Dorico - Compose Music Negative Reviews

Dorico - Compose Music App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Dorico - Compose Music app received 27 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Dorico - Compose Music? Can you share your negative thoughts about dorico - compose music?

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✓ Too many bugsI’m beginning to get very unhappy with this app. I spent hours going through the many learning curves, notated several files and now half them crash the app when I go to open them. So now what do I do?.Gregorian chant writerVersion: 1.2.2

✓ Musescore does betterUnless you have some over standard work to edit, you will have to use so many workarounds that MuseScore will get the job done in a third of the time. Dorico’s support team will be impressively fast to reply to any question about how to do something. You’ll be told that what you are doing is a stupid idea and that a function to put that in a music score shouldn’t be implemented… even when it’s a standard notation for Mendelssohn and Schubert or even when it’s advised in Elaine Gould’s reference. They know better, but I’ll get back to Musescore..Jean-Sébastien LévesqueVersion: 5.1.21

✓ It’s too bad; subscription onlyIf you use the app daily and a lot, the subscription model work for you. I don’t want to pay the annual fees year after year for occasional use. Removed the app from my 12.9 5th gen..Critic313Version: 2.2

✓ Immature App but with much promise RECONSIDEREDHaving received feedback from the developers I am not persuaded by their defence of Dorico. Other apps available in the App Store are in my experience much easier to use and meet most needs. The true benefits of Dorico (which I greatly admire) are found in the full blown desktop version which can export and import MusicXml. Prior to receiving feedback… I have spent more hours on this app. I largely stick by my previous conclusions but feel three rather than two stars better represents my observation. The main uptick is the outstanding excellence of the support for lyrics - beats the current competition easily and for the good quality of handling MusicXML files. I would still like to see more support for file directories within the iOS app sandpit and more support for importing snd exporting flows; there are some work arounds. Given the pricing model and app complexity I still think users without access to the desktop version (about £90-£450)will be at least as well served by the principal rival apps. Previous text…. The app greatly resembles the desktop version which people pay approx £90 to £450. I have found that many simple things I'd like to do on the iPad app are not possible and I must use the desktop. Thus using the iPad app must be considered as an investment over and above the big laptop version. The proposition must be that this is a convenient supplement to the big version. In practice the functionality is too reduced in relation to the big version. To illustrate the iPad version has select, copy and paste problems, there is no support for directories in which to organise sets of projects, the very useful (in big Dorico) ability to export and import flows is not enabled and the role of sharing layouts between projects is limited. All in all the idea is good but with current limitations and prices other lower priced music notation apps will probably be easier to use and be a more appropriate choice for iPad working. In time when the app improves I would hope to write a much more positive review..SplingenoffVersion: 1.1.0

✓ Satisfactory, but subscription puts out my flameThe Dorico interface is certainly my favorite, and I work most efficiently using this app, but I will be forgoing the subscription. ### New users beware: After spending the time required to become quick with Dorico, you will not enjoy other engraving applications. Do not get hooked on this software until they release a proper buy-it-for-life option. In the long run, this vote withholding our dollar will save us in the long run. ### To the porting team: A magnificent job. I cannot wait to properly sing your praises when I can pay for the full-version with a single-purchase. ### Rambling I have already read the response to the other reviews, so I would like to clarify the frustrations that many experienced users are likely feeling. If you would like to have a free version for trial, that is possible without the implementation of a subscription. If mobile-only customers want to opt for subscriptions, let them, but I have already paid around one thousand dollars for single-device licenses to desktop applications. This long wait has resolved about as bitter-sweetly as I could have imagined..TGuyMVersion: 1.0

✓ Unintuitive and unstableCrashed several times while editing a very simple file. On recovery from crash nothing saved. Life is too short to persist with buggy software..Ck-Version: 2.5.30

✓ Boooo SubscriptionsI was so excited to see that you came out with an iPad app… but I’m never ever going to pay you a subscription price for this after paying so much for the desktop version. Very disappointing..Kyle00428Version: 1.1.0

