Count Studio Always know which count you’re on.
In any dance, with or without music. Pick a style and Count Studio counts it the way that dance is counted.
Coming November 27 to iPhone and iPad November 27, 2026
Every dance, counted its own way.
Eights with “&”, salsa with its pauses, bachata’s tap, Teentaal’s sam and khali. Each beat below is a strip of floor tape, written the way dancers count it.
- The 1
- An accent
- A rest
- Khali, the open beat
8-count
Hip hop, jazz, contemporary, K-pop, cheer and tap, with “&” or “e & a”.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 and, with the accent on 51&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&Salsa On1
1 2 3, 5 6 7: the pause falls on 4 and 8.
1 2 3, rest, 5 6 7, rest123567Salsa On2
The break on 2 and 6, the pause on 4 and 8.
1, 2 accented, 3, rest, 5, 6 accented, 7, rest123567Bachata
Three steps and a tap, twice over.
1 2 3 tap, 5 6 7 tap123tap567tapCha-cha
Counted from 2, the cha-cha-cha on 4 & 1.
2 3 4 and 1234&1Foxtrot
Ballroom slow-quick, as in quickstep and tango.
slow, slow, quick, quickslowslowquickquickWaltz
1 2 3, 1 2 3.
1 2 3, 1 2 3123123Swing
East Coast, West Coast and Lindy hop, in 6- and 8-counts.
6-count: 1 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6123&45&6Teentaal
Kathak’s 16 beats: sam is the cross, khali the hollow tape.
16 beats in four groups of four. 1 dha, sam. 2 dhin, 3 dhin, 4 dha. 5 dha, clap. 6 dhin, 7 dhin, 8 dha. 9 dha, khali. 10 tin, 11 tin, 12 ta. 13 ta, clap. 14 dhin, 15 dhin, 16 dha.1dha2dhin3dhin4dha5dha6dhin7dhin8dha9dha10tin11tin12ta13ta14dhin15dhin16dhaSoleá
Flamenco’s 12-count compás, as in alegrías and bulerías.
12 counts, accents on 3, 6, 8, 10 and 12123456789101112Irish jig
In two groups of three; reels and hornpipes too.
1 2 3, 4 5 6, in two groups of three with the accent on 4123456Balkan 7/8
Grouped 3+2+2, and 9/8 too.
7 counts grouped 3, 2, 2: 1 2 3, 4 5, 6 71234567Maqsum
Belly dance in Dum and Tek, with baladi and saidi too.
Dum, Tek, rest, Tek, Dum, rest, Tek, restDumTekTekDumTekFitness 32-count
Zumba, step and aerobics, in blocks of four eights.
Four eights in a 32-count blockeight 1eight 2eight 3eight 4Your own
Any meter, grouping, accents and rests.
An example of a custom pattern: 1 2, rest, 4 accented, 51245
Also in the library: Jhaptaal 10 and Rupak 7, the Carnatic talas Adi 8 and Misra Chapu 7, quickstep, tango, Irish reels and hornpipes, 9/8, baladi and saidi. How every dance is counted Read about counting each dance on the blog
Your song, numbered in eights.
Import a song you own: from Files, the sound of a video or a voice memo. Count Studio finds the tempo, the beats and the likely 1 on your device, numbers the eights and counts over the music. If the grid is off, tap along to fix it.
Slower, same pitch
Slow the song down without changing its pitch.
Loop by counts
Loop a stretch by its counts, like eights 9 to 12.
Sections
Mark the intro, the verse and the chorus.
Count sheets
Rows of 8, a move noted under every count, saved as a PDF.
Can’t import the song? Let it listen.
Apple Music, Spotify, the studio speaker: Listen mode hears the room, finds the beat live and counts along.
Tap once on the 1 to set where the eight starts.
Listening happens on your device. Nothing is recorded.
Teach the class from the iPad.
For teachers and studios: Studio on iPad keeps the count, the tempo and the start button within reach, with the class setlist beside the count, so the whole class runs from one screen.
Foot pedal and keyboard
Start, stop and nudge the tempo from a Bluetooth foot pedal or keyboard, with your hands free.
Class setlists
Line up the warm-up, the routine and the cool-down, each with its own count and tempo.
Files you can open
Setlists, presets and count sheets are files in a Count Studio folder that the Files app shows.
Count sheets on paper
Print count sheets for cheer and choreography.
Practise at any tempo. Even in silence.
Any tempo
From 20 to 320 BPM.
Tap tempo
Tap the beat to set the speed.
Lead-in
“5, 6, 7, 8” before the 1.
Phrase counter
Always know it’s eight 3 of 8.
Spoken counts
Hear the count said out loud.
Clicks and percussion
Pick the sound of the beat.
Haptics
Feel the count as taps.
Mirror mode
The front camera with the count over it.
Flash mode
The whole screen lights up on the 1 and on accents, for silent practice and for deaf and hard-of-hearing dancers.
Bright, fast flashes can affect people with photosensitive epilepsy. Read the Flash mode warning
Trainers
Silent bars cut the sound and bring it back on the 1, so you learn to hold the count yourself. Then try “find the 1”.
Repertoire: buy it once.
Count Studio is free to start. Repertoire, paid once through the App Store, adds unlimited songs, all six trainers, Mirror, Studio with setlists and more count sheets. Family Sharing is on.
Coming November 27 to iPhone and iPad
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