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Great service, bad appLove BC and would like to make it my go-to place for buying and listening. Unfortunately, neither the mobile device or the desktop is geared to managing a large collection. BC claims to have some sorting features, but they are undiscoverable (by me, anyway). As a result, I’m stuck with scrolling through a 200+ album collection. Worse, it is difficult to change a password from the mobile apps — the link never arrives or BC simply won’t allow a change. It would be one thing if the app stayed sync’d to the desktop, but it doesn’t—too often, it doesn’t recognize a password that I know is correct. Finally, their support is poor: They may get back to you in a day or two, they may not. No chat, no ticket number, no phone support. BC is a great, necessary service, but I can’t justifying buying more from them until they offer a UI that allows management of large collections and until I can reliably access the app..Version: 2.1.3

Great app, but...If it weren’t a Bandcamp app I’d give it a lower score. I love Bandcamp and have used the app as a method to access the music for a long time. However I have recently been experiencing strange audio glitches, regardless of if I am on data or wifi. These glitches include random skipping of audio like a scratched cd as well as the audio seemingly going out of sync with itself, and only when the screen is turned off. Once I turn on the screen the problem fixes itself, until the next time I turn off the screen. Otherwise the app is very easy to use, and a fantastic way to find new artists. Rarely do I go looking around on the Bandcamp app and not find something to put on my wishlist. That said, please fix these problems in the next update!.Version: 2.1.4

Chrome Cast is gone!With this new version, the Cast button is gone. I’ve been using the feature forever. Now it’s gone. I have made sure the app has the local network privacy permission. And I checked other apps and made sure Chrome Cast still works. Please fix this..Version: 2.5.2

Way too restrictiveThere are tons of places to listen to music online. I am here specifically because I like being able to support the artists directly. But the constant spamming of “please open your wallet” and blocking me from listening to a track more than twice has got to stop. It does NOT make me more likely to buy the album. It makes me more likely to switch to some other service (and thereby stop supporting artists at all). Stop going out of your way to make my experience miserable, and I’ll stick around, and gladly pay for the music I love (AFTER I know that I love it, not when I’ve hardly even heard it yet)..Version: 2.5.3

Getting asked to buy music I already boughtI’m getting a pop up asking me to pay for music I already bought. I’m logged in and everything.Version: 2.5.3

Not designed for the iPadI wanted to use my browser but no I was made to download the app which has a tiny box in the middle of the screen. If other developers can make apps that use the whole screen why can’t Bandcamp?.Version: 2.1.10

Too many missing featuresDon’t get me wrong, I love bandcamp, I’m listening to it rn while I’m writing this review, however some of the missing features are incredibly annoying. Firstly the app doesn’t let you buy digital albums, currently my computer is broken and the app is all I have and I can’t even buy digital albums. Discovering music is also a lot less accessible. For example the “surprise me” filter isn’t on this app and I can’t even see the recently released albums. Overall I fond the missing features to ditract from the over all experience and I’m confused why we can’t even have a surprise me option.Version: 2.5.3

Great intuitive app but shipping costs are off the scaleLove the app, i think it’s extremely well designed and a fantastic way to discover new music. My only gripe is the shipping costs to Australia - $35+ for a $20 record! This needs to be addressed. Seriously..Version: 2.1.4

It’s actually pretty good, still no playlist feature yet.As much as I like the app, and the musicians I’m finding always seem to be amazing, the one sole problem I always have going through is a really simple feature you’d think would be implemented already. A playlist feature is what this app desperately needs to keep me hooked, having to always go from album to album for a single artist is getting really old real fast. Considering that your able to save your collection locally onto your device this should be something to put forward on the priority list of upcoming patches..Version: 2.4.7

Doesn’t support playlistsAs much as I love Bandcamp as a service, I must note that the app is quite underwhelming. Purchased a large collection of music? Listen to it only by release - no playlists, no genre grouping, no track ratings and “party shuffle” by high rated tracks, no nothing. As a music player this app is SEVERELY limited, and UI is not convenient at all for navigating large music collection (for example, sorting alphabetically doesn’t allow then to skip to particular letter, the only view mode for your collection is “cover” mode with 3 releases in a row - no “list” mode etc). Bandcamp, please fix this!.Version: 2.3.8

