Hi, I'm Henry.

I've played piano for about 8 years and guitar a bit longer. I also run: 100-mile ultra finisher, chasing a sub-17 5k - so I'm never without my Garmin watch.

Here's the thing that bugged me. Every run I do is logged and I can see my progress/consistency using Strava. With music I had nothing. I was scribbling sessions on random bits of paper, and when I stopped measuring it, I stopped focusing - I'd sit down and noodle for twenty minutes and call it practice.

So I built Etuda. It's Strava for musicians.

Start a session from your watch. Hit start when you sit down, hit stop when you're done. No phone, no interruption. It syncs to the app on its own.

Keep a record that's actually useful. Log what you played, how long, how it went. Track pieces from first read-through to performance. Attach sheet music, photos, even a video of the run you're proud of. Streaks, weekly goals, personal records and a practice heatmap fall out of it automatically.

And it's not solo. This is the part I care most about. Practising is lonely in a way running isn't - nobody sees the hours. So Etuda has a friend feed: your friends see what you're working on, they can leave a bravo or a comment, and there's a leaderboard if you're competitive. The accountability is the feature. It's the reason Strava works, and it's exactly what music practice has been missing.

Free on iOS and the web, and it works with 19 Garmin models.

📱 iOS 🌐 etuda.app

(Android app is coming soon as well as other watch models: Apple, Coros etc)

I'm currently working on:

Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin 🎹

Drifting by Andy Mckee 🎸

Thank you for reading!