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GarageBand App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Ridiculously hard to navigateThis app consistently frustrates me with its lack of user friendliness. Everything about it seems to be designed for maximum irritation. Buttons are never in the same place. You can never access or exit whatever corner of the app you’ve found yourself in. You can’t cut and paste previously existing soundtracks into new projects. Whenever you accidentally select the “drummers” you find yourself sucked into the black hole of “how tf do I get back to normal drums?!”. When you do actually exit this, it’s usually by randomly tapping all over the screen and hoping for the best. And the next time it happens you’re left as clueless as before. Please, for the sake of your users make this app less of a labyrinth..Version: 2.3.7
✓ Can’t move on the screen the samplesI’mHonestly going to smash my phone because of this app. At first it’s easy to pick up how to use and what the controls are. But moving Parts of compositions you create around is unnecessarily difficult when the task should be so simple and it’s extremely frustrating to the point where I’m gonna smash my phone against the wall because of this app. I don’t recommend this app for anybody who is an artist who actually wants to like make good use of their time and make music because in this app you end up wasting your time on the most mindless of tasks that this app needs to improve . Yo can’t even drag things around the screen sufficiently. Total flaw ..Version: 2.3.12
✓ This app doesn’t work anymoreI am on an iPhone 8 and when I try to use any function it just sends me back to the tracks screen with a notification that just says ok. This is really annoying as I just want to use this app but it will not allow me to for no reason.Version: 2.3.8
✓ I guessTo much storage I think it would be a good app but I can’t do anything because it takes to much storage on my IPhone I really hate it my friend and family do recommend it so I guess it’s ok but I’m still disappointed tell me what you think do you have the same problem or is my storage really bad even if It is I’m still sad it didn’t work out good for me but I think I will get more storage and then try it I don’t know if it’s hard or how to use it but I will use it one day but for now I have to wonder what it could do it should be good because my uncle used it and said was good and he’s in a rock band and he’s the singer but I’m still disappointed tho but not all things work out the way you always want them to sadly.Version: 2.3.12
✓ How?It’s perfect but how do you download all the sound library packs after accidentally deleting GarageBand If I can’t I’ve lost all my work because I can’t open any of them 🤬.Version: 2.3.12
✓ I don't get itGarageBand is good in some ways, not good in others, and completely ridiculous in others. It's good about keeping everything in sync, easy to create tracks, easy to mix down, and simple to use. But some things in GarageBand makes you scratch your head as to what they were thinking. One of the biggest ridiculous things I've found is dealing with segmented tracks. In song creation it's often necessary to create segmented tracks....add a part here....then another part further down the timeline within the same track. It's also beneficial to then be able to merge some of the segments into one so that you're only dealing with one item rather than several. 6his can be done easily with drum tracks (colored yellow) and touch instruments (colored green). However, recorded tracks such as vocals or plugged instruments or anything recorded (colored blue) CANNOT merge segments together. Why? I have no idea and neither does Apple support. There's no logical reason why you can't do this for recorded tracks. All tracks are waveforms. A waveform is a waveform. It doesn't matter how GarageBand categorizes it. It's still just a waveform. Drum loops are waveforms and segments can be merged. Touch instruments are waveforms and segments can be merged. Recorded tracks are waveforms but CANNOT be merged. Completely ridiculous..Version: 2.3.7
✓ All good until audio stopsI was trying to make a song and then it popped up with garage band has stopped. Then the audio stopped.Version: 2.3.10
✓ I dont like this🤬I was in the middle of making my song when I inserted a loop then the app just crashes on me, I’m using an iPad Pro 2nd gen if that helps I’m really annoyed at this Apple I expect better from a 7 trillion dollar company😡.Version: 2.3.7
✓ This Garage Band App Sucks and it Doesn’t workThis Garage Band App Sucks and it Doesn’t work. Every time I was about to try one of the instruments on the app, it always disappears and shows no recents. This doesn’t make sense. Somehow this app is not easy in my iPhone. 😡.Version: 2.3.10
✓ Storage problems and free dlc loops.Ok so I have created many ‘ideas’ and songs (full length) in this small daw app for years (I do own a decent daw btw) but what I find annoying is that you can’t just have projects that are in Icloud , go into the ‘on my device’ tab - this would make it a lot more easier to mange storage. Do know of onedrive but I don’t know if you can zip files up within the app itself , would be nice if it was clearly shown maybe under iCloud as iCloud gets very full very quickly! Also since I have this problem I sometimes have greyed out projects that display an error message on them - that isn’t that great to see. Lastly I am a big fan of the free dlc content packs so far are ... 1. You can’t search by pack in the loops section. 2. Some of the loops/drum sounds seem slightly cut off at the ends - I appreciate all the work that goes into making a pack like this but reverb can fix it. 3. Please can you add a full brass pack as we only have ‘brass ensemble’ to use ! Will continue to use this app as it’s helpful to have when creating music on hopefully this is useful to both the app developer and other users..Version: 2.3.7
✓ Worked for a little whileIve been using garageband on my Phone and Laptop and i then downloaded it onto my iPad. It worked for about a week, now when i try to open any sound pack, it comes up saying that all the plug-ins are missing. When i first started, it didn’t ask for all of this, but now it says i have to download all these audio units, and when i tried to search it up, nothing useful came up. please do something about this, or guide as to what has changed from about a week ago..Version: 2.3.11
✓ DumbGarageband? more like garbageband!!! my wife left me this morning.Version: 2.3.10
✓ JayIt’s not showing me everything and it’s not allowing me to use certain files even though their audio everyone else can select music and I can it doesn’t make no sense.Version: 2.3.12
✓ NoI keep trying to download it and it won’t let me I deleted all of my photos and it won’t let me I deleted a bunch of apps and it still won’t let me then I tried to download a different app and it worked like nothing.Version: 2.3.11
