# Ella: Sight Singing & Reading — user reviews > 208 indexed App Store user reviews of Ella by Ensemble Education, rated 4.70/5 from 1,131 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ella-sight-singing-and-reading/id1301456113/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ella-sight-singing-and-reading/id1301456113.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 961 · 4★ 110 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 23 ## Newest reviews (18 of 208) ### 4/5 — HOW CAN I.. *2025-10-28, version 2025.7* It has helped me but I think it can be better. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-09-04, version 2025.6* Love this app, its quick to open it up and get straight into practise, good pace. Well thought out approach to progressing through stages of difficulty. Tried a bunch, this one’s a winner in my book! ### 5/5 — Afinador *2025-08-03, version 2025.6* Fantástico ### 5/5 — You are the best *2025-06-25, version 2025.5* The best best best app for me ### 2/5 — Doesn't Have an Option to Play Notes Before You Attempt to Sing *2025-06-22, version 2025.5* Maybe this was intentional but I don't understand creating an app to even help/assist beginners to sight-singing without offering SOUND in the preview. Nothing plays so there isn't anything for a beginner to test their singing against. Smdh...back to the drawing board. (I wish folks could comment on review with different app suggestions. 😫😔) ### 2/5 — Doesn't Have an Option to Play Notes Before You Attempt to Sing *2025-06-18* Maybe this was intentional but I don't understand creating an app to even help/assist beginners to sight-singing without offering SOUND in the preview. Nothing plays so there isn't anything for a beginner to test their singing against. Smdh...back to the drawing board. (I wish folks could comment on review with different app suggestions. 😫😔) **Developer response:** Hi! Thanks for the review. On Ella you can preview questions by clicking the 'preview' button or by clicking on the notes on the staff. Both of these features should produce sound. If it doesn't for you, please shake your phone and report a bug through the app. You can also contact us directly at support+ella@ensemble-education.com ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-06-03, version 2025.3* A stunning learning app with an exquisitely well-crafted interface and simplified functionalities, making it perfect for absolute beginners. What's most surprising is that this is a truly free app with no ads and no subscriptions. I'm very curious about what motivates the developers to maintain such a high-quality app, which could easily be a paid product, for free over the long term. ### 5/5 — brilliant! *2025-05-29, version 2024.2* amazing app! so grateful it is free! very helpful 😊😊 ### 3/5 — don't like the new update *2025-05-10, version 2025.2* This was my favorite app but I am not really digging the new version. Seems like they dumped it down and simplified it and now I find it less useful. They seem to have taken away the leaderboard as well which I enjoyed. I wish I could go back to the old version. Same story with every app these days I guess new updates messed everything up when they could've just kept it as is. ### 5/5 — Gratidão! *2025-04-24, version 2025.2* Q app incrível. Muito obrigada ### 5/5 — Great *2025-04-20, version 2025.1* Can you add ninths tenths elevenths twelfths and thirteenths ### 5/5 — Helps with sight reading *2025-04-05, version 2024.2* I got this app to help with my sight reading and singing accuracy and it has helped me a lot. Easy to use. ### 2/5 — Sorry. Not useful. *2025-03-01, version 2024.2* Upon opening this app, you are presented with notes. There’s a little record button which I assume is to check to see if I’m on pitch? I use that and then… Nothing happens. No prompting to continue on. I have no idea how to use this app ### 5/5 — La meilleure app’ dans le domaine *2025-02-16, version 2024.2* Interface simple et efficace, détection parfaite et contenu très bien pensé. ### 5/5 — Sighting *2025-02-04, version 2024.2* It was fun to see what I could do and what I could not ### 5/5 — Génial *2025-01-30, version 2024.2* Je chante en chorale depuis longtemps Je sens bien que je ne suis pas toujours juste. Je suis contente d’avoir trouvé cette appli qui me permet de m’améliorer Bravo 👏 ### 5/5 — Phenomenal *2025-01-07, version 2024.2* Great tool ### 5/5 — كدهزاخرغذخولذح *2025-01-04, version 2024.2* حلاوه به ربخذهزق ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — fake reviews *2025-06-19, version 2025.5* mic never heard sheet!!! ### 1/5 — Ugly changed *2025-05-11, version 2025.2* The new design is awful. It no longer is easy to read and the visual UX is ugly. I have no idea why they changed something that worked so well ### 1/5 — Dur 🤬 *2024-09-21, version 2024.2* Je ne comprends pas ce qu’il faut faire ou sont les musique 🎵🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 ### 1/5 — Not intuitive for me *2024-02-07, version 2022.6* I’m not sure what is to be done when. I’ve asked for instructions. It doesn’t start recording till I’m halfway through the sequence and then I don’t match the sequence. Buggy? Should I know that I need to wait several seconds before starting after I hit record? I don’t get it. Perhaps it’s just too simple. ### 1/5 — Ok *2023-01-05, version 2022.6* This. App stays even though I deleted ### 1/5 — no instructions *2021-09-28, version 2021.9* no instructions ### 1/5 — Make the tuner easer to find. *2021-08-24, version 2021.9* Make the tuner easier to find ### 1/5 — Non serve a niente *2021-06-02, version 2021.7* I vocalizzi sono ben altro ### 1/5 — Gratis? *2021-02-17, version v2021.1* Si es gratis porqué me ha aparecido un “procesando pago”? ### 1/5 — Does not work with Bluetooth *2021-01-23, version v2020.16* Useless because I can only listen on my iPhone speakers. I have my AirPods connected and it still plays sound through the speakers. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great App! *2026-09-01, version 2026.3* I’ve been working through steps in this app and I am really enjoying it. The features that I like are: it uses real music examples, you get immediate feedback after you record yourself, you can attempt each example as much as you want and go back and review sections. Lots of settings for voice range, counting in and adjusting the timing. ### 5/5 — Feels too good to be true but it isn’t *2026-08-02, version 2026.2.1* This is an amazing resources and it’s absolute mind-boggling that it’s free. This is an accessible way to make an integral skill like sight singing a foundation of any musician’s music education, not just singers. ### 5/5 — Absolutely Brilliant! *2026-04-23, version 2026.1* I’ve only had this for a couple of days but my sight singing is already improving! I’ve always played instruments and love to sing but have never tried to master sight singing. Now I am working my way up the path on this app which is clear and systematic and I’m addicted. Thank you!! ### 5/5 — A+ *2026-04-04, version 2025.7* I’ve used it for 2 weeks. Excellent function and video. ### 5/5 — The app I’ve been looking for! *2026-02-23, version 2025.7* Yes yes yes this app deserves 5+ stars! I’ve been so excited about this. It’s so challenging and so rewarding. I sing professionally, but I’ve never been a sight singer. This app, paired with in-person lessons, is helping me get better than I ever imagined I could! ### 5/5 — As long as it stays free, it’s incredible *2026-02-02, version 2025.7* What the title says! I came back to this app after it had a bunch of updates, and I’ve fallen in love with it once more. As long as it stays free, this review will stay up! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-01-23, version 2025.7* Like it so far ### 5/5 — Sight Singing *2025-11-28, version 2025.7* Excellent app!! ### 5/5 — Recommended! *2025-11-15, version 2025.7* I recommend this to everyone as part of a great routine for improving intonation in singing. ### 5/5 — Wow! *2025-10-30, version 2025.7* Wish I had this years ago! So helpful for easy practice. I dreamt of this app and finally it exists. --- *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 2026-09-09.*