A real salsa band plays. You find the 1 and tap. The app tells you — early, late or ¡perfecto! — until the count is instinct. On1 & On2, English y Español.
The app is in private testing — join the invite list.
Every tap judged the instant it lands — early, late, or ¡perfecto! — with millisecond offsets and per-device calibration so scoring is fair on any phone.
A real salsa band plays — you tap one big button every time beat 1 comes around. Perfect, early or late, measured to the millisecond. The clearest way to turn the count into instinct.
Open it and it already sounds like salsa: piano montuno, bass tumbao, congas, clave, campana, timbales, güiro and more, playing as one band. Mute or solo any instrument and the rest keep grooving in time — the fastest way to hear what each layer does and find the count.
Daily goals with a one-day streak freeze, levels that grow with every drill, and combo counters that keep the next run one tap away.
Both timings with the regional context taught honestly, footwork cues, and drills like Missing Count and Music Dropout that build real internal timing.
A public directory for salsa teachers — styles, cities, socials — with lessons that link to their own videos. No teachers are listed yet. If you teach, you can be one of the first.
Salsa runs on an 8-count phrase, and SalsaCoach trains one skill: knowing exactly where the 1 is — without counting on your fingers.
Press play — a real recorded salsa orquesta starts looping at 80, 90 or 100 BPM.
Listen for the clave and where the phrase lands. No hints on screen — your ears do the work.
One big button. Tap it every time beat 1 comes around.
Every tap measured in milliseconds: ¡perfecto!, early or late — kindly, and precisely.
Accuracy, streaks and XP grow session after session — until the count lives in your body.
One phrase = 8 counts. You step 1-2-3, pause, 5-6-7, pause. The 1 is home — that's the beat you tap.
A real salsa band starts playing. Your only job: tap the big ONE button every time beat 1 comes around. Instant feedback — perfect, early, late — plus accuracy and streaks that grow session after session. It runs on the built-in band today; practicing with the songs you already dance to is on the roadmap.
You don't count the music.
You hear it — and the clave tells you where home is.
SalsaCoach is being built so your students show up with better timing — the one thing that has to click before any pattern sticks. The first version is all about practice. The next step is helping dancers discover the teachers, classes, and timing-focused lessons near them.
Today: a free timing trainer dancers actually use.
Next: a directory so students can find teachers — your bio, styles, city, and links to your own YouTube/Instagram.
Later: featured listings and timing lessons that send students to your content.
To be clear: this isn't a booking marketplace, and there are no payments yet. Founding instructors who reach out now help shape it and get listed first.
Become a founding instructorNo — that's the point. SalsaCoach trains the thing you can only fix alone: your timing. Show up to the social with the count already in your body.
Both. Every drill works in either timing, and we teach NY-style On2 with honest context about regional conventions.
The beta is completely free. Core timing practice will stay free at launch.
Android first — that's where private testing is happening now. iPhone comes later, once the Android app has proven itself stable.
Testing is private for now — if you know Carlos, ask him for the latest test build. Otherwise join the invite list below and try the free browser trainer in the meantime.
SalsaCoach is real and playing on real phones — and it's not in the app stores yet, on purpose. Here's exactly where it stands:
A small group of dancers is testing the Android app (APK) and shaping it with real feedback — real band loops, Tap the One, English y Español.
Know Carlos? Ask him for the latest test build in person — that's how testers get it today. Or leave your details below and you're on the list.
A public download comes after stability testing wraps up. iPhone follows Android. No fake launch dates — when it's solid, it ships.
SalsaCoach is one founder building in the open. Here's what's real today and what's still an idea — no vaporware, no fake features.
The free browser trainer and the private Android test: a real salsa band, Tap the One, On1 & On2, streaks and progress.
A directory to help dancers find timing-focused instructors and classes. Early scaffolding today — not a booking marketplace, no payments.
Richer instructor profiles, featured listings, timing lessons linked to their own videos, more drills — and an iPhone version once Android is solid.
Later, I'm exploring video-based feedback so dancers can compare their steps to the music and see where their timing drifts. That's future research — not part of the private Android test, and no AI analysis ships until it's actually proven.
The app is in private Android testing with a small circle of dancers. Leave your details and you're on the invite list as testing opens up — iPhone comes later.