# ABRSM Violin Practice Partner — user reviews > 59 indexed App Store user reviews of ABRSM Violin Practice Partner by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Publishing) Limited, rated 2.60/5 from 5 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abrsm-violin-practice-partner/id1001990455/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abrsm-violin-practice-partner/id1001990455.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (16 of 59) ### 3/5 — This app is amazing *2026-04-18, version 2.8* This is amazing but just use YouTube instead ### 3/5 — Can anyone tell me how to restore the piece? *2025-09-29, version 2.8* I purchased in my iPhone but want to share it to my daughter. How to do that? ### 2/5 — Miss one piece *2024-11-18, version 2.6* Why grade 5 for 2024 syllabus miss one piece? ### 2/5 — Bad *2024-06-16* When I play the peices with the track in the background it’s so distracting such a waste of money but I feel bad so I won’t give it me star 😊 **Developer response:** Hi h@ppygirl!)g, Thank you for your feedback and review. If preparing for ABRSM Violin exams, there are some solo pieces available, however, the vast majority are to be prepared with piano accompaniment. This app allows for students and teachers to practise along with piano accompaniment and the speed can be tailored to your need. With best wishes, ABRSM App Support ### 2/5 — Please Restore Apple AirPlay *2024-03-21* Please Restore Apple AirPlay (or enable some other Bluetooth or WiFi method for connecting to speakers) We USED to love this app. No longer :( My son used it from grade 1 and now we are starting grade 7. The volume and sound quality is feeble, but we’ve always been able to enhance it by projecting it onto the WiFi speaker. The removal of this feature leaves us with a lame sound track that is barely audible while the child tries to play along. Rather defeats the purpose. Please can you fix it? Urgently? Thanks in advance. **Developer response:** Hi Na Katongo, Thank you for your review and feedback. It is still possible to use the app with a bluetooth speaker or an aux cable to increase the volume of the piano accompaniment. We are looking into reinstating AirPlay functionality as soon as possible. With best wishes, ABRSM App Support ### 3/5 — No longer works with apple airplay *2024-03-11* I have used this app for several years with my daughter who is learning the violin. It used to support apple AirPlay, so you could play the accompaniment through speakers. Some months ago this stopped, so I can only play the accompaniment on a phone or tablet, which is not as loud/easy to hear. Would be great if airplay support was re-introduced - we use it much less as a result. General robustness also isn’t great. Overall, it’s a very useful app to help listen to pieces and practice with piano. ### 3/5 — Good App but can’t share with my daughter *2023-01-05* I bought so many tracks and I want them to be used by my daughter. I can’t share and when my daughter started using it charged me twice. I did complain but never received any answer. Support is rubbish. **Developer response:** Hi garg_ashish, Thank you for your review and feedback. Please email appsupport@abrsm.ac.uk letting us know which bundle/tracks are not being shared with your daughter. Family Sharing is available for the 2024 syllabus. With best wishes, ABRSM App Support ### 3/5 — cannot restore pieces *2021-03-26, version 2.2* please check ### 1/5 — 购买的曲子在哪，退钱 *2020-09-06* 下载的曲子在哪，我花了两次下载的钱了 ### 1/5 — Can barely hear anything *2020-09-06* Downloaded this so my son could use the piano accompaniment to practice his grade 1 violin but the volume is so quiet we can barely hear it. There is no way he would hear anything when actually playing the violin. I bought his pieces and the whole thing is useless. Total waste of money. ### 1/5 — 骗钱的软件 *2020-05-04* 太垃圾了，花了60块钱买了整本书，结果什么都没有，根本无法使用，给开发者发邮件，几天了都没回 ### 3/5 — Nice idea but some disappointing bits *2020-05-01* I have just purchased this for my daughter who is doing her G2 Violin thinking that I would be able to use the accompaniment downloads I have just purchased from ABRSM site. This is not a feature. You can buy the tracks within the app but given that on the ABRSM it was £1.89 for 3 tracks and here it is £1.99 a track, I think I’ll still with the SpeedShifterLite app instead. Such a shame they don’t all link together. ### 1/5 — 差评 *2020-04-26* 购买了曲目，已支付，却无法下载，而且退款很麻烦 ### 2/5 — 购买后显示不出来，已经好几天了 *2020-03-06* 购买后不能解锁 ### 1/5 — 购买的音频总是不能显示 *2020-02-29* 明明付款成功了，已购项里却没有，也无法退款，一套的价格也不菲了，就这么坑人？ **Developer response:** Hi, Please can you write to us at practicepartner@abrsm.ac.uk with a detailed description of the problem you seem to be experiencing so we can assist you. ### 1/5 — Fed up with this app & non responsive developers *2019-12-01* Very frustrated and fed up with this app. Have written via the ‘contact us’ multiple times. No one ever responds. I used this app successfully for over a year then strangely it stopped allowing me to purchase new music. I deleted the app and reinstalled it hoping that would solve the problem. Frustrating the app is now not allow me to restore pieces. It is totally useless!! Next step is to report this to apple to get all my money back. **Developer response:** Hi Aligodd, Thank you for your comment and we are sorry you have encountered an issue purchasing pieces. To ensure you reach the right team, please get in touch directly at practicepartner@abrsm.ac.uk so we can assist you and resolve the issue you seem to be experiencing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — grade2 A1,C3 are missing *2025-07-27* Grade2 A1C3 are missing please fix ### 1/5 — Suitable for babies ONLY 🤣🤣🤣 *2025-04-16, version 2.8* Like, I am FRSM already but they only have grade 1-8?! ### 1/5 — Business tactics only *2024-01-06* ABRSM Withdraws it’s speed shifter app from all platforms and introduced this new app with which we have to buy all accompaniment tracks from them to load it have no option to load a file from the storage. Their resources itself are too costly and their strategy will pull back candidates from appearing their exams. **Developer response:** Hi Maestro Academy, Thank you for your review and feedback. Our Violin Practice Partner was launched in 2015, with added functionality of muting the solo/accompaniment line within the app. With best wishes, ABRSM App Support ### 1/5 — Unable to purchase any pieces *2023-08-16* My Apple Pay is repeatedly declined - there is no issue with my card, verified with bank- the problem is with the app ### 1/5 — Cannot restore pieces!! *2023-03-11, version 2.2* Cannot restore pieces ### 1/5 — I can restore my previously purchased pieces *2022-02-21, version 2.2* Please help! ### 1/5 — 付钱没曲子！ *2021-12-01* 付了钱没有曲子！什么都没有！还我60元！ ### 1/5 — Cannot receive old pieces *2021-06-20, version 2.2* When I switched to iPhone, the pieces I previously bought on my Samsung phone cannot be retrieved. Have to pay again. Why there is no place for you to key in your user names!! ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work properly *2021-05-13* Bought in Jan 2020 and downloaded grade 1 bundle, it worked perfectly and then in March 2021 tried to download grade 3 bundle and it wouldn’t allow you to purchase anything and haven’t received any support from developer to rectify situation. Have deleted app and redownloaded cannot get original download back as it won’t allow you to restore pieces and App Store won’t forget it from downloads, so app is frustratingly rubbish. ### 1/5 — 购买后无法解锁，请问怎么处理？ *2020-10-28* 购买后无法解锁，请问怎么处理？ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My honest review *2024-03-03* Grate, brilliant for tuning **Developer response:** Hi Kathy, Thank you for your excellent review, we hope you enjoy using ABRSM Violin Practice Partner! With best wishes, ABRSM App Support ### 5/5 — For improvements for more instruments *2024-01-22, version 2.6* Can you guys also make practise partner for viola? I play both violin and viola! ### 5/5 — ?? *2022-01-31* Is this a new app? ### 5/5 — 非常好能用 *2019-10-07* 谁说这软件不能用的坑死人了，非常好的陪练软件，速度由慢到快，带伴奏，建议用哪首买哪首就好，一首曲子12元，挺好 ### 5/5 — Thank you *2018-10-04, version 1.2.3* Thank you so much for making this app.. this app make me learn easier... wish me luck 😊😊 ### 5/5 — Great app again *2017-11-11* Thank you for applying that fix the app is now working great again. **Developer response:** Hi Christy, Thanks for reporting this. We’ve produced a fix and this is being processed now. Please keep an eye out for the update which will be available in the App Store soon. Apologies for the inconvenience. If you need any further help please contact us at practicepartner@abrsm.ac.uk. ### 4/5 — Good app but one slight misfit *2020-07-26* I really like the app and it has helped me with my violin but I mean yes this is very precise but if the facilities were able to slow it down even more it would really help me understand the rhythm. Overall I would recommend this app. ### 4/5 — How come there is no cello practice partner? *2019-08-07, version 2.0* How come there is no cello practice partner? ### 4/5 — More pieces should be included *2018-09-23, version 1.2.3* This app is great and would have given it a 5 star rating had it included all the pieces in the book. Allows you to listen to violin alone or the piano accompaniment or both together. Should also allow those that have already bought the CD with the exam book to upload songs - just like speed shifter. ### 4/5 — Very very good app BUT NO GRADE 8 *2016-08-09, version 1.2* This would be a 5 star app if it had grade 8 too as it's a practical app that is accessible, well developed and generally my saviour for grade 7. Please please please add grade 8 as I'm sure a lot of us violinists would benefit! Thank you! --- *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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