✓ Why 1 starI had 5 glitches really bad, these glitches puts me out of the game 1. If you have too much loops then the GarageBand App tells you that “you may have too many live loops to play properly” 2. for minutes the app made me confused by the iCloud icon the GarageBand folder had a transfer folder I deleted it and then tomorrow, it was Friday and I found out that another transfer folder appeared which was called “transfer folder 2” I didn’t even know what’s going on 3. When glitching the game it itself goes fully black 4. When I tried to play my first voice it went black again I couldn’t help with this app so decided to delete it but I really want to keep it 5. The GarageBand folder is confusing one song deletes my whole screen so I’m not sure what to do about this game anymore/deal with this app again..Version: 2.3.14
✓ Needs to be solvedSo I have been using this app since the iPhone 5s. And I have a major complaint it is a major book for those who are using voiceover with GarageBand. It’s a book Apple needs to take care of. I am a voiceover user myself and I have been having this issue. Whenever you would like to add compression, change your EQ, add reverb, or echo, or any really cool affect like reversing the track, changing the speed so if you were trying to make those rap style high hats, or adding other great effects. Garage band will not let you, as soon as you close out of your mixer it erases all of the things you’ve done. Matter of fact it doesn’t even add DFX it’s like you never even added them. I have been dealing with this bug, since I started using this app I have never been able to successfully add any of those amazing plug-ins garage band will not even change the sound of your recording, as soon as you go and increase or decrease the amount of compression reverb or like I said any of the other affects, and you close out of the mixer and prepped play to hear your track it doesn’t add them, then you go back to your mixer and look at it and see they’re all back down to 0% Apple please please fix this issue, recordings with sound so much better when you can actually affect the sound. This bug has been going on long enough. On behalf of me and other voiceover users a like please fix this issue.Version: 2.3.7
✓ NO 2/4 Time template/backgroundIt is absolutely amazing and astonishing that Apple provides as default time signature rhythm templates NO 2/2 or 2/4 patterns but only a 4/4 template. SERIOUSLY Apple??? Lemme guess re this UX design flaw: the designers are under 30 and listen only to 21st century white rock/pop stuff. This is where either having a UX person with some maturity can be helpful or at least a person with perhaps some actual music education - someone who not only has listened to but has studied the roots of American music much of which is based in 2/2 and 2/4 time signatures. Another way of saying this is that most of the folk songs and music every kid in America has grown up with not to mention the base of most popular music especially blues is based on a 2/2 or 2/4 time signature. Your little hot coders may have figured that mathematically a 4/4 signature can be adapted. FYI: Nope. And that’s why dearest Apple you have GOT TO RETURN TO USING PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ARTS BACKGROUND as well as the coding chops... or just at least hire UX people over 12 years old. This is such a huge missing basic that I am using it as an example to students in the UX unit of my design and development program. FIX IN NEXT REV PLEASE!!! You have been told about this multiple times. It needs to be moved WAY up on the fix list..Version: 2.3
✓ It used to be super good...GarageBand used to be awesome, it was my first music program and I loved it. Even when it first started out and it didn’t have as many features as it does now. However, over the updates and all, it’s performance has definitely dropped. It’s very laggy, it’s extremely buggy, I’ve had multiple files disappear (luckily iCloud saved me from that), and almost every single time the sustain doesn’t work properly. I record with sustain on and it plays with it off no matter how many times I keep putting the sustain on and it’s very annoying. When I tap on a key lightly it’ll play extremely loud but when I play it actually with force, it’s quiet and it happens multiple times. It’s made making music extremely frustrating and I stopped using this app. The MacBook version is much better but isn’t as portable and a lot of the keyboard sounds are nowhere to be found and it feels different and I don’t use it as often. Not only does the app itself feel laggy, but when using AIRPODS, APPLES OWN PRODUCT, it doesn’t even play correctly and there’s a huge delay when playing notes. Auxy and other music apps don’t have this problem when I use AIRPODS, so why is GarageBand BY APPLE having this sound delay when other non apple products are? It used to be 5 stars but I’m giving it 2 stars..Version: 2.3.8
✓ Must add audio interface selection capability for layering acoustic instruments with built-in micsOn iPad Pro 2020 when using wired headphones via USB-C to 3.2mm converter the ‘studio-quality’ microphones cease to work on the iPad. I am aware that with a dedicated audio interface this can be worked around, however for quick recording of ideas/recording jam sessions etc. being able to choose use built-in microphone and wired headphones simultaneously is a must. Bluetooth headphones etc are unusable when layering acoustic or live instruments/vocals due to latency. So rather than have to take around additional interfaces/mics when recording ideas, demos, this functionality really has to be included to maker this program worth while. It seems like a very basic thing to have included, and renders the iPad more or less useless for recording/layering acoustic instruments. If there is a work around for iOS on iPad Pro, please let me know and I will change the review. This should be an easy fix for the next update....Version: 2.3.8
✓ Songs were deleted and app needs auto saving.All I did was turn my iCloud off and on and lost 60% percent of my songs..Version: 2.3.10
✓ Terrible App for Ringtone/Text tonesSo I just wanted to make a ringtone and I was told by may people that this was the best app. So I followed tutorials and everything but it didn’t work. I made the ringtone I wanted into videos, audio files you name it!!! It wouldn’t let me do anything. If you’re a casual user or just want a ringtone like me I DO NOT recommend. It’s too confusing and hard to use, unless you’re an everyday user then go for it. I’ve tried other apps and they work a lot more effectively so please try something else and DO NOT download this app. I am not satisfied with the app. Sorry Apple..Version: 2.3.10
✓ Doesn’t workNone of the instruments show up and it won’t let me record live audio. I’ve watched 3 tutorials and followed them exactly but there is no response. Waste of time and effort..Version: 2.3.8
✓ I can’t download itBoi why?.Version: 2.3.8
