Download songs from the Forums

iReal Pro comes with 50 exercises and no other songs. Its users share thousands of chord charts for free on the Forums, and you import the o...

Quickly download the main playlists

The fastest way to fill your library is the Essential Playlists, curated collections that import hundreds of songs at once. Open the Fo...

Melody and lyrics

iReal Pro does not include melodies or lyrics. Copyright and licensing with the publishers prevent it, so a chart holds the chords, the form...

I only have 50 exercises in my song list. Why is that?

iReal Pro ships with 50 practice exercises and no song library to buy. That is the starting point, not the whole app. Import a playlist...

Update iReal Pro

Updates are free. The App Store keeps iReal Pro up to date automatically. To update by hand, see Apple's guide: How to manually update apps ...

Update iReal Pro

Updates are free. There are two versions of iReal Pro for Mac: one from the Mac App Store, and one you buy directly from our website. How yo...

Songs by style

Tap or click Styles to see your songs grouped by their style label, all the Bossa Nova tunes together, all the Medium Swing tunes together, ...

Find a song in your music library

To hear how a song goes while you follow the chart, iReal Pro can send you to a recording. Open the song, choose Share, then Search (Search ...

Delete a song from the main song library

To take a song out of your library for good, move it to the Trash. Tap or click Songs to enter the main library, then swipe a song (right-cl...

Song list view

The song list can show more or less at a glance. On iPhone, iPad, and Android, choose Compact or Expanded in Settings > Song List. O...

Update iReal Pro

Updates are free. The Google Play Store keeps iReal Pro up to date automatically. To update by hand, see Google's guide: How to update apps ...

About the Player

The Player reads the chords in a chart and generates a full backing band, piano or guitar, bass, and drums, for you to practice with. It fol...

Android emulation notes

There is a native Windows version of iReal Pro on the Microsoft Store, and it is the better way to run iReal Pro on a PC. See the Windows qu...

Search for songs in your Song Library

Type in the Search box and iReal Pro matches on the song title or the composer, across everything you have downloaded, created, or edited.&n...

Update iReal Pro

Updates are free. The Microsoft Store keeps iReal Pro up to date automatically. To update by hand, see Microsoft's guide: Get updates f...

Windows: Quick Start

Windows 10 version 19041.0 or higher, or Windows 11Intel and ARMLicense: activate up to 3 PCsKey commands: also shown in the menusTool tips:...

What happened to the original iReal Book app?

Although chord progressions are not subject to copyright, we received a take down notice, and being a small independent developer we don'...

When you need an internet connection

You only need internet connection to download the songs from the iReal Pro Forums. Once you imported them, you don't have to be connected to...

Does iReal Pro use AI or generative AI to create the backing tracks?

No. iReal Pro does not use any AI or generative AI to create its backing tracks. Every track is generated in real time by our own playback e...

Accessibility: screen reader support (VoiceOver, TalkBack, Narrator)

iReal Pro works with your device's built-in screen reader: VoiceOver on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, TalkBack on Android (v2026.3 or higher), and ...

Change the language of the app

iReal Pro follows your device's language automatically. It is available in Simplified Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, K...

YouTube Translate (CC)

The YouTube settings can automatically translate audio speech from one language to another so you see the speech translated as a text captio...