The DSGVO-compliant music school app
The music school app for digitizing your music school.
Dashboard, timetable, video calls, attendance, bulletin board, and chat all in one.
100% data protection compliant. Secure. Fast. Simple.
Coming soon: barrier-free thanks to large controls.
Secure chats, ready to go
Secure chats, ready to go:
Optimize communication in your music school with our secure chat: Create individual group chats with customizable names, add contacts, and assign roles such as owner, admin, or user. Use broadcast lists, private chats, and the integrated search bar for quick access. Share content directly from other apps. Read receipts are coming soon. Connect students, teachers, parents, and administration—securely, modernly, and GDPR-compliant!
Send media securely:
Send texts, images, videos, PDFs, etc., which can be opened or downloaded directly. Edit, delete, or copy messages and keep track of everything with read receipts.
Always keep an eye on the timetable:
The digital timetable provides a clear overview of classrooms, times, and cancellations at any time with real-time notifications. Filters can be used to display specific periods.
Clear attendance lists:
Teachers record attendance in real time via the app and can add individual notes. The always up-to-date attendance list is available to the administration at any time. With
more - Enables direct search for the target chat when sharing content in chats.
- Fixes a bug in the reply view in chat.
- Fixes a bug when opening notes from the attendance list.
- Implements minor improvements in the background.
2.28.0 Feb 18
- Shows in chat and in the contact list whether a person is currently online, when they were last online, or whether they have access to Appella.
- Adds a new tuner (beta) to tune instruments directly in the app.
- Refines the integrated metronome.
- Fixes a bug in the metronome: no more double ticks in automatic mode.
- Allows teachers and moderators to open person details directly in the chat.
- Improves the user interface for clearer and more pleasant operation.
- Implements minor improvements in the background.
2.27.0 Feb 13
- Adds a metronome for music lessons.
- Adds a list of people with a filter function.
- Improves the display of the search field.
- Implements minor improvements in the background.
2.26.0 Feb 3
Preparation for upcoming updates.
2.25.4 Jan 23
- Implements minor improvements in the background.
- Preparation for subsequent updates.
2.25.3 Jan 22
Fixes bug that caused notifications to be incorrectly marked as read or unread.
2.25.1 Jan 13
- Allows you to reply directly to chat messages with a swipe gesture or via the message menu.
- Improves the notification area with filters for “All” and “Unread” and a function to mark all messages as read at once.
The unread number indicator now works reliably.
- Allows you to choose in the presence list whether to overwrite all entries or only open ones when setting the daily status.
- Allows you to cancel sending wall posts.
- Allows you to share invitation links to online lesson video conferences directly in chat.
- Allows file attachments to be shared directly from chat messages.
- Improves the user experience when creating chat channels.
- Fixes a bug in the date selection of the timetable and attendance list when using the “Today” button.
- Fixes a bug that caused chats to be displayed in the wrong order.
- Fixes a bug that caused rescheduled lessons to be displayed twice.
2.25.0 Jan 10
Fixes a bug that caused sharing attendance lists on iPads to be immediately canceled.
Fixes a bug in iPadOS 26 that caused dialog boxes to close immediately.
2.24.1 11/26/2025
- Teachers can now export attendance lists for a specific period as PDF files, download them, and share them directly.
- Teachers can conveniently send the initial login details to students or their parents.
- Teachers can see the contact details of parents or guardians.
2.24.0 11/22/2025
- Add audio settings hint for Apple devices in online lessons.
- Enhance notice board actions to handle no internet scenarios.
- Fix bug where Feedback Tool reopens on every app start.
- Implement minor improvements in the background.
2.23.4 11/05/2025
- Fixes a bug that prevented chat messages from being sent directly from the student detail page using the Chat Quick Action button.
- Fixes a bug that prevented changes to chat channel members from being displayed correctly.
- Fixes a bug that prevented the list of broadcast recipients from loading completely.
- Improves minor background issues.
2.23.3 10/29/2025
- Significantly improves chat message loading and makes it more reliable.
- Minor improvements in the background of the app.
- Fixes a bug that caused some text in chat messages or notices to be incorrectly marked as links.
- Fixes a bug that caused you to have to re-enter a channel name when adding more members to a channel, even though the channel already had a name.
2.23.2 10/06/2025
Minor improvements in the background of the app.
2.23.1 09/24/2025
- Allows you to create broadcast lists to send messages to selected contacts at the same time. Recipients see the message as a normal private message, while the creator keeps track of sent broadcast messages and members.
- Allows you to quickly find chats with a specific person using the new search function by name.
- Allows you to take photos directly in the app and add them to chat messages—without any detours.
- Allows you to select individual words or entire sentences in chats and copy them with a single click – for faster and more flexible communication.
- Improves the loading behavior of chats and channels – messages now load significantly faster and are sent and received reliably.
- Enables group and broadcast chats without names. If no name is assigned, the app automatically generates a name based on the first and last names of the members.
- Gives group and broadcast chats dynamic avatars for better differentiation.
- Automatically capitalizes the first letters of words for clean and professional communication.
- Fixes a bug that caused a white screen after logging out.
- Corrects a spelling mistake—the term “gallery” is now spelled correctly.
- Simplifies navigation to chat information with a new icon behind the chat title.
- Revamps the notification center for a more intuitive and clear layout.
2.23.0 09/20/2025
Fixes a bug that caused the cursor to jump to the end of the line after editing a draft chat message.
2.22.2 06/18/2025
- Fixes a bug where it was not possible to create group chats
- Fixes other small bugs
- Improves small things in the background
2.22.1 06/17/2025
- Allows you to share content from other apps with Appella via the operating system's share function.
- Displays the correct number of unread notifications on the app icon.
- Saves chat messages that have not yet been sent as drafts as long as the app remains open.
- Improves the loading behaviour of chat content.
- Fixes a bug that caused a success message to be displayed when saving a file was cancelled.
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2.22.0 06/16/2025
- Fixes a bug where a chat bubble was not displayed correctly.
- Fixes a bug where it was supposedly possible to copy a chat message without text.
- Fixes small bugs in the background.
2.21.2 06/05/2025
Fixes small bugs
2.21.1 06/03/2025
- Enables files to be sent via the chat.
- Adjusts the sensitivity so that the Service Centre is no longer accidentally opened by shaking it slightly.
- Makes the presence field even more clickable.
- Ensures that loose links such as ‘appella.app’ are also recognised. Previously only ‘https://appella.app’ was recognised.
- Shows teachers a birthday cake next to a student when it is their birthday.
2.21.0 06/02/2025
Adds quick actions to the student details page. This allows teachers to send a chat message to their students with just one click.
2.20.0 05/12/2025
- Fixes a bug that caused the text of long notices to be hidden by the keyboard.
- Improves the display of various elements in the application.
- Improves the display of ‘Missing attendances’ by only displaying missing attendances from the last two months.
2.19.1 04/06/2025
Enables the assignment of authorisations to members of group chats and the transfer of group ownership rights.
2.18.0 02/21/2025
Adds a new service center.
2.17.1 02/18/2025
Displays a notification badge when a notification is received.
2.16.0 02/12/2025
- Enables direct search for the target chat when sharing content in chats.
- Fixes a bug in the reply view in chat.
- Fixes a bug when opening notes from the attendance list.
- Implements minor improvements in the background.
more Version 2.28.0 Feb 18
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