iReal Pro

Technimo

In-app purchases

About this app

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

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.

Ratings and reviews

IReal Pro is probably the best app for getting backing tracks easily, but it still pretty much sucks. Very few choices for styles. Cannot put a chord on the eighth note. 12 stanza limit on length of songs (I mean really!?!). Searching for songs is a bit primitive. Backing tracks are very static and limited. Display is very basic, chords will overlap making them unreadable. If there was something better that was affordable it would be nice. Till then I'll keep using it.

I LOVE this program! Not only can you find thousands of charts to jazz, blues and rock tunes (even share the charts over many different methods), but the practice/play along function is invaluable. Before I purchased this program (at such a reasonable rate!), I was constantly trying to find backing tracks for practicing both vocals and piano. But often, those free tracks were in the wrong key. And the paid tracks add up fast! With IRealPro, you can change the tempo (slower when you're learning), set it to loop as many times as you want, create your own charts, modify charts, change the key (a must for my low voice), and even try the song with different rhythms. I don't know what we did without it. I have bought copies for other band members too. Just DO it!

This app is an indispensable part of every practice session. The portable, easy access to 1000+ jazz standards alone is worth the price. But these guys also included a little fake band to back you while you practice the songs. 🤘 You can edit the band by choosing instruments, turning them off and on, and mixing their volumes. You clean easily change the tempo of each song, the key of each song, and the basic groove of each song. Night mode is perfect. Highly recommended.

What’s new

• New: Export screen-reader-accessible PDFs — chord charts are now tagged so TalkBack and other assistive tech can read the song structure, chords, and rehearsal marks in order
• New: Version History link in Settings to see what changed in each release
• MIDI exports now include time signature changes in the conductor track