charms, play to bring luck

Tap a petal to play along

Charms for iPhone and iPad

Eight rings. Eight notes. Charms is the rosette from rahul.design, made into an instrument for your hand. Touch a petal and it sounds, lights up and sends a ripple through the drawing while the eye turns to watch. Play it here, above, then take it with you on iPhone and iPad.

Play

no wrong notes

Charms playing Moonlight Sonata: three petals lit in orange, yellow and teal around the eye.

Every ring shares one scale, so every tap fits. There is no key to learn and nothing to get wrong. Touch one petal, then another, and it already sounds like music. Each note lights its petal, sends a ripple through the drawing and turns the eye to follow it. Hold one of the four diamonds and slide, and the sound bends under your finger.

Learn

guided learning

A lesson in Charms: the petal to press next is lit white with its number, 2, in black.

Pick a piece and the petal it needs lights up. Press it and the next one waits for you. Miss, and the eye rolls over to the right one, so even a wrong tap teaches. Four pieces to start: Moonlight Sonata, Rise, Raag Dhani and Drift. Slow them to three-quarter or half speed until your hands know the way, then bring them back to full.

Record

playing on record

The Creations list in Charms: two saved sessions, each with its notes shown as coloured dots, a play button and a share button.

Press record, play, press stop. Every session is saved note for note, and it plays back exactly as you played it: the same notes, the same timing, the same drawing. Switch to the loop and eight bars go round while you layer over yourself. When something is worth keeping, share it as a video.

Keep going

a streak habit

Charms settings: first play, total taps, time playing, creations and favourite ring, then current streak, max streak and days used.

Your taps, your time and your favourite ring, counted quietly in the background. Nothing nags you and nothing expires overnight. A streak lasts until you miss a whole day, and your best run stays on the board. Come back tomorrow and pick up where your hands left off.

A note from the maker

I design things for humans on the internet, and I’m a new dad raising my own little human. Most apps are built to be scrolled. I’d rather build ones that get played. Scrolling takes. Playing makes. Charms is a small one for small hands. Eight notes, no wrong ones, and every tap teaches.

~ Rahul Bhosale

TestFlight

get it before the store

Charms is coming to TestFlight for iPhone and iPad. Ask now and your invite comes with the first build.

Music: Moonlight Sonata, first movement, Ludwig van Beethoven (1801), arranged for Charms. Rise, Raag Dhani and Drift written for Charms.