# Modacity: Pro Music Practice — user reviews > 152 indexed App Store user reviews of Modacity by BotRobot, Inc, rated 4.30/5 from 284 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/modacity-pro-music-practice/id1351617981/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/modacity-pro-music-practice/id1351617981.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 201 · 4★ 25 · 3★ 18 · 2★ 18 · 1★ 22 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (15 of 152) ### 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. ### 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. ### 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. ### 3/5 — Strong idea, mediocre execution *2026-01-16* This seemed like exactly what I’ve been looking for. It’s not quite there. It’s missing some critical features: - Ability to create an item in multiple keys. If I want to create a practice item for each bebop scale (12 of them), I have to do a terrible copy-paste workflow. - Ability to practice in some keys for the day. I want to work on major pentatonic scale soloing in 3 keys on any given day, and the key combinations will change. I can’t do that with this app without manually creating a bunch of lists. The problem is that I have to then do the same thing for each different thing I want to practice in multiple keys: I need many lists for pentatonic scales, many for bebop scales, many for minor scales. I want to be able to pick keys to work on today. - Ability to smartly combine items. Sometimes I want to work on an A section, then a B section, then both together. I can make separate Practice Items for each but it seems a little strange and messes up the tracking. The app is also extremely ugly. And what’s with the pictures next to practice items and lists? Screen space is precious and it’s wasted with random images that have nothing to do with what I’m practicing. I would much rather have a utilitarian design that maximizes useful information on the screen. I don’t think the creators of this app are musicians. If they are, I don’t think they use this app seriously. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to explain these workflows in detail, and we’re sorry we didn’t respond sooner. We understand why practicing the same material across changing combinations of keys, or combining sections in different ways, can become cumbersome with Modacity’s current item and list structure. These are thoughtful feature requests, and we’ve shared them with the team. We also hear your feedback about the visual design and the amount of space used by images. Since this review was posted, we’ve added an option to remove item images in App & Data Settings for musicians who prefer a denser, more utilitarian layout. Modacity is built by musicians with formal music backgrounds who remain active in music communities and use the app themselves. At the same time, musicians organize and approach their practice in many different ways, and we recognize that Modacity’s current workflows will not suit everyone. We appreciate the candid and detailed feedback. It gives us a clearer picture of what would make Modacity more useful for your kind of practice. ### 3/5 — Opinion about the update (Not a fan) *2026-01-15* I like the idea of a new interface and making it more “Up-to date” and it looks awesome!! However, I do not like that you can only have a limited amount of practice items and practice lists without getting Modacity premium. I remember before this update that I could do so and have as many practice items and lists as I wish, and I loved using it as it was. It made my practice sessions more organized and more efficient. However, this new update is something I am not a fan of. I miss the days where I could add as many items and practice lists as my heart desires. **Developer response:** Jared from the support team here. Thanks for sharing your honest feedback. I’m really glad to hear you like the direction of the new interface, and I completely understand why the limits on practice items and lists feel frustrating. This rebuild was a difficult but necessary step for the long-term sustainability of Modacity. The previous version had reached a point where we could no longer safely maintain or extend it, and some features are now part of the paid version so we can keep the app ad-free, maintained, and improving over time. We do want Modacity to remain accessible. We offer scholarships to anyone who requests one, no questions asked, and if cost is the main blocker you can apply here: https://www.modacity.co/support/scholarships/ I truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. Feedback like this helps guide how we refine the app moving forward. ### 4/5 — Update took all features *2026-01-14, version 3.0.0* Loved this app spent over a thousand hours on it, really sad to see it become prohibitively expensive. That in combination with the removal of all features like drone, recording download, and time stats is heartbreaking. If you have the old version DO NOT UPDATE. ### 3/5 — Basic functions now hidden behind expensive paywall *2026-01-14, version 3.0.0* I used the free version of this app almost daily for over a year, and loved it! Great feature set, reliable, intuitive