# Music Practice Log - Tracker — user reviews

> 41 indexed App Store user reviews of Music Practice Log by Gary Milligan, rated 4.46/5 from 132 ratings.

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- Rating breakdown: 5★ 99 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 7

## Newest reviews (13 of 41)

### 4/5 — Amazing app

*2022-11-20, version 2.5.0*

This app is really amazing for helping organize and focus practice!

There are a few bug issues like when I set times, some of the tasks squish down where I can’t really read the name.

### 3/5 — Good, but could be better

*2022-06-11, version 2.5.0*

I appreciate that you can put in a subcategory but I wish it weren’t required. You just don’t always need one, and I’m struggling to use the app efficiently.

### 4/5 — Almost great…

*2022-03-02*

Very good, I like it. Gives structure to a practice session and stops me indulging the parts I like!

What would be great would be a (switchable) sonic alert as you complete your allocated time for each practice period, I can’t believe it hasn’t got this. Without it, I have to keep looking at my phone, which can be annoying when the periods are very short, such as for a scale.

### 3/5 — Great effort but missing absolutely REQUIRED feature

*2021-09-06, version 2.5.0*

Unless I’m missing it in settings somewhere, there is no ability to edit the time of your practice. Right out of the gate, I had several times where I forgot to pause the app when called away from my practice and came back to a 20 minute time for a practice item and no way to edit it for the actual amount of time. Without this ability, I can’t really recommend the app. I’m using the paid version…

### 4/5 — Good App, but

*2021-03-11*

I really like the way that this app works, but it crashes a lot when trying to create new categories:

### 3/5 — Almost there

*2021-02-22, version 2.5.0*

The sub-categories make this work for classical music. My cat accidentally paused the timer on one movement of a Beethoven Sonata.  Sometimes I also forget to turn off the timer but know when I quit.  I could correct the record. I only gave this app 3 stars because I just started using it. I will use it for several days and then weigh in again.

### 4/5 — Good but

*2021-01-20*

I’ve used this app for a couple of years and the practice log is great but unfortunately on two occasions all my statistics were lost and can’t be restored.

### 3/5 — More complicated than I need it to be

*2020-04-14, version 2.4.0*

This app has a lot of nice features but I need something simpler and I don’t see a way to set this up in a simple way. It forces you to make really specific categories and sub- categories. Honestly that much be cool but it’s kind is a pain in the butt. I just wanted an app that I could track time days and a few notes for practice on 5 instruments. I found one way to just enter manually the practice time but now I can’t seem to find that feature again. If I want to track how much practice i put in  I have to start the timer when I start. If I forget I have to run the timer and set a separate timer to remember to turn it off. If I let the timer run too long there’s no way to edit the total practice time that I can see. I just want an easy manual entry of a couple of different topics and this app makes it really difficult to do that. Shopping for something different.

### 4/5 — First days positive

*2020-01-28*

So far this app has helped me to get my music practice organised and productive. I’m still trying to have the practice sessions flexible for me to move about. Still looking for a solution to that.

### 2/5 — Not Very User Friendly!

*2019-11-06*

I’m by no means bad with technology, but am finding this app a pain to use. For some reason, you can’t just say you are practicing X, - you have to put X in a folder, in another folder. I forgot to add my practice yesterday and can’t work out how/if I can even do it today. I seem to be spending more time trying to get around than actually logging anything. An app like this needs to be quick and easy to use, and to be honest I’m gutted I bought it.

### 5/5 — Um... Wow. This. Is. Exactly. What. I’ve. Been. Looking. For!

*2019-04-05, version 2.1*

this is really exactly what I’ve been looking for! there is so much to practice and i’ve been wanting a way to keep track pf it all. i actually like the granularity of it all. i can really hone down on things and focus on mastering each aspect of my practice. i like that i can rate my progress. i really like that i can set up different practice sessions. seriously, thank you for making this!

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2019-03-10, version 2.1*

Exactly what I was looking for. My practice time is now focused.

### 3/5 — Almost a great app

*2019-02-14*

This app could be great, if it had the following functions:
1. It needs a go back button. Sometimes I inadvertently hit the next button. 
2. The requirement to have two subcategories for an exercise is unnecessary. 
3. Starting the metronome should start the clock on the exercise. 
4. This is my biggest annoyance--the clock stops if I multi-task. I have scores on my iPad that I practice, but the clock stops the second I switch to my score app.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Scam

*2020-02-14, version 2.3.1*

Can’t log practice time

**Developer response:** Hi mhoman,

Please see the help section available within the app.  It includes a video that demonstrates how to set up a timed practice session.  You can also log time manually without using the inbuilt timer.