✓ Incredible App; Preferable to ANY OTHER iPad Notation Software; Possesses ONE MAJOR FLAW.As the title indicates, the app is incredible. Of course, I could further expound upon the impressive notation features of this software, but I believe some other reviews would more adequately reflect that. As such, instead of doing that, I’ll briefly discuss the reason why my rating is so low, and the major flaw of the software: The Saving System. Unfortunately, while the auto-save system works relatively well on average, there are times where the application will crash and it will delete the entire file, without the ability to recover the file or to revert to a previous save. The first time this happened, I could excuse the software due to the incredible suite of notation features; the fourth time, however, it crashed and deleted a composition that I had just finished, and had spent 10+ hours on. With no way to recover the file, and absolutely no way I’d remember the entirety of my composition, it was considerably frustrating, and the pinnacle of software futility. My experience has improved as I’ve found ways to accommodate by duplicating files, however, files will still crash regardless. It’s unfortunate that a software as well designed as this suffers with such a abject issue, ruining the otherwise pleasant experience..Account_takenVersion: 2.3.10

✓ App unstable, along with your workNothing but crashes since getting this app. Sometimes the app will freeze and I can only look at my work before having to close/relaunch the app, losing all my progress. Now the app crashes immediately after attempting to launch, so all my projects are inaccessible. A good composing app, but not a safe one to use for any work you care about..Stardust-AEXVersion: 2.3.10

✓ The app is very good but,This app is incredible honestly, but is super unstable and crashes a lot on my 2018 iPad Pro. All I did were things like selecting bars to add rehearsal letters in, and whenever a notification comes up, it breaks the entire bar interface leading to another crash. The fact that this app auto saves on such an infrequent basis leads me to lose way too much time on it. This app is far superior to Sibelius, but the stability is so garbage that I don’t even know if I can recommend it for just transcribing parts..ThelochiasVersion: 1.2.2

✓ Lovely little app, but too limitedI got my head around this fairly easily and it is very flexible and easier to use than my old, laptop based programme. However, I need to be able to compose for full orchestra and I need to be able to add “lyrics” (ie fingering indicators for string players) I didn’t manage to work out whether or not I could choose the number of bars per line but I would need to be able to do that too. All in all it’s a shame, but I need a lot more from it than it seems to be capable of..MelzibabesVersion: 2.2

✓ I love this app but it keeps kicking me out and erasing my songsI got this app and I have written some piano solos on it, but I’ve been working on a band song and it keeps kicking me out. Then when I get back on the app the music is completely gone..HegulatorsVersion: 5.1.21

✓ Freezes! Don’t buyGreat idea. Serves wonderfully musicians needs. However the app crashes from time to time.. And not in predictable pattern. Requires to exit to file page to force a manual save to keep your work. Never happened in Cubasis 3. Ps running on iPad Pro 12.9 5th generation with 1 Tb.Not spanishVersion: 5.0.20

✓ Let me buy the dang app!App works well, looks useful and well thought out. I will not use much however as I hate, let me rephrase that, HATE, subscription based apps. The new Sibelius app links to my desktop version for free. And subscription still only allows 12 players. Please let me just buy the dang app!.Skunk of DoomVersion: 1.0

✓ Great App. Some Problems.Dorico is a great app if you want to write down some sheet music or if you want to make a simple tune, but it has glitches where sometimes on the digital keyboard on the bottom one of the key will glitch to where it stays down and you can’t press it again. Also sometimes when you close out one of your pieces it will delete it automatically. I most say though it doesn’t really do that anymore so maybe they fixed it. Overall a really good app except for those two apps..Missile198Version: 5.1.21

✓ Will not openHi, i just installed this app, and it wouldnt open, so i uninstalled it and tried it again, nothing is working..Amongus fungusVersion: 2.5.11

✓ Dorico for iPadThe App won’t open! I have Cubasis 3 which is fine..Maxm_7Version: 1.0

✓ Still hoping...I got Dorico to be able to finally notate several compositions. I haven't been able even to notate the first few bars of the first one! So many quantization errors in the rhythm, a built-in keyboard that cannot keep up and responds intermittently to taps, and it even created a measure in 4/4 time that had 3-18 beats in I it and couldn’t for the life of me add the missing eighth note! Support was like “it shouldn't do that”. Despite the fact that it doesn't actually work yet, the polish and their desire to make the perfect notation app gives me hope they’ll eventually figure it out and when they do I'll be right there waiting!.Mise-en-sceneVersion: 2.5.30

