# Harp Real — user reviews > 28 indexed App Store user reviews of Harp Real by Son Truong Ngoc, rated 4.70/5 from 635 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/harp-real/id1481348599/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/harp-real/id1481348599.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 531 · 4★ 52 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of Harp Real? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎵 Realistic harp sound quality - 💰 Free app with premium features - 🎛️ Adjustable parameters (reverb, room size, tuning levers) - 🎼 Built-in songs included - 😌 Relaxing and enjoyable to play - 🎹 Authentic folk harp simulation - 👍 User-friendly interface **Cons** - 📢 Unexpected ads during gameplay - 📖 Lack of instruction manual/documentation - 🔊 Sound issues for some users - 🎵 Pitch accuracy problems reported - ❌ Missing second hand notes for some songs **Commonly reported bugs** - No sound output for some users - Volume control not easily accessible - Incorrect pitches in some instances - App not functioning properly on some devices **Most requested features** - Background play functionality - Transpose button - Second hand notes for all songs - Better documentation/tutorial ## Newest reviews (8 of 28) ### 4/5 — Please make a play in background feature! *2023-07-31* Please make a play in background feature please! Overall good app! ### 4/5 — Beautiful app *2022-08-30* Beautiful app, just disappointed that we don’t get the second hand notes for some of the songs. Will there be an update to include these? You can clearly hear them in some of the songs but have no option to play them yourself. ### 4/5 — Love the sound *2022-08-06* A warm sound amazing harp ### 5/5 — 😄❤️😄 *2022-02-18* Very relaxing to play! ### 5/5 — perfectly simple and simply perfect! *2022-02-15* Harp real is real!what a gem!thank you so much developer team! ### 5/5 — Great *2020-11-23* What a great application thank you!! A real harp, just like I want 😍😍 ### 5/5 — Great app *2020-08-09* It works pretty well! ### 5/5 — Enjoyed! *2020-05-20* Captures some of the essence of playing a pedal harp nicely for free! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sound. *2023-07-25* Why is there no sound ? ### 1/5 — No sound *2021-10-22* Where is the ringer switch? ### 1/5 — No sound *2020-04-11* So not fun **Developer response:** Hi there, You please turn on ringer switch. Thank you ^^ ### 1/5 — Not working *2020-04-06* This has no sound **Developer response:** Hi there, You please turn on ringer switch. Thank you ^^ ### 1/5 — App does not work *2020-03-06* Sad ### 2/5 — eh *2023-04-25* works well, but the pitches are wrong ### 2/5 — IPad sound support issue *2020-06-03* On iPad, this app doesn't support sound. I tried on my iPhone, it's working fine. But, disappointed with the use on iPad. Please make the changes. **Developer response:** Hi there, You please turn on ringer switch. Thank you ^^ ### 3/5 — ， *2024-12-21* 为什么没有声音 ### 3/5 — It is new to me so I am no judge *2023-06-05* However I can’t readily figure out how to give it any volume at all. ### 4/5 — Sympa *2026-04-27* Je sais bien que sur une vraie harpe celtique on ne peut que hausser d'un demi-ton les hauteurs sonores de chaque corde, mais sur cette simulation virtuelle, où on peut faire autrement, ce serait bien de pouvoir aussi les baisser d'un demi-ton. Et aussi d'avoir un réglage global de transposition. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Beautiful sound *2026-05-18* I am so delighted to with the lyer instrumental sound and simplicity, that I purchase this instrument . My lyer has sixteen strings and I been searching for a teacher. Please advise, meanwhile I enjoy it his app and practice stokes sounds. Good day and thank you. ### 5/5 — 🫶 God 🫶 *2026-02-02* 🫶 God 🫶 ### 5/5 — Harp Real *2026-01-18* Harp Real ### 5/5 — Relaxing *2025-09-04* It relaxed me the first time I played it but I don’t know what I’m doing . But it’s nice ### 5/5 — Harp real *2025-08-27* It’s amazing! ### 5/5 — Amazing game *2025-05-29* I love all the beautiful songs they sound so nice I love this game so very much. ### 5/5 — Terrific sound! But surprised by ads. *2024-08-26* When I saw that this was a free app, I jumped right on it! I was expecting some kind of chintzy sound, but very much to my surprise however, the replication is so very true to what a harp should sound like! When I went to play some of the built-in songs, however, suddenly ads started popping up, which I wasn’t ready for at all. In fairness, one has to remember that pretty much anything free still has some kind of price, and while I get frustrated by ads that pop up out of nowhere (thus blowing the mood), I shouldn’t be surprised. That said, this is a truly wonderful app! I was looking for a transpose button somewhere, or even a marginal instruction manual, neither of which I found. However, if you wish to change the tuning of the harp, those little levers at the very top of the instrument are how you change it. that’s just like a non-pedal harp so the realism is very much there. The description says outright that this is modeled after a folk harp, which is much smaller — and MUCH less expensive — than a concert pedaled harp! You also have other parameters you can change, like reverb/ room size, and it is to the developers’ credit that so much detail was packed into this free app! Overall: Bravo to the developers! ### 5/5 — The real harp *2024-03-15* Enjoy working with digital harp instead of having a huge harp thank you for making this possible Dave ### 5/5 — Simple and Wonderful! *2023-06-14* Absolutely delighted that there is a free harp app like this. Great sound quality! Also, the fact that you are able to control the levers is fantastic! For anyone who likes music, and harps, I highly recommend this app! ### 5/5 — Beautiful *2022-08-27* Harps are really great instruments. --- *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 2026-09-02.*