Learn the hymns, word by word.
Coptic Chanter follows the cantor through every hymn of the church year: the words light up as they are sung, in Coptic, English and Arabic, so you can listen, read along and learn to chant.
See it at work.
Made for learning and for the church.
Follow every word
Each word lights up as the cantor sings it, and the hymn scrolls along. Touch a line to hear it from its start.
Repeat and slow down
Repeat the line being sung until you have it, step from line to line, and slow the cantor down to half speed.
Coptic, English and Arabic
The Coptic beside its English, with the Arabic and a transliteration in Latin letters when you want them. English versions sung as English.
Many tunes and cantors
Hear a hymn by more than one cantor, in its annual and festal tunes, and in English where it is sung in English.
Today in the church year
The Coptic date, the season we are in, and the feasts and fasts coming up, each opening its hymns.
Scores that follow along
Hymn scores and hand-written notation, with a cursor that moves across the page as the recording plays.
Offline
Download a whole season before church or a trip, and every hymn plays without a connection.
Find the line you remember
Search titles and the words themselves, in English, Coptic or Arabic.
My hymns
Add your own recordings and notation, mark them as you listen, and back them up or share them with your class.
Made for the pew
Large text that fits the screen, the two sides of the choir tinted apart, a traditional Coptic font, and a screen that stays on.
Share a hymn
Send a hymn to a friend or a class: the link opens it in the app, or here on the website.
Always growing
New hymns, words and timings arrive by themselves, without waiting for an app update.
Listen to a few verses.
The first verses of the Second Hoos, sung in Coptic or in English, right here on the page.
Every season, fast and feast.
Hymns are gathered as the church sings them: by season, then by service, from Vespers and Midnight Praises to the Liturgy.
Mahragan Al-Keraza
The hymns of the Mahragan for the Midwest and Chicago churches, by grade and level, so every student can practice at home.
Help time the hymns.
Every hymn is timed by hand, word by word, by volunteers using the app’s pencil. If you can spare an hour, write to hello@copticchanter.com and we’ll send you a hymn to time.
Coming soon to the App Store
Coptic Chanter is being tested now and will be on the App Store soon. It needs an iPhone or iPad with iOS 18 or later.
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