✓ GarageBand won't downloadYes, GarageBand has some very useful features, but it won't downloaded. I started the download process over 15 hours ago and the app has only downloaded 25%. My wifi has full bars and I have lots if mobile data left, so I know this issue is with the app..Version: 2.3.10
✓ Selfish and outdated Apple policy ruins a could be great app.It has some great instruments and the on screen playing method of Guitar, Bass and Strings is unique and working really well but the introverted mentality of the “closed environment” that Apple pushes destroys an app that could be great and possibly the best DAW for iOS. Clearly Apple does not follow the evolution of iOS music, GB and the difficulty that small developers have to sustain their work shows that. The iOS music community exists because of small developers that revolutionised it. Not because of GB or any other “closed environment” that cashes a brand name. A joke of an app, just entry level and nothing more. Either change it to a Logic Pro equivalent or follow the buzzards of the iOS Music community or people will start to abandon you. There are a lot of complaints being ignored. Open it and play well with others. The “closed environment” mentality does not work any more. Cheers!.Version: 2.3.8
✓ I want to use wind instruments, but they’re not there!I’m a beginner music maker, and I’ve been playing in a school band for a lot of my life, so I grew up loving wind instruments like flute, trumpets, etc. but as of July 10, 2019, there doesn’t seem to be an option to get them. I searched for extensions to add to GarageBand so that I may use the more traditional instruments, but I couldn’t find anything. All I have is the computerized digital percussion, some strings I don’t know how to use (yet), and a piano which I’m unable to really use because on my phone screen, the accents and attacks on the instrument are very spontaneous and annoying. It’s a good app, don’t get me wrong, but no matter where I look, I can’t find any instruments I know what to do with in a composition (i.e. wind instruments). There also doesn’t seem to really be a good way of making music box music in it no matter how hard I try (I try using the Sweet Bells on the piano setting, but even after messing with the sound settings it still doesn’t feel right). The reason I point these things out is because I want to create more traditional or fantasy-based music. It would be nice to be able to create some ethereal music without struggling to find the instruments. Other than that, the app is wonderful and intuitive. I intend to keep using it, just so long as I have access to wind instruments and hopefully a music box-like instrument. Thank you for your time!.Version: 2.3.7
✓ DissatisfiedI made a beat on this app back in feb 2020, I was coming close to the point where I was tweaking it for a final mix, and went to listen to it yesterday but couldn’t find the track anywhere in the garage band app! I check most recently deleted items and there was nothing there! Now rewind back a month which was November 2020 and I was in the car with my daughter and my phone was hooked up to the car Bluetooth and she was watching Netflix and I heard a snippet of the beat I made in one of the programs she was watching! I couldn’t believe it and was so shocked I pulled the car over and had to rewind the part so just to make sure I wasn’t mistaken! Now today December 11th 2020 I believe that the beat I made has been taken and used for the purpose of apple doing what the want! I had saved it on other devices as I always do so I have evidence that I actually made the beat!.Version: 2.3.10
✓ Good but a few drawbacksIt’s a good and well made app don’t get me wrong however this game is absolutely MASSIVE this takes up wayyyy too much storage, just to download the app I had to delete over 100 photos and videos and several apps. I personally think there are some rather unused features which could be removed to help with this also the application can be pretty laggy and crash at times especially for people like me who have a slightly older phone. On a side note I personally think it’s quite confusing and hard to navigate sometimes which is quite off putting for new users but that might just be me. But nonetheless it’s a pretty solid app and fun to mess around with or to make genuine music with. it works, and once you get the hang of it, it is very good..Version: 2.3.8
✓ Usually good, but am having some troubleI used this app a lot with school, but having recently downloaded it I am no longer able to use the app. It opens fine, but when I try to use it, nothing comes up. I have tried using all the different instruments, but none of them seem to work. I also tried to delete and re-download the app but the same thing happen. It’s usually such a good app and I’ve never had trouble with it before..Version: 2.3.11
✓ A Good App... Ruined.Ok. “You can please some of the people, some of the time” etc. Yes it’s a freebie. What do I want for free? As a committed long term LogicPro user I have recently entered the wonderful world of iOS music apps. To describe Garageband as not fit for purpose is to be polite. As a sketch pad for material designed to be transferred into LogicPro it needs to be redesigned from the ground up and made fit for purpose. Midi, audio, require seamless integration in the 21st Century. The fact that devices like AUM don’t permit audio recording into the app drives me to consider buying Cubasis 2 which does what I need at a price. Have Apple just given up on business? Audio timing is way out of sync if your trying to do anything other than the most basic thing using the onboard stock sounds. If Apple want a proprietary sealed system why open it to outside development? By all means use GB if you are new to making music but you will eventually want something to take your ideas forward and - at the moment - it won’t be Apple. Apple; no more cool ideas now is the time for cool implementation and building an iOS system which can actually compete with your competitors who are currently leaving you way behind. Or aren’t you interested anymore?.Version: 2.3.2
✓ Forced auto-normalizationI love this app and have been using it to experiment with music for many years. it’s helped me grow into a pretty solid music producer/beat maker and i’d love to have confidence using it on professional projects, but the auto-normalization can’t be turned off. this was fine when i was just learning but i’ve long since outgrown it and would like to turn it off. it was a bit disappointing to find out that auto-normalization could be turned off in the Mac version but not the iOS version :( I’d like to mix my songs in garageband and then master them in another app but every time i export, it gets rid of all the headroom i tried so hard to make because it normalizes all the peaks to 0db. the mixes sound okay but i feel like the forced auto-normalization is keeping me at a plateau in my growth as an artist. i can’t learn how to master the way i want if i can’t export from garageband without it normalizing. please make an option to turn this off like the Mac version. to me, that’s been the single consistent downside to the iOS version for so long, but the addition of this option would make it perfect. Either way though, thank you guys for an awesome DAW!.Version: 2.3.14
