# Sound Byte Cart Machine App — user reviews > 140 indexed App Store user reviews of Sound Byte Cart Machine App by Black Cat Systems, rated 4.10/5 from 158 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sound-byte-cart-machine-app/id399788078/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sound-byte-cart-machine-app/id399788078.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 95 · 4★ 28 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 23 ## What do users think of Sound Byte Cart Machine App? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface - 🎵 Excellent for sports events, radio, and theatre productions - 🎨 Customizable cart colors and rack configurations - ⚡ Reliable performance when working properly - 💰 Affordable price point - 🎛️ Flexible sound control with fade in/out options - 📱 Works well on iPad and iPhone - 🔧 Versatile functionality for multiple use cases - ⏱️ Ability to set custom start/stop times in tracks **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes when adding music to library - ❌ Incompatible with streaming services (Apple Music, Spotify) - 📁 Files not sorted alphabetically in music library - ⚠️ Lacks support for modern iOS versions - 🔌 Requires iTunes for file management (outdated workflow) - 😞 No developer support or updates - 📱 iPad-specific issues with file importing - 🎨 Outdated user interface design - 💾 No backup or restore functionality - 🔄 Cannot transfer settings between devices **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when accessing music library (iOS 13+) - Crashes when tapping Setup or Music Library on iPhone 13 - Blank screen display on iOS 26.1 - Cart setup crashes after recent updates - Crashes when loading song list - Sound files not displaying in alphabetical order - App hangs and becomes unresponsive - Crashes on iPad when importing tracks - Sound distortion with cart rate feature - Music not playing on iPad despite files being present - App crashes when adding new music - Crashes on iOS 13.6.1 and later versions - Sound fades in and out unexpectedly - App freezes during live use - Performance lag after linking multiple buttons - Cart colors not persisting after selection - Files disappearing from cart buttons - Incompatibility with Catalina macOS update **Most requested features** - Mac OS version - Exportable rack setups for multiple devices - Alphabetical sorting of music library - Backup and restore functionality - Cloud sync across devices (iCloud) - Dropbox and Google Drive integration - Split-screen iPad support - Interapp Audio (IAA) and Audiobus support - Larger stop button to prevent accidental triggers - Volume slider control - Pause, rewind, and fast-forward controls - Ability to duplicate entire carts - Default cart color settings - Improved color picker (grid instead of wheel) - Direct iPad file importing without PC/Mac - Support for .wav files - Ability to load ringtones - Sequential track triggering (one track starts next) - Improved cart rate feature quality - Adaptive resolution for modern iPhones - Larger buttons for iPhone version - Better documentation and updated FAQ ## Newest reviews (14 of 140) ### 2/5 — (Have always) Love(d) this app *2025-10-09, version 2.2* I have been using this app for years. It has always been rock solid. Recently updated … oops crashes constantly when going to cart setup. Recently updated again (today 13-Jul-2022) in hopes that bug was resolved…. Oops crashed instantly. Just to confirm I uninstalled and reinstalled the app. C R A S H. Please resolve. Note - my current rating is for this (current version) I’d give the pre-updates app 5 stars. ### 3/5 — Great to Use, Difficult to Setup *2025-10-05* Love using this app, but setting up a new show is extremely difficult. You can’t import tracks while on an iPad. You have to connect to a PC or Mac in order to get the files where you can actually import them. If there was a way to use this on the iPad alone, it would be 5 stars. ### 2/5 — Bug Not Fix *2024-12-25* As for the previous opinion from 3 years ago, selecting sounds in the music library does not work (I’m on IPhone 13 Pro). The playback progress is invisible because it is the same color as the cart. I regret my purchase. ### 2/5 — App no longer supported by developer *2024-01-04* I’ve been using this app since it was developed, and there’s been some major improvements and I absolutely love it for live music for sporting games. However, since the release of iOS 15, it has huge bugs with it, the biggest is the sound files are not listed alphabetically, and also crashing periodically. The app developer is no longer supporting it - I’ve contacted them several times by email to try and fix the issue, and release an update, and have received no response. Don’t bother purchasing this until it’s updated. ### 4/5 — Удобное приложение *2023-09-24* Приложение отличное, но хотелось бы увидеть несколько доработок: - плей-листы сделайте в виде вкладок с их названиями (вид карусели, не всегда удобен, как сейчас) - сделайте возможность менять плей-листы местами - после синхронизации с iTunes (музыкой), некоторые файлы теряют путь, хотя в iTunes (музыка) путь до них не менялся. - добавьте возможность пакетного добавления файлов на плей-лист - добавьте функцию разукрашивания палетки, например рандомно, что бы каждый раз не выбирать отдельно для каждой ячейки цвет ### 2/5 — Cannot upgrade to new device *2023-09-10* I've been using this app for years. First on an iPod Touch and then on an iPhone 5C. I tried it on an iPhone 7, but I cannot change the songs as it crashes when loading the list of songs. After restoring the app on the 7, it did upgrade to the latest version. ### 4/5 — Best I’ve Found *2022-12-10, version 2.2* Works great. Does not work with Apple or Amazon Music. Downloaded songs won’t show up as able to add to cart. You have to actually buy the song (which I don’t really buy songs anymore with a music subscription). But for $1.29 a song, I pay for the ones I use on this, not too big of a deal, but would be a great update. ### 4/5 — Good program that needs updating *2022-10-28* 20-year tenured broadcaster here. I was looking for something to run a radio show after iJingle discontinued support for their App. SoundByte is very functional but definitely an older program. I wonder if the developer is still watching comments and enhancing the program. The age of the product makes some features difficult to use. Suggestions for developer: 1) Loading to the iPad from a computer isn’t too difficult, but selection of items from the “SoundFile” is aggravating because the list isn’t alphabetized. Why isn’t there a sort button? Or at a minimum a default alpha sort? 2) Default setting for cart color - add a default in the SETUP screen. 3) The Cart Color selector for each cart doesn’t seem to hold the customer cart color. The color “wheel” is difficult to use and match color from cart-to-cart. It would be easier if a MS PowerPoint color “grid” was present instead of the older-style wheel. 4) There is no backup and restore capability. I’m paranoid I’ll have to spend another 4 hours loading up files and custom-naming them if something goes wrong. 5) The “Cart Rate” setting distorts the quality of the playback. Modern digital manipulation of song files don’t do that. Why offer the feature if it’s not functional? 6) There’s no “Exit” button. Yes I know how to close an iPad app…but without a backup function, I’m deathly afraid of losing something. Thanks for listening. I’m hoping there may be updates coming sometime soon. ### 4/5 — Not sure if it is still supported *2022-10-13, version 2.2* When it worked, it was great. ### 3/5 — Top Cartwall *2022-09-28* Update 28.09.22: Changed to iPhone 13 Pro Max. App still doesn’t work. Still not able to choose any music title out of my library. Need support! Update 09.07.22 App still crashes if I want to choose a title from my music library. iPhone 12 pro! Update 22/07/05: Software update yersterday but the app still does not work on my iPhone 12 Pro. Can’t chose any title out of my music library. Update: Does no work with my iPhone anymore! Waiting for updates since years. Will change to Sports Audio DJ now. Very disappointed! No more updates? Super App! Die Beste im AppStore. Aber...Button zum wechseln der Seiten, Play, Pause bitte etwas größer, bzw. Möglichkeit ein Button der Cartwall entsprechend zu konfigurieren. Seitenwechsel am liebsten auch per Wischgeste! Ferner bitte Fade In und Fade Out Möglichkeit und Mastervolume bzw. dynamische Lautstärke, so dass bei allen Jingles die gleiche Lautstärke ausgegeben wird. ### 4/5 — Been using it for a few years… *2022-08-07, version 2.2* And I love it. Very easy to use. Updates always address most glitches. My only complaint is how some albums won’t load. Rare, but it happens. Almost perfect soundboard. ### 2/5 — No change *2022-07-24, version 2.2* Come on. Is this a joke. Fix it please. Fully crashes. ### 2/5 — (Have always) Love(d) this app *2022-07-13, version 2.1* I have been using this app for years. It has always been rock solid. Recently updated … oops crashes constantly when going to cart setup. Recently updated again (today 13-Jul-2022) in hopes that bug was resolved…. Oops crashed instantly. Just to confirm I uninstalled and reinstalled the app. C R A S H. Please resolve. Note - my current rating is for this (current version) I’d give the pre-updates app 5 stars. ### 2/5 — Still crashes *2022-07-08, version 2.0* Please fix. Still crashes on music library pick in cart ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not working. *2025-11-30* Not working on ios26.1. All I get is a blank screen. