# Modacity: Pro Music Practice — Metronome, Practice Planner

> Professional metronome, tuner, and practice log for musicians. (iPhone/iPad app by BotRobot, Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/modacity-pro-music-practice/id1351617981 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [BotRobot, Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1728946488)
- Category: Music, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 284 App Store ratings · 152 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 121 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2018-04-23
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/modacity-pro-music-practice/id1351617981/reviews.md

## What is Modacity?

Stop ending practice with a question mark. Modacity is the Deliberate Practice System for serious musicians — helping you plan, record, reflect, and hear your progress session by session.


USED BY PROFESSIONALS

Serious musicians improve because their next session starts with a plan.

"Musically life changing app! Amazing app that every serious musician should have! Bravo."
-- Richard Stoelzel, President World Trumpet Society & Professor of Trumpet, McGill.

"I am amazed how well the Modacity system works."
-- Anne, amateur violinist

“As a trumpet player (ergo, loudmouthed and opinionated) I’ve often been wrong. However, in this case I’ve never been wronger. The app has become the central pillar of my practice schedule and I’d be lost without it. With that in mind, the price is cheap!!”

-- John Thirkell, trumpet & flugelhorn - Jamiroquai, Level 42, Buddy Rich Band

"Swiss army knife to organize and focus my music practice. I can’t imagine my life without it"
-- Armen, product manager & duduk player

“Just wanted to tell you how helpful this app has been over the years. I got my first regional job at 640 hours and then one more regional gig and a one year with a big orchestra at 930 hours on the app.”
-- Samuel Wamhoff, Principal Trombone - Modesto Symphony Orchestra; 2nd Trmb - Stockton Symphony; Acting 2nd - San Francisco Opera

METRONOME — Professional-grade metronome with subdivisions, accent patterns, and tap tempo. The timing foundation every serious musician needs.

CHROMATIC TUNER — Accurate, responsive, always available. Never practice out of tune again.

PRACTICE PLANNER — Plan and track every session. Write what needs work mid-session, rate how it went, and come back to it next time. Never lose the thing you meant to fix.

Start your first session. Know what to fix tomorrow. Enjoy an automatic 14-day free trial with your new account.

Modacity helps musicians of all genres practice effectively; Classical to Rock, Bluegrass to Pop, Modacity works for everyone.

Subscribe to Modacity Premium (monthly or annual) to unlock:

• Practice Statistics
• Unlimited Deliberate Practice Mode
• All Metronome Features
• Unlimited cloud-sync notes & recordings
• Practice Folders
• Full History Log
• Practice Break Reminders

Subscription payments will be charged to your Apple ID account and will automatically renew at $12.99 USD per month or $129 USD per year, unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period.
You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase.
Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

Prices may vary by country.

Terms of Service: https://www.modacity.co/legal/#terms

For All Instruments!

Piano
Flute
Violin
Trumpet
Percussion
Cello
Clarinet
French horn
Trombone
Saxophone
Tuba
Oboe
Bassoon
Viola
Bass
Timpani
Harp
Guitar
Voice
Soprano
Tenor
Alto
Baritone
Bass

## Key features

- Professional metronome with subdivisions and accent patterns
- Accurate and responsive chromatic tuner
- Automatic practice session tracking
- Practice statistics and improvement monitoring
- Support for all musical instruments
- Cloud sync for notes and recordings

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Modacity Premium - Annual | $129.00 | per year |
| Modacity Premium - Monthly | $12.99 | per month |


## What do users think of Modacity?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 💡 Helps organize practice sessions
- 👍 Useful practice tools (metronome, recording, etc.)
- 🚀 Streamlines practice workflow
- 👍 Tracks practice progress and history
- 💡 Encourages deliberate practice
- 👍 Good customer support

**Cons**

- 💰 Expensive subscription model
- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔒 Requires account creation
- 👎 Limited free version functionality
- 👎 Cluttered or unintuitive UI

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Recordings stop playing unexpectedly
- Practice history data sometimes lost or inaccurate
- Crashes when creating new practice items

**Most requested features**

- Add video recording capability
- Improve iPad support and layout
- Allow more customization of practice items and lists
- Implement better data export and backup options
- Add more drone and metronome features

## Recent user reviews (10 of 152)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/modacity-pro-music-practice/id1351617981/reviews.md

### 5/5 — My favorite practice app

*2026-07-30*

I’ve been using Modacity for many years now, and it has become one of my favorite practice apps of all time. I honestly cannot practice without it at this point. It’s capable of so many different things: helps keep me organized and focused, keeps track of all my stats and metrics, and I can keep all of my notes and recordings all in one place that’s easily accessible. As a classical musician who is currently taking a lot of auditions, being able to create playlists of all the excerpts into one list to keep track of notes, recordings, and time spent practicing has been a game changer for me. The timers are also super helpful in keeping me focused. Highly recommend to any musician who is looking to get a little more organized and focused in their daily practice.