✓ Fun for beginnersThis app is great for beginners and I was very exited that they added the ability to import Logic Pro projects except if you use more than one time signature (which I always do) it doesn’t work. Because of this the app is useless to me however for the mainstream musician that sticks to a single signatures I’m sure you will enjoy..Version: 2.3.7
✓ Beats mix upWhenever I record an electronic drum, it always ends up mixing the beats together and I hate it. But other than that it’s really good..Version: 2.3.15
✓ Problems...GarageBand is good, but it can be really buggy. Often, I will close down the app, and try to open it later, but it always takes me back to the home screen. When I am in the track view, it really lags when I try to move across, and often lags on live loops. When it doesn’t let me open the app, I have to delete and re-download the app for it to open, and I lose all my tracks that are not in the iCloud Drive. I’ve already lost 6 tracks like this. Please fix these problems, and it will massively improve the app. Also, I think the sound library should be updated more often. Thank you for reading..Version: 2.3.3
✓ NEEDS MIDI FILE TRANSFERRING CAPABILTYI’m a bit of the fan of ios GarageBand just due to its on hand use whenever an idea pops into my head. Just a few things need to be fixed... 1). That stupid optimising issue where it optimises mid use. 2). We need folders back!!! 3). All modern DAWs are able to transfer the project through midi files, a massive issue and difference with iOS, it would be dope if GarageBand could import and export midi files. 4). Proper easy accessible sidechaining, just because it’s a very important part of music, and currently sidechaining on iOS is complicated af. Cheers apple..good luck.Version: 2.3.2
✓ System issues messes up an otherwise nice appWe have been using this app for a long time and we really liked it, however lately has stopped working properly. It closes itself, freezes often, stops working when connecting earphones and sometimes the loop simply doesnt produce any sound when playing...but the most annoying ones are the voice recording getting distorted after being made, and some song loops sound different when copied to a different new file. Also, the number of instruments that can be added in a song gets limited, like you delete one to add a new one and the app doesnt let you suddenly. Those errors destroy the possibility to work on a song, test your patience and break the focus. I hope they can fix these issues as other than that, very easy to use and fun, and has lots of potential. However, consistently appearing errors, please help us in this matter. We cannot use this app properly, there are some changes made that we did not do, along with problems when trying to add new instruments, as well as all the above mentioned. Thank you all in advance..Version: 2.3.12
✓ IT WONT WORK ANYMORE!!This is a really good app and i loved to play music on it, but I stoped for a year and felt like playing it again. But sadly all a sudden it won’t let me play any tracks except live loop and that’s good and all..BUT I really want to play the drums but when I go on it, it will only come up with a video recorder and no drums to play or anything to record it? Why I can’t find out if I did something wrong or not.. did I do something? I or so tried to delete the app and redownload it but it’s still the same it didn’t fix it? I or so tried taping on the help button BUT THAT DID NOTHING TOO!!? Why, can someone please help me find out what to do? I really like the app but I really want to play on the instruments. So if u can please fix it or help me find out what to do. Thank u.Version: 2.3.5
✓ It NO LONGER WORKS WITH USB ADAPTERS, AND APPLE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX ITThis used to be work perfectly with a USB cable and a lighting adapter. It no longer works with USB Cable and a lightning adapter. Lots of frustrated people have left this on Apple message boards and the problem cannot be fixed. Apple does not know what the problem is. As you will see, whenever there is an update there is NO mention of fixing this KNOWN issue, otherwise it would not have remained so long. So it is of no use to you if you have a keyboard with a USB output because it cannot recognise USB cables. It may recognise a MIDI interface, but if you don’t have one, then you are not able to use an external keyboard to play; you’ll be stuck with trying to play your iPhone screen, or using their preset chords, but won’t be able to do anything of your own. The program is great apart from that, but seeing as it is a sequencer program, what is the actual point of the most basic thing such as being able to plug a keyboard and play it actually not even working? That’s like having a computer where the keyboard can’t be used to input text!.Version: 2.3.2
✓ I don’t get itI had this app a few months ago and this sound like another comment but now it won’t load I join it kicks me out bcs it’s not done it’s been loading for hours does anyone else have this problem?.Version: 2.3.8
✓ My first iPhone 13This app as well as Home, notes, numbers, HBO Max, and indeed have really soured my first experience with Apple. Those apps have somehow compromised my device, deleted photos, uninstalled multiple apps and created nearly a gigabyte of system settings in two days as well as over 100 analytic reports. I have never used any of them and they constantly try to download so I don’t not connect to Wi-Fi anymore. Disappointing experience. Apple support I had no suggestions my phone keeps telling me there’s a Watch associated with it through my Apple ID but neither Support or a check online PC or through settings show any devices connected. Still get the notification to download the new app to learn how to use my new apple 7 watch. I was looking for a safe haven by moving to som Apple and after having three androids bricked due to a compromise coincidently timed with a divorce and I really wish someone would just take the time to help. Feels just like having Bixby on a Samsung flip Z and getting locked out 3 times a week. 50 mile drive, 3 times to the bear nearest Apple store to have it reset. Som Apple blames the carrier, carrier blamed asid Apple. Just feel like a cog in the wheel, especially as a long time share holder..Version: 2.3.12
