Add reference performances to your pieces and listen while practicing. Search and preview Apple Music, or extract audio from a video you choose.
Only Practice — a music practice journal, one session at a time.
For musicians who play piano, violin, cello, guitar, and more. Choose a piece, start the timer, capture an idea, or record a passage to listen to later. Keep a record of your practice, whether you are just starting or refining your repertoire.
Record each practice session
Use a stopwatch or countdown to track your time and follow your practice streaks. Tap a recently practiced piece on the home screen to pick up where you left off.
Give every piece its own cover
Create square covers using symbols, emoji, composer illustrations, or your photos. Choose soft background colors, gradients, and symbol colors, or crop a photo. Your cover appears across the list, home screen, and piece details.
Keep notes within reach
Write, read, and edit notes during practice. Pin useful reminders to the side of the screen and find them again the next time you open that piece. The timer keeps running while you use your notes.
Set the beat
Open the metronome popover on the practice screen to adjust tempo, beats, and sound, or save a preset. Tuck the panel away when you are ready to focus.
Listen back and see your progress
Save recordings and notes with your pieces, then revisit them in piece details and the timeline. Explore your practice time in Statistics and organize completed pieces into achievements and collections.
Continue across your devices
Made for iPhone and iPad, with iCloud sync. Supports iOS 18 and later, with glass effects that adapt to your system version.
Only Practice offers free features, monthly and yearly subscriptions, and a lifetime purchase. Pro unlocks unlimited piece management. Current prices are shown in the app, and Restore Purchases is available.
Turn your love of music into a lasting practice habit with Only Practice.
Review and share your practice
See weekly and monthly practice charts for each piece. Browse recordings and notes with the timeline calendar. Turn notes into images or animated Live Photos, choose a style and edit the sharing text separately. A Home Screen widget shows a piece’s cover and saved practice hours.
Listen to reference performances
Save multiple reference performances for each piece. Search Apple Music or paste a song link and audition available previews before adding. You can also extract audio from a video you choose. Listen from piece details or during practice, with speed controls for video audio. Full Apple Music playback requires an eligible subscription.
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Privacy Policy: https://github.com/shawnchenxmu/Practice_Privacy_Policy/tree/main
Newest edit to 4.75 stars! Thanks for adding the “+” in the top right to easily add past practice. Now only thing I could ask for at the moment is an audible alarm when using the practice timer. Thanks!
Developer Response
Reply to 2025.5.20 update: Thank you for your honest review and for continuing to use the app! I agree that the current way to log past practice isn’t very intuitive, and it’s something I plan to improve based on your suggestion. I really appreciate your feedback and would love to hear more of your thoughts. This app started as a way to help me stay on track with my own practice, and knowing it’s been useful to a fellow music lover like you is incredibly encouraging. I’ll stick with it and keep working to make it better.----------------------------------Thanks for your support! Yes, I'm currently consider adding more feature on it. I'd like to hear your voice about some feature you want😊.
Suggestions
webpick
Nice idea. Good app.Here’s 2 suggestions: - add the ability to re-order the task list. Currently the most recently added task goes to the top of the list. This isn’t helpful when using the app as a practice guide.- add the ability to track how long each task is practiced. Currently the timer counts down then stops. Usually practicing tasks ends when the skills have been performed regardless of the timer. And it would be helpful to know how much time is spent on a task.
Only Practice 4.0 adds reference performances to your practice.
• Add reference performances from Apple Music search or song links, audition available previews, or extract audio from your own videos. Listen while practicing.
• The metronome supports time signatures including 6/8. Player controls and returning to an unsaved timer from a widget have been improved.
Version 4.0
The developer, 昇 陈, 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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