Should be a great way to support independent music but……the app stopped working on my iPhone. All I get is “Network error 400 expired”. Disappointing..Version: 2.4.5

I have some ideas!The app just feels like the website for a shop. It isn’t easy to search for music unless you know their exact name. It doesn’t make it easy to really dive into a genre or find artists similar to artists you like. I suggest having a way for people to search for local music. Make it easier to be a musician on bandcamp. I have a profile as a musician and i cannot connect to fans, search for similar music, get news out there, have a listener profile that is affiliated with my band (at least i cannot figure out how to do that yet!) and I cannot connect with other bands and musicians on this app. Please help and please make it more than just a music store. Because it seems like it should be a community, yet i can’t figure out how to make it work that way... thanks.Version: 2.1.4

Not User FriendlyThis app is pretty ridiculous. Cuts out midway through my podcasts and won’t re-load at the point it was previously stopped. If I had any other way of listening to this podcast, I would definitely use it!.Version: 2.3.4

No option to play offline, no way to queue musicReally need a way to organise music more within the app and an option to download for offline use..Version: 2.3.7

Please sort out issues!Love Bandcamp for discovering new music. But sizing on iPad is massive, and orientation will not change to landscape. Also ability to download purchased music for offline listening is BASIC! Please sort! Set up a kickstarter page or get some funding if money for coding is an issue....Version: 2.1.4

Great, but crashesI’ve been meaning to download this for many reasons, but never got the chance until recently. Bandcamp is fantastic in how you can directly support musicians and find music you can’t find elsewhere, but the app has a few problems that are hard for me to overlook: In particular, crashing issues. I prefer listening to my music while my phone is off, but more often then not, the music starts out fine only for the app to suddenly crash and stop playing my music. It might work better if I kept my phone on while listening, but that’s a bit inconvenient for me personally. If the crashing issues are fixed up, though, then I don’t really have many complaints!.Version: 2.1.18

No playlist featureLove the site and the app works well, but seems geared more towards e-commerce than as a way to enjoy your purchases. With over 100 purchases in my collection, the lack of any basic playlist features or shuffle play option is severely limiting. It’s especially annoying when driving. I promote Bandcamp to anyone that would listen but I feel like the app is the one thing letting you guys down. Include the ability to create playlists from your collections and shuffle play and it would be perfect. Thanks.Version: 2.1.19

Why?! Pushing you to buy too much which is causing bugsI loved this app, it is a great way to stream and listen to some lesser known songs and albums by my favorite artists. It was working great and the occasional request to buy or support was fine. But it has now gotten to the point when every song I click it reminds me and thats not even the part I mind, because it alerts me I have to click to song again and it gets into a loop and I cant even listen to my song. I would love to support and buy the album but I don't have much money. So... as soon as they fix this issue this app will be 5 stars again but at the moment I cant even use it. I would love to be able to use and enjoy this app again. Please help. Thanks.Version: 2.1.18

Strange restrictions for purchaseNo digital files can be purchased on my device, says the app. Can you please look into that-it’s weird since I am able to buy music if I’m online through my browser-through the app only LPs and CD…?.Version: 3.1.0

Too complicatedBandcamp is brilliant but when they introduced this queue thing onto to app, it will no longer just play an album straight through. It’s no longer intuitive. So for example you select your fav album at the start of a long drive only to find you got to pull over and mess around with the app because it’s only played the first song . Playing the full album should be the idiot proof default setting and anything else you want to do should be for the user to play around. This is how it used to work. I hate the app now but I love the website.Version: 2.6.0

App is behind on interface updatesI love Bandcamp and the platform absolutely should be supported by as many people as possible. However to this day the iPad version is still scaled to a mobile phone resolution. It does the job but does not feel or look good to navigate, not as much as the actual mobile phone versions or desktop..Version: 3.0.1

App is fine, could be much better!This application does the minimum required for a bandcamp user in terms of discovery and playback. No purchase (which I understand) but no ability to queue up playback of albums is a real pain for long drives..Version: 2.1.18