✓ Decent… With problems.So only very recently I have tried making music more ‘professionally’ and this was an obvious option. It was brilliant all round but the more complex i got the worse it gets. I had finished a beat and I had a great rap sample for it and the tempos didn’t match! So i searched for a way to speed it up but the annoying thing about importing your own samples (at least for mobile) is they are restricted to the ‘loops’ section. The settings tab is missing a speed up/down function! Just little things like this infuriate me. In conclusion, worth a shot but far from professional level, I will just find better alternatives..Version: 2.3.15
✓ Good but please add or improve these featuresI’ve used GarageBand for more than 5 years. I’ve used it with the out of the box instruments and effects and I’ve used it with lots of 3rd party instruments and audio units. It’s good. But of course it doesn’t compare to professional DAWs. But I use it because it’s very handy when I want to quickly come up with something. It could easily be much much better without competing with those professional DAWs. Apple. Please improve the following in your next update. 1) fine and variable pitch control matching a preceding midi pattern or au track or wave pattern or automation. 2) fine and variable speed control with automation or non fixed scroll bar rather than limiting it to 1x 1.5x 2x etc. not useful at all. 3) full range of orchestral instruments with finer control on each to produce full range of orchestral sounds. There’s still too many missing and too limited to be of real use. 4) include positional sound control (full and fine 360) along with other effects to create immersive experience. 5) better migration of IOS version with MacOS version. In particular a way to migrate the sounds or AUs to the macOS version or LogicPro. It’s kinda useless if I come up with something using IOS and then have to spend twice as much to get into the Mac which doesn’t have the AUs. Perhaps an export from iOS to other formats on other platforms? Thanks a billion djb (Melbourne Australia).Version: 2.3.11
✓ Awesome app!GarageBand has become my best friend. I have been using it for about a year and a half now and have made over 100 songs on it. It is perfect for anyone who has a curiosity about making music. It is so easy to pick up and start using, and the learning curve is nice and progressive. To this day, I’m still learning new things about it! Such a little app contains so much power to create music of one’s own; it is truly second to none. The only reason it didn’t get its fourth star is because of bugs I’ve had to work around and one bad one that prompted this review. I recently had a bug pop up that would crash the app before it even opened. I couldn’t use it at all. I had to delete and reinstall the app and when I did, all of my songs were lost, even though they were saved in iCloud. There have also been other bugs that I had to work around in the past (most of which got fixed in the recent update), including reverse recordings not working and the recordings sounding way different than the loops they were recorded from. I do recommend this app to anyone wishing to start up in music, but beware of the bugs..Version: 2.3
✓ NamesI like to change names around. I use this app to make ringtones. I had a song named x and I changed it to y. I named another song x afterwards, but when I dragged it into garageband it plays song y. Bruh. So I changed the name of the song in iTunes before using it in garageband. Big deal. I change the names of my ringtones around too. I had a ringtone named a in the past. I either deleted it or changed its name into something else. I made another ringtone which I want to call a. “The name is already taken.” T-T-T-WHUH?! No it’s not! Where? I looked around. Don’t see any files named a. I looked online for help. Google thinks I’m trying to start a band but my band’s name is taken. I’m not trying to start a band I’m just trying to makes ringtones and name them after tarot cards! Why is it that making ringtones is so tedious with apple anyways?! Just make it so we can make songs from ‘Music’ into ringtones! Then I wouldn’t be here complaining about garageband which I wouldn’t normally use in the first place! If naming wasn’t a problem I’d give this app anything but a 1, but for some reason naming IS a problem! Now what do I name my files after? Organs in the human body??? I got a 3 in ap bio which wasn’t good enough to transfer credits for college! Why is naming files of all things what I have a problem with???.Version: 2.3.10
✓ Well...This app is great. It’s great that it allows you to make music for free, but... there are SO MANY small glitches and it can be super hard to do things on it. Almost every review I’ve seen says something like ‘it’s great, but there’s this one thing...’ and it’s been different EVERY TIME. I can’t update it for some reason, and all my tracks say I have to to get into them, even when I made them just a day before! This means that I can’t change the pitch (because I need to update it) and I get SO CONFUSED with it! It IS great that it allows you to make music for free, but i really want everything to be clearer, and I really, REALLY want to be able to access my songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Version: 2.3.11
✓ Awesome but frustratingThey got an enormous amount of options you can tweak for each set of sounds. Brain overload I suppose unless your familiar with. Two annoying things is the when an object has double actions,for instance the bottom bar is scrollable to see the different beats that are available, but if you just tap it then it starts all the instruments with beats in that column, no way of getting back to what you had…. Very frustrating when you have something you like going and then gone because iphone detected the touch incorrectly. The other thing is that when you tap it to start pay, the beat not the recording, it takes second to even start, so your timing get all screwed when your trying to start it at mid-count it can be annoying to say the least…. Undo should be for the last action of any kinda character a see to fix these mistakes, but it does have not…. If something had dual scrolling(toggle bar and instrument selection) it can get stuck on one action until you remove your finger and let is set fir 20sec…… the scroll motion has to be straight, which my thumb doesn't, slide it rotates….Version: 2.3.14
✓ The app is great, but...I love this app, don’t get me wrong, but, as an aspiring metal musician, there are some things that would be nice. To start, a build your own drum kit option would be nice. Also, to be able to change from 4/4 timing to 3/4 between bars would be a very helpful addition, along with other timings, like 7/8 or 5/4. It would mean a lot to me and many others if you could add at least one of those features..Version: 2.3.8
✓ Not working to new system updateI have bought the full version of this app and been using it and did enjoyed as it was really good. But when the general update came and the system hs been updated, the system said have to uninstall the app, and can install again after the update. So i did what the system said prior to update. However, after the update, the garage band is not compatible to my ipad anymore.... What will I do with it... Its been functioning well before the update,but now, i cannot use it anymore... Pls help.. Thank you..Version: 2.3.5
