What's New

This version adds enhanced playback timing as well as some graphic updates.

App Description

BandMaster is like having a whole band in your pocket. You get bass, drums and piano, great sounding samples and several styles for each instrument. Song creation is a snap with the available templates. Now you can practice on your own schedule and get that solo down for real.

Your songs are displayed in the song list from where you can launch the playback or edit views. The playback view displays your song's chords in a grid that scrolls down and highlights each measure as it is played. You determine the speed and number of chorusses as well as the style. If you like, you can also turn off any of the instruments. You can even have your band's logo as the background for the playback view.

New songs are created with one of the many templates available. These include exercises and Blues as well as Jazz standard forms of different lengths. Once created songs can then be edited in the edit view. This view gives you full control over the chords in your song. You can add and delete measures, transpose the song or switch to a different time signature. With the unique Expand to Form tool you can create any ABA or AABA form in record time.

A metronome might still come in handy, but practicing with BandMaster is much more to the point and more importantly much more fun and productive. Maybe you need to get a better handle on that Blues in Ab or a brief warm-up with Giant Steps. With BandMaster on your iPhone or iPod touch just pop in those earphones and get going wherever you are. Soloing is an art, but only practice makes the master and for that one should have the right tools.

Features overview
- Bass, drums and piano instruments
- High quality samples
- Intuitive interface
- Fast song creation
- Backup and sharing songs via email
- Clipboard support
- 26 transposable song templates
- Free song libraries with access to over 1100 standards
- All common chords
- Different style selections
- Up to 120 measures per form
- Global transposition for horn players
- Adjustable time signature and transposition
- Adjustable speed and number of chorusses
- American and European chord notation
- Extensive documentation (iOS, Mac OS)

Please make sure to contact us directly at the email address listed below with any issues or suggestions as we are not privy to comments in most countries. For the BandMaster manual, more screenshots and several videos of the application in action, please visit the website indicated below.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 24, 2011 New version 1.5.7
  • September 05, 2011 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $6.99
  • September 06, 2011 Price increase: $6.99 -> $9.99
  • October 05, 2011 New version 1.5.8
  • October 19, 2011 New version 1.6
  • October 27, 2011 New version 1.6.1
  • March 29, 2012 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
  • April 02, 2012 Price increase: $4.99 -> $9.99
  • April 05, 2012 New version 1.6.2
  • May 01, 2012 Price decrease: $9.99 -> $4.99
  • May 02, 2012 New version 1.6.3
  • May 09, 2012 Price increase: $4.99 -> $6.99
  • May 31, 2012 New version 1.6.4
  • March 02, 2013 Price decrease: $6.99 -> $5.99
  • March 22, 2013 New version 1.6.5
  • April 02, 2013 New version 1.6.6
  • April 27, 2013 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $4.99
  • July 07, 2013 New version 1.6.8
  • July 12, 2013 New version 1.6.9
  • August 10, 2013 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
  • August 23, 2013 New version 1.6.10
  • September 04, 2013 Price increase: $3.99 -> $4.99
  • September 20, 2013 New version 1.6.11
  • October 14, 2014 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
  • December 01, 2014 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $1.99
  • December 05, 2014 Price increase: $1.99 -> $3.99
  • February 25, 2015 New version 1.7.0
  • December 10, 2015 New version 1.7.1
  • December 19, 2015 New version 1.7.2
  • December 19, 2015 Price increase: $3.99 -> $4.99
  • January 09, 2016 New version 1.7.3
  • January 16, 2016 New version 1.7.4
  • January 16, 2016 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
  • February 01, 2016 Price increase: $3.99 -> $4.99
  • June 30, 2016 New version 1.7.5
  • June 30, 2016 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $3.99
  • November 07, 2016 New version 1.7.6
  • August 19, 2019 New version 1.1.7
  • August 19, 2019 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $1.99
  • August 28, 2019 Price increase: $1.99 -> $3.99