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.
The interface is intuitive, but powerful enough to handle most charts effortlessly. Playback via standard instruments and styles makes it a great practice tool. The online forum provides access to thousands of standard tunes from every music genre, and makes testing and sharing original tunes simple. You can create custom playlists, so creating and sharing sets is really useful for scratch bands. I’d like to see a move-to-top/bottom option when editing playlists to make it quicker to reorder songs for a set list, but generally this app has you covered.
Developer Response
Thank you for your review ;)
Best music app period
microvios
This is an absolutely amazing app. It simply delivers. Huge on Jazz unlike most other apps focusing on RnB and/or Metal. Huge library of songs and super easy to create your own backing tracks. I use it for my own compositions and I find the share audio and share chart features invaluable. I carry just my iPad or iPhone now and have all my track library with me. The two features which would make it perfect for me are 1) to hear the chord we enter in the editor and 2) a way to play along my electric guitar without the need for other programs, even with a simple, generic clean jazz sound. Congratulations to the developers.
A must for any aspiring musician
JimmytjazzUK
Apps like this deserve 5 stars. Love and care has been put into its development and the steady improvements are well integrated. ICloud sync is an excellent feature, that clinched the fifth star for me, as when I started using the app it required saving files manually. I bought this app as I wanted to learn jazz and it really did help me understand structure and chord voicing. The price is worth it! You get what you pay for with apps and some users want professional apps at very low prices, which prevents market growth.
Best thing since sliced bread
Jonthejazzer
I don't know how I'd survive as a muso without this brilliant product. For practising, ear-training, sharing, rehearsing, finding chords ... the list is long. And Massimo or Niki is THERE to help you when you need it. They must LIVE this app; they're always there. If it were 10 times the price it would be worth it! If/when all the musos you know and play with use this and share their playlists it ensures you're all playing the same chords - a blessing!
Developer Response
Thank you Jon for the kind words! Indeed, we're here to help ;)
- Control Center pause now acts as stop, and the Now Playing controls stay in sync
- Key Signature Set buttons in the editor now show descriptive subtitles
- Global search pills are now tinted with the accent color and give press feedback
- Playlist delete button no longer appears tinted red on iOS 18 and earlier
- Fixed a crash in the library list caused by an invalid scroll position
- Fixed a crash from rapidly tapping songs while the app was lagging
- Fixed a crash that could occur when removing songs while iCloud sync updated a playlist
Version 2026.6.2
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