Guitar speed log
Crank.
Three months in and you still cannot say whether you got faster.
Crank logs the fastest BPM you played a lick clean and draws the line. Every scale, lick, riff and drill gets its own chart, so you can check instead of guessing.
It runs in the browser and takes about a minute. You install nothing.
Get the app
Free on iPhone5 fragments includedNo credit card
Made by one guitarist at Craftsman Interactive
What the log shows
The list, the chart, and the readout when you go past target.
Every lick carries its number
Current BPM, target BPM, and how far you have left, on every fragment in the list.
Weeks of reps as one line
Every logged rep is a point on the chart, with the target drawn across it as a dashed line.
Past the target is marked
Beat the target and the readout turns amber. It shows how far past you went.
This month's challenge
Ladder in A
Oct 1 to Oct 31
One original lick and one target BPM, every month.
Practice Buddies
A circle of two or three
Make a circle with the people you actually play with, and everyone sees who logged today. One tap nudges whoever went quiet.
Pricing
The free tier does not expire and does not need an account.
Free
$0
- 5 fragments
- Logging, charts and history
- Practice sessions
- Metronome and tuner
Pro
$3.99/mo or $29.99/yr
- Unlimited fragments
- 3 deadline goals
- Full stats: streaks, heatmap, records
- Collections and smart reminders
- Weekly review and video recording
- Buddy circles up to 10 people
Questions
Not for logging BPM. Yes for the web speed test, because on speakers the microphone hears the click and counts it as playing.
Yes. Fragments, logs and charts live on the phone and work with no connection. Sign in and the same data syncs to your other devices.
Not yet. Crank is iPhone only. An Android build is in closed testing and has no public listing.
You decide. You log the fastest BPM at which every note sounded and nothing dragged. The web speed test is stricter, because it times your attacks against the grid, and a challenge take is checked by a person against the click and the tab.
Yes. Anything with a tempo works, including bass, drums and keys. The copy is guitar-first because that is who the app was built for.
Yes. It is stored on your phone, it is never sold or shared, and deleting your account removes it from the server. The privacy policy has the detail.
Start the log tonight
Add the lick you are stuck on, log tonight's fastest clean BPM, and the chart has its first point.
Free on iPhone5 fragments includedNo credit card
Built by Craftsman Interactive