Huge Downgrade
This app went from a good music app for a lot of uses to a massively rushed, bug filled nightmare to use. The downgrade of this app is unacceptable considering it was the gold standard for modern music apps. Critical features have been missing since launch, and the app still has major bugs that make it unusable. Do not use this app, paper music is a far better solution than this disappointment
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Embarrassing
First of all, it seems like every negative review on the App Store is magically not being counted and is artificially boosting the app’s rating which is definitely shady. Second of all, about every seven days all of the music I have downloaded refuses to load at all. Every time this happens I have to manually delete and redownload everything again. How is this even possible? The data should be stored locally and all the app has to do is read it. I can’t believe this is a problem.
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Annotations Unusable
The annotation feature lags to the point of being nigh on unusable. It takes me 15 minutes to mark drill in a song, let alone add notes during rehearsal on the field. This cannot be that hard a fix.
Beam does not work
There was no real for arc or whatever arc is to come in a change something that didn’t need to be changed. They got rid of stuff that worked just fine with stuff that doesn’t work. There was no need for this change.
dysfunctional mess!
i’m in college marching band. on three seperate occasions it has corrupted the downloads i had for my music. twice in the stands, once right before i was about to go on the field. i am not alone, and this is a widespread issue in my band. this is not a reliable app, and i’ve had to redownload my parts multiple times and there is no easy way to download all or delete all; you must go in and do them one by one. you’d be better using google drive if it wasn’t for the live mode feature.
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Garbage App
Crashes often, refuses to load music when I need it, live feature usually blatantly broken. This is awful.
Very very buggy
Every time I close the app or turn the phone off while I’m in live mode, all of my music crashes and goes to an infinite loading screen. The only fix is to completely delete and redownload the app. This happens very often and has made me unable to play in rehearsals or performances if the app bugs.
They didn’t need a new app
soooo many issues and technical difficulties, i’ve had to delete and redownload twice bc nothing will load. I’ve tried all the things they say to try but it’s only a temporary fix. the old beam app was so much better
Bring back the OG beam
I’ve had to delete and redownload this app twice now to look at my music because i get the loading screen of death. This is ridiculous and shouldn’t be happening especially when im out playing events.
Worse than Predecessor
Much more laggy and nearly impossible to annotate. Old beam let me freely annotate whichever way I wanted. This new version overcorrects my writing??? Making everything I try to draw with my fingers look incomprehensible. I’ll be trying to add a “B” above a measure and it auto-smoothens it into a “D.” Really annoying. Old beam didn’t do that. The markers also rest weirdly. I’d try to use a different color for the pen and it’ll draw in its original color first before I have to switch it again.
Additionally, sometimes I can’t even annotate measures on the bottom of the page due to the bar being in the way and the app not allowing me to zoom and move down there. Speaking of the bar, it’s hard to make it appear consistently when reading music. Sometimes it needs one tap. Sometimes ten. Very annoying.
The lag is unbearable. I miss old Beam :( annotating is the worst part right now though.
Additionally, sometimes I can’t even annotate measures on the bottom of the page due to the bar being in the way and the app not allowing me to zoom and move down there. Speaking of the bar, it’s hard to make it appear consistently when reading music. Sometimes it needs one tap. Sometimes ten. Very annoying.
The lag is unbearable. I miss old Beam :( annotating is the worst part right now though.
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Ts so bad
Gotta reinstall it every hour for it to work
I would rather die than use this app
The songs literally do not load, this app has made playing music significantly harder DO NOT BUY.
New app, new improvements
To Beam,
Good work on the new app! Definitely has room for improvement, but all in all, after getting used to the different tool locations, definitely an upgrade. Other than minor nuances, such as the way editing tools glitch off the screen occasionally, or when the tools glitch, definitely an upgrade!
Thanks for your hard work, and can’t wait for more updates!
Good work on the new app! Definitely has room for improvement, but all in all, after getting used to the different tool locations, definitely an upgrade. Other than minor nuances, such as the way editing tools glitch off the screen occasionally, or when the tools glitch, definitely an upgrade!
Thanks for your hard work, and can’t wait for more updates!
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Bad
Worst app ever. Causes me life long pain, makes my life miserable. DO NOT GET
I feel bad
It's like all 1 stars and I high key feel bad so it's like okay idk bra
Arc should have never touched beam
I don’t know what arc is but they took beam (which worked perfectly) and made it the worst app possible. Nothing works, the music you download doesn’t load, live doesn’t work, and you have to uninstall and reinstall to see your music at least once a week.
W app
My band uses this app, so useful
Ui is absolutely horrendous
This app is so bad and not user friendly whatsoever it’s so hard to use and I end up drawing all over the screen by accident
why…
We want the old Beam back!
Regressive Product
Unbelievably worse than the last iteration. 20% more expensive, less features, and a click through experience that is somehow less intuitive than before. Can’t hide and filter music easily, no live mode. Released a year early, truly a step backwards.
Response from developer
Hi KBAQ, Sorry you've run into any issues. Hiding and filtering music hasn't been reported so please let us know what you're running into by sending us an email at support@joinarc.us Also, Live Mode is available! Please make sure you're on the latest version available on the App Store!