Can’t purchase within the app 👎🏾I love the premise of this app. Giving independent musicians a platform to sell and promote their music is amazing. What’s even better is for every first Friday of every month, they give 100% revenue to the artists! The big issue I have with this app is that you can’t purchase music within the app. It’s ridiculous. Imagine not being able to purchase music on the iTunes app, but just being able to see what’s available, then having to open your internet browser and go to the iTunes website to purchase the music...? Imagine how much money they’d lose doing that. I would personally purchase so much more music on bandcamp if I could buy it within the app.Version: 2.3.8

Horrible updateIt's now just their website in an app. Awful interface that stops playing albums midway through or refuses to play a second album once you’re done listening to the first album. It also just refuses to play a lot of my albums and just skips from the first to last song without playing any music. I loved the old app and I'm very disappointed in the new one. All these people giving the 5 star reviews must work for Bandcamp or have never used their app before..Version: 2.1.2

Doesn’t have a ‘purchases’ tabI purchased music but I have to go back out of the app to the website to find my purchases. When I play a track I’ve purchased in the app it doesn’t tell me I’ve purchased it/own a copy. I don’t know why the app is less functional than the website. I’m just going to use the website instead :(.Version: 2.4.9

Bandcamp has a poorly designed user interface.Bandcamp is awesome, but the mobile and tablet apps are horrible with a poorly designed user interface. Accessing my collection is not intuitive or easy. If I buy music I want to easily access the music I own and scroll through it by artist, by album, and by song. Right now I have to search for something, click my collection and I can only scroll through something related to the search. I want to be able to scroll through my entire collection. I want to purchase music and merch from the bands I love and the bands that I am discovering, this is why I love Bandcamp. So why not design an app that can enhance this platform and enhance my enjoyment of these artists? This app needs easy scrolling and searching of each person’s collection. One should be able to scroll through artists, albums, and songs. On should also be able to scroll through the order in which the music was purchased. One should also be able to scroll through the order in which the music was released by the artists. And why do some artists have multiple pages? There needs to be well ordered discographies. When I discover a band I want to see everything that they have released. Bandcamp: awesome for the bands, but it just needs to be a little bit better for the fans..Version: 2.2.1

It’s ok, but needs improvement!One: Be able to get albums and songs on mobile Two: download purchased albums or songs on mobile for offline play on mobile Other than these two things, I suppose this app is ok....Version: 2.1.3

Feels like a web appAnd where’s dark mode? A cardinal sin in 2022..Version: 2.5.5

Perhaps tell us how to buy music?First off: i LOVE Bandcamp, and believe it's one of the best ways for musicians to get their music out to the world. This is why it's such a shame that it's not possible to buy digital albums/tracks through the app. You can only order physical merch. But if someone is listening to music in the app, isn't that when they're likely to think, "this is great, i want to have this, i want to support the artist, I'll buy it." But you can only add it to a wishlist, which means you have to go through a whole other process on a different device in order to buy. İt would be useful if the app would tell us how to do that somewhere. I was just left thinking that most albums weren't for sale at all, until i figured out what was happening. This is due to Apple's policy where they take 30% of all in-app sales. This cut would make it impossible for Bandcamp to send artists their full payment. Apple really needs to change their policy to make exceptions for sales that go to support others..Version: 2.6.0

Keeps crashingI use this app on iPad, I’ve had it for ages and never had any problems, but since iOS went to version 10 or 11 the app constantly crashes if playing music and, if I’m browsing through my library it keeps resetting to the top of the screen. This app is now virtually unusable for me, a real shame because I love it.Version: 2.1.10

Can’t listen to free albumI downloaded this to listen to literally one album and it keeps wanting me to pay/download the FREE album, so I can’t click on the songs to listen to them..Version: 2.1.10

How do I buy music??It should be a LOT more obvious how to buy music from an artist on bandcamp. I shouldn’t have to search around when I’m using the app… why isn’t it a seamless experience, like when I’m buying some useless contraption on Amazon? Your only job is to get money from people like me into the pockets of musicians!! Where’s the “Buy with Apple” option, or the Paypal, or Credit card payment choices? I just want to buy some music, dammit!! Also, when is this money from Epic games coming in? I’m sure you all can get an ipad app together by now? It’s getting ridiculous at this point..Version: 2.5.5

