The United Methodist Hymnal3.6.0 - App Store

This is the official iPad edition of The United Methodist Hymnal (1989) authorized by The United Methodist Publishing House. The app includes page scans of the hymnal, powerful search capabilities, information about songs and their authors, and the ability to access several different versions of songs including pew, large print, lead sheet, and instrumental (strings, brass, and woodwinds).

This free app includes the 281 public domain songs in The United Methodist Hymnal. Through in-app purchases, you can add the following editions which includes all public domain and most copyrighted hymns:

. Pew edition for the complete hymnal* ($24.99)
. Keyboard edition for the complete hymnal** ($24.99)
. Large Print edition for the complete hymnal** ($19.99)
. FlexScore edition for the complete hymnal** ($99.99)
. Transposed editions (scores for specific instruments) for the complete hymnal** ($39.99)
. Individual FlexScores - one version of one song ($1.99)
. Individual FlexScores - all versions of one song ($9.99)

* Hymns and services only
** Hymns only, no services or readings

Many songs include links to resources for background information and for worship planning, such as related scripture passages, topics, worship notes on the text and tune, PowerPoint slides, and available choral and instrumental arrangements.

The search box allows you to search for songs by first line, author, composer, topic, or scripture passages quoted or alluded to. You can also jump immediately to a hymn by number.

Our revolutionary FlexScores are available for most songs. Through FlexScores you can adjust the music and text size of the scores, transpose the key, and change capo. The versions offered for FlexScores include pew, lead sheet, violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, alto saxophone, soprano or tenor saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba. For instrumental versions, the music is transposed into an appropriate range and displayed in an appropriate clef for the instrument (based on the same part arrangement of the printed hymnal).

You may use the "setlist" feature to pre-arrange hymns in your preferred order (for example, the song sequence in a worship service). When you "play" the "setlist" you can go to the next pre-determined songs with one flip!

Flip the page with a foot pedal! With an optional, Bluetooth enabled, foot pedal (bought separately) you may turn pages back and forth using a compatible foot pedal. A great convenience for instrumental players!

IMPORTANT NOTES:
- This app does NOT play any audio of hymns.
- A network connection is required to access hymn background information, and view most FlexScores.
- While editions (such as the Pew Edition or FlexScore Edition) of the hymnal can be transferred to other devices, individual FlexScores -- both the $1.99 and $9.99 versions -- cannot be transferred to other devices.
- Due to copyright permissions, we cannot display the following hymns in the app, even after you purchase one of the editions of the hymnal: 132, 161, 499, 632, and 728. We are continually working on gathering the necessary permissions to display such hymns.

Version History Add play setlist to home screen side menu
Add improved edge-to-edge display support
Add improved support for new devices
Fix rapid swipe freezes scrolling
Fix keyboard closes while entering a search query
Fix slow startup after interrupted updates
Fix lag during pinch zoom in lyrics mode
Fix miscellaneous viewer paging animation glitches
Fix FlexScore access may incorrectly display unpurchased 3.6.0 Oct 7 * Fix unable to purchase individual FlexScores when missing music preview
* Add access to side menu from home screen
* Fix typing overwrites previous search on some systems 3.5.5 07/25/2024 * Fix possible pedal error 3.5.4 03/26/2024 Minor fixes 3.5.3 03/18/2024 - Fix minor performance improvements 3.5.2 05/03/2023 - Add support autoswap between single page/two page modes
- Add optionally reduce page turn animation
- Add resize landscape two page mode to show full page 3.5.0 02/20/2023 - Fix app may hang on launch
- Fix app may display render errors when reducing display size 3.4.3 01/03/2023 - Add fast drag scroll in table of contents
- Add transpose only changes current song
- Fix interface breaks with system accessibility large text
- Fix unable to reduce music/text size
- Fix annotation eraser may fail to erase
- Fix unable to cancel text annotation 3.4.1 11/28/2022 - Add reduced network usage when on data
- Add setlist archive support
- Add two-page display layout option
- Fix jump to hymn unresponsive for FlexScores 3.3.0 10/19/2022 - Improve foot pedal page turn device compatibility 3.2.2 09/01/2022 - Fix text invisible while annotating 3.2.1 08/10/2022 - Add setlist tap item to play
- Add option for quick search instead of number pad navigation
- Fix remove unrelated results from tune and subject listings
- Fix improved pinch zoom in single page mode
- Fix full screen mode may fail to use the entire screen
- Fix edit setlist name may fail
- Fix crash during long usage 3.2.0 07/27/2022 - Add display option for all pages of hymn per screen 3.1.0 05/31/2022 - Changing pages is now always horizontal
- Add playing audio previews for hymns in setlists works offline
- Improve foot pedal page turn device compatibility
- Improve pinch zoom 3.0.0 05/17/2022 - Improve foot pedal page turn device compatibility 2.8.7 04/11/2022 - Fix score displays small during annotation on some devices
- Fix audio stops working if the app is open for a long time
- Fix empty setlist may duplicate 2.8.6 03/22/2022 - Fix downloaded hymns sometimes disappear when offline
- Fix search and menu text unreadable in some configurations 2.8.4 02/21/2022 - Improve loading speed 2.8.3 06/07/2021 - Fix search can fail to jump to the correct hymn
- Fix purchased hymns may not download until the app is restarted 2.8.2 05/19/2021 - Fix app backup unnecessarily large
- Fix ui desync when paging quickly between hymns
- Fix unable to change settings while playing a setlist 2.8.1 05/05/2021 - Add experimental pinch zoom 2.8.0 04/21/2021 - Fix tapping while annotating can fail to draw a dot 2.7.1 04/07/2021 - Add hymn annotation
- Fix high battery usage in certain cases 2.7.0 03/24/2021 - Add lyrics-only view
- Fix home screen title sometimes fails to display navigation pad 2.6.0 02/24/2021 - Add import setlist from email
- Add table of contents filter by owned
- Add table of contents link on home screen 2.5.0 02/09/2021