# Appcompanist: Vocal Training — user reviews > 74 indexed App Store user reviews of Appcompanist by Appcompanist, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 229 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/appcompanist-vocal-training/id1279455633/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/appcompanist-vocal-training/id1279455633.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 186 · 4★ 14 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 11 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Appcompanist? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎵 Extensive repertoire of classical and musical theater songs - 🔧 Customizable tempo and key transposition features - 🎚️ Ability to adjust melody and accompaniment volume mix - ⏸️ Fermata button for holding notes at will - 👨‍🏫 Excellent tool for voice teachers and students - 💰 Affordable subscription pricing - 🎹 Professional quality piano accompaniment recordings - 📱 User-friendly interface and intuitive controls - 🚀 Responsive and helpful customer service team - 📚 Continuous addition of new songs to library - ♿ Accessible with VoiceOver for non-sighted singers - 🎓 Invaluable resource for audition and performance preparation **Cons** - 🐛 Subscription authentication issues with Apple ID - 🎵 Occasional inaccuracies in musical arrangements and key signatures - ⚠️ Inconsistent tempo and unwanted rubato in some recordings - 💻 No desktop/MacBook version available - 🎤 Poor audio quality when recording self-tapes on phone - 🔌 Bluetooth speaker connectivity issues with custom cuts - 💸 Expensive for limited song selection in lower tiers - 🎬 Video recording feature is underdeveloped - 🔐 Poor customer support response for password/account issues - 📊 Limited song catalog in some genres and eras - 🎼 Missing duet and ensemble accompaniments - ⚙️ Custom song editing tool is glitchy with unreliable cuts **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when attempting to restore subscription - Subscription access lost after app updates requiring profile recreation - Server error when connecting to Apple ID for subscription restoration - App fails to recognize user authentication randomly - Custom audition cuts don't connect to Bluetooth speakers - Custom song edits revert unexpectedly - Incorrect key signatures in some arrangements - Unwanted tempo changes and accelerando in recordings - No response from customer support for password reset requests - Fermata tool doesn't account for variable cadenza lengths in recordings **Most requested features** - Desktop/MacBook version of the app - Duet and ensemble accompaniment tracks - Loop functionality for repeated practice - Visual score display that scrolls with playback - Bookmark/marker system for important passages - One-time purchase option instead of subscription model - Ability to upload custom accompaniment tracks - Improved video recording capabilities for self-tapes - Senza rubato/strict tempo recordings for practice - Visual fermata indicator showing when accompaniment returns - Duet and ensemble solo accompaniments - Internationalization/localization (Chinese language support requested) - Print sheet music option - Better tempo control using BPM instead of percentages - Notation display for warmup exercises ## Newest reviews (13 of 74) ### 4/5 — Review from NC *2026-03-10, version 2.5.2* Appcompanist is so helpful for teaching art songs to musical theater and even opera. I have used it as a professor of music in higher education for the past 3 years, when I don’t have an accompanist. My only mild complaint is that sometimes it will say that it is in a particular key, but when I begin the solo line I discover that it is in the wrong key. But I figure it out. ### 4/5 — Amazing *2025-07-28, version 2.3.11* This has been a life saver for practicing songs at tempo. Even when sheet music isn’t within reach. One tiny issue I have is that certain songs don’t have the certain “official” keys. For example, a piece that’s written in a minor key, but on the app the keys are all in major. Not a dealbreaker at all, just something I noticed. ### 2/5 — Great selection, but features are lacking *2024-02-29, version 2.2.1* It’s great to see that this app has grown significantly since the last time I used it. I had it for a few years back when it first started, and I’m finding out why I canceled it now that I’ve decided to give it another go. The selection is pretty versatile, but the app isn’t great for self tapes. We typically use our phones for taping, and would be immensely more useful if they had a computer version of the app. The video feature they added is pretty rough and doesn’t solve that fix. The audio isn’t loud enough from the phone speaker, and if you plug into a speaker, the mic moves over to the speaker (which makes your recording incredibly track dominant). The custom song feature is also incredibly glitchy. The cuts rarely work and often revert. Would love to see improvements to make it easier for taping — it ends up being more cost effective to hire pianists to make custom tracks or find recordings on YouTube than pay for a subscription. For those who just want to practice along and learn songs in Appcompanist’s catalogue, 5 stars, so this review is purely for limited access on audition side. ### 2/5 — Keeps saying it can’t access my subscription when it clearly shows songs I used last month *2024-02-17* I love this app. But only when it works. At least once a semester so far, it disconnects from my Apple ID and then tells me I’m not connected to my Apple ID when I clearly am. I have restarted my phone, restarted the app, deleted the app and redownloaded. Nothing works. The last thing I tried, which was deleting the app, caused it to fully log out of my subscription with