### 4/5 — Essential Tool in Daily Use

*2026-07-22*

Modacity is always open on my phone when I’m practicing. (Honestly it’s not always daily, but I thought that made a better title for the review.) My longest practice streak is 111 days, and I know that because I tracked it in Modacity. For me this “gamification” of practicing is a powerful motivator. The ability to track what items I have practiced is also meaningful to me. And I have several “lists”—groups of individual practice items with timings—so I can pick something I feel is meaningful when I know I have a limited amount of time to work. I’d give the app five stars but for some small user interface details that I would do differently. And about that I’m happy to say that the app’s developers and product managers have responded to my suggestions, implementing some of the changes I suggested. 
I’m really happy to have this app as an aid for continuous improvement of my musicianship.

### 1/5 — Update is terrible

*2026-06-26, version 3.0.3*

Update made everything worse. Anything I used the app for is now harder to do, doesn’t work as well, or both.
Also, the app randomly cancels my practice session when I go to a different app then come back to it. 
So the practice time tracker is unreliable and completely useless. Don’t depend on the app to track how long you’ve practiced.

### 1/5 — Shameful not to have access to old recordings

*2026-05-15, version 3.0.2*

I used this app daily and recorded my piano lessons every two weeks - I can now no longer access my old recordings and now have a trivial number of items available to me - do not bother with this app - they might have their reasons to make the changes explained to other recent reviewers ( Luke is spot on so I won’t repeat ) but they clearly have no respect or regard for the efforts of their musician users - they effectively steal your data and hold you to an expensive sub to get it back - avoid

### 1/5 — In shock.

*2026-05-04, version 3.0.2*

Don’t update. Daylight robbery. Modacity now only allow you access to a whopping 9 items. It’s insane. So generous of them…cheers. They’re clearly really thinking about the customer? I mean WOW. The update gives you limits on your reminders, recordings, everything, even your cloud syncing. You can kiss goodbye to all your lists. Speechless. Monthly subscription is now £12.99, with ZERO saving plans offered for longer term. Bit harsh? Didn’t realise the exchange rate was £1:€1 ? Mind looking into that one?

Not to mention this new app design is totally unnecessary, ugly, and a waste of their [our] money. The beautiful object was to encourage practice, no? Which you’d already mastered? Wasn’t it pleasing enough to you that you’d made the perfect app? Not earning enough eh? Watch out folks - Modacity is no more, just another click-bait tabloid. So unless you have fat pockets (and not much between the ears), I’d avoid sponsoring this company, as you certainly won’t improve much on your instrument without subscription, and because clearly this company has caught the “financially-unsatisfied” bug, and resorted to soulless and careless expansion at the expense of widespread musical encouragement. If you want to improve on your instrument with Modacity, without subscription - DO NOT UPDATE. 

Such a shame that this once-brilliant and immensely helpful app has now become another transparent business-first-client-second  moneymaker. Horrendous.

### 2/5 — Good app for practice.

*2026-01-28*

This is a good app for practice. Unfortunately the new update makes things harder to find and lists take a lot longer to scroll with much larger fonts and list item sizes.

**Developer response:** Michael from the support team here. Thanks for the kind words, and for taking the time to leave honest feedback too. We've been actively monitoring feedback around information density and ease of navigation as we continue refining the design, so this is genuinely helpful to hear.
If anything feels hard to find or the layout is getting in the way of your practice, feel free to email me directly at michael@modacity.co — I'm happy to help you get the most out of the app.

### 2/5 — New version woes

*2026-01-21, version 3.0.0*

This app was really nice before the update. Very simple interface that allowed one to quickly get to the features they needed without losing momentum. This update is not very intuitive and features are many clicks away. It is next to impossible to find the practice history for one example. 
Additionally, the app seems to quit out of timed practice if you navigate away from the app.
I am super disappointed with this update and hope they fix some of the issues in updates.
Bummer.

### 1/5 — Unreliable app and customer service

*2026-01-21, version 3.0.0*

Bought the app and used it for a couple weeks. The sync broke my practice items (missing items on dates) even though the stats showed the proper data. Opened a support ticket, waited for a reply, then when they tried resolving the issue basically gave up and said it’s a glitch. Now the app isn’t showing any recent items so I would have to start over (can’t click songs in stats). So, not reliable app or customer service. I’ll look elsewhere and cancel my subscription. Wasted $85.