Needs some changesThough I love the gems I find on there, I wish tracks would be compiled in one big library so I wouldn’t have to leave the app I’m using to select a song from a different artist. Even multiple tracks from one album are scattered if paid for separately. Another inconvenience is that you have to be redirected to the album’s webpage to make a purchase AND you’re unable to scrub along the timeline of a track unless you’re in the app. One request- pleeease give us a dark mode I’m sure I’m not the only one who would like that..Version: 2.3.4

Missing contentOn the website version you can access Crystal Castles’ music and on the app you can’t find anything..Version: 2.5.4

Can't log inEntered my current username and password, it told me "there's no account with those details, create account"; on doing so, it said, "a fan already exists with that username" and took me back to the main login page. That's me!! Damn..Version: 2.1

Good but wish they’d build a player! プレイヤー作って欲しいです。Good for playing purchases but wish it was possible to mix the stuff we’re playing w wish list & put it into playlists etc Difficult to search for stuff you want unless it has v specific tags 買ったアルバムとか簡単に聞けるが、順番しか聴けないみたいなのでSpotifyみたいなやつ、さらに、プレイリストを作れるようになんかあったら、腕が上がられると思う。.Version: 2.1.18

Inconsistent and not-so-user-friendlyWhen I signed up I had a specific band in mind that I was going to subscribe to. It took me actually going to the bands website to find the link to pay for my subscription. I added my cc info on the app and then had to re-enter it when signing up thru the bands website, which raises the question: Why does the app need my cc info? And why not have the subscription link on the bands page with the “follow” button? It seems to me that this would actually deter subscribers without an easier access to the service. I have seen and am very familiar with a friends account to reference my next two claims: the catalog listing is ridiculously inconsistent. The shows that are in my current catalog are in completely different order than my friends, leaving me searching for a needle in a haystack searching for the newest additions. It also looks like they are some missing. So where are they? The particular band that I subscribe to has 22 years of soundboards and they have been uploading one (sometimes two at a time) every few days since the pandemic started. That’s almost a year of older soundboards being uploaded- all from different time periods- every few days. Now, it’s all a mess. Even recent soundboards from 2019 of multiple-night runs are out of order and not placed together. It’s like someone just threw them all in a bag, shook it up, dumped it out and walked away..Version: 2.3.4

App crashingReally enjoy this app. I've been collecting some my favourite tunes on this app but sometimes it crashes on the search. Tracks take way too long to load despite me having good internet. There's a lot of bugs with this app. I hope this gets fixed because it will make digging for music so much better..Version: 2.4.9

FrustratingApp won’t open after dl on my iPhone 6. Tried restarting phone. Tried deleting app and downloading again. It just commences to load, briefly loads the logo, then blips out..Version: 2.4.8

Is good but...Every time I make a purchase the app doesn’t show that the music I purchased is in my library, I need to logout and login again so it shows up, and every time I do I have to download all the albums I’ve purchased again. Please fix this issue..Version: 2.1.8

Baffling lack of integrationBandcamp’s a nice service with a bafflingly incompetent and poorly-integrated app. You might think your music feed would serve you new albums by artists you follow. Nope. It's indistinguishable from my "suggestions" feed, full or artists I don't know, rather than the ones I want to listen to. Alright, let me go to my messages, where artists I follow have sent messages about their new albums. You might think that when I click on links to their album, that will bring them up in the app. No, those bring me to my browser. Alright, I'll manually search in the app for an album I've asked bandcamp to notify me about (why did I do that again?). When I start listening to it and try to come back to it later, you might think it would keep playing through the album. Nope, bandcamp stops after one song. I need to re-navigate to the album that I was on last time. Again, bandcamp's a cool service, their app sucks at playing music you want. Maybe I should break down and try spotify after all?.Version: 2.6.0

Disparity between app and siteApp feels very unintuitive and outdated. There’s lots of features missing from the website that that I’ve spent so long trying to find in the app, e.g the ability to search by tag?.Version: 3.1.0

BuggyI love this app but am finding it buggy on iOS 14. If I am listening to an album and I click on another track the tune stops but the next one doesn’t start and bashing the play button does nothing. I have to restart the app. If I am listening to a track in one album then I go back and select another album that usually works but then trying to select the next track in that next album I get the same problem.Version: 2.3.2