accompanist. I clicked restore subscription and it says it can’t connect with servers, again because of my Apple ID. I checked my Apple ID and it clearly states that I still have access to my subscription. It’s clearly not my fault, and I need this fixed ASAP. Otherwise, the app is great. Love it but when it doesn’t work it’s ridiculous and infuriating. I get it, if you’re doing updates maybe that make the app not work for a bit or something, but if that’s what this is at least let us know. ### 5/5 — Extremely Useful and Unique! *2023-02-23, version 2.1.5* So many unique features that make it great for practicing without a real accompanist. Much better than just using a recording. ### 5/5 — Truly amazing resource *2023-02-22* Appcompanist saved my degree in my undergrad! Being a voice performance student during the pandemic made it so hard to have thorough online lessons and create recital recordings on my own. Appcompanist solved this problem by providing accompaniment from REAL pianists that is completely customizable. From tempi and key, to articulation and personal musical choices, Appcompanist has had no trouble keeping up with my music advancement. Not to mention they now do Choral works and allow for part sharing with students! This is a must have music tool for both soloists and choral directors alike! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2022-12-08, version 2.1.3* I am very happy with this app so far. It is all I wanted and more as a singer. The developers are very good at their jobs ans have put their all into this app. Totally worth the money. Thank you Appcompanist! ### 5/5 — You won’t realize how much you needed this app until you have it *2022-12-07, version 2.1.3* Wonderful app! Easy to use. Love all of the options they keep adding like changing melody and tempo. A great tool for practicing on my own. You won’t realize how much you needed this app until you have it! ### 3/5 — I guess *2022-08-19, version 2.1.2* I guess it’s good but it doesn’t have half the songs I need and btw the songs that I need are not modern music there are classic but this app for some reason doesn’t have them idk why. But get an update you guys. ### 5/5 — Theee Beeeeest! *2022-07-15, version 2.1.2* Wholeheartedly thank you to the Developer of this App, you are amazing!!! ### 5/5 — So helpful *2022-05-29, version 2.1.2* An intuitive, flexible app. Combines both classical and musical theatre songs with great capabilities. ### 5/5 — Most reliable and amazing accompaniment! *2022-05-28* I’ve been using this app since 2018 and it has been such an essential part of my practicing and performing experience. The multiple features (like changing tempo, key, and being able to add fermatas) have enhanced my practicing and my ability to understand my music. A favorite feature of mine is pulling out the melody. You are able to fade it in and out to help you learn songs as well as correct any pitch issues you may have. Get this app! ### 5/5 — All Theatre Students NEED This App! *2022-05-28, version 2.1.2* This app is absolutely incredible and a must have for all theatre (and Classical) students. You can transpose to any key you could want, change the tempo, hear only the melody and do so much more. It’s affordable and an incredible app to use to practice for auditions, performances, and competitions. If you want to do theatre…download this app! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Worthless *2025-04-22, version 2.3.7* Might be great if I could get a confirmation code sent to me. ### 1/5 — Poor customer support *2024-09-03, version 2.3.3* I forgot my password and requested technical support twice and received no response. I had to cancel my subscription since I can no longer use the app. ### 1/5 — Glitches *2024-02-18, version 2.2* Stopped recognizing me out of nowhere, locking me out of my subscription ### 1/5 — Sometimes good. At other times wildly incorrect *2023-07-20, version 2.1.7* I’ll just focus on one aria ( although several have similar problems). Your accompaniment of Sarastro’s aria, “ O Isis Und Osiris “ from Mozart’s Magic Flute has an abrupt tempo change right before the lyrics “ Lasst sie der Prüfung Früchte sehen “. Not good. But it gets worse because your tempo continues to grind even slower over the next few measures. The effect is that the second half of the aria is twice as slow as the first. Mozart did not write this and you will not hear a professional recording of this. I’m lucky: I know my rep and have great coaches. But this is not fair to young or new singers. Please correct these musical errors. ### 1/5 — What a really bad app😡😤🤬 *2022-01-12, version 2.0.7* So I hate the app I could give it 0 star… you have to pay for everything!! Sorry but this app is horrible ### 1/5 — Frustrated *2020-10-19* I was relying on this app to help me make recordings this fall for young artist programs. Sadly, it ended up being more frustrating than helpful. The biggest issue I have with it is that many of the recordings of standard opera rep have unpredictable accelerando and rubato played in. I ended up spending hours trying to undo the erratic tempo changes in my pieces using the custom version tool, so that I could sing and record the pieces my way instead of the pianist’s. I also had trouble making my audition videos using the app because the custom version tool, although a really great idea, doesn’t allow for the fact that fermati and cadenzas are going to be slightly different each time you sing something. I know you can always override using the fermata tool, but I couldn’t do that while making a video of myself. This caused more frustration when I inevitably would sing something either a little longer or shorter than I had when I made the custom version, and couldn’t predict when the