Thanks,
Gary

### 1/5 — Horribly Unintuitive Interface

*2019-11-01, version 2.2.1*

Very frustrated by this app. Was hoping to use it to monitor my daughter’s piano practice progress but the unintuitive interface of this app coupled with the apparent lack of any real functionality that couldn’t be more easily done with a pencil and paper made this app worthless to me. Have now deleted it from my iPhone.

### 1/5 — Does Not Work on iPad

*2019-09-29, version 2.2.1*

The description says it will work on my iPad PRO 11.0 IOS 12.4.1 It does NOT!  The start menu and practice timing screen will not appear.  I spent the last 3 hours figuring I was doing something wrong.  I went back to the YouTube video and they use an iPhone for demonstrative purposes. The “iPad” version looks nothing like that.  It’s time for my money back and better testing by the developer.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad

*2018-02-25, version 1.8*

Can’t get this to work at all on my sons iPad

**Developer response:** Hi, I'm sorry to hear you are having problems when using an iPad.  If you'd like to contact me via contact@garymilligan.com to let me know what the issue is, I can look into it for you.  Thanks, Gary

### 1/5 — Missing crucial element

*2017-07-26, version 1.5.2*

I'll change it to 5 stars if a feature that allows you to manually input your practice time is added.

**Developer response:** Hi Fred23.2, thank you for using Practice Makes Perfect and for your feedback.  As of version 1.7 you can now manually input practices to your instrument.  I hope you find this feature useful.  If you have any other suggestions, or issues, please contact by email, which you can do by going into the Settings and tapping Contact.  Thanks, Gary

### 1/5 — Disappointing

*2016-12-02, version 1.0*

No scale or arpeggio played 😡😡😡😡
All fake😡😡😡
Only waisting money 😤

### 2/5 — Would love a simple timer!

*2024-08-28*

Beautiful app, but puts your focus on playing with tech rather than an instrument. Would love to have a simple timer where after two clicks I’m focusing on music and the app tracks the time.

### 2/5 — Way too complicated

*2021-01-05*

I’m sorry to downvote this but I really don’t get how this app works. I play a number of different instruments and my practice routine is therefore quite wide-ranging. I couldn’t figure out how to actually begin a practice session once I’d logged all my practice information into the app. 

I think the problem is that there are far too many subdivisions required before one can actually practice. “Piano->Scales->Major->Key” is way too specific for me. I just want to have “Piano->Scales” be an option I can choose to practice but it won’t allow me to. Shame.

### 2/5 — Too many steps, not intuitive

*2020-11-06, version 2.4.0*

This app is probably great for a classical music student, but for anything else it’s overkill and clunky in its current form.

### 2/5 — too much effort for daily use

*2020-02-18, version 2.3.1*

I have a general daily practice regimen which changes from time to time. I was excited to see this app was designed around the idea that a practice session consists of various steps. Unfortunately, this app takes an “a la carte” approach to practice and sort of assumes what you practice may change everyday. It also assumes you want to keep a very fine-grained record of precisely what you did and did not practice, down to the individual tasks and items at hand. 

It has 3 levels of organization: categories, subcategories, and items. I play piano, so for instance, I might have the following:

Categories: Technical Exercises, Repertoire, Sight-Reading

Subcategories of Technical Exercises: Scales, Chords, Arpeggios, Hanon

Items of Scales: Parallel, Contrary (maybe you’d put the actually keys here as well)

When it’s time to practice, you pick and choose the items you’d like to practice, assign timing to them, and hit “go”. There is no way to repeat a practice from a previous day. Every “recipe” must be new. 

For me, this is a disappointment. I’d rather have a single “object” called a “Practice Regimen”, which is defined by a series of tasks optionally defined by their amount of time, and I can “instantiate” this regimen each day. The regimens are sorted in reverse chronological order. From time to time I might duplicate it and change some details, but practice regimens for piano (and many other instruments) usually don’t vary so often. For instance, I’d love to have the regimen:

Technical exercises: 20 mins
Repertoire 1: 20 mins
Repertoire 2: 20 mins
Repertoire 3: 20 mins
Sight Reading: 30 mins
Performance: 10 minutes

I don’t need to track the precise nature of the exercises or repertoire. Maybe optionally the app can let me add notes if I so please before and after each section.