UI, no ads or funny business, just an awesome tool for musicians. I was a big evangelist for the app and got several of my friends to start using it as well. Unfortunately, the 3.0.0 update locks basic features behind a $12.99/mo paywall, and the free version of the app is now essentially unusable. Losing access to lists and the majority of my practice items is a major bummer and eliminates the core functionality of the app: giving musicians the ability to make a practice plan and stick to it. I’ll be uninstalling, but will check back from time to time. If these features are reinstated for free users, I’ll gladly come back and will update my review accordingly—but in the meantime, I’m going back to pen and paper for my practice plans. ### 3/5 — Paying Customer for 6+ Months *2025-12-19, version 2.9.19* I was a paying customer for 6+ months and used the app to track my guitar learning and practice progress across various exercises, licks, techniques and songs. I found it helpful overall, and would generally recommended the app. But the pricing has gotten way out of hand. Over $100 a year for a practice app? Come on! I'm building my own competitor practice app, AI powered, and a much better, honed feature set geared specifically toward guitar and bass practice. First for my own personal use, and maybe will sell it on App Store. But it won't be for these crazy subscription prices. Maybe $0.99-$4.99/mo tops. ### 4/5 — Really great organizational and motivational tool! *2025-12-15, version 2.9.19* I got the app through a friend’s recommendation and the developer was kind enough to provide me with a scholarship. The experience has been great so far! I’ve been very consistent with my daily practice, and the recording function is really handy. I think it’s my favorite feature. All in all, Modacity is a very useful app that helps organize your practice session more efficiently. Highly recommended! ### 2/5 — Missing some really basic things for such an expensive app *2025-07-10, version 2.9.19* Overall it does the job. It tracks your practice time. It is fairly organized. However I have found a few things that seem like pretty serious oversights: Why can’t I sort the items in my practice report by minutes practiced? I just want to quickly see which items are getting left behind so I can spend a little more on them. In fact I can’t really make sense of how they are organized at all. Why is the daily average minutes practiced only for days that have practice sessions? It should at least be an option to include zeros. You practice 1hr each on Monday and Wednesday and miss Tuesday, it says your daily average is 60min, not 40min. If I accidentally leave the timer running or forget to turn it on, I can’t manually enter the correct practice time. Without decently displaying the data, it’s honestly only a smidge more convenient than a stopwatch and notebook. ### 2/5 — App has lots of functionality *2025-03-01, version 2.9.19* App looks very nice and has quite a bit to offer. I immediately was turned away from this app due to the requirement of an account. Biggest turn off for an app. This app should not require it. ### 3/5 — Good; lacks export *2024-12-17, version 2.9.19* It’s a really good app. But it lacks an export option, so you can’t get your data out of it, nor can you really back it up reliably. ### 2/5 — Completely neglected by the developer *2024-10-13, version 2.9.19* Let me start by saying that this is still fairly useful application, but when I bought the lifetime license few years back I didn't expect it to be abandoned by the developer. There were no significant updates in years and it is not an acceptable practice, especially as they still charge monthly and annual subscriptions. I have no idea what I have paid for at this point. ### 2/5 — Lost all data *2024-03-10, version 2.9.19* Worked great for awhile then today I didn't have any of my data. Practice lists were intact butt no history. It was using premium. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 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. ### 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. ### 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. ### 1/5 — Really difficult changes *2026-01-16, version 3.0.0* Not happy. Previous app worked very well ### 1/5 — Not Good *2026-01-16, version 3.0.0* The app is ok but I bought it when they first started the app in early stage. They told me if I bought it that I would have it for life for free and not have to pay if the app takes off. Well folks they lied and not wanting me to pay. I hate how they lied even when I bought the first beta version. ### 1/5 — Totals behind paywall *2026-01-15, version 3.0.0* Design isn’t easy on the eyes or to figure where things are at with the new design. And now all totals and basic stats are behind paywall. Can’t even build many practice playlists without paying ### 1/5 — Previously Amazing app… until owners got greedy *2026-01-14, version 3.0.0* Was an amazing app until they recently changed it try to make you buy premium. Now you can only use like three practice lists. Seriously disgusting how many companies try to squeeze as much money as they can from you. ### 1/5 — **Warning: Miscalculates average !