next downbeat would come. This app has so much potential to be such a fantastic resource- the tools are awesome, they just need to be executed better. Why not record the piano parts senza rubato or accelerando, even when written in the score, to then allow the singer to make the adjustments as they create their own version? That way we won’t have to undo someone else’s version of the piece. It would also be really helpful to have some kind of visual tool (more than the fermata lighting up and then turning off) so one can see how soon to expect the accompaniment to come back in after a fermata. ### 1/5 — A waste of your hard earned money *2020-10-13* WARNING: Do not use these tracks for any auditions if you are home in quarantine, unless you want to set yourself up to fail. This applies for this recent season of Young Artist Programs. I have to say, I was optimistic when I heard there was an app that was a lexicon of timeless works in your pocket. During this pandemic of COVID-19, it is more imperative then ever to have a virtual pianist on the go. Unfortunately, I have given just about every rendition a try with one glaring problem..... The Musicianship. I don’t know about you, but paying a monthly subscription for recordings that lack any sense of musicality and let alone basic pulse is infuriating. Sure the “custom versions” feature is great for making a hack job quick rubato section or fermata, maybe tempo change here and there, but none of that matters when there isn’t a steady tempo to begin with. Some egregious cases of this exist in La Calunnia from Barber of Seville, and Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from The Magic Flute. These both are without a doubt the absolute worst renditions of these pieces I have ever heard. Both have horrible transitions, erratic, nonsensical tempo changes, and unnecessary additions to the accompaniment line. I truly am not over exaggerating here. I tried to give this app a chance a number of times, but the amateur quality of what you are paying for is hard to ignore. While pursuing my Masters, almost every rendition I have brought into a lesson or coaching has been met with bewilderment or even laughter at the poor quality of performance in recordings from my mentors. It’s that bad. Good luck trying to sing with any sense of musical collaboration whatsoever. Save your money and hire a pianist who will do the tracks just for you. Trust me. I am not one to waste my time writing reviews, but I need to do my fellow musicians a service. ### 2/5 — Useful but bugged *2026-02-06, version 2.5.2* UI is really bad for Apple users around subscriptions ### 2/5 — 6 song Subscription doesn’t work *2025-05-12, version 2.3.8* Great selection of songs and helpful for any singer, but the subscription model is buggy. when I hit restore subscription, my app crashes and I can’t access what I paid for. Unfortunate, there’s not a lot of resources like this. ### 2/5 — New Update won’t let me access my subscription *2024-08-05* This app has been so amazing and helpful, but the new update made it completely unusable. After the update, I logged back in and had to recreate a profile. I tried purchasing the low cost subscription, but it told me I already had that subscription. When I click “restore subscription” nothing happens. When I try adding a song to my pick six monthly it says there’s a server error and they were unable to connect to my Apple ID. Please fix this! I was using this for auditions. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Sehr besondere App *2026-07-23* Ich habe Gesang studiert und finde schon in der kostenlosen Version viele Stücke und Übungen, die ich gesungen habe. Da ich nicht besonders gut Klavier spiele, könnte ich mir vorstellen, mit Hilfe dieser App Gesangsunterricht zu geben. Die Tonqualität und Bedienungsmöglichkeiten sind prima. Schade, dass es kein Lifetime-InApp-Kauf gibt, da ich Abo-Modelle nicht mag. Weiter so! ### 5/5 — A game changer for my classroom! *2026-07-16* I use Appcompanist in my classroom every day. My students use it for in class sectionals as well as at home for extra practice. Using this app in my classroom has been a game changer for my choirs. I love the functionality and various ways to use the app. I really appreciate this company’s customer service. They are always willing to help with whatever you need. Highly recommend for any choir director! This app is useful in the school setting, church setting, community group, etc. ### 5/5 — Extremely helpful aid to practice *2026-07-02, version 2.7* Appcompanist has a very wide range of music and so helpful to be able to vary the key and also the speed. A really helpful aid to learning songs and arias. ### 5/5 — Honestly the best app of its kind out there *2024-09-03, version 2.3.3* I recommend this to everyone - friends, colleagues, students, teachers - Everyone! The ability to speed up and slow down pieces to help you learn runs or tricky intervals is a godsend, and the blending motion so you can have the vocals added at different volumes makes such a difference while I’m still learning or teaching my students and they listen. Customer service is also amazing and they answered my questions really quickly and clearly, and even when it turned out to be something completely obvious they were so polite and kind. The sheer amount of material on offer is huge, and for less than a tenner a month this has become my go to when learning new music, or refreshing my memory on old pieces and basically the best tool in my tool belt. Thanks so much! ### 5/5 — Phenomenal! *2024-03-09, version 2.2.2* Just started taking lessons again, and WOW! I wish I would have had this tool during my undergraduate! I use this with my students, myself, and anyone that is a musician! Can’t wait to see how