Frequently Asked Questions

iReal b comes with only 50 exercises.
1000s of songs can quickly be downloaded from the from the forums in a few simple steps.
See this step by step tutorial or find a video tutorial for your particular device in the support menu.

When setting up or restoring an iPhone, iTunes will give you a choice to restore to a previous back-up or set up the device as a new device.  If you set it up as a new device none of your old data will be transferred over.
One solution is to restore again, but this time to the previous back-up with the old data.
Another solution is to download songs from the Forums and/or from your own back-ups.

Make sure you have watched the video tutorials on how to import songs from the forums.
You can also read a step by step tutorial.

If you are on Android you might want to try a different browser like Opera or Chrome.

It probably means that there have been some changes on your iTunes account since your original purchase.
Uninstalling the app and repurchasing it directly from the App Store on your device (no charge as long as you use the same iTunes account) should fix the problem. Make sure you backup your songs before uninstalling because they will be erased unless you didn't edit or add your own songs in which case it's easier to import the songs directly form the forums.

No. iOS and Mac are two separate platforms. No app will run both platforms. Each platform has their own app store.

When registering, you must activate your registration via a confirmation email the forum sent you. If you did not receive this email, you are probably not registered.

• Look for the confirmation email in your spam folder;
• Try registering again;
• You can get the forum software to send you a password reminder (it can be also used to reset your password);
• Make sure you input your email address correctly

For more information refer to the Forums

You are using the global transposition for horn players instead of the regular transposition.
See more information in the online manuals.

We have no plans to develop a Windows version of iReal b.

However, there is a software for Windows called BlueStacks that is currently in Beta testing phase. It allows Android apps to run on the PC. Follow us (Newsletter, Facebook, Twitter, News Blog) to find out when this software will be publicly available. As of now, we haven't tested it so we cannot provide any support for this. If you try it, please share your experience on the forum.

No. iReal b is a Universal binary that runs on iPhone and iPad - you can run your purchased copy on as many devices as you wish as long as they are all signed in with your iTunes Store account.

No. Press the Restore Purchases button in the Store section of the iReal b app on your iOS device.

No. The App Store (both iOS and OS X) has no system in place for us to offer cross-platform discounts.

No. Currently there is no way for users to create their own accompaniment styles.

You can transpose the song using the built-in editor and change the undesired enharmonics manually. Refer to the instructions in the online manuals and the video tutorials on how to use the editor.

No. All of your original songs and the songs that came built into iReal Book will be in your iReal b library. Make sure you backup.

Starting from iReal b 4.5 your device will need at least iOS 4.3.

Unfortunately, there is no way to provide a license transfer between Google and Apple platforms.

Unfortunately you can't do anything about that. There are copyright and legal issues with several publishers and copyright holders if we include melody and lyrics.

iReal b currently supports transposable chord charts with Player facility.

Style packs do not include any songs. 1000s of songs can be downloaded for free from the forum.

A style pack includes a number of play-along accompaniments. To use your newly purchased styles, open the Player controller and press the large button at the top to choose between Jazz, Latin or Pop Styles depending on which one you bought. For browsing between your sub-styles, use the second large button just below.

1. Although chord progressions are not subject to copyright we received a take down notice, and being a small independent developer we don't have the means to fight the cause, so we decided to remove all songs from the app.
2. The "Book" part of the app name started to become limiting given all the new features of the app.
3. "Real Book" is owned by somebody else and we don't want to cause confusion.

We use standard chord notation. See this wikipedia article.

The volume is controlled with the hardware buttons on your iPhone/iPad/Android. On the Mac, use the General Volume Settings. On the iPhone/iPad, make sure your mute switch is not set to MUTE.

There is also a mixer in the player controller of iReal b to set the individual volumes of the instruments.

You can make measures half as wide fitting 8 of them per line over 12 lines for a total of 96 measures.

As an example, see the "Bossa 3" exercise included with iReal b or "Chega de Saudade"  included in the Jazz 1200 playlist.

As of now, you cannot view 2 pages at the same time.

Choose Share, then Image, and you can email it to yourself and print it from your computer.

