Get the app

Install it from your browser. On every device.

Notes to Play isn’t in an app store. It installs straight from your browser in seconds, gets its own icon, and works offline.

Right now: Notes to Play is in a private beta. You need a beta code to open it. No code yet? Request beta access.
Enter your beta codeRequest beta access

Already signed in on this device? Open Notes to Play

Have a beta code?

Enter the code from your invite to open and install Notes to Play.

The Notes to Play Start screen on a tablet, with Install on this computer
The Notes to Play Start screen on a phone
Choose your device

Two taps to install.

Or tap Install on the app’s Start screen, it shows the right steps for your device.

iPad and iPhone

Safari or Chrome
  1. Open Notes to Play in Safari (or Chrome).
  2. Tap Share ↑.
  3. Tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
  4. Open it from the new icon. It works offline after the first visit.

MIDI keyboards aren’t available on iPad and iPhone yet (Safari doesn’t support web MIDI).

Android tablets and phones

Chrome
  1. Open Notes to Play in Chrome.
  2. Tap Install if Chrome offers it, or tap ⋮ → Install app (or Add to Home screen).
  3. Open it from your home screen or app drawer.

Bluetooth MIDI keyboards work once paired (for example with a BLE MIDI connect app).

Windows

Chrome or Edge
  1. Chrome: click the install icon in the address bar, or ⋮ → Cast, save and share → Install page as app.
  2. Edge: ⋯ → Apps → Install this site as an app.
  3. Notes to Play opens in its own window and appears in the Start menu.

Mac

Chrome, Edge or Safari
  1. Safari: File → Add to Dock.
  2. Chrome: the install icon in the address bar, or ⋮ → Cast, save and share → Install page as app.
  3. Edge: ⋯ → Apps → Install this site as an app.

For MIDI keyboards on a Mac, use Chrome or Edge.

Chromebook

Chrome
  1. Open Notes to Play in Chrome.
  2. Click the install icon in the address bar, or ⋮ → Cast, save and share → Install page as app.
  3. Find it in the launcher like any other app.

Other browsers

Firefox and others

You can open the studio in any modern browser. To install it as an app, use Chrome, Edge or Safari.

A woman in headphones on a train at golden hour, looking out of the window
Offline

No signal? Keep writing.

System requirements

What you need.

Browser
Current Chrome, Edge or Safari
Best on
A tablet in landscape (Android tablet or iPad)
Also on
Windows, Mac, Chromebook, phones
Space
About 19 MB for the app and all sounds
Internet
For the first visit and updates only
Recording
A microphone; wired headphones recommended
MIDI
Chrome or Edge (USB or Bluetooth MIDI)
Good to know
  • Songs are saved in the browser you install from, on that device.
  • Updates arrive by themselves: you’ll see “Update now” when one is ready.
  • Allow “Keep my songs on this device” when the app asks.
  • Use Export or Share to move songs between devices (cloud sync is Coming soon).

Installing and offline guide · Browser Q&A