UnusableFast forward/rewind and scrubbing doesn’t work 3/4 of the time and the app loses your place in the track when it’s closed. Absolutely useless for podcasts. Steer clear if you have literally any other option it would be better than this app..Version: 2.3.4

Good content, broken appI hate leaving reviews but i have to for this app. Im a web developer, i deal with apps for a living. So i know bugs are common and cant be avoided but sometimes theres no excuse and you just need to fix as much as you fan as fast as you can. This is one of those moments. The account activation emails had to be sent four times because all of them errored out when clicked immediately upon receiving. Also the profile image picker is broken, sometimes you can move an image or scale it to fit in the box and sometimes you cant, tried repeatedly with the exact same image every time. Also whatever is in the white frame that represents the boundaries of the profile pic is NOT what will be shown in the profile pic. Its almost always offset downward leaving a large extra space above the top of the image in you profile picture. I love bandcamp for the content it brings, and how it connects you with so many artists, but every experience with the app so far has made me want to throw my phone. Willing to change my review when bugs are fixed..Version: 2.1.18

Why does it keep crashingAlmost always crashes when switching between songs when on shuffle, how has this not been fixed. Also can’t scan thru songs, when I try it just restarts the song..Version: 2.2.3

Great Service, Bad AppI love the concept and execution of Bandcamp and have bought so many albums from my favorite artists without having to pay subscriptions like what drives me crazy about the music industry nowadays. But why does Bandcamp still not have the most basic of services on their app such as creating playlists or choosing individual songs to play? Sure, downloads, but it’s hard if not impossible to download songs on an Iphone, and clearly the app wants to be an app you actually play music on because it has features to play and shuffle and all that, so it’s baffling they haven’t added more functionality for the app to be able to play music easily from it..Version: 2.4.1

Plays your music, can’t buy with it possibly.Looks absolute crap on the iPad Pro..Version: 2.5.5

CrashI love using Bandcamp like lets say on my laptop, pc, etc. but I downloaded the app recently and when I tried to run it it was going well but when I try log in it takes about 30 seconds and then crashes..Version: 2.1.18

Love Bandcamp but….If you are using an iPhone (which you are), you’d be much better off using the browser and website. The app doesn’t display most of the digital download options making it 50% useless for buying music..Version: 2.5.5

The Bandcamp app has an identity problemBandcamp. It’s the website where you buy music and support musicians that aren’t Top 40. It’s where you preorder albums by local artists. It’s where you buy merch from some indie band halfway across the world. But, Bandcamp the app. Well... you can’t actually buy music here, even though you can on the mobile version of the app. But you can stream it. But you can’t manage it. Or cache/download it. But you can buy physical media. So, is the app a media player? Because it does an OK job of that. But... it’s certainly not a library manager, so OK is all it gets. And it’s certainly not a store. And discovery is too obstructive to be useful. It’s an app that is convenient enough to see what your library (what you’ve purchased, no playlists or filters or anything) is and play it back. Sounds like a great idea on mobile if you could actually purchase your music there. But, for offline listening, you still need to find a computer, download the tracks, and add them to iTunes. Bandcamp - you guys can do better. I know you can. Define what this app is and what it can do. And let it be that..Version: 2.1.10

Virtually useless appBandcamp is great. This app is terrible. Try searching for an artist. Many times you get a moderate list of distantly related track and album results. So you click on an album by the artist you’re looking for if you’re lucky to have one. There’s no way to click through that to get to the artist page. The app literally blocks you from finding what you want. Skip this for now and just use your browser. But of course that has its problems too. Running it in background won’t advance to the next track without you looking at it. I love how technology is going don’t you? The future is limited by nonsense, not by capability..Version: 2.1.10

IPad ?The app works fine, but it’s 2021 guys - why no iPad native ui?.Version: 2.4.7

Poor functionalityDon’t know how their ratings are so high, I struggle to get it to play music half the time. Either stopping midway through an album or just resetting back to the start for no reason. If you want to be a music app get the basics right!.Version: 2.1.4

JunkI just want access to the music I’ve purchased..Version: 2.3.6

Not for landscape iPad screenThis is one of those few apps that won’t rotate to landscape when I have my iPad ‘widescreen’, which is normal when you have a keyboard attached. Makes it completely unusable unless I detach my iPad from its keyboard, rotate to portrait screen, and start tapping with my finger. Terrible, fundamental blunder in coding..Version: 2.4.1