Alternatively, you can use a third party app such as PrintShare or similar ones to print it directly from your phone.

iTunes App Store sells apps only for iPhone/iPad.

If you would like to purchase the Mac OS X version of iReal b, you need to go through the Mac App Store.

Go to the Apple menu in the top left corner of your Mac screen and choose "App Store…"

Your device is probably not compatible with iReal b.
iReal b for Android requires System 2.2 or higher and Armv7 architecture processor. To find out if your processor is ARMv7 based first find out which processor your device has by looking at the tech specs. Then google the processor and look for its tech specs and see if it's ARMv7 based.

Due to copyright issues the app underwent a major overhaul and was also re-named. During this time, it was also redeveloped significantly with extensive new abilities and features such that we feel the new iReal b is essentially a different and completely new app.  This process (not to mention the ongoing support, research and upgrades) involved many months of hard work and we would hope that the efforts of the Technimo team are worth something. Look at it this way - for the cost of two beers, you'll get many years of awesome practicing.

Since the release of iReal b, the original iReal Book is no longer available on the Android Market. Contact us with your proof of purchase and we'll send you the app via email.

We are a small independent company with limited resources. Sales of the Android version of iReal b only account for about 10% of our revenue so we have to use our limited resources accordingly.

Make a playlist with the songs you would like to send.
Press the export button in the lower left corner and choose Email.
Send the email to yourself and open it on your iPhone.
Import the playlist.
See the manuals for more details on sharing.

Yes. Any application that was built for the iPad works on the iPad mini.

It can be done in two ways:
1 - Open the song in the editor, insert the necessary space at the top and write an intro
2 - Tap and hold 4 or 8 measures from the end of the song and play from there. The ending of the song will work as an intro. Remember to add one chorus to the total count as the first chorus will be the one starting 4 or 8 bars from the end.

Press the Edit button and choose Duplicate.

Use the letter b

We have no current plans to develop iReal b for Windows Phone.

Creating a New Playlist
There are three ways to create a new playlist:
1. Open the Playlists index, tap on Edit and tap on + New Playlist.
2. While viewing a song chart tap on the playlist button in the lower right corner then select + New Playlist.

3. While browsing the Songs index, swipe the song name, Add to Playlist, select + New Playlist (this does not work on iPad).

Changing the Order of the Playlists
Go to the Playlists index, tap Edit then drag the handle on the far right up or down to change the order of the playlists.

Deleting a Playlist
There are two ways to delete a playlist:
1. Go to the Playlists index, swipe across the playlist name, tap Delete (to cancel, tap anything else).
2. Go to Playlist index, tap on Edit, press minus button on the left, tap Delete (to cancel, tap anything else).

Renaming a Playlist
Playlists index->Edit->tap playlist name;
Rename then press Save.

Adding a Song to a Playlist
There are two ways:
1. While viewing a song chart tap the Playlist icon, tap the desired playlist name or create a new one.
2. In the Songs index swipe the song name, select Add to Playlist (does not work on iPad).
Note: You cannot add a song more than once to a playlist.

Deleting Songs in a Playlist
Go to the Playlists index, open the playlist you would like to edit. Now you can either swipe the song you want to delete or tap the Edit button and tap the red - (minus) button followed by the Delete button (to cancel, tap anywhere else).
Note: deleting songs from a Playlist does not delete the song from your library nor any other playlist.

Changing the Song Order in a Playlist
Go to Playlists index, open the playlist you would like to edit, tap the Edit button. Drag the handle on the far right up or down to change the order a song.

To sort the songs alphabetically, you can tap the Sort button in the lower left corner when viewing a playlist.

Transpositions and Playlists
As when transposing a song from the main Songs index, transpositions made of songs in playlists are saved. The saved transpositions are independent and that allows for a song to appear in different playlists with different transpositions. For more information see the section, Transposing a Song.

Sending a Playlist
A playlist can easily be shared with other iReal b users in the Forums or with other editing programs like the Mac Editor or the Web Editor. While viewing a playlist tap on the send button:

From here you’ll have two choices -

If you have a device with iOS or OS X, simply go to the App Store and look for Updates.

If you have a device with Android, go to Google Play/Amazon Apps, then My Apps and the available updates will be listed.