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2024-12-13* I’ve been using this app for years for my podcast. The file structure broke when Apple updated to APFS in iOS 10. As of writing, the latest iPadOS is 18.2. It’s unbearable to add clips to the app when they don’t show in alphabetical order. Sorting the contents of a directory is Coding 101. It’s even more embarrassing to think this developer had access to the dev betas and still failed to update such a rudimentary feature. My podcast ends today, and while it’s bittersweet, I’m very happy to be free from this app. ### 1/5 — Horrivel *2024-07-26* Simplesmente não funciona. Não consigo adicionar música o app crash o tempo todo. 30 reais jogados no lixo. Sequer tem uma versão para teste. Última atualização há 2 anos atrás. ### 1/5 — Can’t upload *2022-12-13, version 2.2* I can’t even open iTunes to upload songs to the pad. ### 1/5 — Broken as of today *2022-07-16, version 2.1* The day I’m typing this, the app crashes if the user taps either Setup or Music Library on iPhone 13. Will update my review when the app functions. Devs, please also update to allow adaptive resolution — it looks like it was made to fit an iPhone 6, and this app can really make use of the new real estate that came with modern iPhones. I want to like this. Please update, devs. ### 1/5 — Will be asking for a refund *2021-12-12, version 1.6.0* Crashes every time I try to add music ### 1/5 — Used to be awesome *2021-11-13* Since the last big iOS update, this app has not allowed adding new music without crashing. It’s been months now - any good developer would have fixed this by now. As a paid user, I am pretty upset that they don’t have the pride in their work to maintain their app. FIX IT!! ### 1/5 — Absolute garbage *2021-11-09, version 1.6.0* Does not work AT ALL!!! Save your $5!!!! ### 1/5 — No updates? *2021-09-21* Am I seeing this right? The developer hasn’t updated this app in 5 years? Time to move on ### 1/5 — Not work((( *2020-05-12* Please fix the app and make it possible to choose songs ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Incredible App *2026-04-11, version 2.2* This app is great for playing music and sound effects. I wish there was a Mac OS version. ### 5/5 — Great at its task *2025-11-18* I truly love this app and have been using it for 13 years or so. Relatively easy to use with some great functionality. If there was one thing I would change it would be to make a rack setup exportable so that once I have it built I can add it to a second device. But I have probably used this app longer than almost any other on my phone—like a dj sound pad, for ceremonies, and as the FX bank in my parade vehicle—and it has never let me down. There aren’t many apps that you can say that about. ### 5/5 — O melhor *2025-04-21* Poderia editar tb ### 5/5 — Music format radio show invaluable aid. *2023-10-25* This is the second time I had to get this app because ofApples upgrade a few years ago my old iPad was outdated. It’s an amazing app, sometimes because of Apple iTunes it’s a little difficult to get new sound events into it but I always seem to figure it out eventually, it’s just never like the instructions on the app. They perhaps could be updated please. I use this app for both bed music which I play under my mic breaks and I also use it for short little sound events in between songs. It is indispensable for me and my show. I’d feel naked without it. It helps me to put the show into the show. ### 5/5 — Super App für Einspieler in Theaterstücken *2023-05-01* Wir benutzen diese App fürs Theater um kleine Sound-Einspieler auf den Punkt abzuspielen. Dafür ist es super. Empfehlenswert. ### 5/5 — Love It *2023-01-22* As an old fashioned analogue cart radio presenter, I love this digital version, top marks, thank you, I use it for every radio show! ### 5/5 — Suuuper 👍🏻 *2022-05-17* Suuuper-App - schlank, leicht zu verstehen und einfach zu bedienen. Mehr braucht es nicht.. Dass das letzte Update schon mehrere Jahre her ist, erscheint im ersten Moment etwas auffällig - aber der Entwickler hat auf meine Anfrage nach nicht mal 5 Minuten geantwortet 👍🏻 Eine Anpassung der Beschreibung wär trotzdem schön. ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-12-22* I’ve been using the PC version in the theater for years and really love it. Now using the iPhone version when I need sounds in a quick/emergency situation. Just need to figure out where it hides the files…so I can delete a couple of dupes. ### 5/5 — Eigentlich fantastisch! *2021-10-30* 1. Ich bin begeistert von dieser App. 2. Ich finde es schade, dass diese App so viel Potential verschenkt. 5 Jahre kein Update mehr! iTunes gibt es in dieser Form nicht mehr, daher kann man auch keine Dateien von dort mehr direkt einlesen. Es wäre schön, wenn man auf „Dateien“ oder auf eine App wie „Documents“ oder auf G-Drive o.ä. Zugreifen könnte, um seine Musikfiles einzupflegen. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2021-03-23, version 1.6.0* I’ve used this for sporting events for 3 or 4 years now and it’s awesome! So simple to setup and use. I’ve never had a single issue. 1,000% suggest it to anyone!! --- *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 2026-08-19.*