Coming soon · iOS first

A sunnier way to sit with your ukulele.

Learn songs. Catch melodies. Strum along to whatever you're humming. Ukulele Buddha is a practice companion that stays out of your way.

four strings. no rules. just the songs.

Coming soon toApp Store
Coming soon toGoogle Play

Free when it lands. No account, ever.

11:48
Friday Evening
Hey,
Gabe.
G
what's it gonna be today?
Learn
Learn a song
Capture
Capture idea
Practice
Practice tools
Play
Just strum
Recent songs
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Riptide
Vance Joy
Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley
Home
Songs
Ideas
Jam
Tuner
Manifesto

Learn a song. Hum an idea. Sit down and play.

just the songs and the time you spend with them.
What's inside

Five quiet tools, built around how you actually play.

Nothing tracks you. Nothing nags you. Everything stays on your device.

Songs

Your library, on vinyl.

Pull songs from anywhere. Add lyrics, chords, and your own takes. The library remembers everything you've sat with — quietly, in order of how recently it mattered.

Ideas

Catch the melody before it floats off.

Hum it. Strum it. Write it down. Tag it. Find it later.

Jam

A backing band, on tap.

Set a key. Pick a feel. Drums, bass and keys lock in behind you. Loop it, change it, record yourself over the top.

Tuner

Sharp ear. Soft display.

GCEA standard, low-G, slack-key, baritone and custom.

G C E A
Practice

Chords, scales, drills.

A quiet shelf of fundamentals.

C MAJOR
72 screens, hand-built

Made for the in-between moments.

The porch half-hour. The beach-bag ten minutes. The morning before anyone else is up.

10:08
Tab 2 · Library
Songs
Over the Rainbow
Israel K. · 1993
Riptide
Vance Joy · 2013
I'm Yours
Jason Mraz · 2008
Hey, Soul Sister
Train · 2009
Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley · 1961
Home
Songs
Ideas
Jam
Tuner
8:14
Listening
GCEA · 4th string
G
In tune
−50¢+50¢
G
C
E
A
nice and even
Home
Songs
Ideas
Jam
Tuner
11:50
Jam
Rec
Island
Shuffle
Reggae
Folk
Sequence
Edit
1234
84
BPM
TAP
Jam Key
Change
C
D
E
F
G
A
G Major Pentatonic
frets 2–5
maj
min
Home
Songs
Ideas
Jam
Tuner
Beyond the phone

On your wrist, when your hands are full.

Metronome, tuner, and chord diagrams on Apple Watch — the tools you reach for most, one glance away.

Apple Watch showing a metronome set to 100 BPM with a play button
Apple Watch

A metronome on your wrist.

Tap + or − to set the tempo. Feel every beat in haptics — no need to look down.

Apple Watch showing a tuner with the A string in tune
Apple Watch

Tune up without your phone.

An open-string tuner, right on your wrist. Check your tuning mid-song without reaching for anything.

Apple Watch showing a C chord diagram with a Strum button
Apple Watch

Chord diagrams at a glance.

The shape you need, right there. Tap Strum to hear it — without touching your ukulele.

Local-first by design

Nothing leaves your phone.

No accounts. No syncing to "the cloud." No data sold or shared. Your songs, your ideas, your takes — all yours, on your device.

  • No accounts, ever. Open the app and you're already in.
  • No telemetry. We don't know how often you play, or what you play.
  • No internet required. Works on the porch, at the beach, off-grid.
  • Your takes stay on your device. Export to share — never automatic.
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Pricing

Free, with a tip jar.

Every feature, unlocked from day one. No subscription. No paywall. No ads tracking you between sessions.

$0Every feature · forever
if the app helps your practice, you can chip in
$0.99
Thanks!
$4.99
Supporter
$9.99
Keep it strumming
no pressure. no paywall. just optional.
Prefer the web? There's a tip jar here too →
Four palettes

Pick the room you're playing in.

The app ships with four themes. Try them right here — your selection follows you down the page.

A note from the maker

I built Ukulele Buddha for the version of me who grabs the uke off the wall at 11pm, strums for forty minutes, and forgets what he was working on by Tuesday. It's a place to put the practice. Quietly. Without anyone counting.

— see you in there
Frequently asked

Questions, gently answered.

When will it ship?+
iOS first, sometime this fall. Android shortly after. Follow @ukulele.buddha and you'll be among the first to know.
How much will it cost?+
Nothing — every feature is free, forever. See the Pricing section for details on the optional tip jar.
Which tunings does it support?+
Standard GCEA out of the box, plus low-G, slack-key, baritone (DGBE) and fully custom. Soprano, concert, tenor and baritone are all welcome — the chord library reshapes to match whatever you're tuned to.
Does it work without an internet connection?+
Yes — completely. Everything runs on-device. No cloud, no streaming, no account. The only thing the app uses your connection for is fetching lyrics & chords when you add a new song, and that's optional.
Why no streaks or goals?+
Because the moment practice becomes a game you can lose, you stop. Ukulele Buddha is built around showing up, not winning. The library remembers what you've sat with — that's all the tracking you need.
Is there an Apple Watch app?+
Yes — a metronome, tuner, and chord diagrams live right on your wrist. See the Beyond the phone section above.
Can I use it with other instruments?+
The tuner, jam tracks and metronome work with anything. The chord library and Practice drills are ukulele-first. If you play guitar, meet our sister app — Guitar Buddha.