Pocket Bard User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience85.0% of reviews
Neutral6.7% of reviews
Negative experience8.3% of reviews

~ Based on 314 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Pocket Bard Safe?

Pocket Bard appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Pocket Bard is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 1,349 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

95.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,349 App Store ratings for Pocket Bard.

Is Pocket Bard Legit?

Pocket Bard appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pocket Bard is 88/100.

Based on 88 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

So GOOD + No AI !!!

The fact that some DnD music app use only AI but THIS one is human made + easy to use + detailed make it sooo GOOD !! Hope to see more « places » and variety :) !!

Response from developer

Thanks very much for your review! We are proud that all the content in Pocket Bard was lovingly made by human artists and creatives - even our scene art! We have a ton of new scenes coming, so we appreciate your patience as we continue work expanding Pocket Bard. If there's anything you need, or if you have any suggestions, please let us know: support@pocketbard.app - thanks so much for your time!

Wonderful app

I really love this app, all the music and sound effects. The only thing that bothers me a bit is it not playing on bluetooth speakers, but its a really minor thing (also, could be just user error, lol)

Response from developer

Hello Cabo! Thanks so much for this feedback. It sounds like something may be going wrong on either our end or yours - Pocket Bard should be able to work with most bluetooth speakers. Not to worry, we're here to help. Please reach out to support@pocketbard.app so we can assist you! Sorry for the inconvenience and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

Muito bom

Simplesmente perfeito, a qualidade sonora é incrível não tem do que reclamar. Dou uma salva de palmas para os compositores pois não erraram em nada

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your kind words! We are so happy to hear that you're a fan of what we've created. If there are any additional suggestions or feedback you'd like to share, especially regarding our Portuguese translations, please let us know: support@pocketbard.app - thanks again for your time! Muito obrigado pelas suas palavras gentis! Ficamos muito felizes em saber que você gosta do que criamos. Se tiver mais alguma sugestão ou comentário para compartilhar — especialmente em relação às nossas traduções para o português —, por favor, entre em contato conosco pelo e-mail support@pocketbard.app. Agradecemos novamente pelo seu tempo!

Brilliant

This app is a must have for DMs. It has great free content allowing you to move between scenes such as city, town, village, tavern, desert, swamp, graveyard, cave, dungeon etc. with built in location and other sounds, music, and combat music. You can turn the music off and just have location sounds or you can have music and select the level of intensity out of 5 options. You can also layer over sounds such as rain, thunder, river, waterfall with different levels of intensity too. Incredible. I’ve just recommended this to my group of DMs who all said it’s amazing.

It also has free LOFI music for anyone who wants to just have nice music to listen to.

Beyond the free content, there is far more on offer for £40 for a year which is very reasonable given the time and effort this must have taken and the makers are still updating the content and adding new things. They list the composers and musicians etc, which I really appreciate, especially with the rise of AI these days. I’ll be buying the yearly subscription on my next payday and I am excited to see what new content they add over the next few years.

I would love to see more medieval and fantasy scenes like castle and fairy pond. I would also love music for tense conversations and fun but competitive games, like archery competition music, and a one shot sound of a crowd clapping or cheering would be so helpful.
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Response from developer

Hello there Joojoobeeee, thanks so much for this incredible review! You touched on virtually every element of our app and it's so wonderful to see that our work is making an impact on your games! Thanks also for this terrific feedback! Several of your suggestions are already on our list (we have emotion-based options as an upcoming feature later this year). Totally love your suggestions for additional one-shots as well! We are always open to feedback, so if there's anything you missed or if you'd like to connect in the future, please let us know: support@pocketbard.app - thanks again for your time and kind, supportive words. We can't wait for you to see what we do next!

Great Ttrpg soundscapes

Love this app. Can’t wait to use it in more sessions.
My one complaint is the “whispers” & “crowd” moods are all too loud. I would really appreciate some way to lower their volume.

Une appli génial

L’appli fais ce qui est demandé c’est génial

Response from developer

Thanks very much for your review! If you have any additional feedback, especially suggestions concerning our French translations, please let us know: support@pocketbard.app - thanks for your time! Merci beaucoup pour votre avis ! Si vous avez d'autres commentaires, notamment des suggestions concernant nos traductions en français, n'hésitez pas à nous en faire part à l'adresse support@pocketbard.app. Merci de nous avoir consacré du temps !

Fantástico

Esse app é um espetáculo! Muito, muito boa ideia!

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your kind words about our app! We are so happy you found us. If you have any suggestions, especially around our Brazilian Portuguese language localization, please let us know: support@pocketbard.app - thanks again for your time! Muito obrigado pelas palavras gentis sobre o nosso aplicativo! Ficamos muito felizes por você ter nos encontrado. Se tiver alguma sugestão, especialmente em relação à localização para o português do Brasil, por favor, entre em contato conosco pelo e-mail support@pocketbard.app. Obrigado novamente pelo seu tempo!

Just amazing

Even without a subscription, this program has been amazing since the beginning the amount of stuff they added I just love. Personally some things would be nice on a large tablet to have just one page but the music just a plate in the background while I sleep or just do things to me. This is for more than just playing a TTRPG.
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Good

Ts hits harder than my parents

Incredible TTRPG ambiance

The variety of scenes and one-shots make this my table’s favorite soundboard, and it’s both easy to use and available offline if needed. I’d like to see more of the new “lo-fi” scenes in the future.

