Band Companion User Reviews

Name: Band Companion
Rating: 4.3148 (324 reviews)

Band Companion

Nicky Studios

📊 Productivity

🎵 Music

Customer Experience

Positive experience37.0% of reviews

Neutral19.6% of reviews

Negative experience43.5% of reviews

~ Based on 46 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Band Companion. Based on 324 reviews and a 4.3/5 average, it highlights the 13 positives and 41 negatives reviewers mention most about this Music app.

Positive things

👍Great app, user-friendly
👍Easy to set up set lists
👍Handy display of lyrics
👍Good for reading lyrics live
👍Useful for vocalists
👍Good for housing lyrics
👍Fits the bill for basic needs
👍Amazing job on the app
👍Made life easier
👍Happy to have found this app
👍Awesome for singers
👍Very good for singers
👍Excellent app companion

Negative things

🐛Unreliable performance
🐛App frequently stops working
🐛Inaccessible work when app fails
🐛Sync issues with new devices
🐛Problems with shared accounts
🐛Offline use not possible
🐛Needs Wi-Fi connection
🐛Repeated payment requests
🐛Interface is buggy
🐛Overly complicated set list creation
🐛Arbitrarily removes songs
🐛Duplication issues
🐛Hard to add songs from library
🐛Set list songs gone
🐛Individual library per band
🐛Easy to accidentally delete set lists
🐛App crashes when moving songs
🐛Songs changed groups after update
🐛Lost options after update
🐛Blank white screen on launch
🐛Cannot cancel subscription
🐛Cannot get a response from support
🐛App crashes when opening setlists
🐛Lost songs after update
🐛Clunky song and set list management
🐛Songs stuck in single set list
🐛Inaccurate set list duration
🐛Word input buggy
🐛Cannot line up scrolling text
🐛Lost valuable work
🐛No access to work
🐛Songs disappear from lists
🐛Lyrics replicated randomly
🐛Difficulty rearranging set order
🐛No offline access needed
🐛Example songs cannot be deleted
🐛Cannot add/edit songs
🐛Empty setlist after deletion
🐛No save button for songs
🐛All songs disappeared
🐛Cannot see add song button

Is Band Companion Safe?

Band Companion appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Band Companion is 85/100.

This assessment is based on 324 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

81.5% of ratings point to a safe experience

7.4% of ratings suggest some concerns

11.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 324 App Store ratings for Band Companion.

Is Band Companion Legit?

Band Companion appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Band Companion is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Most Recent Highest Rated Lowest Rated

They’ve worked out the kinks!

If you tried this app early on and found your songs would disappear occasionally, I’m happy to report that that has not happened in the past year. They finally figured out whatever it was that was causing that and it works great now - very reliable!

MilwaukeeTourist

2 months ago

Mostly unreliable & poor service

Several of our band members have been using the app for years. Had several reliability problems over the years. This last practice for an important gig the app quit working for all our members. All the work in our library is now inaccessible as the app isn’t working. Reported problem but no response. Now searching for more reliable solution and canceling service.

Kbrown2004

4 months ago

Response from developer

Hi Kbrown2004, unfortunate to hear you’re experiencing difficulties using Band Companion. Can you please reach out through contact@bandcompanion.app? I will make sure to get you up and running swiftly again.

Great App

Great app, I would normally give it a 5 but since I can’t find a way to submit an issue.

Today 08/24 we tried using for church like we normally do but the app keeps going black and doesn’t work. We made sure everything was updated tried uninstalling and reinstalling. We have about 200 songs typed up. It’s a great app and super user friendly. Wish there was an easier way to reach out for help.
Once the bug fixes are fixed I’ll update

not fake real review i swear

a year ago

Very frustrating

I got a new iPad. My old account doesn’t sync. I was due to re up on premium. I did so. It won’t recognize me. I nay found tech support by searching the comments. The tech support button does nothing. I emailed support. Got nothing back. So I’ll have to go back through apple-again- to try and get a refund. Other band members are also just as frustrated

T1l2f3

a year ago

Ok but

It’s a good app for reading lyrics while you’re singing, but it has a problem between various devices that are shared on the same account.

Wdudding

a year ago

Help!!!

How do I even reach out to customer service?! I created another account so my church can use it and purchase the yearly option, however the app is not recognizing that I bought it keeps saying “get the premium” it’s pretty annoying!
I’ve used this app for years and never had an issue till now .

Jewels Garcia

a year ago

Great

Can I use a foot paddle to control the speed.

Gregcvree432790

2 years ago

I am a premium subscriber

I am very happy with the app and have used it for several gigs now. It is becoming a huge issue that I cannot use it offline. Is there no way to use a setlist without WiFi??

Finsmack

2 years ago

Need Support!

Usually a fan of the app, until it totally stopped working at rehearsal. Can click on the app, opens for about three seconds and goes entirely blank. Contacted support, still waiting for a response. I’m a premium member, please help!

Cool4summer

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Cool4summer, Sorry to hear you are experiencing issues using Band Companion. Please reach out to us through contact@bandcompanion.app. We are happy to help you out and get your issue resolved as soon as we can. Friendly regards, Nicky

No support available

Zero stars! Subscriber with much time invested. App stops working and your just out of luck. We tried multiple devices and everyone in our band is out of luck. Can’t get support and no help when you really need it. When it quits working, all you work and investment is inaccessible or basically lost. Looking for a new app that supports their subscribers.