Wish it workedCannot login at all on iphone unfortunately. wish it worked :(.Version: 3.0.5

PainWhy did you remove replay 1 song only. Pain ultra. Add that back. Removing that doesn’t even make sense like what.Version: 2.5.4

Good app, just needs some tweakingI think this is a good app for getting underground/indie music and finding new artists you would never have found out about unless you used this service. The issue is that it lacks a playlist setting (and if it does have one it is not very obvious) and has issues (with me at least) where sometimes the music won’t play and I have to keep exiting and reentering the app to get it to work (or sometimes it will just start working again without any of that). I think this could have been a four, or even a five, if some features were implemented and the issues fixed..Version: 2.4.9

LOVE bandcamp, not this appI am a bandcamp artist, I would gladly pay a little more to be one of it meant that this could be a viable app in 2018. The inability to buy things is silly. The search is wonky. The inability to store purchases offline means I don’t often use it because I don’t want to eat up data. As an artist, it is increasingly frustrating to point potential fans to bandcamp because it’s interface is so foreign to people that are used to the other streaming services. In terms of desktop, I have the same distribution as most “big name” artists. When it comes to mobile (which is how people are going to attempt to search for me mid show and listen to me on the way home), it’s not super useful. Again: I LOVE bandcamp. I use this app about once a month, as opposed to other services which I use several times daily..Version: 2.1.4

Do betterNeeds an iPad app.Version: 2.4.2

Love Bandcamp. Don’t love the appFirst, big up Bandcamp for providing a platform for artist to get properly paid for their work. But the APP. 1. Can’t purchase through the app on iOS because Apple don’t want to promote music consumption via anything which isn’t in-house. Fair enough Bandcamp can’t really help that but PLEASE could we see some info about the cost or if it’s free, or if it will be pressed to vinyl/cassette etc. 2. The search bar engine is painful to use..Version: 2.3.7

Neeeeeeeeding a tablet version badlyI love bandcamp on my phone. I dont like the web version on my tablet but I also cant stand using the app on it either. Please make a tablet version..Version: 2.4.1

Good concept, not perfectly executedTried to follow an artist on here, I’ve apparently used up all my free listens but when I try to purchase it, I get sent a download file, but the Bandcamp option is still unavailable..Version: 2.4.9

Service is great but app not so muchI love what you guys are doing at bandcamp but the app just isn’t very good. The UI feels dated and doesn’t integrate well into iOS. The Cast button doesn’t do anything (it doesn’t show any of my airplay speakers available). And links to bandcamp don’t open the app, they open the webpage instead..Version: 2.3.7

Buggiest it’s even been since Epic bought itEver since Epic games bought this company, the mobile app department just seems inclined on releasing updates that remove all quality of life from this app. There’s no way for you to repeat a single track unless you specifically put it on queue and tap the repeat button. This is the most unintuitive way of playing music from this app you may as well just download VLC and put the music in your phone via your computer. Downloading the music to be played offline and putting a track in queue is bugged. It straight up does not work. The way older updates for this app was MILES better than whatever the heck this mess is.Version: 2.6.0

Quite cumbersome to useI suppose the only real benefit of this app in addition to the website is to listen to the music you've purchased. Unfortunately, it lacks many basic features in this area as far as I can tell - for instance, downloading music so that you can listen offline, making playlists, and/or even just being able to "like" songs so that your favourite songs appear in one place. I have a large Bandcamp library and unfortunately find this app a bit too simplistic for my listening needs, which is a shame because I like to be able to support musicians by paying for their music..Version: 2.1.4

Needs major updating - buggy asThis was a great app - but it severely needs updating. Constant bugs and crashes all the time. Especially when trying to listen to Bandcamp weekly..Version: 2.5.0

App is bare minimum of functionI love buying albums on Bandcamp but really an starting to hate using the app. The issues with the app become more apparent the larger a collection that’s accrued. This app desperately needs better search, filter, and organization tools. It also needs to have general technical issues straightened out, like the way that it often thinks it’s offline and won’t allow albums to be played until the app is restarted, or is online but can’t seem to load any tracks from a selected album until restarted. Summary: A great music selling service but offering the bare minimum of user experience in all the places it should matter most — organizing and streaming the collection that’s purchased..Version: 2.1.4