** *2024-02-12* I loved this app, but sadly just discovered that it badly miscalculates averages. For example, if you play 30 minutes for 3 days in the week, and 90 minutes on another 3 days, and 0 minutes on one day, it will display your “weekly average” for the whole 7-day week as 60 minutes “per day.” It won’t count the day with 0 minutes. That’s bad math. The average should actually be 51.4 “per day.” My numbers varied a lot, so the app’s error wasn’t apparent at first, and now I realize I’ve been practicing much less than I thought. Would’ve been nice to know my real numbers. That’s the *sole* purpose of the app for me and many others. And it failed. (Also it needs an export function!!) ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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. ### 5/5 — One of my most-used apps *2026-01-16* It's here at last! I feel like I've been waiting for this update to Modacity for a long time. With this version of the app, I can finally get rid of my paper practice log books and go digital. The app is much more stable, it syncs more quickly and more reliably, the notes are in a more usable form, and the feature set is great. You can set goals, set reminders, review your progress, record yourself, send recordings to your teacher, and watch your practice hours grow. It's all I need in a digital practice notebook. For transparency I should add that I assisted in beta testing (unpaid) - I think I was asked to help because I complained so much about the previous version, which had potential but also had a lot of problems. This version solves those problems. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the thoughtful review! And we are grateful for all the candid feedback you shared during beta testing. Hearing that Modacity can now replace your paper practice logs and serve as the digital practice notebook you were waiting for means a great deal to us. Your feedback helped us identify problems in the previous version and build a more stable, reliable, and useful experience for musicians. We’re grateful that you gave Modacity another chance and helped us make it better. :) ### 5/5 — Simple but powerful *2025-12-09, version 2.9.19* The app is not complex but the habits it helps create is powerful. ### 5/5 — Great customer service and inspiring app *2025-07-13* I’m probably just scratching the surface of this app’s features, but I really do want to acknowledge the fantastic developer response to questions. I’m a multi-instrumentalist and of an age when we had to use a little practice notebook for our lessons and such, and accordingly I sometimes have trouble releasing control to an app or my phone for all this information, I get overwhelmed. But I have to say, the app does a pretty good job at letting you see exactly how much time you dedicated to what. I’d love to see some more options for folks who play more than one instrument and are trying to make sure there’s an appropriate amount of time dedicated. But this app really has so much to offer. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the thoughtful review, and we’re sorry we didn’t respond sooner. We’re especially glad our support team was able to help you feel more comfortable exploring everything Modacity has to offer. We understand how moving from a familiar paper practice notebook to an app can feel overwhelming, and it means a great deal to hear that Modacity is helping you see where your practice time is going. Your suggestion for better ways to organize and balance practice across multiple instruments is a thoughtful one, and we’ve shared it with the team. Thank you for giving Modacity a place in your practice! ### 5/5 — Great practicing app! *2025-04-25, version 2.9.19* This app is designed very well! It allows you to setup practice routines, so you know what to work on next. You can also easily record your playing and listen back for any spots you’d like to improve. There’s a metronome, too. Having all these things in one place has made it much easier for me to stay focused while practicing. For me, the cost of the app is well worth it. ### 5/5 — Awesome for practicing multiple things at once! *2024-06-24, version 2.9.19* I love Modacity for working on multiple songs and techniques at once. I use it to work on things for school and jazz jams! I love working and knowing that all of my jazz (my favorite) is balanced with the school music I don’t like as much. Thank you Modacity!!! ### 5/5 — A gift. *2023-10-07, version 2.9.17* Gifted!!!!! ### 5/5 — Absolutely love this app *2023-07-28, version 2.9.17* It’s genuinely saving me so much time and my focus has really improved using it, what a gem to be able to harness all that I’ve learned with such a beautiful and simple interface!!! ### 5/5 — Modacity *2023-06-29, version 2.9.17* The best practice app! Use your imagination and it will work wonders for your music!💥🎶💥 ### 5/5 — Everything You Need to Improve *2023-05-11, version 2.9.15* Great app… It keeps track of my playing time and allows me to create a personal practice schedule, even has a metronome. Has really helped me review and rate my progress. Very easy to use. --- *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 2026-08-25.*