Holiday Bells
Play Christmas Handbell Music
$0.99
3.2for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Holiday Bells
Play Christmas songs on the handbells with Holiday Bells! The beautiful bell sounds are real handbells!
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Jingle Bells: Shake the phone to ring the bells.
Handbell: Tap to ring. Tap on the clef to change pitch.
Handbell Set: 15 handbells. Tap on the bells to play your favorite holiday songs!
Songs: 20 Christmas songs, with favorites like "Jingle Bells", "Away in a Manger", "Joy to the World", and more. Scroll the songs list to see them all. Choose a song, then follow the snowflakes to tap along, or press the Auto-Play button to have the app play the song for you!
Stickers: Add some holiday cheer to your text messages! Holiday Bells stickers have bells, stars, animated music notes, a music sheet and songbook, an animated candle with flickering flame, a Christmas wreath, birds (cedar waxwing, cardinal, and peace dove), and a red poinsettia. All of the stickers are original hand-drawn artwork by artist and app developer Kira Matrejek.
Widgets: New in iOS14, add festive holiday widgets to your home screen! Holiday Bells has small, medium and large size widgets. Widgets can display the date, the days until Christmas, or holiday song lyrics, and there are several seasonal backgrounds to choose from.
Merry Christmas!
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Jingle Bells: Shake the phone to ring the bells.
Handbell: Tap to ring. Tap on the clef to change pitch.
Handbell Set: 15 handbells. Tap on the bells to play your favorite holiday songs!
Songs: 20 Christmas songs, with favorites like "Jingle Bells", "Away in a Manger", "Joy to the World", and more. Scroll the songs list to see them all. Choose a song, then follow the snowflakes to tap along, or press the Auto-Play button to have the app play the song for you!
Stickers: Add some holiday cheer to your text messages! Holiday Bells stickers have bells, stars, animated music notes, a music sheet and songbook, an animated candle with flickering flame, a Christmas wreath, birds (cedar waxwing, cardinal, and peace dove), and a red poinsettia. All of the stickers are original hand-drawn artwork by artist and app developer Kira Matrejek.
Widgets: New in iOS14, add festive holiday widgets to your home screen! Holiday Bells has small, medium and large size widgets. Widgets can display the date, the days until Christmas, or holiday song lyrics, and there are several seasonal backgrounds to choose from.
Merry Christmas!
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.2
Last updated on Dec 8, 2020
Old Versions
Now with Christmas widgets for your home screen! Countdown the days til Christmas, show holiday song lyrics, or display today's date.
Also updated for iOS14 and all screen sizes. Holiday Bells has been ringing in the holidays since 2008!
Also updated for iOS14 and all screen sizes. Holiday Bells has been ringing in the holidays since 2008!
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Version History
3.2
Dec 8, 2020
Now with Christmas widgets for your home screen! Countdown the days til Christmas, show holiday song lyrics, or display today's date.
Also updated for iOS14 and all screen sizes. Holiday Bells has been ringing in the holidays since 2008!
Also updated for iOS14 and all screen sizes. Holiday Bells has been ringing in the holidays since 2008!
3.1
Dec 8, 2016
Now with Auto-Play: the app can now play the songs for you! Also: a new song (Pat-A-Pan), and a new holiday sticker pack for your iMessages!
Also new this year:
* Auto-Play! Choose a song, then either follow the snowflakes to tap along, or press the Auto-Play button to have the app play it for you!
* Beautiful new bell sounds! These were professionally recorded with the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Celebration Ringers' handbell set. These new bells sound sweeter, mellower, and more in tune. Many thanks to Keith Chuvala at Gloria Dei for ringing and recording the new bells!
* New song: Pat-A-Pan! This French Christmas Carol was originally written for flute and drums, but it sounds great on the bells!
* New holiday sticker pack for your messages app! (Activate it in the "Manage" tab in the iMessage App Store.)
* Updated for iOS10 and all screen sizes.
* Bugs fixed in 3.1:
• The iPhone/iPad now stays awake while you're auto-playing songs.
• Fixed a bug with snowflakes not getting cleared.
• Corrected the layout of musical notes on the scale in the iPhone handbell view.
• Fixed the auto-play timing on Jingle Bells.
Holiday bells is also available for the new Apple TV! Look for it in the App Store on your Apple TV.
Happy holidays!
-- Kira Matrejek, app developer
Also new this year:
* Auto-Play! Choose a song, then either follow the snowflakes to tap along, or press the Auto-Play button to have the app play it for you!
* Beautiful new bell sounds! These were professionally recorded with the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Celebration Ringers' handbell set. These new bells sound sweeter, mellower, and more in tune. Many thanks to Keith Chuvala at Gloria Dei for ringing and recording the new bells!
* New song: Pat-A-Pan! This French Christmas Carol was originally written for flute and drums, but it sounds great on the bells!
* New holiday sticker pack for your messages app! (Activate it in the "Manage" tab in the iMessage App Store.)
* Updated for iOS10 and all screen sizes.
* Bugs fixed in 3.1:
• The iPhone/iPad now stays awake while you're auto-playing songs.
• Fixed a bug with snowflakes not getting cleared.
• Corrected the layout of musical notes on the scale in the iPhone handbell view.
• Fixed the auto-play timing on Jingle Bells.