So useful

I've been running ttrpgs mainly DND for awhile now and nothing really worked until I came across this app, and now my sessions feel more emersive and the players are having a great time and it's just great.

Love it

Love this app so much. I use it for writing sessions and D&D. My one request, please don’t focus too hard on lofi. There’s already sooo much out there. Focus on what sets you apart: ambience!

Nice but quite a bit restricted

It’s useful but restricts a lot of stuff behind paywalls so I hope they add more free stuff

ABSOLUTELY SPEACHLESS

As a new DM here who loves overprep and immersion. I saw it in a random sponsor and tried it out

This is the single best dnd site I have ever seen, I would rather have this than dnd beyond.

I am on my knees praying that this will never be bought by a big monetizing company, this is the greatest dnd service I have ever seen.
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Response from developer

Hey there UhOhNoMoreNames - thanks so much for your review! We're thrilled that one of our sponsorships brought you to actually checking out Pocket Bard, woohoo!!! Thanks also for your incredibly kind words - fear not - we have no plans of "selling out" any time soon. Our company (of about 10 or so friends) is constantly reinvesting back into the app and supporting real artists, musicians, and developers who make Pocket Bard a reality! If there's anything we can do for you or if you think of additional feedback, please let us know: support@pocketbard.app - thanks again for your time and we can't wait for you to see what we do next!

Amazing

It brings sessions to life

Genuinely good app. I am yet to try it at my table but I think I will enjoy this.

I saw it on Willigansisland on YouTube as a subscribed ad and I’m genuinely surprised at how good it is.

The intensity adjustment is insanely good. I can understand that whoever made this app had really good understanding of music or at least taste.

Response from developer

Hello Juje! Thanks so much for taking the time to review our app! We really appreciate your kind words - our team is comprised of friends who are composers, developers, and artists who are all very passionate about bringing immersive audio into TTRPGs in the simplest way possible. I'm very glad that we've exceeded your expectations and we truly appreciate your support! If there's anything we can do for you, please let us know: support@pocketbard.app - thanks again!

Freezes

I can’t even get the tutorial to play. As soon as I downlod it, it’s feozen and no amount of tapping or swiping anywhere in the app gets it to work.

Must-have für Immersion am RPG-Tisch

Absolut begeistert über den Umfang der Basis-Version. Sehr modular, auf jede Situation anpassbar und qualitativ sehr gut produziert und komponiert. Die Bässe der Höhlen verursachen (beim ersten richtigen Soundsystem) Gänsehaut und ziehen meine Spielenden in die Story hinein. Die Taverne lebt und atmet.

Mini-Manko ist das ausschließliche Abomodell der Pro-Version. Hier bin ich eher ein Fan wie bei DaVinci, einmal (mehr) zu bezahlen und es tatsächlich dauerhaft zu besitzen.
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Response from developer

Hello, friend! Thank you very much for your kind review. We're very pleased that the work we have put into the fidelity of our audio is being played on a good sound system! We're absolutely audio nerds here, and we always appreciate when folks notice those details. We absolutely understand your feelings concerning the subscription model (I'm a Davinci Resolve user myself - so I know what you mean). If and when we can offer our users a one-time purchase option, while sustaining our operation (paying for ongoing server costs, fairly paying our artists, musicians, and developers, continuing to expand our free and paid content), we certainly will. If you have any questions or would like to discuss more, please let us know: support@pocketbard.app - thanks again for your time! Hallo! Vielen Dank für deine freundliche Bewertung. Es freut uns sehr, dass die Mühe, die wir in die Klangqualität gesteckt haben, auf einem guten Soundsystem zur Geltung kommt! Wir sind hier absolute Audio-Nerds und wissen es sehr zu schätzen, wenn solche Details bemerkt werden. Wir können deine Bedenken hinsichtlich des Abo-Modells voll und ganz nachvollziehen (ich nutze selbst DaVinci Resolve – ich weiß also genau, was du meinst). Sollte es uns möglich sein, eine Einmalzahlung anzubieten und gleichzeitig unseren Betrieb aufrechtzuerhalten (laufende Serverkosten decken, unsere Künstler, Musiker und Entwickler fair bezahlen sowie unser kostenloses und kostenpflichtiges Angebot weiter ausbauen), werden wir das definitiv tun. Wenn du Fragen hast oder dich dazu austauschen möchtest, melde dich gerne bei uns unter support@pocketbard.app – nochmals vielen Dank für deine Zeit!

Absolutely incredible

This is hands-down, the single greatest app across any platform in any category ever. I have never subscribed to an app before until this one, and I am stoked to support an app that supports real musicians and not just AI trash. Get this app immediately and subscribe. Totally worth it. The music is off the hook, the sound effects are dope and it’s such a nice and simple platform to use. I use it now on my tablet at every DnD session. I wish there were more stars to leave as a review. I would give them 10 out of five stars if I could.
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Response from developer

WOW thank you so much for this glowing review! We are so pleased to read these thoughts - this project is one made of hard work and passion, built on the backs of incredible artists and developers, and knowing that our app is making a real impact means the world to us. Thank you for your financial support - we have some really excellent content coming to Open Worlds soon and we can't wait for you to enjoy it! If you need anything, please feel free to reach out: support@pocketbard.app - thanks again for your time!

Great app but paywall is annoying

I love pocket bard and I love that it’s add free but there are some soundtracks that you have to pay for. However the free soundtracks are just as good and there are still a wide variety to choose from.