# Ukulele Buddha: Chords & Songs — Tuner, Strumming & Jam Tracks > Ukulele practice companion for learning, jamming, and tuning with no pressure. (iPhone/iPad app by gabriel Lopez.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ukulele-buddha-chords-and-songs/id6789009975 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [gabriel Lopez](https://appshunter.io/developer/405581486) - Category: Music, Education - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 58 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2026-07-13 - Data updated: 2026-09-09 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ukulele-buddha-chords-and-songs/id6789009975/reviews.md ## What is Ukulele Buddha? A sunnier way to sit with your ukulele. Every feature free, forever — no subscription, no ads, no account. Tell it the three chords you know, and start playing songs tonight. - `SONGS` — 1,052 built in, chords ready, no login and nothing to download. Transpose, capo, simplify the awkward shapes, or paste in a tab and watch a cursor track it. - `SONGS YOU CAN PLAY` — tick off the chords you know and the library shows what's ready tonight, and what's one or two chords away. - `TUNER` — standard high-G, low-G, baritone and D, plus a library of your own: name a tuning, save as many as you have instruments. In tune inside ten cents, and it works out which string you're on. - `CHORDS` — 168 of them, grouped into eight families, so you pick the sound you want and then the root. Open one and hear it ring, or tap a single note to hear just that one. - `SCALES` — 70 shapes, every one built for gCEA so it lands on real notes, and laid out across the whole neck. Build your own by tapping the notes you want in it. - `STRUMMING & PICKING` — six strums and four picking patterns that count you in and speed up slowly. - `PROGRESSIONS` — 41 in genre and mood packs, or build your own from the chords that live in your key. - `JAM` — pick a key and a feel and drums, bass and keys lock in behind you, across nine grooves. Loop it, record over the top. - `PRACTICE` — three ready-made routines to start from, a metronome from 40 to 240, twelve backing loops, drills, an ear trainer, and a fretboard you can learn one note at a time. - `THE WOODSHED` — bring in an audio file, loop the bar that keeps beating you, and slow it to half speed without the pitch dropping with it. - `IDEAS` — hum the melody before it floats off. The chords and key are worked out on your device and kept with it. - `ON YOUR WRIST` — a metronome, a tuner and chord diagrams on Apple Watch. - `YOURS, ON YOUR DEVICE` — no account, no cloud sync, nothing to sign up for. Back it all up to a file you keep. Anonymous analytics stay off unless you turn them on. - `FREE MEANS FREE` — every feature, unlocked, forever. The tip jar is there if it helps you play more, and it unlocks nothing. ## Key features - Learn songs with chord diagrams - Record practice sessions - Capture musical ideas (hum, play, jot) - Jam along with backing tracks - Accurate ukulele tuner - Practice fundamentals (scales, drills, metronome) ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Thanks! | $0.99 | one-time | | Keep it strumming | $9.99 | one-time | | Supporter | $4.99 | one-time | ## Frequently asked questions about Ukulele Buddha ### Does Ukulele Buddha have ads? No, Ukulele Buddha does not contain advertisements. The app is free to use with all features unlocked from day one, with an optional tip jar available for users who wish to support the developer. ### What tunings does Ukulele Buddha support? Ukulele Buddha supports standard high-G and low-G tunings, as well as baritone and D tunings. It also includes a custom tuner for any other tuning needs. ### Can I use Ukulele Buddha offline? The app is designed to keep your songs, takes, and ideas on your device, implying offline functionality for core features like learning songs and practicing fundamentals. No account or cloud sync is required. ### What devices is Ukulele Buddha available on? Ukulele Buddha is available on iPhone and iPad, with a layout optimized for larger screens. It also supports Apple Watch and Mac devices. ### How often is Ukulele Buddha updated? Ukulele Buddha was last updated on July 14, 2026, with version 1.0. The release date was July 13, 2026, indicating recent development. ### What is the age rating for Ukulele Buddha? Ukulele Buddha has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for young children and up. This rating suggests content is generally appropriate for all ages. ### Does Ukulele Buddha track my progress? Ukulele Buddha focuses on a calm practice experience without streaks or goals. While it remembers songs you've worked on, it does not enforce progress tracking in a gamified manner. ### Can I jam along with my own music in Ukulele Buddha? Ukulele Buddha allows you to jam along with built-in backing tracks for drums, bass, and keys. You can also record over the top of these jams. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.4 — 2026-09-07 Find a chord by family — and build scales and tunings of your own. • Chords, grouped the way you'd ask for them — Pick a family (major, minor, dominant, suspended, diminished and the rest), then pick the root. 168 chords across eight families, so Cm and Cm7 finally sit together instead of landing in different filters. • Poke a note to hear it — The NOTES row under a chord or scale looked like buttons and wasn't. Now a chord tone sounds at the pitch it actually holds in the shape on screen and lights that string's dot; a scale degree sounds in the box drawn above it. • Scales you build yourself — Tap the notes you want and the scale is yours, with its own spelling, fretboard box, neck map and playback, exactly like a bundled one. Twelve modes of harmonic and melodic minor come bundled too — 70 scale shapes in all. • A library of your own tunings — Name a tuning and keep it. As many as you have instruments, each with its own strings, instead of one unnamed slot the next save quietly wiped. • Your theory library — Heart any chord, scale, or progression and it waits under a Saved pill, with recents beside it. Chords show where they want to resolve, and every scale unrolls across the whole neck, in your tuning. • A copy you keep — Settings can write your practice log, routines, progressions, and the scales and tunings you built to one file, and read it back on a new phone. The log also exports as a spreadsheet. It all stays on your device: no account, nothing uploaded. • The screen stays awake while the mic is live — A take no longer ends with you unlocking the phone to reach Stop. • Squashed — B9 has a voicing at last; Bdim is no longer "simplified" to B major; a scale's notes row and its neck agree on spelling; the tuner picks up a tuning chosen in Settings without a relaunch; every Ear Trainer round actually plays; long tabs keep every system when imported; reordering a setlist can't scramble it; and turning analytics off really turns it off. • A quiet note in Settings about the rest of the family: Guitar, Bass and Drum Buddha. Thanks for playing — and for writing in. — Ukulele Buddha ### 1.3 — 2026-08-09 Somewhere to start — and an app that remembers how you play. • Practice sessions, ready to run — Routines now opens with three you can start straight away: a first session that walks you from tuning to a song, ten quiet minutes for a thin day, and one for when two chords have stopped being hard. Duplicate any of them to make it yours. • It remembers how you practise — Count-in, the gradual speed-up, the metronome's accent, simplified chords, the scale you like seeing: set them once and they're still set next time. • Speeding up works while you play — "Speed up gradually" used to need a stop and a restart before it did anything. It now takes effect mid-loop. • Tell me what's broken — A Send feedback row in Settings writes the mail for you, with your version and device already filled in. It comes straight to me, and it's how most of this update happened. • The tip jar recovers — After a tip goes through, or doesn't, the jar opens normally again instead of staying stuck on the last attempt. • Tidier on the Mac — The app installs under its real name, and the User Guide opens in your browser where it belongs. • A quiet note in Settings about the rest of the family: Guitar, Bass and Drum Buddha. Thanks for playing — and for writing in. — Ukulele Buddha ### 1.2 — 2026-07-25 Build your own progressions — and keep the chords in front of you. • Progression builder — Stack your own chord progressions and let the band play them back. The palette leads with the chords in your key, plus borrowed chords and secondary dominants, each labeled as you go — and any chord can hang for a bar or four. • Progressions by the pack — Dozens of new progressions grouped into genre and mood packs (pop, blues, folk, dreamy, and more), each with a strum to match. • Same chords, new groove — Pick a groove on any progression and the whole band re-feels it: island, half-time, reggae. • Keep the chords in view — A song's chord diagrams now pin to the bottom of the screen, so they stay with you while you scroll the song. Tap one to hear it, or tuck the bar away. • A tutorial for every song — Each song links straight to a ukulele tutorial made for learners, alongside the full performance. • A nudge when there's more — Ukulele Buddha now lets you know when a new version is waiting in the App Store. Thanks for playing. — Ukulele Buddha ### 1.0 — 2026-07-14 No release notes. ## Apps similar to Ukulele Buddha | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Sungalizer](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sungalizer/id6770688901) | 5.0 (3) | $3.99 | Music | | [Tuner-Flow](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tuner-flow/id6769026840) | — | Free | Music | | [Sentium Glitch](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sentium-glitch/id6770832821) | 5.0 (4) | $19.99 | Music | | [Riddiments — Drum Practice](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/riddiments-drum-practice/id6782253188) | — | Free | Music | | [What About Phase?](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/what-about-phase/id6785542900) | 5.0 (2) | Free | Music | | [FretTrainerEZ](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/frettrainerez/id6761029824) | — | Free | Music | ## More apps by gabriel Lopez - [Guitar Buddha: Practice & Jam](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitar-buddha-practice-and-jam/id6778687475) - [Drum Buddha: Beats & Metronome](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drum-buddha-beats-and-metronome/id6789965956) - [Bass Buddha: Practice & Jam](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bass-buddha-practice-and-jam/id6789966674) All apps by gabriel Lopez: https://appshunter.io/developer/405581486 ## Related topics [ukulele songs](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/ukulele-songs) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-09.*