Features
Everything a singer needs, and nothing that gets in the way.
Hymnphony is more than a digital hymn book. It is a reading tool, a rehearsal partner and a service planner, carefully tuned for the way churches and choirs actually work.
Find it fast
Search that understands how people remember hymns.
Nobody remembers a hymn the same way. Some know the number, some the tune, some only a fragment of a line. Hymnphony is built to find the hymn from whatever you happen to recall.
- Number, title or first line . Type any of them and results appear as you type.
- Tune names for musicians who think in tunes rather than titles.
- Any line, not just the first so half a remembered phrase is enough to find the hymn.
- Across languages so a search in English, Fante or Twi finds the hymn wherever it appears.
- Typo-tolerant matching so a near-miss spelling still finds the right hymn.
- Recent and frequently opened hymns are always one tap away.
Read it your way
Lyrics, tonic sol-fa and staff notation, all on the same hymn.
A single congregation can contain a sol-fa-trained chorister, a conservatoire-trained organist and a member who simply wants to follow the words. Hymnphony serves all three from one screen.
- Three synchronised views you can switch between without losing your place.
- Typeset for screens, not photographed from a page, so text stays sharp at any zoom.
- Zoom and fullscreen on both solfa and staff, with the key shown at the top of every score.
- Adjustable text size and comfortable line spacing for older eyes and low light.
- Light and dark themes for bright sanctuaries and dim rehearsal rooms.
- Landscape and tablet layouts that make the most of a larger screen.
Hear it and learn it
A rehearsal partner that never gets tired of repeating a bar.
Practice is where confidence is built. Hymnphony gives every singer a patient accompanist for the week between rehearsals.
- Part isolation for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, or all parts together.
- Background playback so the audio keeps going with the screen off or while you use other apps.
- Every verse, never cut short so you rehearse the whole hymn rather than an excerpt.
- Playback speed to slow a difficult passage right down, then bring it back up.
- Choose the tune when a hymn is sung to more than one, such as RICHMOND or LYDIA.
- Ten second skip to go straight back over the bar that caught you out.
Plan and organize
From Sunday’s order of service to the hymn you loved last Easter.
Hymnphony keeps the hymns you use most within reach, and helps you prepare properly rather than scrambling ten minutes before the service.
- Favorites for the hymns you return to again and again.
- Songbooks you can order, reorder and work through during the service itself.
- Reading history so the hymn you had open last week is easy to find again.
- Kept per hymnal so favorites, history and downloads never mix between books.
- A free account keeps your Songbooks with you. Everything else works without signing in.
Built for real conditions
Church buildings are not laboratories.
Thick walls, weak signal, dim lighting, older phones and a service that cannot be interrupted. Hymnphony is engineered for all of it.
Truly offline
Hymn books download to the device. No spinner, no buffering, no dependency on the building’s signal.
Night & low-light modes
A dark theme and warm sepia mode that will not dazzle you or your neighbours mid-service.
Large, adjustable type
Scale text and notation to suit your eyesight, from the back row or the organ bench.
Keeps playing regardless
Audio continues with the screen off or while you use other apps, so a choir can rehearse without holding the phone.
Phones and tablets
Layouts tuned for small screens in the pew and larger screens on the music stand.
Sync your Songbooks
A free account carries your Songbooks to a new device. Everything else in the app works without signing in at all.
A look inside
Interface previews
Screenshots taken from the app on iPad. The phone layouts carry the same views in a single column.
Real screenshots from Hymnphony.
Availability
What is ready today
We would rather be honest about status than promise everything at once.
| Capability | Status |
|---|---|
| Hymn library with search and filters | Available now |
| Lyrics, tonic sol-fa and staff notation views | Available now |
| Offline access to downloaded books | Available now |
| Favorites, reading history and Songbooks | Available now |
| Four part audio, playback speed and background play | Available now |
| Voice-part isolation (SATB) | Available now |
| Cross-device sync with a free account | Available now |
| Subjects: browse by theme, season and occasion | Available now |
| Share a verse as a designed card | Available now |
| Themes, lyric wallpapers and text options | Available now |
| Report a correction from any hymn | Available now |
| Additional hymn books and languages | Planned |
Status is indicative and updated as releases ship. See the roadmap for what is coming next.
Try it on Sunday.
Download Hymnphony, add your hymn book and see how much lighter the week feels.