# Crescendo Music — user reviews

> 7 indexed App Store user reviews of Crescendo Music by NCH Software, rated 3.80/5 from 13 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crescendo-music/id1641673174/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crescendo-music/id1641673174.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3

## Most critical reviews (7 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Waste of money - doesn’t work

*2026-01-29*

There is no audio playback from the score 😡. 
I know that the audio settings are correct, as the metronome plays perfectly, but there is nothing you can do to persuade the score to play. 
This is now my third attempt to use Crescendo. I first tried it a couple of years ago on a MacBook. More recently I installed a newer version on a Mac Studio. Now I’ve installed the iOS version on both my iPad and iPhone. None of these four devices played back any audio, other than the metronome. 
NCH eventually refunded my money for the Mac version in 2023, as they couldn’t make it work either. 
It would now appear that the iOS version is no better and the issue hasn’t been fixed. 
All they ever say is they will pass the details back to their developers and let me know when they’ve fixed the issue. Three years and still waiting. 😡
Please don’t trust this company with your hard earned cash !

### 1/5 — What happen , please fix

*2025-12-25*

I no longer hear any sound. This frustrating being that I composer I this app and it no longer produces any sounds. It not been work for numerous month. Very disappointed

### 1/5 — Annoying sound

*2025-10-12*

When I just got the app, and I opened my file for my score. I pressed the play button and it just made a loud trumpet sound over the music. It blocked my own music. When I tried to get out of the app and back to play it. Same thing happened again! Can you please fix it or tell me why it made that sound? Thank you.

**Developer response:** Hi there, We are sorry to hear you had a bad experience using our app. We will pass your feedback on to our developer. In the meantime, our team would love to help you with your concern, feel free to contact our support team here: https://www.nch.com.au/support/index.html. We appreciate your feedback. –NCH Software

### 1/5 — Basic flaw

*2025-07-10*

Seemed promising but no playback sound (iPad), so binned.

**Developer response:** Hi there, We are sorry to hear you had a bad experience using our app. We will pass your feedback on to our developer. In the meantime, please feel free to contact our support team here: https://www.nch.com.au/support/index.html if you need additional assistance. We appreciate your feedback. –NCH Software

### 2/5 — It breaks all the time!

*2024-12-27*

It keeps on playing one note forever NCH
 please fix this.

**Developer response:** Hi there, We are sorry to hear you had a bad experience using our app. We will pass your feedback on to our developer. In the meantime, our team would love to help you with your concern, feel free to contact our support team here: https://www.nch.com.au/support/index.html. We appreciate your feedback. –NCH Software

### 4/5 — Amazing app! But next time, they shall add a setting called “Make your own key signature”.

*2026-08-02*

They shall add this setting called “Make your own key signature” in the setting of Crescendo menus. I wrote 2 songs and both were amazing on my computer and my iPad! The sounds were pianish were rich in tone when I first used it.

### 5/5 — Great

*2024-11-26*

I have used Crescendo for a long time now, both free and paid, and it became my basis for comparison not only because it was the first sheet-music program I used substantially but also due to its accessibility. The layout isn’t pretty but it’s navigable and comes naturally after short use. Nothing is withheld from the experience by any settings and every part of the music is customizable. Highly recommend.

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