One player. No growth team.

Hi — I'm Gabe. I've played most of my life, badly on the bad weeks and a little better on the good ones. The ukulele is the instrument I reach for when I want to play without it turning into a project.

Ukulele Buddha started as a notes file: songs I was learning, little melodies I kept losing, tunings I kept forgetting. Every app I tried wanted to turn that into a game — points, badges, guilt. I just wanted a quiet place to put the practice.

So I built one. Local-first, no accounts, every feature free. It's the app I reach for at 11pm, and I hope it earns a spot on your porch too. It's the sister app to Guitar Buddha, built on the same idea.

— see you in there

How it's made

Three rules I won't break.

Rule one

Your music stays yours.

Everything lives on your device. No server, no account, and no analytics unless you opt in. I can't see your songs, your takes, or whether you opened the app today — and I like it that way.

Rule two

Practice isn't a game.

No streaks, no goals, no badges, no guilt. The moment practice becomes a game you can lose, you stop. The library remembers what you've sat with — that's all the tracking you need.

Rule three

Free means free.

Every feature, forever. There's a tip jar if you'd like to chip in, but nothing is locked behind it and nothing ever will be.

Say hello

It's just me in the inbox.

Questions, bug reports, song requests — all welcome. I read everything, and I aim to reply within a week.

hello@ukulele-buddha.com

Follow along on@ukulele.buddha

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