# SongCatcher — user reviews > 26 indexed App Store user reviews of SongCatcher by John Vella Music, rated 2.80/5 from 4 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/songcatcher/id390047413/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/songcatcher/id390047413.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (7 of 26) ### 5/5 — This is what I was waiting for *2010-11-23* I was eagerly waiting for this kind of an app. With which I can record my song and add background music to it or compose my own. Its really awesome ### 5/5 — Turns anyone into a composer *2010-11-23* With this app anyone can become a composer, with ease that too without any professional knowledge about music ### 5/5 — A must have *2010-11-22* really a cool app and very useful to mix my own tracks. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Well worth it. *2010-11-19* I have been loving this ap. I've even been using it as a metronome for when I don't have any ideas. But when I do have ideas, it is great!! Easy to use and I'm very happy I bought it. ### 5/5 — Good Stuff *2010-11-11* I have now really got the hang of it. It's like having a mini studio in my pocket. My time traveling is now like a jam session. Great app, Thx. ### 5/5 — Initial problem fixed - awesome app! *2010-11-11* Saw on the developer's site that there was a mistake where people were paying for the full version and getting the demo, I can see this has been fixed now so those other reviews don't really apply. Calm down guys you'll get your $7 back. The app itself is really powerful, has a lot of features and does what it says. Exporting to email is an awesome feature! You can lay down ideas quickly and the midi instrument sounds are really good, not tinny like some other apps. Audio to midi conversion is an insanely powerful feature for an iPhone app! Really impressed. ### 5/5 — Very useful app *2010-11-05* I'm pretty impressed by what this app can do. I've been waiting for an app like this and now can work on my music anywhere ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Song Catcher *2014-03-25* This app is lame…Do not waste your money! It only works if each not you emit is perfect pitch and right on time… The competitor apps are just as lame! ### 1/5 — Terrible *2011-03-29* The interface is ugly, the menus are painful to navigate, and the design is completely unintuitive. Oh, and there's no sound. That's kind of a necessary feature for a sound-based program. I paid $7.99, expecting a useful sound mixing program, but I am angrily disappointed. I want a refund. ### 1/5 — It farts on my recordings *2010-11-21* I downloaded this app to see if I could use it to make a Christmas album of me playing harp. Unfortunately, every time I think I get a good recording, the play back sounds good except for a few seconds every now and then. I can only describe the sound as a "recording fart." It's like it records, but then every now and then it has a weird distortion. Anyway, I guess it was worth a try since it was free and all. ### 2/5 — Poor interface *2010-11-24* Yup, you can record audio and midi. But the interface doesn't offer any ability to place your notes with any precision. Also, it's not apparent how to do things so that they work correctly. It took several tries to get anything to record. Also, the midi display zoomed in a very odd way, and would not scroll. Great idea but i believe there are others out there doing the same thing. (amplitude offers a 4track plug in) ### 3/5 — Great but could be better *2010-11-25* It's a very cool app and awesome concept but needs all the bugs fixed then it would be the best it "skips" sometimes while you're recording which throws off the whole timing and adds a weird distortion when it does skip and it gets very frustrating when you've tried about twenty times in a row to lay a ten second track and it messes it up every time other than that a very solid app definitely worth it while it was free but please fix all the bugs!!! ### 4/5 — Great song making app *2014-01-28* I love this app on my iPad. My students are going to make so many songs. ### 4/5 — my 1 complaint *2011-05-18* converting to midi is good, but exporting to midi would be a vast improvement because you could hum a tune, and then export it to another app like say music studio. please add that to this app. anybody else having difficulty exporting to email addresses? it worked for the first few days, then nothing ...still waiting for that export as midi....can't wait...looking at that april 30th mentioning on your website. am hungry for that update. lol. Ok this is now an awesome app ### 4/5 — Well done. *2010-12-08* From the perspective of a musician and songwriter this app enables me ti never forget an idea and layer upon that fir later use, i recommend buying it now. ### 4/5 — Very, very good app *2010-12-05* This is a very, very good app. I bought the full version. it is easy to use and has a lot of functionality. I found the instruction videos particularly helpful. The next step is looping, which this does not do (yet... I'm told by John). I have not had any of the problems the others reported, but I'm just getting started. Sound is always a problem with this kind of thing. That is not the software app,s problem, though. Let me know if anybody sells a great microphone/electric guitar plug in. Creator responded to my looping question in one day. Good customer service in my book. ### 5/5 — the handiest darn thing *2015-02-20* Make a track, hit record. sing, the better you sing the better it sounds. make another track. sing. make another...etc. just as quick as your mind thinks of each overlapping idea, bang! it's down. and it's in your pocket at all times. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent *2012-02-13* Fantastic app works really well ### 5/5 — Awesomeness!! *2011-07-02* I love this app. Has everything I need for getting my ideas down. Thankyou. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2011-06-14* Works very well, I love the feature that catches your voice and makes musical notes out of it. However, to record a second or third melody from voice it is necessary to use headphones so that the software doesn't re-catch previous melodies. ### 5/5 — Excellent! *2011-05-25* Well worth the price! I doubt that it’s possible to find such great music software cheaper. ### 5/5 — A great idea! Keep the updates coming. *2011-05-19* Good,better,best ... never let it rest ... till your good is better and your better is your best! ### 5/5 — Awesome update! *2011-05-18* So functional and easy to use! I had some problems with the previous interface, now I absolutely love it. ### 5/5 — 0.99 for such an app is a steal! *2011-05-18* Unbelievable! 0.99! Really? I can't believe that I purchased such great music software just for 1 buck! ### 5/5 — Hey fix! *2010-12-02* I love your app feet useful except on my 3 gen it dosnt play sound ik it's mentioned in the description just fix very soon ### 5/5 — Brilliance *2010-11-24* Excellent tool for audio mixing. I play drums, guitar and sing. I can now record my own live tracks. Good work. Rock on!! --- *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 2026-08-07.*