Terms of use
The terms that apply when you use Clapchart: what a play-along made from your own music can be relied on for, your data, refunds and what stays free.
Last updated 19 October 2026
What this is
Clapchart is a writing and playback tool. It plays, draws and prints the rhythms and melodies you write, by the fixed rules on the how it works page. It does not correct your music, so a play-along is only as right as what you wrote: listen to it once before you use it with a class.
Where a word or a bar does not read or does not add up, the page shows it and waits for you; nothing is filled in. What you write is what plays and prints.
Names used
Titles on a board are the ones you type. If you write out a published song, check that you may use it in the way you intend; the starters on this site were written for it and are yours to use in class. Clapchart is not affiliated with any instrument maker, publisher or music exam board.
What is free
These stay free with no account. A paid tier adds the extras listed on the Premium page. Nothing free is moved behind a gate to make room for it.
- The grid and text editors, playback with count-in, backing and loop
- The notation and colour chart on screen, printing, and the PNG colour chart
- A landscape play-along video of up to 30 seconds, with a small site mark
- 2 parts on a board
- 3 saved boards, with backup export and import
Your data
Anything the site remembers is stored by your own browser on your own device. You can clear it at any time, we cannot recover it, and it does not follow you to another device. Save a backup file to keep a copy of your boards.
Refunds
Not happy with a purchase? Email socialreminderinfo@gmail.com within 14 days of a first purchase, or within 7 days of a renewal, and we will refund it. Send the message from the email address you used at checkout, and include:
- the email address used at checkout (if you are writing from a different address)
- your access code, shown on the Premium page while you have Premium on the browser you purchased from
- roughly when you purchased, and which plan (weekly, yearly or lifetime)
- the last 4 digits of the card, if you have the receipt handy
That is everything needed to find the purchase and process the refund. This policy does not limit any statutory rights you may have.
Acceptable use
Use the site to make play-alongs, videos and charts for teaching and practice. Do not scrape it at a rate that degrades it for other people.
Warranty and liability
The site is provided as it is, without warranty of any kind. To the extent the law allows, Clapchart is not liable for any loss arising from its use or from reliance on a video or chart it makes, including printing costs. Play a board through before a lesson.
Contact
Questions, and reports of a rhythm that was read, played or drawn wrongly, go to socialreminderinfo@gmail.com. Send the part as text with its time signature. Anything that breaks a stated rule is a defect and gets fixed.