Appcompanist Negative Reviews

Appcompanist App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Appcompanist app received 8 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Appcompanist? Can you share your negative thoughts about appcompanist?

Appcompanist for Negative User Reviews

✓ Seems like a great tool!I’ve been playing around with the Ap and it takes some getting used to. The options for making audition cuts and changing tempos and keys and fabulous however, I noticed that your custom audition cut will NOT connect to a Bluetooth speaker completely defeating the purpose of using the cut for a self tape. I also wish that I could just upload accompaniment tracks I have already had made prior to purchasing the Ap and editing them in the Ap. It is unfortunate to have to be at the mercy of the Ap and what tracks are available :/.Erebecca92Version: 2.0.7

✓ A waste of your hard earned moneyWARNING: Do not use these tracks for any auditions if you are home in quarantine, unless you want to set yourself up to fail. This applies for this recent season of Young Artist Programs. I have to say, I was optimistic when I heard there was an app that was a lexicon of timeless works in your pocket. During this pandemic of COVID-19, it is more imperative then ever to have a virtual pianist on the go. Unfortunately, I have given just about every rendition a try with one glaring problem..... The Musicianship. I don’t know about you, but paying a monthly subscription for recordings that lack any sense of musicality and let alone basic pulse is infuriating. Sure the “custom versions” feature is great for making a hack job quick rubato section or fermata, maybe tempo change here and there, but none of that matters when there isn’t a steady tempo to begin with. Some egregious cases of this exist in La Calunnia from Barber of Seville, and Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from The Magic Flute. These both are without a doubt the absolute worst renditions of these pieces I have ever heard. Both have horrible transitions, erratic, nonsensical tempo changes, and unnecessary additions to the accompaniment line. I truly am not over exaggerating here. I tried to give this app a chance a number of times, but the amateur quality of what you are paying for is hard to ignore. While pursuing my Masters, almost every rendition I have brought into a lesson or coaching has been met with bewilderment or even laughter at the poor quality of performance in recordings from my mentors. It’s that bad. Good luck trying to sing with any sense of musical collaboration whatsoever. Save your money and hire a pianist who will do the tracks just for you. Trust me. I am not one to waste my time writing reviews, but I need to do my fellow musicians a service..S.Z.F. Bass-BaritoneVersion: 1.7.7

✓ I guessI guess it’s good but it doesn’t have half the songs I need and btw the songs that I need are not modern music there are classic but this app for some reason doesn’t have them idk why. But get an update you guys..BrustickVersion: 2.1.2

✓ Wonderful concept executed terriblyI use this app all the time but the quality of the tracks is quite the range. The speed option should be optimized for tempos instead of percentages as well. Overly expensive for the lack of general quality.Expensive!!!!!Version: 2.0.7

✓ Good but there’s one major flawI think this is an excellent app, but my one big complaint is that a lot of the recordings aren’t in tempo making them very difficult to practice with. It’s one thing if the singer is creating the rubato but when the accompanist is doing it it’s quite difficult to follow especially since in a lot of romantic pieces the accompaniment can be sparse making tempo impossible to predict. If these are meant to be used for practice, they should be strictly in time so the singer is able to count properly..JamesjohnjoVersion: 1.7.4

✓ What a really bad app😡😤🤬So I hate the app I could give it 0 star… you have to pay for everything!! Sorry but this app is horrible.Anthemsinger12345Version: 2.0.7

✓ Would like to see notationMy initial impression is that this is a useful app for warmups, but it would be nice if it displayed the warmup in notation along with the syllables..Acappella!Version: 1.7.3

✓ FrustratedI was relying on this app to help me make recordings this fall for young artist programs. Sadly, it ended up being more frustrating than helpful. The biggest issue I have with it is that many of the recordings of standard opera rep have unpredictable accelerando and rubato played in. I ended up spending hours trying to undo the erratic tempo changes in my pieces using the custom version tool, so that I could sing and record the pieces my way instead of the pianist’s. I also had trouble making my audition videos using the app because the custom version tool, although a really great idea, doesn’t allow for the fact that fermati and cadenzas are going to be slightly different each time you sing something. I know you can always override using the fermata tool, but I couldn’t do that while making a video of myself. This caused more frustration when I inevitably would sing something either a little longer or shorter than I had when I made the custom version, and couldn’t predict when the next downbeat would come. This app has so much potential to be such a fantastic resource- the tools are awesome, they just need to be executed better. Why not record the piano parts senza rubato or accelerando, even when written in the score, to then allow the singer to make the adjustments as they create their own version? That way we won’t have to undo someone else’s version of the piece. It would also be really helpful to have some kind of visual tool (more than the fermata lighting up and then turning off) so one can see how soon to expect the accompaniment to come back in after a fermata..Rubystella12Version: 1.7.7

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