# ABRSM Singing Practice Partner — user reviews > 22 indexed App Store user reviews of ABRSM Singing Practice Partner by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Publishing) Limited, rated 2.30/5 from 4 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abrsm-singing-practice-partner/id1289191866/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abrsm-singing-practice-partner/id1289191866.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (4 of 22) ### 1/5 — Limited music *2018-11-22* I rarely use any of the songbook plus songs with my students and these are the only ones on this app. Recordings of the piano parts for the entire syllabus would be better! Or even the songbooks (non-plus). ### 1/5 — never work *2018-05-24* sounds great，but never work. paid for one week， always shows：piece is still downloading.... ### 1/5 — 想法很好，软件很差，购买后无法播放 *2018-01-06* 购买后无法播放，发邮件给英皇无人理，最后只能找apple退款，而且退款流程也很复杂，很差的体验 **Developer response:** Hi napoleonjm, Thank you for your comment. Unfortunately we did not receive your email, please write to practicepartner@abrsm.ac.uk so we can assist you. ### 1/5 — Produce full backing! *2017-12-21* Agree with another user. You must produce backing that matches the songs in the book not just one verse! Surely can’t be that hard to do? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2023-01-28* Downloaded the app but now it would only allow me pay for 1 song. No way of contacting the team for help either. Tried the contact us on the app but won’t let me submit my query ### 1/5 — Might be good if it worked *2023-01-19* Have downloaded the app, selected the grade - but can I purchase any of the songs I need? Or any of the other songs? No. So not really any point to it as it currently stands…….. ### 1/5 — 无用的app *2023-01-11* 购买了12元一首伴奏，却无法下载使用，最后联系了苹果，完成了退款。 ### 1/5 — Not free at all! *2021-01-25* Thought the music accompaniment would be free when you buy the book like Rock School, but no! Very poor show. As a parent we will stick to music recorded in the online music lesson in future. For the cost of the songbook plus you could surely be providing some free online recordings accessed by password etc. I expect much better from you! ### 1/5 — kicks me off *2020-10-24* I am on IOS 13.6 and it kicks me off every time I go to get more pieces. a shame, I think the idea is great. also does not work on ios 14.0.1 on my daughters phone. ### 1/5 — Continually crashes *2020-10-23* The app downloaded fine but then crashes the second I try to select a song. Ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Poor *2020-10-09* First of all the app doesn’t work on my Apple device. I was expecting the backing tracks to come with the book purchase as many other grade organisations provide the tracks when you purchase the book. However, this is not the case with ABRSM. You are expected to purchase the book then make a further purchase for the backing track in order to rehearse and finally a fee for your grade entry. As someone who puts children and young adults through their grades each year I feel it is a lot to ask from the parents of the children I teach and will consider changing grade organisations. ### 1/5 — Song practice partner *2020-09-28* Very disappointed as it doesn’t work on apple device- keeps shutting down and no option to buy any songs ### 1/5 — 付了款根本不工作啊！ *2019-06-24* 怪我自己太冲动，没看评论就付了款，用不了！怎么办？如何退款？！ ### 1/5 — Rubbish! *2018-12-30* You have to pay for every song and my iPad doesn’t do in app purchases. It is so unfair that the app is free but then everything else you have to pay for. If I could I would give it no stars. Also I have my exam coming up and I need to practice with music but I can’t. You should defiantly try and make this better or at least make the music less money. I mean, £10! I know that doesn’t sound like too much but you do 3 songs and there is 8 exams. If you paid for all of that it would be £240! This app is rubbish and I will be deleting it!😡 **Developer response:** Hello ellacorn, Thank you for your comment. Within the app, it is possible to purchase the piano accompaniment track for individual pieces for £1.99 each or you can purchase an entire grade (a bundle of 12-14 pieces) for £8.99 per grade. The app caters for grades 1-5. So, if you were to purchase 3 individual pieces at each grade this would come to a total of 3x1.99x5 = £29.85; or if you decided to purchase all available material for all grades this would come to a total of 5x8.99 = £44.95. If you are having trouble making in-app purchases, please contact practicepartner@abrsm.ac.uk so we can assist you. ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2017-11-08* Amazing app. Great for me as I teach different types of singers so it's great being able to transpose into all 12 keys. ### 3/5 — 软件不能下载 *2023-10-30* 现在不能下载其他级别的音乐 ### 3/5 — Doesn’t Cover Syllabus Songs *2022-05-22* In principle this app was exactly what I was looking for - just one catch - only 12 songs can be purchased for Grade 2 and these were none of the songs I needed. Why? I have no idea. It’s shocking that ABRSM provides no access to actual “Audio” material for an audio based art form - instead leaning on material in “symbolic” ie. word and sheet music form. Very poor accessibility ! Is it too much to ask for a sound track of someone singing a syllabus piece ? Feels like teaching 191 has been skipped here. ### 3/5 — Looks like a glitch *2020-09-30* Our signing teacher recommend this app.I download it but can’t use it. When I try to get more pieces it kicks me off, when I trying change grade it kick me off program.So all I can use one song grade 3.Hopefully it’s can be sorted I need this app!🙈 ### 3/5 — A bit disappointed *2019-03-15* I’m a bit disappointed with this as I was expecting to be able to get any song that is on the syllabus. Unfortunately, for Grade 3, this doesn’t list all the songs that my daughter is covering for her exam! A shame as the other 2 songs are great for practice. **Developer response:** Hello PurpleBabayaga, Thank you for your comment, we are glad you find this app useful for practising. As stated in the store description, It is currently possible to purchase all accompaniments from the ABRSM Songbook Plus series. These accompaniments match the exam requirements as described in the ABRSM Songbook Plus books. Where appropriate, cuts or edits have been made to the pieces to achieve this. ### 3/5 — More music needed! *2017-11-24* Great idea but doesn’t give whole song backings, only the ‘exam requirement’. Please produce backings that match what is printed in the book! ### 2/5 — More pieces, please *2023-11-26* Great idea, but only a small number of pieces available for each grade, which is disappointing and not very helpful. I don’t want my kids using YouTube to find accompaniments, which might not even be accurate to begin with… so, please can you add the full list of accompaniments for each grade? A sung version would be very welcome too, but all the accompaniments be a great start. Thank you! ### 2/5 — Broken *2020-10-18* Unable to download any more music since icon upgrade. No response to emails. Disappointed --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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