Mobel bell ringing simulator2.4.4 - App Store

Mobel is a bell ringing simulator for church bell ringers and handbell change ringers. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple Mac. When ringers are at home, travelling or at towers, Mobel lets them practise any method they are going to ring. It also shows the blue line diagram for any method, including bobs and singles.

Practise any method on 4 to 16 bells.
Ring plain courses, or touches that Mobel creates (including spliced). Add your own touches (compositions).
Ring any bell; handbell ringers can ring any pair.
Mobel rings the other bells, and speaks any calls.
Conduct: put in bobs and/or singles yourself.

See the blue line diagram for any method or composition that you have added.
Line styles with or without the underlying bell numbers, or as a grid.
Lines for bobs and singles.
Pinch to zoom the diagram.

Select from 20,000 methods in the Central Council library.
Change the speed of the ringing.
Ring with or without a handstroke gap.
Have Mobel wait if you hesitate - or continue in perfect rhythm.
Edit methods and calls to create new methods or doubles variations.

Basic instructions for using Mobel on iPhone and iPad:
- Tap a bell to select it for ringing.
- Tap Start to start the bells ringing rounds.
- Then tap Go to ring the current composition and method.
- Tap the bottom of the screen to ring the bell you selected.
- For handbells, tap right and left to ring a pair.
- Conducting: tap the top of the screen for a bob or single.
- Tap Show to see the blue line for the current method.
- Then double tap to change line style, or pinch to zoom.
- Tap the info (i) button to view and change settings.
- Tap the Help buttons for further information.

From iOS 13.4 onward you can also ring using a keyboard on iPad/iPhone.

Mobel comes from AbelSim, producer of the world's best-selling change ringing simulators: Abel for Windows PCs and Mabel for Apple Mac (see www.abelsim.co.uk).

Mobel is not intended for handbell tune ringers: it rings changes, not tunes.

The latest version runs on iOS 12 and later. Earlier versions of Mobel are still available for previous versions of iOS.

Version History Fixed a small visual problem with iOS/iPadOS 18. 2.4.4 12/01/2024 Fixed a bug affecting old devices (iPhone 6, etc). 2.4.3 10/02/2024 An improvement to Wait for Me, to ensure a steady rhythm is a user bell is a bit late. 2.4.2 10/01/2024 Changed a feature that users didn't like in the last release. 2.4.1 08/20/2024 Fixed a long-standing rhythm problem on iPhone 14 and 15. Updated the CCCBR method library. 2.4.0 08/13/2024 Minor improvements. 2.3.12 07/10/2024 Updated CCCBR method libraries and a bug fix. 2.3.8 04/16/2024 Updated CCCBR method libraries, and other minor changes. 2.3.7 10/11/2023 Improvement to WaitForMe, a bug fix, and new CCCBR method libraries. 2.3.6 07/16/2023 Improved handling of large fonts (for Accessibility). Updated the CCCBR method libraries. 2.3.5 01/30/2023 Updated the CCCBR (microSIRIL) method library. 2.3.4 09/06/2022 Fixed a bug. 2.3.3 03/11/2021 Fixed a few small bugs. 2.3.2 03/10/2021 Mobel 2.3 provides full support for modern iPhone screens and iPad split screen facilities. For iOS 13.4 onward, ringing using an external keyboard, if you have one. Use on Apple Macs with MacOS Big Sur. Updated Central Council method library. 2.3.1 fixes a crash affecting only users who previously added Differential or Block methods. 2.3.1 02/11/2021 Full support for modern iPhone screens and iPad split screen facilities. For iOS 13.4 onward, ringing using an external keyboard, if you have one. Use on Apple Macs with MacOS Big Sur. Updated Central Council method library. 2.3.0 02/05/2021 Updated the microSIRIL method library. Fixed a bug. 2.2.7 05/27/2019 Whoops! I added a bug in the last version, and took it out again in this one. 2.2.6 04/18/2018 A couple of fixes for handling invalid methods and/or compositions. 2.2.5 04/08/2018 A couple of bug fixes, to stop crashes if you do strange things with the peal time, or with invalid methods or compositions. 2.2.4 03/28/2018 Mobel 2.2.3 allows you to show the blue line for methods that have rounds in the plain course (such as Oxford TB Minimus), and ring them without turning off Stop at Rounds.
It also updates the microSIRIL libraries used by Method> Add, and fixes a minor bug. 2.2.3 03/15/2018 Improved calls when you add some slow course methods, such as Julie McDonnell Slow Course Minor.
Updated the microSIRIL libraries used by Method> Add. 2.2.2 08/17/2017 A couple of minor improvements. 2.2.1 01/31/2017 You can now show the blue line for a composition that you have added, and browse blue lines for methods in the microSIRIL library without first adding them to Mobel's libraries. 2.2.0 01/06/2017 Blue line diagrams now show place bells.
A couple of bug fixes. 2.1.0 11/21/2016 You can add compositions, such as "120 Bob Doubles, 3 obs", "Wrong and Home twice", and "256 8-Spliced". You can edit and delete compositions you have added. Also, there are updated method libraries, used by Method> Add. 2.0.0 11/14/2016