this app evolves! Can’t imagine it getting any better! THANK YOU!!! ### 5/5 — Game-changer in my HS choir room! *2024-02-24* As a high school choir teacher with limited piano skills, Appcompanist has been a game changer when it comes to rehearsals and sectionals. The versatility of the app allows for me to run sectionals more effectively, gives a little extra help in full rehearsals and assists my rehearsal accompanist to cover every part AND the accompaniment when I ask for the impossible. I've been using Appcompanist regularly this school year and I have seen real results as students use the choral shares to solidify their parts in their own time. I use the app during sectionals since I don't have a piano player in every section. My accompanist and I can "travel" from section to section to assist and guide while the students without one of us still have a solid recording to work with. During full rehearsals, I've had my accompanist play the accompaniment while using the app over speakers to assist with parts when needed. The fact that I can turn those parts on and off as we go is amazing. We are able to slow things down when needed and the consistency of the recordings is a huge help. In the past, my accompanist would spend hours making parts recordings that the students might use. With appcompanist, they have easier access to the recordings, there are never any glitches or mistakes and the sound is clear and consistent. More of them use the app than the recordings we made because of the flexibility they have now over our own recordings. My accompanist is also freed up to work with students individually or in small groups, rather than the hours spent making recordings. As the app's choral library grows, using it is easier than ever, though I also thoroughly appreciate the option to send music to them to be added. After just this short time of using Appcompanist regularly, I can't imagine going back to the way I did things before. ### 5/5 — Edited review (was two stars, now five) *2023-08-03, version 2.1.7* The below review was my first experience with Appcompanist. As you can tell, I was deeply disappointed. However, since writing the review and an email, Appcompanist reached out again, genuinely apologised for their initial response, and kept me informed about what happened, how it happened, and when they anticipated the fix to be included in an update. That this error slipped through should stand as a warning to us all about where we source our material from. Even with the best of intentions, free providers cannot actually replace libraries and the expert knowledgable librarians have to offer and share. Finally, I still stand by my original choice to select Appcompanist. It does everything I needed an app to do (the ability to choose different keys, easily hold a “fermata” with the touch of the screen, change tempo, and change the melody/piano track mix). So, from two stars to five. Appcompanist really stepped up their game. While they gave this user a bit of a bumpy intro, their subsequent customer service communications have been nothing short of stellar. —————— Old review I was prepared to give a FIVE star review for (what I consider to be) a most brilliant app. Then I encountered an error and their customer service. First, the good. After spending an inordinate amount of time looking at apps, I settled on Appcompanist. It did everything I needed an app to do (the ability to choose different keys, easily hold a “fermata” with the touch of the screen, change tempo, and change the melody/piano track mix). Now, the bad. I (excitedly) purchased a subscription specifically for the piece “Fairest Isle” by Purcell with the intention of eventually upgrading to the higher level subscriptions as teaching in person picks back up. By the 4th second (or third measure) there was a problem. The track had a huge error. Not just once, but repeatedly throughout. The piece makes use of a flat seventh tone. Yet the accompaniment (in both melody and piano tracks) ignore this and play the seventh without the flat accidental. I immediately wrote to customer service (specifically holding off writing a review) to alert them to this error in the tracks and their quality control. I even spent time searching for and then sending links with examples of how it’s supposed to be played. Their response was “That’s unfortunate” and “you’re stuck with that one note until the next update”. Again, this isn’t just “one note” it is repeated all over both piano and melody tracks rendering it useless to me, even though I’ve paid for a subscription. No compensation was offered. While I would really LOVE to give this a five star review, because of the customer service experience so far, sadly I cannot. ### 5/5 — 建议 *2023-05-30* 汉化一下吧，可以更改一下付费模式吗。一次买断或者月度付费可以多几首歌曲。 ### 5/5 — La meilleure application pour travailler son répertoire de chant lyrique *2023-05-08* Malgré quelques petits défauts qui peuvent apparaître par ci et par là comme des erreurs mineures dans l’exécution des accompagnements, l’application propose une bonne gamme d’outils particulièrement efficaces comme la transposition, le choix du tempo, le placement de points d’orgue à souhait et les étiquettes pour marquer des passages importants. Les deux choses qui manquent dans cette application sont : 1. Les accompagnements de duos et ensembles solistes 2. Une partition qui se déroule comme dans d’autres applications du genre. C’est un outil prometteur que, j’espère, continuera de s’améliorer. Vivement conseillé pour monter son répertoire vite et proprement. ### 5/5 — Can’t live without it! *2023-02-23, version 2.1.5* Such a great product! I use it every day and my students use it too. Love it, wish I had it when I was young singer. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*