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Woodshed Log

A practice log, metronome and progress tracker for guitar players.

iPhone, iPad and Mac. In testing on TestFlight.

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Woodshed Log times your practice, walks you through your routine one step at a time, and remembers how fast you can play each song and exercise. Your streak, your weekly goal and your tempo gains are always in view, so you can see that you're getting better.

The Practice screen: today's five-step plan with a Start practice button, this week's goal ring and recent sessions. The Practice screen: today's five-step plan with a Start practice button, this week's goal ring and recent sessions.
Today's plan, your streak and this week's goal
A guided practice session: step 3 of 5, Alternate picking, with a large 100 bpm metronome and play controls. A guided practice session: step 3 of 5, Alternate picking, with a large 100 bpm metronome and play controls.
A big metronome that walks you through each step
The Progress screen: Wonderwall up from 75 to 82 bpm, all-time totals and a chart of the last 12 weeks. The Progress screen: Wonderwall up from 75 to 82 bpm, all-time totals and a chart of the last 12 weeks.
See your tempo climb and your weekly hours
The Library screen: songs grouped into Learning, Up next and Know it, with tempo meters. The Library screen: songs grouped into Learning, Up next and Know it, with tempo meters.
Your songs sorted into learning, up next and know it

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What it does

Practice

  • Today's plan lists your routine's steps with minutes and best tempos, ready to start in one tap.
  • Guided routines load each song, count down, chime and move on to the next step.
  • Free play gives you a metronome and timer, and can step through a setlist.
  • A mini practice bar stays at the bottom of every screen, with Stop and log.

The metronome

  • 30 to 260 bpm, with ±1 and ±5 buttons and tap tempo.
  • Time signatures from 4/4 to 12/8, subdivisions, and a one- or two-bar count-in.
  • Tap a beat to accent it or mute it.
  • Keeps playing with the screen locked, with keyboard control on Mac and iPad.

Songs and chords

  • Song lists for Learning, Up next and Know it, with key, capo, tuning and chord charts.
  • A best-versus-target tempo meter on every song you're learning.
  • Chord diagrams for the chords you know, grouped by how well you know them.
  • Learn next suggests chords from your own song charts, and one-minute changes track your best.

Progress

  • Your biggest tempo gain up front, with a sparkline.
  • Weekly hours against your goal, a practice calendar, time per guitar and your focus mix.
  • A full session history you can filter, edit, and import or export as CSV.

Gear

  • Guitars, basses, amps and pedals, with status, finish color and who you've loaned something to.
  • String reminders based on hours played, with a Restrung today button.

Around your devices

  • Widgets for your streak, this week and quick start.
  • A Live Activity and Dynamic Island while you practice.
  • "Start practice in Woodshed" with Siri, Shortcuts or the Action button.
  • Syncs through your own iCloud, with backup export and import.

Coming next

  • A speed trainer that raises the tempo as you go
  • Gap click, which drops beats out to test your timing
  • A tuner and practice recordings
  • An Apple Watch app

The details

Works on
iPhone and iPad with iOS 18 or later, and Mac with macOS 15 or later.
Price
Paid up front when it reaches the App Store. No subscriptions or in-app purchases.
Sync
Your own private iCloud.
Privacy
Nothing is sent to me. No accounts, ads or tracking, and no special permissions. Read the privacy page.