✓ It takes up too much space on my ipadI need this app for music class at school but it says no space left so i started deleting things. In the end I ended up deleting 3 apps and 200 photos and it still said there is still no space left to download garage band. I mean i could download other apps but not this one because it needed too much space. I do not ant to keep deleting apps just to get garage band. Can u please improve it by making it not take up too much space. Thanks. Other than that I’ve tried it before and its a pretty good app.Version: 2.3.8
✓ You Can’t Use Most Wired Headphones and the Internal Mic at the Same Time…You’ve just invested over a thousand pounds/ dollars on an iPad Pro and written a song on GarageBand. Now you want to lay vocals down on the backing track you’ve just created? Of course you want headphones to hear the track whilst you sing. Playing the the track with no headphones and the iPad mic listening would record the track with your voice alongside the original track creating a horrible mess. Trouble is most usb-c wired headphones come with a built in mic for phone calls which is of way worse quality than the iPad Pro mic (and wireless ear buds have latency that makes your voice out of time with the music). Can you switch between internal mic and headphone mic with a simple button push? Not a chance. This has been a long term problem so it’s down to lazy development and developers that just don’t care if you want your song to sound as good as it can. You can trick the system by using non mic headphones and a headphone pin/ usb-c converter at extra expense but that’s it. The second star is for creating non vocal music but otherwise it would be one star for “GarbageBand”..Version: 2.3.14
✓ Please add option to export as “notification sound”Due to iOS 17 update, custom ringtones made in the Garage Band app can’t be used as notification sounds. The application’s option to export as a ringtone no longer allows you to create your own pwn notification sounds. Please update Garage Band to enable export as notification sound option. Thank you..Version: 2.3.15
✓ Why won’t my app downloadI was just wanting a new ring tone to wake up to but this app just won’t download I’ve done everything I’ve reset my phone wifi and other methods my wifi is working perfectly fine and I am not out of storage I still have 56gp left and I don’t understand...help me it’s been like 10 min.Version: 2.3.10
✓ Very user unfriendlyPerhaps if you’re using this app everyday and you get to know the huge and illogical workings of this dog’s breakfast called garage band it can be really great, but it is NOT for the casual user. Even the most seemingly simple of editing a short sound file will cost you hours of your life as you navigate the poor display and seek help through the app it’s self only to still have to resort to search for answers elsewhere on the net. And it’s just so counter intuitive! For example, if you wanna duplicate a track you’ve already painstakingly edited, after some exploration you will open a window and find the option to ‘duplicate track’. Now, am I crazy for thinking it could be this easy? Yep! Turns out ‘duplicate track’ does not duplicate the track at all but merely opens a whole new track with NOTHING ON IT but has the same ‘settings’ as the track you want to duplicate. This is not your cut/drag/paste easy to use app. It is a quagmire that should be avoided at all costs unless you are a qualified sound engineer..Version: 2.3.6
✓ Time-savingI think GarageBand is quite an interesting app as it has many different sounds you can try out, BUT extra sound packs cost money which I think is unreasonable as SCHOOLKIDS use this app. Everything should be free, because even if the GarageBand makers don’t make money, this app is for learning, not to make money. I think this app should be more towards learning than making money, because then you’re encouraging more kids to have a passion for music, even if they don’t have a musical instrument, or a talent for it. Many a day I have been on GarageBand because I don’t have anything else to do, perfecting my songs, and just having fun with different types of sounds. I think this really is a good app, but it could be better, without the price tags..Version: 2.3.8
✓ Odd problemSo I want to download this app but it says I need iOS 3.0 or later but my iPad Air is iOS 2.4 and says it’s up to date Please help me or fix this apple I really enjoy using the app 😭.Version: 2.3.8
✓ Interruption on GarageBandGarage band is good but it has an app interruption but when I look up there’s no apps interrupting it and it keeps doing it please fix it..Version: 2.3.11
✓ Terrible file formattingWhatever you make you won’t be able to save it as an mp3..Version: 2.3.8
✓ So dumbCan you make it so iOS 12 CAN USE IT AS WELL.Version: 2.3.8
✓ RuinedThis app was everything I needed until it only supported iOS 13+. Extreme disappointed as I can’t access any of my projects that I have been working weeks on. I need to buy the latest phone in order to get this now. Extremely disappointed..Version: 2.3.8
✓ It won’t let me download the older versionI don’t have IOS 14 😕😔 and I can’t download the older version it won’t let me please help.Version: 2.3.11
✓ Limited Magic Keyboard supportI purchased the Magic Keyboard recently for the iPad Pro with the idea in my head of using GarageBand like it behaves with a Mac keyboards layout - the ability to use the keyboard as a MIDI keyboard to play instruments with actual physical keys - this however does not work. There is no mapping of the Magic Keyboard for playing the instruments like you would on a Mac. Quite unfortunate as I don’t enjoy using the touch keys to play any notes - I like having a physical key to press down for basic mapping and recording. I really hope this gets implemented at some point so that I don’t have to carry around a separate MIDI keyboard when I want to record a short baseline or something like that on my Magic Keyboard..Version: 2.3.10
✓ Recording Sections Limit UsefulnessI was told GarageBand is a great free Apple app that’s easy to use to start recording my podcast. Free, easy to use, Apple app, yes, but not that great for podcast recording. When I set out to try out the various features offered like adjustable line-in mic, monitor, and noise gate along with pitch controls and such I was very excited. The letdown came when I was ready for my first take. I wanted to make sure I could "spit my truth" for my full 15 minutes of fame. Now, I’m not a musician so I don’t think in terms of tempo, bars, sections, and time signatures. Unfortunately, GarageBand only allows 26 sections at 8 bars each, and adjusting tempo and time signature was no help at all. After ~4 minutes of recording I realized I had used almost 12 sections which gives me a maximum recording time of 10 minutes. Now I’m sure that’s phenomenal for musicians nailing down a riff, bridge, solo, chorus, or massive vocal track, and I’m not foolish enough to think that this app isn’t specifically designed for musicians. Yet, I still think there’s a slight loss of functionality, and opportunity to expand GarageBand’s reach by not allowing unlimited recording and the addition of a timer or stopwatch for those who are not adept at music’s timing system. Voice actors, storytellers, life coaches, podcasters, etc. could all benefit from the simplicity and functionality of the GarageBand app with a few simple tweaks..Version: 2.3.8