✓ Great when it doesn’t crash, which is not oftenI’ve been using Dorico on iPad since right after it was released, and it makes beautiful scores. The interface is customized for iPad and not hard to figure out. However, it crashes (either freezes with the app still open or hard-crashes to the desktop) in about a quarter of the scores I write. Over the years, the rate of crashing has remained the same. When I reopen the app after a crash, the score is completely missing — Dorico never thought to save my work. For years I have just put up with this, losing many hours of work to these crashes. I’ve posted on the forum and tried to attach the apps crash reports to no avail. These crashes have happened when I’m showing the app to my piano students, trying to get them interested in using it. They (rightly) have no patience for this kind of thing. Depending on my mood and tolerance for frustration, I still use it when I’m away from my PC and only have my iPad with me. I thought I should leave this review as a warning for anyone thinking of buying Dorico for iPad. There is a free version, so you might try it out and see if you want to throw your iPad through the window as often as I do when you lose all your work..Michael RiversVersion: 5.1.10

✓ Still half-bakedLike most of my experiences with the desktop version of Dorico, this software is buggy, unstable, and lacks just enough features that you feel strung along until the next “update” (aka paid upgrade). That said, this is a mostly fully functional notation app that gets the job done — I recently created relatively complex lead sheets on an airplane, which was pretty cool. Just like the desktop version, be prepared for random crashes, parts of the UI glitching out (I just opened the Chord Symbol editor and got a gray translucent overlay but nothing else, until I minimized and reopened the app). It autosaves constantly (I think?) so the couple times it crashed completely were not an issue. A manual save feature would be nice even if it’s just a placebo. The touch interface is very glitchy and jittery…especially in engrave mode. Be prepared to wonder “where did that element go?” and it is halfway across the page because Dorico can barely tell the difference between pinch, scroll, and drag. One thing about Steinberg: they have weird ideas about how different elements should be organized. Be prepared to be confused about where things are or why they grouped certain things together. Sync with desktop app is pretty awesome. Is it great? no. Do I love it? Not yet. Is it worth the price? Meh. Is it the best option we have for iPad music notation? Probably!.JoshuaziemannVersion: 5.0

✓ Somewhat SatisfiedI love Dorico however there are some things that are more annoy than joy. For instance, having to purchase this on ipad again when I already own a copy on PC. The biggest annoy with the ipad version is that chord symbols won’t play back! The whole reason I got this on ipad too was so I could sit at the piano, plug in a melody line for guide tones on dorico and then sing them back to the chord playback. Not impressed. It can be improved for sure and is totally better than any other music writing software generally speaking..MT19FeedbackVersion: 2.4.10

✓ Continuously crashes on IPad Pro all of a suddenApp was pretty great, but all of a sudden isn’t even opening at all on IOS 15.5. Extremely frustrating. What’s going on??.PorkzingerVersion: 2.3.10

✓ Powerful program, lots of crashes on iPadI’ve been using this application on an M1 iPad for the last 8 months. While it has a huge number of useful features, I find it seizes a lot, so much so that I have to close the program and reopen it. I have tried reloading the software from the App Store, but that did not eliminate the problem. And to add to my frustration, that process deleted the score I was working on, which annoyed me no end as I didn’t have a backup file. I restarted the scoring, but the program crashed and eliminated what little I had created. So I started again, and the same thing just happened. I was in the process of setting up a number of full scores with different instrument groups. Fortunately, I was not long into the process of composing, so I didn’t lose much music this time. I shall continue to use the program, but I am NOT happy with this bug..WallcfraVersion: 2.3.10

✓ Great software. Hate the subscription model.I use Dorico 3.5 on my Mac. I also use Nuendo and Cubasis. Having this on my iPad is a nice convenience but I hate subscriptions. Renting software and being held hostage to monthly charges does not sit well me. You get 5 stars for great software and 1 star for wanting me to rent it! No way!.Michael LPVersion: 1.1.0

✓ Good but there are some problemsThis is in most ways, the best music-composing app I've tried, but there is an annoying problem, so I write some music, but when I listen to it, the dynamics I wrote are not played, the volume of notes is the same no matter what dynamic I put, please fix this. And also, when I try to create an account, when I enter the code that was emailed to me, it said invalid code even though I entered the exact code that I was emailed..Canadian GlamorVersion: 5.1.21

✓ Not enough iPad-specific tutorials/instructionsIt seems most of the clientele are those already using the desktop version. There isn’t much for a brand new, iPad only user, to learn from. At this juncture, it’s taking more time to create a workflow, and it makes writing tedious..ÆnimicVersion: 2.4.10

✓ So much potentialThis definitely has the most functionality out of any free score creator app I’ve seen. It’s just buggy and rather unintuitive. I really would love to use this app, if it didn’t take 5 times longer than necessary to do what I want it to do..Budder_luverVersion: 2.5.11

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