrementally updated with features. I gotta say though, the latest fretboard updates in 3.7.5 are exactly what I’ve been hoping for to make a near perfect guitar practice tool. Love being able to see either note names or scale degree on the fretboard. Wonderful update to an already great app.
Developer Response
Thank you for your review!
Grateful
sc4z
Easily the most useful music app available for any style of music alongside forscore. I personally use it for learning and teaching jazz. I wish there was an option to change the octave of the scale and perhaps a few more educational popups but I would buy this again in a heartbeat!
Developer Response
Thank you for your review and feedback – I'll keep it in mind!
Literally the best cheat sheet app for music theory
JayNer002
I recommend it to everyone that wants to be or is into music theory it makes everything much more clear and simple. It’s super straightforward and easy to use. 100% worth the money
Developer Response
Awesome – Thanks for your review!
Again some minor updates to keep everything running smoothly while you write and practice.
The app is updated regularly. Suggestions? Reach out to: support@tonaly.app
Version 3.8.4
The developer, Christian Hengst Daniels, 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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