Hold your phone like a kalimba, a little thumb piano, and play today’s hymn. It plays the verse for you first, then waits for you to play it back. No lessons, no music to read. A few quiet minutes, and you’ve played Amazing Grace.
A morning with it
Listen, play, and hear where it came from
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A new hymn each morning
Today’s hymn waits for you with a picture and a line about it. Amazing Grace, Be Thou My Vision, Holy, Holy, Holy: the songs the church has sung for centuries.
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Play it yourself
On the kalimba, the piano or the guitar. Go at your own pace, or keep time with gentle strings under you. By the last verse it’s in your fingers.
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The story behind it
A minute of pictures and music about who wrote it and why: a sea captain in a storm, a monk in old Ireland. Then a thought to carry into your day.
Play together
Two phones, one hymn
Sit with a friend, a grandchild, your spouse. One phone plays the tune, the other the harmony from the old hymnal, and they start together, in time. When it ends, hear the two of you played back.
Made to be a gift, not a habit loop
Hymn Along is free. It won’t nag you, count your streak, or make you feel bad for missing a day. It’s simply there each morning.
- Free
- No ads
- No streaks
- No account needed
The beta
Try it early
Hymn Along is in a small beta on iPhone. To join, write to hello@hymnalong.app and we’ll send you an invitation.