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Charms for iPhone & iPad

scrolling takes, playing makes

Charms is a first instrument for small hands. No feed to scroll, just eight petals & eight notes. Touch one & it rings & lights up. Touch another, & you’ve made something.

Play

no wrong notes

Charms locked for little hands: only the petals and a small lock remain, two petals lit in amber and red around the eye.

Every petal shares one scale, so every tap fits. Touch one, then another. It already sounds like music. Tap the lock & hand it over.

Learn

a song that waits

Genesis, the first song in Charms: petal 1 lit white and waiting, above the words Press the petal that lights.

Genesis, your first song, lights one petal & waits. Press it & the next one lights. Miss, & the eye shows you the way. Then slow any piece down until your hands know it.

Keep

keep every play

Your plays in Charms: a grid of saved plays, each with a cover drawn from the artwork, a name, a heart and a share button.

Genesis is your first play. Press record & every play after it is kept, note for note. Name them, heart them, share any one as a short film of the charm.

Listen

struck like a bell

The end of Genesis in Charms: every petal lit in its own colour at once, the rosette glowing violet around the eye.

Every petal rings like a small bell & fades on its own, the low ones longest. Tap one, tap eight, tap them all at once. It still sounds like music.

Play

no wrong notes
a song that waits
keep every play
struck like a bell

Every petal shares one scale, so every tap fits. Touch one, then another. It already sounds like music. Tap the lock & hand it over.

Genesis, your first song, lights one petal & waits. Press it & the next one lights. Miss, & the eye shows you the way. Then slow any piece down until your hands know it.

Genesis is your first play. Press record & every play after it is kept, note for note. Name them, heart them, share any one as a short film of the charm.

Every petal rings like a small bell & fades on its own, the low ones longest. Tap one, tap eight, tap them all at once. It still sounds like music.

A note from the maker

I design for the internet, & I’ve entered my dad era. Which means I now spend a lot of time watching tiny hands tap, poke, grab & accidentally make things happen. So I made something for them.

Most apps are built to be scrolled. I’d rather make ones that get played. Eight notes. No wrong ones. No feed. Just a tiny music playground for small hands.

I made it for one pair of small hands. Now it’s for yours.

Rahul Bhosale

Early access

play it first

Charms is in early testing on iPhone & iPad. Join through Apple’s TestFlight, free.

Join iOS beta Or play it now

Soon on the Mac, played from the keyboard