### 2/5 — Disappointing Change

*2026-01-20, version 3.0.0*

This used to be my go to app for practicing and practice organization. They suddenly changed the user interface to something that seems more convoluted, and seemingly every feature, including practice items and lists that I had created before, is now behind a $14.99/month pay wall. Incredibly disappointing. I’m sad that I’ll now need to find an alternative for myself and to recommend to my students.

### 1/5 — Unbrauchbar seit Update

*2026-01-19*

Seit dem Update kann ich meine angelegten Trainings nicht mehr alle nutzen. Ich deinstalliere die App jetzt, da ~15€/Monat auch deutlich zu teuer sind.

**Developer response:** Hallo, hier ist Michael vom Support-Team. Danke, dass du dir die Zeit genommen hast, dein Feedback zu teilen.
Dieses Update war ein schwieriger, aber notwendiger Schritt für die langfristige Nachhaltigkeit von Modacity. Die vorherige Version konnte nicht mehr sicher gewartet werden, und einige Funktionen sind jetzt Teil der kostenpflichtigen Version — damit wir die App werbefrei, gepflegt und kontinuierlich verbessernd halten können.
Wir möchten, dass Modacity für alle zugänglich bleibt. Wir bieten Stipendien an — keine Fragen gestellt — du kannst dich hier bewerben: https://www.modacity.co/support/scholarships/ Ich schätze dein Feedback wirklich, es hilft uns, die App weiterzuentwickeln.

## Frequently asked questions about Modacity

### What does Modacity do?

Modacity is a comprehensive music practice tool that includes a professional-grade metronome with advanced features like subdivisions and accent patterns, a highly accurate chromatic tuner, and an automatic practice log to track your sessions and monitor progress over time.

### What are the key features of Modacity?

Key features include a professional metronome, a chromatic tuner, automatic practice logging, practice statistics, unlimited deliberate practice mode, cloud-sync notes and recordings, and practice folders. It supports a wide range of instruments.

### How much does Modacity cost?

The app offers a free trial and can be subscribed to monthly for $12.99 USD. This subscription unlocks premium features such as practice statistics, unlimited deliberate practice mode, all metronome features, and cloud-sync capabilities. Prices may vary by country.

### What instruments is Modacity compatible with?

Modacity is designed for all instruments, including piano, guitar, violin, trumpet, percussion, cello, clarinet, saxophone, voice, and many more. It caters to musicians across all genres, from classical to rock and bluegrass.

### How can Modacity help me improve my practice?

By providing a precise metronome, an accurate tuner, and detailed practice logging, Modacity helps you focus on your timing, intonation, and session duration. The practice statistics allow you to identify what's working and track your improvement, leading to more effective and deliberate practice.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.5 — 2026-08-23

- Simplified Practice Room Tool Bar! Buttons for "Add Note" & "Open Journal"
- Back-end updates

### 3.0.4 — 2026-07-09

IMPORTANT:
• Restore in-progress practice session after background termination
• Fix Tuner for iOS iPhone & iPad devices
• Your content stays accessible even after a subscription reverts to free
IMPROVEMENTS:
• Deep Link to Create Practice Item page
• New sorting: shuffle once (keeps the order) or shuffle every time, with sort options grouped for quicker access
• Open your Practice Journal right from the Finish Practice screen
• Add a note directly from Practice Item details
• The app now remembers your last tabs on Home and Practice Now
• Create a folder, list, or item straight from search when there are no results
• Clearer "Add +" button for strategies, with keyboard support

### 3.0.3 — 2026-06-11

Fixed bugs & updates
- Lists properly sync between devices
- fixed "zombie" reminders
- Recording export now works on iPadOS 17
- backend updates

### 3.0.2 — 2026-04-28

Annual subscription option ($129/year - save 17% compared to monthly)
Simplified tutorial
Automatic 14-day premium trial for new accounts
Back-end updates

### 3.0.1 — 2026-03-17

Version 3.0.1 updates our App Store presentation. The app itself continues to deliver the professional metronome, chromatic tuner, and practice tracking tools introduced in v3.0.

• New: Minimal Card Style setting for a cleaner, more compact look
 • Practice timer now pauses correctly during Deliberate Practice
 • Total timers display on the practice list before you start
 • Improved streak calculations and “last practiced” accuracy
 • Recording exports now use readable file names
 • Fixed drone note: replaced duplicate Eb with Ab in "flat mode"
 • Pasting multiple items now recognizes paragraph separators
 • Numerous crash fixes and stability improvements across audio, tuner, metronome, and sync
 • Bundled fonts for reliable offline use

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