Kbrown2004

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Kbrown2004, Sorry to hear you are experiencing issues using Band Companion. Please reach out to us through contact@bandcompanion.app. We are happy to help you out and get your issue resolved as soon as we can. Friendly regards, Nicky

Support

Usually a fan of the app, but I have spent the past 2 days trying to find a way to get support and have come up with nothing. I didn’t want to use the review option. 2 days ago the app stopped letting me access my playlists. I can select the lists, but it won’t open. When I select library, it opens that for about 3 seconds and then closes the app. Help!! I’m a premium member and have an app I can’t use.

KJM1975

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hi, Sorry to hear you are experiencing issues using Band Companion. Please reach out to us through contact@bandcompanion.app. We are happy to help you out and get your issue resolved as soon as we can. Friendly regards, Nicky

It needs wifi

It’s a disappointment that the app needs wifi to use. Not everywhere you play will have wifi. It should save on your local device. Annoyed.

Rev.Red

2 years ago

I can’t reach or email developer.

I’m confused on why I can add people to my band but they need to purchase the premium access to be able to broadcast. I thought myself who created the account the people you invite should have all the access to it. I think this needs to be fixed.

Jewels Garcia

2 years ago

Disfunction-able App

The app’s not working, Ive already paid and it keeps asking me to pay again, and not allowing me to use the premium upgrade I purchased. And where is the technical support for this app?. And I’ve uninstalled it and reinstalled it and its still telling me to repurchase it?? I can’t add any Songs because the app keeps trying to make me repay. Now I’m gonna cancel my subscription if you can’t fix the issue, cause no one has responded yet.

Tghjuasdfgh

3 years ago

Response from developer

Hi, Please reach out through contact@bandcompanion.app. We are happy to help and get this sorted in no time. Fr re, Nicky

Disfunction-able App

Tghjuasdfgh

3 years ago

Response from developer

Hi, Please reach put through contact@bandcompanion.app. We are happy to help and get this sorted in no time. Fr re, Nicky

Terrible. Absolutely horrible.

The interface is buggy. The process to create set lists is overly complicated. But the main problem is this thing will just arbitrarily remove songs from not only the set list, but the library. You haven’t lived until you’ve done a gig where you have to take long breaks between every other song while you google search and copy/paste lyrics that you have to re-add to your library (so that you can then add to your setlist). It’s a really simple task (putting lyrics up on your iPad) that should be really easy to achieve. But this app manages to fail. It’s happened to me at almost every gig. Songs disappear from all lists. And sometimes lyrics will be replicated out of nowhere.

I thought maybe it had something to do with the internet reception. But it happens with any Wi-Fi reception scenario. Also, why does it have to connect to the internet at all? I’ve copied lyrics from the internet to my iPad. I should be able to look at stuff that’s saved on my iPad without an internet connection.

SamDBL

3 years ago

Response from developer

Hi SamDBL, Thank you for your review, feedback helps us improve the app. In regard to creating a setlist, it is good to know songs are managed in the library. Then go to your setlist and tap the + icon in the top right corner to manage the songs in the setlist. In regard to the changing of songs in your setlist and library, could it be possible that band members are making these changes? - We have no knowledge of this happing to other users. Please reach out to us through contact@bandcompanion.app so we can assist you further where needed. Fr re, Nicky

Disfunction-able App

The app’s not working, Ive already paid and it keeps asking me to pay again, and not allowing me to use the premium upgrade I purchased. And where is the technical support for this app?.

Tghjuasdfgh

3 years ago

Response from developer

Hi, Please reach put through contact@bandcompanion.app. We are happy to help and get this sorted in no time. Fr re, Nicky

Just got worst

We used to love this app for all of our gigs. It was easy to use and was at one point very friendly.

After an update, it was hard to add a song from the library. Instead of 2 clicks, it’s now like 5 clicks to add a song.

What’s worst now is, we have a gig today, and our whole set list of songs, gone. Completely wiped. Unable to find.

Not sure what happened but now we have to try and remember our set from straight memory. Extremely terrible.

sorinotsorri

3 years ago

Good choice with hopefully some improvements down the road

I love the ability to control the font size and to highlight the beginnings of verses. As a vocalist, that’s really key. What’s unfortunate is that there’s an individual library for each band you’re in so even if your band sing similar song with one another, you have to manually copy and paste the song over I’ve also found it is very easy to accidentally delete an entire set list. Lastly, there are a lot of duplication issues duplicate song, listings duplicate set listings and duplicate band listings. I’m scared to log out and reinstall the app because I’m afraid I’ll lose more.

MilwaukeeTourist

3 years ago

Response from developer

Hi, Thank you for the feedback, happy to hear you’re enjoying the app! Please note that little to no data is stored on your device. This means no data will be lost if you choose to delete and reinstall the app. We will look into your feedback and put it on our backlog after consideration. If there’s anything else, please let us know! Fr re, Nicky

Works well for vocalists

Easy to set up set lists and use live for rehearsals and gigs.
Needs some work still on the editing functionality but that’s not a showstopper for using the app.

DocTheRockStar