I love the idea of Bandcamp but...The UX feels like MySpace 2020 and no iPad native app? Help out the artists that make Bandcamp what it is and do better please..Version: 2.3.8

Deleted my account without noticeWhile the BC community is full of wonderful music by talented independent artists, I cannot recommend a service that has acted in such a blatantly unprofessional manner. I attempted logging in one day to find that my account no longer existed. No email notice. No explanation. It was just deleted with no record of it ever existing. Hundreds of purchased albums representing thousands of dollars, gone. Pre-orders I have paid for, no access. I attempted emailing customer service numerous times and never got so much as a “we have received your message” in return. Just total silence. Support your favorite artists in some other way, this platform will steal your hard earned money and then ignore you..Version: 2.4.5

Needs rotation on IPadThe App is improving all the time but having to use it sideways when your IPad and it’s case or holder has it in landscape mode is annoying. It would be the simplest feature to add and would improve it’s usability greatly.Version: 2.4.6

Definition of a waste of time and spaceDownloaded the app so I could listen to a friend’s song I love (and fully intended to rebuy, again) without keeping the web browser open. After listening to it a few times it locked me out of the song with a “time to open up your heart and wallet”. So I press send purchase link, and it doesn’t show. Meanwhile the web browser continues to work fine. Sent it to another account and 15 mins later the link shows. After I purchase it, it tells me it can’t even be downloaded to the phone. I go back to the app to stream it (I’m in the North Pole, I did this to specifically avoid streaming), and I find the purchase link I ordered from my account, has in no way connected the music to my account; it’s just given me files I can’t download, so now I’m two different types of locked out of the one song I did all of this nonsense for in the first place. And there’s no way to link the purchase, so if I want to unblock it, I need to get on a computer I don’t have and buy it AGAIN from there! Naturally I go back to the web browser, and it works fine with zero restrictions, for free. Literally the definition of a waste of time, money and space. The only positive thing I can say is Bandcamp let me pay a friend more money twice without actually providing or doing anything themselves..Version: 2.1.18

Cannot sign up for an accountI keep getting “Network 424” error when trying to sign up for an account. I reinstalled and did a hard restart of my iPad, with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated..Version: 2.4.9

I love bandcamp but the app needs more.I don't mind that we can't purchase songs in the app due to the Apple Monopoly Tax but the app should at least give standard music player app features like playlists with shuffle. And give an easy way to get the entire library in a playlist. Without the ability to use the app on the road, where I can't always go scroll and find a new album, it is just about useless and the only way to listen to Bandcap music is to download on the computer and use iTunes..Version: 2.4.3

Very badDownload feature straight up doesn’t work. Just shows ‘waiting’ then hangs on ‘download’ for 30 mins then starts from the beginning..Version: 2.6.0

Still no cast supportWithout Google Cast support, the app isn't really useful for me..Version: 2.1.4

It’s okay...I wish there was a way to purchase through the app, but it sounds like that’s an iProblem, not Bandcamp. But why on earth is there not a repeat option?! So far I have only one album and it’s great to sleep to but it won’t repeat! Imagine my frustration when trying to drive one day and I kept having to pull over to make it play again. (Just telling Sync to play automatically starts iTunes, even if bandcamp was the only music app open and the previous play came from it.) Maybe docking it by a whole two stars is a bit extreme for simply not having a repeat option, but it’s such a basic option in music, you’d think it’d be automatic..Version: 2.3.2

Needs ImprovementI try to listen to music but whenever I go back in it says I need to buy the song (which I cant’t) When the thing comes up about opening your wallet, there needs to be a way to close it without paying and listen for free.Version: 2.1.18

This app is so hard to useAnd it craps out all the time.Version: 2.1.3

Great service, not so great appPlease update the app to enable purchasing or call it bandcamp streamer app. it makes no sense not to integrate purchasing in your app where your business model is to sell artist’s wares and derive a commission based on those sales. having a redirect reduces the likelihood of a user purchasing anything. make it seamless; when a company puts barriers in place for a customer to give them money it does not bode well for longevity.Version: 3.0.1

