Bravissimo
Built for classical musicians
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Bravissimo is a practice logging app designed specifically for classical musicians who are tired of generic time-tracking apps that don't understand repertoire workflow.
KEY FEATURES:
- IMSLP Integration - Add pieces directly from IMSLP's catalog with all metadata (opus numbers, catalogue numbers, movements) automatically included. No more manual data entry.
- Smart Search - Find pieces instantly by work name, nickname, movement, opus number, or composer.
- Collections - Organize related pieces together (Beethoven Sonatas, Chopin Etudes, etc.) to keep your growing repertoire manageable.
- Practice Sessions - Log sessions with notes about what you worked on, what clicked, or what needs attention.
- Sheet Music Access - Download scores directly from IMSLP within the app.
Built by a pianist frustrated with having to create subtasks for each movement and manually enter catalogue information just to track practice time. Bravissimo understands how classical musicians actually work.
more • Composer and piece pages share one practice view: totals, chart, and ranked rows that always agree
• Movements carry their roman numerals, so the tenth prelude reads as X. Moderato instead of a bare tempo word
• Tap movements to compare just those in the chart, and the session list narrows to match
• Works list their composer and opus under the name, and session cards group segments by piece
• Practice stats paint instantly on a cold start from a local copy, then refresh in place
• Row colors always match the chart above them, at every level
1.21.0 6d ago
• Pull your session details up over the score while you practice, without leaving the reader
• Practice charts color by composer, and the In Rotation shelf now doubles as the chart key
• In Rotation cards show real score covers instead of blank tiles on a fresh install
• Spotlight lists each piece once, and tapping a result opens the piece instead of starting a session
• Long work and movement names fit in the session bar instead of getting cut off
• A session restored after the app relaunches keeps its timeline in the right order
1.20.0 Aug 20
• Start any piece in your library from Siri, Shortcuts, or Spotlight — now including the pieces you've saved yourself
• Imported PDFs are playable and searchable the moment they finish uploading
• The score reader keeps your place when you rotate an iPad, and turns to nearby pages faster
• Practice charts now look and behave the same on iPhone and iPad
• Search keeps your own copy of a piece when it collapses duplicate catalogue entries
• Faster sheet-music library updates, plus fixes for a duplicate score pointer and a session workspace that couldn't be closed
1.19.0 Aug 17
• New session timeline: scrub a two-lane carousel to jump straight to any moment, and toggle a movement rail to see what you played when
• New session recap: a live summary that follows your practice, with a pull-up sheet for the full picture and quick browsing of your practice queue
• Your streak goal now saves the moment you set it during onboarding
• Practice chart time windows now line up correctly across days and weeks
• General reliability improvements to session sync and detail views
1.18.0 Aug 10
• Tap any bar in your practice chart to see notes and details right where you tapped
• Smoother, faster chart scrolling with fewer hitches while browsing your practice history
• General reliability improvements to session sync and detail views
1.17.0 Aug 3
• Smoother iPad sessions: more forgiving drag gestures on the practice panel
• Composer portraits now load reliably and stay cached offline
• Practice Explorer opens consistently from the header and week card
• Sessions started or stopped on another device now sync instantly
• Live Activities end reliably across all your devices
• Sheet music accuracy: new tooling detects and corrects misread clefs and pitches in scores
1.16.0 Jul 30
Your practice session now follows you across your Apple devices:
• Start practicing on one device and the session's Live Activity appears on your other iPhones and iPads too — piece, timer, and progress stay in sync everywhere.
• Switching pieces or movements mid-session updates every device instantly.
• Pomodoro work and rest phases mirror across devices, so any screen shows the same countdown.
• Ending the session from any device ends it everywhere.
• Plus stability fixes and performance improvements.
1.15.0 Jul 24
Mark up your music with Apple Pencil, a redesigned Profile, and a smoother iPad practice view:
• Apple Pencil: annotate your sheet music right on the page — jot fingerings, circle tricky passages, and mark up the score as you practice. Your handwritten fingering numbers are recognized and saved alongside your notes.
• A redesigned Profile: your goals, practice stats, and settings now live together in one clean home.
• iPad: the practice summary pill comes to the larger layout — tap it to zoom straight into the Explorer.
• Smoother score-to-piece linking, more accurate practice charts, and the usual round of stability fixes.
1.14.0 Jul 23
A big refresh for live practice sessions, plus sharper sheet music highlights:
• Your active session now shows a proper header — total session time ticking live, start time, and your practice location.
