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 Android build runs on a real phone and is still in private testing: the sound and tap scoring aren't signed off yet. No dancer has used it — join the invite list.
Every tap judged the instant it lands — early, late, or ¡perfecto! — with millisecond offsets, and an optional calibration for your phone's audio delay.
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 a salsa band starts playing: 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 playing. Move the tempo anywhere from 100 to 220 BPM and the music never stops.
Listen for where the phrase starts over. In SalsaCoach's band the cowbell marks every beat and the 2-3 clave skips the 1. 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.
Short guides built on what SalsaCoach's band actually plays: where the 1 is, how the count works, and what the clave does and doesn't tell you.
You don't count the music.
You hear it. The 1 is where the phrase comes home.
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 in your browser, and an Android app in testing.
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.
Yes. The browser trainer is free, and so are the Android test builds. Core timing practice will stay free at launch.
Android first — that's where the build runs and where it is being tested. 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 running on a real phone in private testing — and it's not in the app stores yet, on purpose. Here's exactly where it stands:
The Android app (APK) runs on a real phone. A band-timing fault found there is fixed and measured on the phone; the sound and tap scoring are still being tested. No dancer has used it yet. Whoever goes first shapes it.
Know Carlos? Ask him for the latest build in person — that's the fastest way in. 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 Android build: 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 Android build, and no AI analysis ships until it's actually proven.
The Android build is in private testing on a real phone. Nobody has been invited yet — leave your details and you're in the first group. iPhone comes later.