✓ So many bugs and glitches that need to be fixedDecent budget music program, however there are so many bugs that make it so frustrating to use. There is the issue where it takes 2 minutes to do something called "optimising playback" every 10 minutes, on top of it loading when you open a song, and it does this every time you press play as well, albeit for a shorter time. There’s also the issue where certain tracks randomly stop playing individually even when turned on. And also, there’s the crashing issue, and of course it doesn’t save your work either. The very recent update seems to have added a few new sounds and made some (quite unecessary) minor UI changes while failing to address any of these problems. I've been using it for a while and I’d say it’s at it's worst that it’s ever been in terms of these glitches. Please fix this!.Version: 2.3.9
✓ THIS APP IS GREATEDIT: I just made a really good instrumental, but now its not working and its saying “not enough storage to edit” despite me having 2 GB of free storage. Please fix PLEASE MAKE MORE HIP HOP/TRAP DRUM KITS. The Flex and Flow pack did not disappoint. Please make this app more suitable for hip hop just like FL Studio. I suggest making the high hats pop out more, because it sounds quite plain unlike in other plug ins. Please fix the fact that you cant copy paste drum patterns weve made from other songs into another song. Update: THANK YOU FOR THE VINTAGE DRUM KITS! I cant thank this app enough! This app is amazing. Update: Songs dont play in certain segments of the song please fix..Version: 2.3.7
✓ TerribleThis is possible one of the worst producing apps on the market. Terrible navigation. No clear indication to navigate the UI. The UI is terrible. As a professional producer i found myself lost multiple times in the UI because of how mushed together and claustrophobic everything was. The tapping UI was very irritating not to mention there is no redo button incase you accidentally undo. The 8 bar “A,B,C” sectioning has to be one of the worst decisions anyone could of made. Most numerical measures have to put in individual instead if tap to type it in. Importing and exporting in tedious. The same motion to drag and drop import is the same to swipe and delete. This app is just terrible. If you’re looking for a comfortable producing software don’t use this app. If you’re a noobie looking yo make noobie loops and have fun, i guess this app will be of some use..Version: 2.3.13
✓ The instrument won’t pop upI found that when I go in and click on any of the instruments it won’t pop up. I clicked on guitar, nothing showed up ok drums. Nothing I’m disappointed that I can’t have a bit of fun with my family on garage band..Version: 2.3.10
✓ Requires iOS 13 or higher???I just upgraded my iOS to 12.4.2, but can’t install this app because it requires iOS 13 or higher? Makes total sense, Apple..Version: 2.3.8
✓ Didn’t saveIt didn’t save the piece that I was working on for the past 6 days.... All the hard work wasted..Version: 2.3.8
✓ FineI mean it’s good and stuff BUT I CANT GET IT AGAIN I DELETED 3 APPS AND LOADS OF PHOTOS AND VIDS..Version: 2.3.11
✓ ConfusedThe app is good but I deleted it a while ago for storage but now I need it for something so I’m redownloading it. Why is it taking so long ??.Version: 2.3.10
✓ TerribleNot user friendly. I’ve used other audio recording apps and this is no where near the quality it should be. The operation is not logical. Took me forever just to figure out how to save a file..Version: 2.3.6
✓ Please add vocal editing!!!I’ve noticed that you can ‘edit’ an instrumental track that you’ve already recorded and it will take you into this vertical piano where you edit the notes, and i would absolutely love if you could do that for vocal tracks as well; so basically I’m asking for pitch correction/ auto tune. I know that the app already has ‘extreme tuning’ in the mics section but it still doesn’t give people much control over how the notes in their vocal track sound, it just makes them sound like robots with no direction. Please add better auto tune.Version: 2.3.12
✓ Can’t download itUsed to support my device but now I can’t get it because I can’t get iOS 13 on my device.Version: 2.3.8
✓ Lost a good song because of these bugsI was working on a project for around a month and finally finished it. But then I just lost it all because it crashed from an audio change and apparently has no backups so the project is corrupted and garage band just says “The song could not be opened. Please open the song after updating to the latest garage band” like shut tf up, this is the latest version just say it was corrupted from a crash. I really hate this software it’s a shame it’s gone to waste..Version: 2.3.11
✓ Hung up my phone call without askingHaven’t gotten to use it yet, but i heard it’s good. Only complaint at the moment is that i was on a late night call with my bf, the kind where he’s asleep already and I'm still awake with weird creative thoughts in my brain. I know, cringe, but we just like feeling each other’s presence even we’re physically apart. Anyways i decided to give the app a try cuz I’ve heard good things about it and it’s in one if those dusty folders on my phone of apps i never use. So i open it and a pop-up tells me i can’t open garageband while im on a call. Weird but ok, i’d understand if i can’t record audio on the app but i can’t even enter it? I press “ok” (the only button it gave me) thinking i could just try again tomorrow and IT HANGS UP MY CALL WITHOUT EVEN VERIFYING THAT THAT IS A THING I WANTED TO DO. Obviously i can’t call back cuz my bf is asleep, and obviously it’s not that big a deal cuz I’ll see him tomorrow, but it’s still extremely annoying and frankly RUDE that they didn’t ask first before hanging MY phone call. Thanks for ruining my love life GarageBand. Haha but seriously, please consider fixing that feature. I’m going to sleep..Version: 2.3.12
✓ Won’t loadSo overall the app is good, there’s lots to do and it’s amazing for being free. However, I’ve found that it stops loading any of your songs and soon stops loading any tools in the app you want to use, making the whole thing redundant. This is very annoying when you spend some time making a song only for the app to fail to load it meaning you can never access it again, wasting your time and effort completely. I’ve tried all solutions to fix this as given by apple app support from a quick google search and I even tried deleting the app and re downloading but the same thing happens again. If it wasn’t for the fact the app is completely useless because it doesn’t load any of your work then it’d be really good...Version: 2.3.8