• The Now Practicing card is cleaner: movement colors match the timeline, note indicators sit next to the piece title, and adding a note is one tap away.
• Segment time editing can no longer create overlapping entries, and your active session opens even without a connection.
• Score highlights render more beautifully — refined shapes, margin captions, and better contrast on any page.
• Practice chart: your daily goal is now drawn right on the chart.
• Tags: pick your own icons and colors.
main Jul 18
A big refresh for live practice sessions, plus sharper sheet music highlights:
• Your active session now shows a proper header — total session time ticking live, start time, and your practice location.
• The Now Practicing card is cleaner: movement colors match the timeline, note indicators sit next to the piece title, and adding a note is one tap away.
• Segment time editing can no longer create overlapping entries, and your active session opens even without a connection.
• Score highlights render more beautifully — refined shapes, margin captions, and better contrast on any page.
• Practice chart: your daily goal is now drawn right on the chart.
• Tags: pick your own icons and colors.
1.11.0 Jun 13
Search is faster and more reliable — find your pieces and the full catalogue instantly.
1.10.0 Jun 11
Search is faster and more reliable — find your pieces and the full catalogue instantly.
1.9.0 Jun 8
Open a piece's sheet music right inside Bravissimo — jump straight to any movement, and in theme-and-variations sets to each variation, with instant page turns.
Mark passages in your score as practice anchors and attach them to a goal.
Bravissimo now adapts to iPad.
Shorten your last segment and Bravissimo offers to trim the session's end to match; reopening the app now recovers a session that was interrupted.
Stat detail breaks your practice time down per movement.
1.8.3 Jun 7
Stat detail now pushes onto the navigation stack — back chevron, edge-swipe, and the active session dock all work as expected.
Piece detail charts have cleaner date labels and no longer overlap the bars.
Session rows in stat detail use a softer per-movement tint, and pieces without movements get their own chart color instead of grey.
Active session dock no longer hides content on pushed screens like Piece detail and Collection list.
1.6.1 May 20
Redesigned Practice surface — a fast Overview card up top, a tap-to-expand Navigator, and a full-screen Explorer for digging in.
Tap any bar in the chart to jump straight to that day or week in the timeline.
More accurate session counts across the chart and headline stats.
Recent sessions land in their final order on the first frame — tags, location, and weather no longer pop in.
1.6.0 May 19
Redesigned session dock — title and composer up front, with bigger one-tap controls for the metronome, timer, and stop button.
Tap anywhere on the dock to open the active session — the whole title area is an open target now, not just the title text.
Tags appear instantly when you open a session — no more pop-in on first load.
Session timeline edits feel more accurate — the bar color follows your drag in real time.
1.5.0 May 10
New session timeline view — see your whole session as a Gantt-style chart with proportional bars and per-segment notes at a glance.
Inline segment editor — drag to retime or tap to fix bounds without opening a separate sheet.
Movement nicknames — give shorthand names to movements that show up everywhere they appear.
Tap a piece in your stats to see every session you've practiced it in.
Tap the session dock to expand it — no more awkward drag-up gesture.
Sharper, snappier piece charts that keep your filter when you change ranges.
1.4.0 May 7
Piece stats now default to all-time so you see the full picture when you open a piece.
Sharper, more distinct colors in piece lists for easier scanning.
Profile charts always show the piece name.
Steadier streak pill — no more flicker when reopening the app.
Polished Live Activity logo and sturdier search behavior on first run.
1.3.1 Apr 28
Dynamic Island stays in sync when you switch movements mid-session.
Timer and metronome pills now show distinct focus, break, and waiting states.
Cleaner toolbar — workbench notes moved into the segment view.
Search feels snappier with quieter background fetching.
Faster session lookups across pieces, movements, and collections.
1.3.0 Apr 26
Full UI Revamp of the piece show page.
1.0.2 Mar 24
Added audio recognizer capabilities
1.0.1 Mar 5
• Composer and piece pages share one practice view: totals, chart, and ranked rows that always agree
• Movements carry their roman numerals, so the tenth prelude reads as X. Moderato instead of a bare tempo word
• Tap movements to compare just those in the chart, and the session list narrows to match
• Works list their composer and opus under the name, and session cards group segments by piece
• Practice stats paint instantly on a cold start from a local copy, then refresh in place
• Row colors always match the chart above them, at every level
more Version 1.21.0 6d ago
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