Product roadmap
Where Hymnphony is going next.
We publish our plans openly. Priorities shift as churches tell us what they need, and requests from choirs and directors carry real weight in what gets built first.
How we decide
Led by the people who sing.
Hymnphony is not built in a vacuum. Every release cycle starts with the messages we receive from choir directors, organists and church members, weighted by how many congregations a change would actually help.
- Requests are counted, not just read. The most-asked-for hymn books and features move up the queue.
- Accuracy comes first. Every hymn is checked before it ships, however popular the request.
- Stability over spectacle. Nothing ships if it risks failing in the middle of a service.
- We say what changed. Every release comes with plain-English notes.
Timeline
What we are working on
The full hymn experience
Five church hymnals in one app, with every verse and a search that finds any line. Tonic sol fa and staff notation that follow the music as it plays. Four part audio on organ, piano or strings, with all voices, any part alone or any mix, and a choice of tune where a hymn has more than one. Playlists, playback with the screen off, Songbooks you can share by link, favorites, history, offline saving, widgets and a hymn of the day, with no ads.
Lead worship from a Songbook
Lead turns a Songbook into live worship: an introduction and interludes, pauses between stanzas, voices per part, changes for today only, and an iPad service console with your phone as its remote. The music holds on every fermata the book prints, and the staff keeps in step. With it come music cards that share a hymn with its score, sol fa and words, singing a hymn to another tune in the same metre, and sign in with a six digit email code.
Transposition
Change the key of any hymn to suit your choir or congregation.
Desktop apps for Mac & Windows
A larger screen edition for service preparation and rehearsal planning.
More hymn books & languages
A steady program of new hymnals, prioritized by request volume.
Choir & congregation accounts
Shared collections and service plans for a whole choir. For now, a director can send the week’s Songbook by link.
Deeper practice tools
Section looping, a metronome and reference pitch, and clearer controls for learning your part. Scores already follow the music as it plays.
Accessibility improvements
Full screen-reader support, dynamic type, high-contrast themes and better one-handed use.
Casting audio
Play the audio through a smart speaker, a TV or the church sound system.
Printable service sheets
A tidy printed order of service generated from your plan.
Dates are left out on purpose. We would rather ship something that works on Sunday than hit a date with something that does not.
Guiding principles
The things we will not trade away.
Care over speed
We will not grow the library faster by cutting corners.
Offline forever
Hymnphony will always work in a building with no signal. That is not negotiable.
No surveillance
We will not build a business on tracking what you sing, pray or search for.
No ads
There are no ads in Hymnphony. Nothing stands between you and the words of a hymn.
Legible above all
Typography and clarity come before decoration, in every release.
Answered by people
Support is handled by humans who understand church music.
Help shape what comes next.
Tell us what your choir needs, and which hymn book should be prepared first.