Why BarreNotes disappeared from the App Store (August 2024)
In August 2024, BarreNotes disappeared from the App Store. If you were trying to reinstall it or recommend it to another teacher, it looked like it had simply vanished.
Here’s what happened, as clearly as I can explain it.
The short version
BarreNotes disappeared because the Apple Developer Program membership expired while I was recovering from a major medical event. At the time, allowing the membership to lapse felt like the most realistic decision — the app was overdue for a major update, and it wasn’t clear I’d be able to return to focused work.
What happened (the personal version)
In 2024 I had an ischemic stroke.
I walked out a few weeks later with a pacemaker/ICD (look mom, I’ve got a metronome installed!), two stents, and a determination to succeed at cardiac, stent, speech, balance, and agility therapy — with the specific goal of earning my way back into ballet class.
Trying to work during this was too stressful.
Why that led to Cadance
As the requests and messages came in, it became clear there was still real value in this style of teacher-first music control — and that the best solution wasn’t a patch or quick re-listing.
It was an opportunity to rebuild the app properly and do some stroke cognitive therapy:
- Modernize the core experience for today’s devices and workflows.
- Expand the roadmap to eventually support Android.
- Keep the original mission intact: professional music control that keeps class moving.
- Rebrand for better fit: more styles than ballet, and no class notes feature since 2013.
If you’re landing here because you miss BarreNotes, there is additional info on the BarreNotes redirect page: BarreNotes → Cadance.