This app be crashing for me iPhone XPlease fix.Version: 2.4.5

Basic StartNeeds more support for artists and people without fan accounts. Layout is slick and tidy.Version: 1.0

Please optimise for iPad!I got an ipad to help run aspects of my label including doing art etc and doing basic label stuff which goes without saying I have a Bandcamp collection I want to listen to, when its just the iPhone app scaled up and forced vertical it kills all the fun. Yes I know the web version works ok but this feels like a missed opportunity to do something cool on Bandcamps end..Version: 2.4.1

IPad compatible version ever ???A-OK at what it does in terms of streaming, great selection of music but an undersized PITA in terms of browsing. Bit shoddy that after all this time bandcamp has still not created an iPad compatible interface ? I usually end up going through a browser to access my music. Would doubtless use it much more if the app was sorted, thus the under par rating..Version: 2.1.10

Needs iPad appI like the app for streaming Bandcamp albums I bought but there’s no iPad app..Version: 2.1.19

Can’t hide purchases in the app!!Bandcamp is amazing: it’s the only place I buy music from now! CarPlay integration is also great! I really do love the app but I wish there was a way for your hidden purchases to be hidden in the app too. I’ve purchased a few artist’s entire discography bundles — some of which have over 30 EPs/LPs/Singles — and although they’re hidden on my account they still show up in the app. It becomes a real chore to have to scroll through all of that, especially someone like me with a large library. If we could hide purchases in the app that would really make this a 5-star app!.Version: 3.1.0

Good app, needs purchases includedLiterally would be a 10/10 if you could buy music from the app. But sadly apple fees or smthn.Version: 2.4.8

Offline listening NoNoI thought I have purchased the album so I can listen the music offline but opposite listen what you purchased online what a wasting your money….Version: 2.4.9

No Dark Mode?Seriously needs a dark mode like the website.Version: 2.4.9

IPad app pleaseI love using Bandcamp and supporting artists directly through the app on my phone. It would be great to be able to use the app on my iPad, but the current version is just the iPhone app which scales poorly. Also it’s in portrait mode only. C’mon bandcamp! Make a proper app for the iPad!.Version: 2.2.1

Nice idea horrible app.Doesn’t show any new songs I purchased, Keeps crashing, doesn’t work in locked screen mode at times, While bandcamp itself is a magnificent idea, bandcamp app is such crap. you earn decent money off many fine musicians, Can you actually do something to improve this dysfunctional CRapp already??? So frustrating !!! zero star..Version: 2.4.6

How about a proper iPad app?Fairly bad user experience, in an interface which doesn’t fit my screen. I don’t understand why there’s not a proper iPad version..Version: 2.1.18

Seems to need workGenerally working ok but I was playing an album and it got to track three and for no apparent reason just jumped into a completely different album! Also the player status doesn’t track properly all the time with what’s actually happening..Version: 2.4.9

Insultingly poor qualityIs anyone else having issues with this app because every time I try use it it makes my phone loose the plot by making the music not play at the right speeds or smoothly by making my phone bring up Siri consistently and hearing things I’m not saying gotta be honest it’s annoying me because I’ve paid for music on here I like and I can’t even enjoy it feel like I’ve been ripped off tbh.Version: 2.1.3

Missing featuresI’m a proud supporter of artists through Bandcamp, and really appreciate their activism on social matters - more businesses should follow their lead. However, I find that some missing features make me less likely to use it. The three main ones for me: - no ListenBrainz scrobbling - no filtering by license (e.g. search for CC-BY releases) - the app doesn’t allow searching your collection by genre.Version: 2.3.7

Bad User ExperienceI want to state up front that I think Bandcamp as a service is fantastic. Being able to support creatives is a good thing. That being said, the app itself is trash. I’ve had nothing but problems with it since I downloaded several years ago and nothing has ever gotten fixed. I have constant issues with tracks restarting when play is pressed from anywhere that isn’t inside the player in the app, and sometimes when I’m listening to commentaries that are several hours long, I have to take the time to find the exact point I’m at, almost every time. Outside of that, however, the app is just outdated and has a pretty poor UI. There’s no in app way to switch which device I’m listening on, like there is in most other audio apps, and there really hasn’t been a major or update UI update in the years I’ve had it. People who are willing to support this service and the creatives who use it deserve better..Version: 2.4.9


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