Holiday bells is also available for the new Apple TV! Look for it in the App Store on your Apple TV.
Happy holidays!
-- Kira Matrejek, app developer
3.0
Nov 28, 2016
Now with Auto-Play! Choose a song, then either follow the snowflakes to tap along, or press the Auto-Play button to have the app play it for you!
Also new this year:
* Beautiful new bell sounds! Holiday Bells has *always* used real bell sounds, but I wanted to update the bells so they would sound good on larger speakers. The new bell sounds were professionally recorded with the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Celebration Ringers' handbell set. These new bells sound sweeter, mellower, and more in tune. Many thanks to Keith Chuvala at Gloria Dei for ringing and recording the bells!
* Updated for iOS10 and all screen sizes.
Holiday bells is also available for the Apple TV! Look for it in the App Store on your Apple TV.
Happy holidays!
-- Kira Matrejek, app developer
Also new this year:
* Beautiful new bell sounds! Holiday Bells has *always* used real bell sounds, but I wanted to update the bells so they would sound good on larger speakers. The new bell sounds were professionally recorded with the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Celebration Ringers' handbell set. These new bells sound sweeter, mellower, and more in tune. Many thanks to Keith Chuvala at Gloria Dei for ringing and recording the bells!
* Updated for iOS10 and all screen sizes.
Holiday bells is also available for the Apple TV! Look for it in the App Store on your Apple TV.
Happy holidays!
-- Kira Matrejek, app developer
2.6
Nov 21, 2013
Three new songs!
* I Saw Three Ships (come sailing in on Christmas day)
* O Holy Night - I love this song and have wanted to include it for a while, though it's more complex than most of the other songs. It spans more than a single octave, so some of the notes drop down into what the app can play. I think it still works though, and hope you enjoy it!
* Auld Lang Syne (Ok, this isn't a Christmas tune, but now you can ring in the New Year with Holiday Bells.) :)
I've also updated the icon to look nice on iOS7, and made a few other minor fixes and improvements.
Have a great Christmas!
* I Saw Three Ships (come sailing in on Christmas day)
* O Holy Night - I love this song and have wanted to include it for a while, though it's more complex than most of the other songs. It spans more than a single octave, so some of the notes drop down into what the app can play. I think it still works though, and hope you enjoy it!
* Auld Lang Syne (Ok, this isn't a Christmas tune, but now you can ring in the New Year with Holiday Bells.) :)
I've also updated the icon to look nice on iOS7, and made a few other minor fixes and improvements.
Have a great Christmas!
2.5
Nov 28, 2012
New Stuff:
• Graphics updated for iPhone 5!
• 4 new songs:
. . . The 12 Days of Christmas
. . . We Three Kings Of Orient Are
. . . Silent Night
. . . The First Noel
• Added a "More" tab, with more info and goodies:
. . . Tips on how to get the sound working, if you're not getting bell sounds
. . . Lyrics for all of the songs
. . . A set of Christmas wallpapers for the iPhone
Other Changes:
• Removed rotate-lock buttons from the iPad version (use your iPad's rotate-lock button to achieve the same thing)
• Removed "shake to clear" from iPhone handbell set, because it was causing many people to accidentally clear the song in the middle of playing it. There's now an "End Song" button on the bell set screen and the songs screen.
• Moved to the Music category
• Graphics updated for iPhone 5!
• 4 new songs:
. . . The 12 Days of Christmas
. . . We Three Kings Of Orient Are
. . . Silent Night
. . . The First Noel
• Added a "More" tab, with more info and goodies:
. . . Tips on how to get the sound working, if you're not getting bell sounds
. . . Lyrics for all of the songs
. . . A set of Christmas wallpapers for the iPhone
Other Changes:
• Removed rotate-lock buttons from the iPad version (use your iPad's rotate-lock button to achieve the same thing)
• Removed "shake to clear" from iPhone handbell set, because it was causing many people to accidentally clear the song in the middle of playing it. There's now an "End Song" button on the bell set screen and the songs screen.
• Moved to the Music category
2.0
Nov 17, 2010
Version 2.0 is a universal app with more bells and tap-along Christmas songs!
* More bells! A complete octave (including sharps!), plus one bell above and below the octave... for those songs where you need just one more note!
* Tap-along songs! Twelve Christmas songs you can tap along to! (Scroll the songs list to see them all.)
* Universal app - runs native on the iPad! Plus, the iPad version includes a full-screen bell board with full lyrics to all the songs!
* Autorotate-lock button on the iPad screens
The tap-along songs are great fun for all ages! Impress your friends and family by playing Christmas carols on the bells!
* More bells! A complete octave (including sharps!), plus one bell above and below the octave... for those songs where you need just one more note!
* Tap-along songs! Twelve Christmas songs you can tap along to! (Scroll the songs list to see them all.)
* Universal app - runs native on the iPad! Plus, the iPad version includes a full-screen bell board with full lyrics to all the songs!
* Autorotate-lock button on the iPad screens
The tap-along songs are great fun for all ages! Impress your friends and family by playing Christmas carols on the bells!
1.1
Nov 3, 2010
• New high-res graphics for retina display
• Now uses app volume instead of ringer volume
• Now uses app volume instead of ringer volume
1.0
Dec 18, 2008
Holiday Bells FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Holiday Bells in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Holiday Bells.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Holiday Bells supports English
