Ensemble Composer User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience77.4% of reviews
Neutral7.1% of reviews
Negative experience15.5% of reviews

~ Based on 84 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Ensemble Composer Safe?

Ensemble Composer appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Ensemble Composer is 91/100.

This assessment is based on 275 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

90.5% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
7.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 275 App Store ratings for Ensemble Composer.

Is Ensemble Composer Legit?

Ensemble Composer appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Ensemble Composer is 85/100.

Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Absolute Comeback 🔥🔥

Well Done… This update is amazing… You must have worked really really hard to get this done and I gotta tell you …. The best Drumline mobile app EVER!!!

Please 🙏🏻

… Please fix the audio of the drums that’s all I ask for , everything else is great but it’s just the way the drums sound.

One of the best

Hello again , I had already submitted a review while back with that long long statement about the new sounds . Please take consideration of how beautiful and real the snares especially sounded before you updated them to the new audio engine. It was such a good and strong sound from them ! Please take it into consideration !!! Maybe make more sound choice options !
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One of the best

I really have loved this app for so long … truly one of the best mobile Drumline apps out there for sure !!! I’ve had this app since 2022. Everything is great! However , the new update ? The sound changes ? Here’s my story : I use Medly to create Drumline/DCI like shows and Export the mp3 audio files from this app to the Medly app for The Battery parts.
The best thing I have ever done , totally how I wanted it to turn out to be!!! Love it all! But…

Issue #1 : the sound in general on all parts is just “different” then how it sounded before this new update. Like Snare tuning wasn’t lower, basses weren’t quiet on shots or Rim clicks. Quads are fine…

Issue #2 : Everytime I make a faster rhythm , it just doesn’t sound “together” or the sound kinda gets cut off sometimes. For example I make a triplet roll , it doesn’t sound even.

Issue #3 : When I export the audio to Medly for my shows, before the new update, the audio sounded very clear and loud enough to balance with the rest of the ensemble : brass and pit.
Now with this new update, the audio on the battery from this app to Medly sounds I’m afraid to say this but “weak”. It’s like the brass and pit are overplaying the drumline and we would never want that in a real setting!!

I apologize if it’s a lot to read but I just wanted to state my true thoughts on this app recently! Please investigate into some of this :) other than that, I love this app 🫶🏻🫶🏻
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Developer has listened! There’s just one more thing

Before, the update prevented me from opening my older files, I couldn’t hear anything unless I had head phones in and everything became janky. Now, all of those issues are gone! This app is awesome and I’m glad you’re keeping it in good condition!

-my last request is to simply revert the sound of the snares. They lost the amazing tune sound they had. If there’s an option to revert, please make it available!
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Update this app !!!!!

I have been using this app for some time now however recently when i have created new cadence it stop saving. I would love to keep use this app but the update is a must !!!!!!!!!!!!

Response from developer

sorry to read that you're having issues. Please try cleaning up your files to get more space.

New update is horrendous

Love the app since I first got it. However, the new update is horrific. Extremely terrible. I can’t even make a split bass part or a quint part. Needs fixing immediately.

MAKE A NEW UPDATE

The most recent update is trash. Sound audio is terrible, music isn’t saving, it still lags and glitches out which has never been fixed for the past several years. Used to be so great and simple, now it just sucks. Please fix it! It’s worth ZERO stars. Pathetic!

Really rough update

I want to preface this by saying I loved this app for quite a while. I’d often use this to write a ton of click tracks for my students but now I don’t think that can be the case anymore. Everything sounds so compressed and awkward since they updated everything. Not entirely sure why the made updates to the audio when a lot of stuff felt really smooth prior to this latest update. This needs to be resolved big time if people are going to consistently use this again.
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Update

I don’t know what happened but everything isn’t smooth, the scroll is choppy and the snare sounds like a field drum, it also bugs and won’t stay with the metronome. Could we please change this back. I think we would ALL appreciate this.

The new update ruined it

This app was amazing before the new update. The main issue for me at least is how choppy everything is now. The audio stutters in almost every measure and makes it hard to listen to. The new sounds aren’t bad imo but it does make the cymbal line sound weird. The cymbal sounds bleed into each other which sounds odd. It also seems like the files have doubled in size too.

This is a good app but definitely needs some more tweaking to make it great again
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Response from developer

Sorry to hear about the troubles. No one wants to lose their master pieces.  The new home screen is basically a finder window. You'll find all your beats in the folder "On my iPhone" -> Ensemble -> **all your beats**.dla  From there you can move them to iCloud (if you use that).

Horrible Update

I’m not sure what they were thinking with this latest update. Nothing is rhythmically accurate anymore, the snare sounds are now low pitched like a field drum instead of a marching snare, and the “Scroll” feature is choppy instead of smooth. They tried to fix what wasn’t broken. I used this app for work AND as a practice tool. It was so rhythmically accurate, I could play along with it and make sure I was rhythmically accurate. It was perfect the way it was and they ruined it.
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REVERT THE UPDATE

Files have disappeared

The tenor section for all files have the one drum moved to the 4th drum

The bass section can’t be subdivided

There is no audio unless you have headphones or Bluetooth connection

The file sizes have doubled

Certain “legacy” files do not work anymore

Bad update

With this new update, all of my previous files before the update no longer open. I have no sound unless I plug in headphones and the scroll option is super laggy. Man, this is devastating.

Huge new issue

Since the new update I’m not able to make any subdivision in the bass drums and it ruins the file. Hope to see this fixed soon :/

It’s pretty cool

Wasn’t sure what to expect but I really like it. I’d say it’s a drum beat maker app. Kinda confusing but learning how to use it is half the fun.

Not a huge fan

I’ve used this all for years, but I will admit that it was way too expensive for how glitchy it is. I lose most of the things I write due to the app crashing

Good App

If there was a hi-hat option for the cymbals it would be golden. Also, if the unison on the bass drums were actually a unison instead of just the lowest bass. Maybe also, I get the need for articulation, but i personally hate when you play one drum on tenors and then when you play the next drum it cuts off the first drum, but I guess that’s personal preference.
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Update this app !!!!!

I have been using this app for some time now however recently when i have created new cadence it stop saving. I would love to keep use this app but the update is a must !!!!!!!!!!!!

Response from developer

sorry to read that you're having issues. Please try cleaning up your files to get more space.

Add a single tenor section.

Love the app since I first got it. Y’all should really add a single tenor section so that you don’t need to make separate beats for the quint and single tenor.

Response from developer

Wait for the file to synch with iCloud before opening it right after a save.