Maybe some week, I instead just have two pieces, and no performance coming up. No problem, just duplicate it, delete Rep 3 and Perf. Then hit go.

It would be nice if the timers could measure undershooting and overshooting the estimated time, so as to help me adjust my daily regimen. 

So in all, this app is just far too complicated, requires a lot of effort before you touch your instrument, and makes logging by paper an easier proposition. 

With all that said, while the app doesn’t fit my use-case, but may fit others. If you have a *lot* of material you need to keep fresh and keep track of over long periods of time, then this app may be for you.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — My go-to for recording practice

*2024-12-16*

I’ve been using this app to record my practice for a few years now.  It just works.  The only thing I would improve is the syncing, I don’t get a proper copy of my data on my iPhone, only on the iPad. Otherwise, I use it religiously.

### 5/5 — Great

*2024-02-09*

Great, great product. Very flexible. Very stable.

### 5/5 — Very good!

*2021-09-17*

This is a really useful app, allowing you to set up different practice plans for different instruments. It’s very easy to use, intuitive to set up, and works reliably and consistently well. My only grumble would be that, although it allows you to track time spent overall practising, it doesn’t enable you to see time spent practicing individual elements, which would be useful to know whether you are spending more time on one thing and not enough on another, for example. But in general it’s good, and probably the best available at the moment - it hasn’t been updated for quite some time now, and could do with some additional features to make it great.

### 5/5 — All I want

*2021-01-03*

This is very easy to use. 99% intuitive and with a good help function/YouTube vid for a few things that aren’t intuitive. Just has all I want for logging how much time I spend on different pieces and scales. Seems to motivate me to practise more. Lots of scope for categorising and adding practice notes. The random practice function is great for a scale/arpeggio warm up. Works on my ancient iPhone 5s :)

### 5/5 — A great app for pactising...

*2020-08-09*

This has certainly improved over the time that I’ve been using it.
The leaning curve is no easy - darn right frustrating a times.
But after trying similar apps this is the best in my view.
A suggestion: can we have different colours for each instrument.  That would stand out more in the logs.
Thanks - keep up the good work.

### 5/5 — Love the app.

*2020-04-28*

Uncluttered and classy interface. Good functionality. I had a couple of questions about its use, contacted the developer and he replied on the same day. Also, great feature that it can back-up to iCloud. Great stuff!

### 5/5 — Great app especially for the price

*2019-10-18, version 2.2.1*

This app took a bit of practice itself, to understand how to set it up. But, after entering a standard practice session, some exercises, and songs I’m working on, it is quick and simple to use. 

For only $4 this app lets me track what I’m practicing and how much time I’m putting in. Because it uses iCloud, it doesn’t matter if I use my iPhone, or iPad, the same information is there. With some other apps requiring expensive subscriptions, I’m very happy using this one, even if I have to use a few others to supplement it. Thanks for making a very thoughtful and useful app at a reasonable price!

### 5/5 — Music practice log app review

*2019-08-11, version 2.1*

This app is just what I was looking for. No more messing with my old thick notebook for logging practice. It has a user friendly interface. Easy to use. This app makes me want to practice more.

### 5/5 — Just the ticket

*2019-05-23*

Just downloaded this app and after set up and review of all the features it has exceeded my expectations. Nice interface, does everything you would want. Thanks for putting it together. Now off I go to practice in a more ordered manner!...

### 5/5 — Great little app!

*2019-04-11*

I needed a way of managing practice time across piano, clarinet and 2 saxophones. This app offers an easy way of doing just this!
It would be 5 stars except for a couple of minor issues:
- I haven’t yet worked our how to sync info between my iPhone and iPad;
- there isn’t a way of pausing a practice - eg for when the phone rings. You have to stop that session, and then start another one?

Updated to 5 stars .... 2 days later. 
Gary has been extremely helpful, email conversation to sort above issues:-). App needs iCloud Drive enabled before app is installed for sync to work, and it is possible to pause during practice by tapping the timer!
Many thanks Gary!

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