Poor app
Love the content of Tonebase. Lessons are great, tutors are brilliant and there is plenty of content. There is a huge flaw in the app when i use it because i cannot progress from a level because of a glitch and therefore learning has been postponed for two weeks. The problem still doesn't look to have been fixed.
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App buggy and lags behind the website
Much less featured than the website, an extraordinary drain on iPad Pro battery life, and full of annoyances that violate basic iOS UX rules (like being reminded every two minutes to turn on notifications, even when you’ve decided not to - why would you want notifications from an app like this anyway?). Their content is good but this app is not.
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Great concept, just pricy
This app includes many fantastic features that I know would be helpful to any musician who uses them. However, this app is expensive. Other than the quiz, you can’t do anything in the app without paying for a subscription. The subscription options are:
$49.99/month
$299.99/year
$699.00/lifetime
There isn’t a seven day free trial period that many subscription services have.
The reason I’m rating this at four stars is because the app offers many useful resources for musicians at all levels. I’m taking away one star because it’s expensive. I do acknowledge that the price is fair for what you get out of the app, it’s just out of my price range.
$49.99/month
$299.99/year
$699.00/lifetime
There isn’t a seven day free trial period that many subscription services have.
The reason I’m rating this at four stars is because the app offers many useful resources for musicians at all levels. I’m taking away one star because it’s expensive. I do acknowledge that the price is fair for what you get out of the app, it’s just out of my price range.
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The Best Virtual Resource for ANY Classical Musician
I am a professional cellist and have studied with many of the great teachers alive today…including many of the teachers available through this course! I have to say that as someone usually highly skeptical about these kinds of platforms, I am completely impressed. The cost of the course is what you would pay for one lesson with many of the artists available here. The amount of material covered is extensive, and I genuinely see this app as rivaling the traditional thinking about mastering an instrument. I think any instrumentalist should take advantage of this resource regardless your level. As I said, I perform for a profession, and I am still learning lots and getting many new ideas through this app. Classical music has always had ‘gate keepers’, and prohibitive costs—this is a large step to removing those barriers. 10/10!
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Wonderful!
All does need a few updates to run seamlessly. However, it is an excellent resource to learn from. It would be nice to integrate a type of library that’s built into the app to save the annotated music and notes. Overall, I am very happy with tonebase and look forward to renewing my membership each year!
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Works fine
The most recent release now has the same functionality as the website. Previously, you could only watch videos, but now you can access the community forums through the app. I have not encountered any problems with the latest update. I am using the app on my iPad Pro.
The worst piano app
First of all, it’s not even an app to learn piano but just a bunch of videos that show you how to play (thanks a lot, I could have used YouTube)
Secondly, I wrote to them like a million times and never got a reply, nothing, zero. I want to cancel it (I didn’t even have the chance of a free trial) and nothing, I have to suck it up because I’ll probably never see my $230+ back for an app that I will never use.
Secondly, I wrote to them like a million times and never got a reply, nothing, zero. I want to cancel it (I didn’t even have the chance of a free trial) and nothing, I have to suck it up because I’ll probably never see my $230+ back for an app that I will never use.
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Great content terrible app
The tonebase piano content is superb for intermediate and advanced learners. Have gained so much particularly from the Taubman content. The workbooks are a great addition to the superb tutorials.
However the app is abysmal. I’ve got it to function once after installing but now every time I try it the content starts to load then goes into a loop where 0.5 seconds will play and it starts loading again.
However the app is abysmal. I’ve got it to function once after installing but now every time I try it the content starts to load then goes into a loop where 0.5 seconds will play and it starts loading again.
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Some feature requests
Tonebase is an excellent online learning platform for classical Piano (and possibly other instruments too). I have tried many and this is the best out there. I am glad there is an app now. I just have some feature requests:
1. Sound only option. A lot of the content actually can work as a sound only content, particularly the interview type ‘live’ events. It would be great to see that as an option so I can listen to it while doing household chores, like with a podcast.
2. Would be great to be able to download content for offline viewing, e.g when travelling or on holiday.
Thank you!
1. Sound only option. A lot of the content actually can work as a sound only content, particularly the interview type ‘live’ events. It would be great to see that as an option so I can listen to it while doing household chores, like with a podcast.
2. Would be great to be able to download content for offline viewing, e.g when travelling or on holiday.
Thank you!
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Great content, bad app
I thought other reviews were exaggerating the quality of the app. It’s…shocking. I consistently lose video when going from Portrait to Landscape on the iPhone. I have to quit the app to see anything….only for it to blank out again.
The iPad app is an iPhone compatibility app. It’s terrible.
Both of these issues are fairly foundational and wouldn’t take a competent developer to resolve. So begs the question…how is this possible? The content pages seem okay, perhaps some quick and dirty framework is used like ReactNative, and the developer doesn’t understand the foundational components.
Anyway, the app is definitely souring my ability to enjoy the amazing lessons, and content. It’s truly a weird dichotomy to witness such polished talent coming through an unpolished app. I really want to support this app and all of the amazing artists involved.
Please fix!
The iPad app is an iPhone compatibility app. It’s terrible.
Both of these issues are fairly foundational and wouldn’t take a competent developer to resolve. So begs the question…how is this possible? The content pages seem okay, perhaps some quick and dirty framework is used like ReactNative, and the developer doesn’t understand the foundational components.
Anyway, the app is definitely souring my ability to enjoy the amazing lessons, and content. It’s truly a weird dichotomy to witness such polished talent coming through an unpolished app. I really want to support this app and all of the amazing artists involved.
Please fix!
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