Instrument Scales4.3.0 - App Store

Turn music theory into something you can see, hear, and practice.

Instrument Scales is a visual music-theory toolkit for guitar, bass, piano, ukulele, and mandolin. Explore scales and chords across the full instrument, hear each note, and understand how tones connect in every key.

Pro unlocks all lessons and advanced tools with one permanent purchase - no subscription required. The Max subscription includes those capabilities plus a fresh Max Daily session every day, full ear-training sessions, and the Mastery Map. Eligible subscribers can try yearly Max free for 7 days. Premium access is provided by Pro or Max.

EXPLORE SCALES AND CHORDS
. Browse a complete catalog of scales.
. View notes across guitar, bass, piano, ukulele, or mandolin.
. Switch between note names, scale degrees, and intervals.
. See key-aware note spelling and the chords that belong to each key.
. Explore practical chord voicings and fingerboard patterns.
. Tap notes to hear how they sound.

LEARN AND PRACTICE
. Choose a learning path for guitar, bass, piano, high-G ukulele, or mandolin.
. Listen, experiment, practice a short phrase, and apply it in a new context through guided stages.
. Keep your study instrument, tuning, and register separate from Explore, and return to your last step.
. Follow your core progress, with optional extras and older course history in the library.
. Study one compatible core lesson free each day; Premium gives unlimited lesson access.
. Answer a free daily ear-training question and use practice reminders.
. With Max, get a fresh Max Daily session, full ear-training sessions, and the Mastery Map.

MUSIC TOOLS
. Tune any note with the chromatic tuner.
. Build steady time with the metronome.
. Create, reorder, play, and loop chord progressions in any key.

MAKE IT YOURS
. Work with multiple scale setups at once.
. Save favorites and reusable practice plans.
. Create custom scales and tunings.
. Personalize instrument necks and note colors.
. Use left-handed layouts where supported.

ON APPLE VISION PRO
. Place the Practice Station beside your instrument once, and visionOS puts it back where you left it.
. The Station shows the scale, chord, pattern or lesson exercise you picked, on the same fretboard or keyboard the app already draws, at a readable size or at a typical instrument's nominal size.
. Reference keeps the shapes in your sightline. Play Along runs a timed example. Follow waits for each note and moves on when it hears or receives it. Harmony shows the next chord before it arrives.
. Switch on Listen and the Station lights up the notes you play through the microphone; a MIDI keyboard works too. It never listens until you ask it to.
. Keep the tuner in a panel beside the board, and reach Play, Pause, Repeat, Slower, Faster and Stop with Voice Control, without putting the instrument down.
. Place the Scale of the Day and Practice Streak widgets in your surroundings.
. Explore, Learn, Tools, your practice history and everything you have already bought are the same app, in its own window beside the Station.

Instrument Scales is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, with a localized interface in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, German, and Simplified Chinese.

Start with the free essentials. Optional Pro and Max purchases unlock additional tools, lessons, and practice features.

Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA):
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Version History New in this update:

• Instrument-specific learning paths for guitar/acoustic guitar, bass, piano, high-G ukulele, and mandolin.
• Guided stages to get oriented, listen, experiment, practice, transfer, and verify what you learned.
• A study setup separate from Explore, with your instrument, tuning, register, and last step saved.
• Core progress, optional extras, and earlier course history organized in the library.
• One compatible core lesson free each day; unlimited lesson access with Premium (Pro or Max).

Practice reports describe your own playing. The app does not assess your hands. 4.3.0 6d ago New in 4.1.0:

• Explore: a new “Practice this scale” button under the fretboard opens practice with the exact key, tuning, capo and position you were viewing. On iPhone, the chords in key fold away so the fretboard stays large, and today’s scale suggestion sits right under the practice button.
• Learn: the Learn tab now opens on the lesson you can do today, the daily ear-training question has its own screen, and free lessons say plainly when they are free and when rereading them needs Pro or Max.
• Plans: subscribe to Max in one tap with the monthly or yearly plan already chosen, see exactly what Pro and Max include, and get clear feedback while a purchase is pending, being confirmed or restored.
• Practice time is recorded only while you actually play, so your streaks and history reflect real practice.
• Fewer interruptions: at most one prompt a day, no upgrade notification during your first week, and plans are introduced with a small dismissible tip after you have used the app.
• Improved stability when leaving lessons and practice screens. 4.1.0 Sep 14 New in 4.0.2:

• Refined navigation and a redesigned theme picker with clearer instrument and note-color previews.
• Improved practice controls, scale selection, and chord progression playback.
• More reliable metronome controls and practice progress updates.
• Clearer Premium labels showing which features are included with Pro and Max.
• Improved lesson displays, translations, and interface consistency. 4.0.2 Sep 7 New in this update:

