PocketPipes

Name: PocketPipes
Price: 5.99 USD
Author: Claude Le Dû

By: Claude Le Dû

For bagpipe training

Features & Capabilities

Your bagpipe tunes in abc or bww format on your Mac (Intel/M1) and iOS Now with a polyphonic capacity, PocketPipes is your partner for practicing on your own repertoire

PocketPipes is an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch/Mac player for bagpipe tunes (abc and bww files) with lot of options. Polyphony and drones produce a very realistic bagpipe sound. A vertical bar shows the note being played on the sheet music. PocketPipes is your partner for practicing, with your own tunes. Statistics about recent playbacks help you to drive your training sessions.

PLAYBACK OPTIONS

bagpipe chanter sound or practice chanter sound
polyphonic capacity (one file for each voice: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th). Select the first one to play in a polyphonic way.
defining a section of the tune for playback (to focus on few measures when training, with long press on the sheet music). The area outside the section is grayed.
loop mode
playing with or without drones
C natural, or C natural + F natural
synchronized metronome with the current play
optional 5-7-9 attack before each play
tempo tuning for the current tune

TUNES MANAGEMENT

the app proposes to install demo files automatically when the tunes list is empty (it includes few polyphonic sets)
importing tunes from a desktop with iTunes or Finder, a Dropbox(TM) account, or email attachements, or with Files App
file sharing : you can send tunes or sheet music as email attachments
file uploading to the user's iCloud Drive (wav soundtrack and pdf sheet music)
sheet music printing
categorization (tagging) of the tunes allows to work on subsets within the personal tunes (i.e. Marches, Slow airs, To learn, Next performance ....). See guide on website. More flexible than folder hierarchy. When categorized, a tune appears in blue color.
searching by keys, crossed with categories
statistics on recent playbacks, crossed with categories
file edition in textual mode with revert capability to the previous file
backup/restore of the data to/from iCloud, giving a way to align different devices with the same data

USER INTERFACE

contextual menu with a long press on the tune title or the sheet music
two pop-up controllers to handle playback options on the sheet music
categories editor
full screen and zooming on sheet music (important for iPhones)
ability to colorize some parts of the tunes (%%bgcolor for ABC files)
support of clear/dark mode
built-in help book to learn how to use the app and including useful links

Nota: beat setting and section marks are made persistent at file level.

Available ressources on the support web site: Packs of tunes, ABC tutorial, FAQ ... See FAQ for specific questions.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Claude Le Dû

Version:

13.0 Last updated: 2023-12-19

Version code:

862209688

Creation date:

2013-04-07

Compatible devices:

Size:

31.32MB

Price:

5.99

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-05

Compare stats and ranking:

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# 1,657,226 ▼ 739,858

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Developed by:

Claude Le Dû

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocketpipes/id629666904

Website:

http://pocketbagpipe.fr

User Reviews

Of all the apps that I have for playing BWW files, this is the most stable. There's a bit of a learning curve, because it's not at all obvious how to get back to the list of tunes. And many of the labels in the app are in French, and there's no option to change the interface language to English. The app lacks a GUI interface for editing the tunes, but does have the option of editing the code. One of the most important things is that the app delveloper actively maintains the app. Thanks! Edit: I should have been more clear in my review. It was only the Preferences panel for the app that was in French. The rest was in English. I followed your instructions, and the System Settings already say that the language for Pocket Pipes is set to System Default (English). I tried changing it to French, and it had me relaunch the app. Now the App is completely in French. And now when I go to the System Settings, there is no option to go back to English. It now says that it is already in English, and that option is grayed out. But it is not in English; it is in French. Further edit: Thanks! That fixed the app language itself, but as you noted, that still doesn't fix the app preference language. Hopefully, you find a solution for that. Meanwhile, I've boosted my rating to 5 stars, because I appreciate how helpful and responsive you are.