✓ Its okYou need like 10 years of experience to do this but its not really good..Version: 2.3.12
✓ This is good but it’s not good when your sad/stressedMe and my friends were just try to talk about stuff that made us upset/stressed and then they go hide all of my friends songs and one them she really needs. So is is a really good app but it’s not good when you are stressed P.S please do not tell me off.Version: 2.3.12
✓ BugEverytime I try to make a ringtone it just deletes it. Please fix this bug..Version: 2.3.12
✓ Updates killed all of my musicSuddenly my GarageBand decided not to work on my iPad. It wouldn’t update. As a result I’ve lost all of my original music. Thanks. Total crap..Version: 2.3.11
✓ I can’t even save my Songs!I made a bunch of songs and when I add it to something I can’t select it, so I download them but it still doesn’t save!!! 😡 it pretty good though, if I could save my songs I would give 4 star, but I won’t..Version: 2.3.7
✓ No longer works on iPhone 7Got a message saying “Garageband unavailable - audio interrupted by another app.” Tried everything to fix this, until updating to iOS 15.7 when it told me on the App Store that it now requires iOS 16 to work, which won’t be released for iPhone 7. This stupid oversight now means I can’t access almost 4 years of work on the app, since I can’t open or run it anymore. I’m disappointed that Apple hasn’t left us with a version for iOS 15.7 that won’t receive new content but at least is still usable, I understand the push to make us buy newer devices, but this is really cheap and sly in my opinion. Will have to do what this was clearly supposed to make me do, and give them my money to be able to access my songs again…thanks Apple, very cool..Version: 2.3.12
✓ Says it’s interrupted by app and tells me to quitI have a iPhone 7 and just downloaded GarageBand. GarageBand is the best but I when into GarageBand and it says audio system interrupted by another app. I don’t know what to do and I just upgraded to iOS 15 just for GarageBand 🤦♀️🤦♀️. please fix this..Version: 2.3.12
✓ Takes up a bunch of spaceI wanna download but it keeps saying i have to much storage, i try to delete alot of things but it doesn’t download anymore. >:((.Version: 2.3.10
✓ Buggy, not as user friendly as desktopTitle says it all, I think. Many times I haven’t messed with any settings but it’ll randomly stop playing an entire track it previously had no problems with upon playing the 2nd or 3rd time after opening any project, not muted, and no matter what I do I can’t fix it unless I completely re-record it. Can’t copy and paste it to a new track, either. Feels like it randomly corrupts the files somehow or something, lol. The features that make it easy to edit your track on desktop is not at all user friendly on here. It randomly glitches sometimes, when I’m not even touching the iPad, to make it to where only tracks are showing and you can’t access your options to show the library again bc it’s literally not present on the screen, so you have to force close it and re-open it to be able to access your library to add tracks or change instruments. Input lag is also an issue if you’re solely on your iPad. So many times it won’t be able to catch all of the input, and then editing it to ensure it has the missed sounds is again, a nightmare. For me, nice if you want to mess around or start some ideas, but editing is so clunky and buggy I’d recommend sticking to desktop for the final whatever’s..Version: 2.3.12
✓ If I could give it no stars I would give it no starsI had this app for a short while and quite enjoyed it there are a few mistakes well 1 million mistakes but it was relatively good for a free app When I heard that you could put music on iTunes from GarageBand I was ecstatic because I love singing I went to the voice recorder and found out that it only was 15 seconds long i was very angry anyway I didn’t play the app for a while and then when I decided to give it another shot because a friend is here they made the recording time longer I went onto it only to find that I couldn’t do anything I could open the app but I couldn’t touch anything after I got out of the app I noticed that the App was gone I went to rebuy it but it won’t let me. I am very disappointed it would hurt more comes from better versions of GarageBand I hi spectating to this app and every single bit of the app failed. I expect more from you Apple.Version: 2.3.8
✓ Great until......I loved this app so much. When I found out it existed I loved it. I have never had so much fun doing music. This was all fine until the iOS 13 update. You see I have the iPad Air and it isn’t supported in the iOS 13 update so I’ve just lost all my songs I’ve made when I was just starting to really enjoy it and actually get okay at it by using all the Eqs and automations and wha not. It would have been fine if I could of just kept the app on a non updated version. That would have been fine with me. But no it deletes it and I can’t re-download it because I need IOS 13. Overall great app but really annoyed. Please just let us people on old gen iPads and iPhones still use it but on a non updated version!.Version: 2.3.8
✓ Ok I have some problems.By: —————— So I think this app is pretty good but when it comes to making your own stuff there is a bad bad problem. I have no problem with creating stuff already made but today me and my mom wanted to create our own song on it and I used a lot of the loops. And then finally when I was about to hit record button, THE APP TOOK ME OUT OF IT AND I LOST ALL OF MY PROGRESS. (It crashed) It took me almost an hour just to get some of it done. And now all of the progress is gone and I really think that you need to fix that because if that’s gonna happen to every single time you make a new song by yourself that’s not created all ready, then you’re gonna have a lot of people saying the same thing. Maybe you can fix that bug in another update! Please do it because I am very mad at the game and I don’t want that to happen ever again. Overall i give it a three-star because the app allows you to still create songs that great so I gave you five stars for that but then I’m like im about I create my own song and then that happened so that’s why I took away 2 stars. But I still hope that you guys can make GarageBand way better than it is right now but I don’t mean that in a bad way because I already said that I like it I just don’t like it too much because it crashed. so please fix that because I don’t want this app to be on my bad app list for the rest of my life..Version: 2.3.8
✓ Too long!I got this app yesterday and it still hasn’t even started to download!.Version: 2.3.7
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