• Max Daily builds a focused practice session from lessons, review material, and fresh challenges.
• Mastery Map brings your lesson, exercise, quiz, tempo, key, and review progress together in one clear view.
• Expanded guided lessons and improved lesson exercises.
• Smarter practice reminders, streak support, and review workouts.
• A more capable chord progression player with reusable progressions.
• Refined themes, layouts, localization, accessibility, and reliability across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Max Daily and Mastery Map are available with Max. 4.0.1 Sep 5 New in this update:

• Max Daily builds a focused practice session from lessons, review material, and fresh challenges.
• Mastery Map brings your lesson, exercise, quiz, tempo, key, and review progress together in one clear view.
• Expanded guided lessons and improved lesson exercises.
• Smarter practice reminders, streak support, and review workouts.
• A more capable chord progression player with reusable progressions.
• Refined themes, layouts, localization, accessibility, and reliability across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Max Daily and Mastery Map are available with Max. 4.0.0 Aug 5 Bug fixes; Support for iOS 18 and macOS 15; New lessons 3.0.2 Mar 13 Bug fixes and performance improvements 3.0.1 12/21/2025 The Biggest Update Ever!

Welcome to version 5.0. We have completely reimagined Instrument Scales to help you not just find scales, but master them.

New Features: • Interactive Courses: Step-by-step lessons for Guitar, Bass, and Piano. • Apple Intelligence Training: Get personalized practice routines generated by AI just for you. • Reverse Scale Finder: Don't know the name? Tap the notes you are playing, and we'll identify the scale instantly. • Stunning New Look: A total interface overhaul with vibrant, colorful themes to visualize the fretboard your way.

If you love this update, please leave us a review! It helps a lot. 3.0 12/11/2025 New: built-in Instrument Tuner! Quickly tune your guitar, bass, or piano with studio-grade accuracy and haptic feedback. We also fixed a few bugs and polished the interface for an even smoother practice session. 2.1.0 05/25/2025 • Now you can tap the notes to play the respective instrument sounds!
• Bug fixes 2.0.0 09/17/2024 • New instrument added: 6-string bass
• Bug fixes
Thanks for choosing Instrument Scales! 1.2.5 08/25/2021 • Better multi-window support for iPad and macOS
• Interface improvements and bug fixes 1.2.4 08/01/2021 • Interface improvements
• Bug fixes 1.2.3 07/03/2021 * New feature: Now you can search for scales!
* Bug fixes
Thanks for using this app! If you like it, please don't forget to leave a nice review here on the App Store! Thanks! 1.2.2 06/06/2021 • Bug fixes
• Overall improvements
Thanks for using this app! If you enjoy using it, please don't forget to leave a nice review! 1.2.1 06/02/2021 A huge update just came!
* New instrument: Piano!
* Redesigned interface
* Smoother performance
* Bug fixes
If you enjoy using Instrument Scales, please don't forget to leave a nice review here on the App Store! 1.2.0 04/04/2021 • Performance improvements to make the app even smoother
• Improved animations to make the app look even better

Thanks for choosing Instrument Scales! If you like this app, please don't forget to leave a nice review here on the App Store! 1.1.3 11/25/2020 • Now you can choose your accidental
• Support for more languages

If you enjoy using Instrument Scales, please leave a nice review here on the App Store! 1.1.2 10/15/2020 Fixing an issue with the in-app purchase. 1.1.1 10/05/2020 Big update incoming! Check out what's new:
• iCloud sync
• Now you can create your own custom scales
• Now you can add any scale to your favorites
If you enjoy using Instrument Scales, please don't forget to leave a nice review here on the App Store! 1.1.0 10/03/2020 Bug fixes and performance improvements. 1.0.7 08/09/2020 Adds Spanish support. 1.0.6 08/08/2020 • Adds a new "about" screen
• Fixes a few interface glitches
Thanks for choosing Instrument Scales! 1.0.5 08/03/2020 • New screen for selecting and creating Tunings
• You can now slide to delete custom tunings
Thanks for choosing Instrument Scales! 1.0.4 07/09/2020 • New feature: Custom Tunings. Pro users now can add custom tunings for any instrument!
• New feature: Multiple Windows. iPadOS and macOS users now can open multiple windows of Instrument Scales for maximum multitasking!
Thanks for choosing Instrument Scales! If you enjoy using this app, please don't forget to leave a nice review here on the App Store! 1.0.3 06/28/2020