Chant Tools

Name: Chant Tools
Rating: 3.9 (31 reviews)
Author: Benjamin Bloomfield

By: Benjamin Bloomfield

Utilities

Features & Capabilities

Offline Mass Propers This app is an offline version of the chant tools available at http://bbloomf.github.io/jgabc/

It is mostly intended to be useful for containing the Gregorian Mass propers as well as the Gregorian Mass ordinaries as found in the Liber Usualis, and transcribed on GregoBase (http://gregobase.selapa.net) and there may be some mistakes in the chant. If you notice any, they can be corrected in GregoBase (if you go to http://bbloomf.github.io/jgabc/propers.html and find the chant with the mistake, you can click the link above the chant on the left side to get to the GregoBase version of the chant, and edit it there to fix it, or request that it be fixed.)

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Benjamin Bloomfield

Rating:

3.90

(31)

Version:

1.10.6 Last updated: 2026-06-03

Version code:

886485354

Creation date:

2017-04-13

Compatible devices:

Size:

38.26MB

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-06

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# 251,326 ▼ 635

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Developed by:

Benjamin Bloomfield

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chant-tools/id1225329409

User Reviews

Pros: the app offers a very comprehensive Gregorian chant library (ordinary/propers, psalm tones, Liber Brevior, Chants Abreges), strong psalm tools, and useful workflow features like day-by-day chants and exporting .gabc files for LaTeX. Cons: audio playback is unreliable across devices, UI stability issues hinder use, and there are content gaps (English psalms, Novus Ordo calendar sync, saints). Overall, a valuable chant tool when audio and UI issues are addressed.

Pros

Extremely comprehensive Gregorian chant library including ordinary, propers, psalm tones, Liber Brevior, and Chants Abreges.
Strong psalm tool support and related liturgical resources.
Daily chant generation with export options (e.g., .gabc files for LaTeX), enabling easy workflow integration.
Generally very useful for cantors and Gregorian chant work.

Cons

Audio playback is unreliable or nonfunctional across iOS devices (chants won’t play, stop, or are inconsistent).
UI glitches and instability on iOS (elements misbehave, navigation issues, things move or go off-screen).
Content gaps: English psalms not available; Novus Ordo calendar propers not syncing; limited saint selections for Novus.

Recent reviews

I appreciate the hard work, and am very thankful for the chant tools. But the iOS app (both iPad and iPhone) just does not work correctly.

by De*****, 2024-02-16

Chants won’t play Lack of organization Things are beyond the screen Things move when I tap them I wish this would work

by po*****, 2023-09-30

This blows all the other tools out of the water. It has the most comprehensive ordinary and propers for masses, and the best psalm tool. There are some improvements I’d make- 1- have a “simple view” and “complex view” for the psalm tone tool- all we need to select is the tone, special ending/solemn, whether it shows all the verses written out or bonded/italicized, and the psalm/canticle! 2- there is an “English” version, however, none of the psalms are in English and it would require an external source to work. 3- the propers for the Novus ordo calendar don’t sync with the calendar like the traditional calendar dates do 4- having the other hours integrated into this would be so huge! That’s all for now, but thank you so much Ben! God Bless you!