não funciona
fica na tela de início eternamente.
Just doesn’t work.
The UI isn’t built for mobile. That’s a problem. The sounds don’t make any sound at all, at any volume. That’s a broken application.
Doesn’t do anything
I downloaded the app and o can’t get any further than the front screen. No menu, no login, no service, nothing.
has potential but is frustrating
Some fun atmosphere for games. Hard to navigate, and the app does not save my customized soundscapes.
Too clunky
First try and the app was great. Neat sounds though hard to sort through.
So I subscribed (free first month) and things just got worse. Sounds wouldn’t play, the start up would freeze, and it was so hard to organise. There was I hoping to add flavour to a new campaign but it didn’t work.
I deleted and reinstalled but it remained buggy.
The app needs to be simplified. The artwork is great, but so what if the prime use is sounds and they get clogged up by the bulk of the app.
Hours spent trying to get the app working but in the end it was just way too frustrating.
How would I improve it?
Organise the sounds by theme (urban, wilderness, dungeon etc). If you’re running a pre-made adventure it’s okay but what if you doing a homebrew or players are on a tangent?
Clean up the interface and get fit easy to use - the artwork is good but what the apps purpose? Sound effects, so simplify the art.
Make the opening interface easy to get to the soundboard - too much is about subscription even after you subscribe! The app’s layout logic has to be addressed.
In all, neat sounds buried under the rubble of a clunky interface.
So I subscribed (free first month) and things just got worse. Sounds wouldn’t play, the start up would freeze, and it was so hard to organise. There was I hoping to add flavour to a new campaign but it didn’t work.
I deleted and reinstalled but it remained buggy.
The app needs to be simplified. The artwork is great, but so what if the prime use is sounds and they get clogged up by the bulk of the app.
Hours spent trying to get the app working but in the end it was just way too frustrating.
How would I improve it?
Organise the sounds by theme (urban, wilderness, dungeon etc). If you’re running a pre-made adventure it’s okay but what if you doing a homebrew or players are on a tangent?
Clean up the interface and get fit easy to use - the artwork is good but what the apps purpose? Sound effects, so simplify the art.
Make the opening interface easy to get to the soundboard - too much is about subscription even after you subscribe! The app’s layout logic has to be addressed.
In all, neat sounds buried under the rubble of a clunky interface.
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All I get is a splash screen
It’s a cute splash screen that never goes away. iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 17.5.1.
Needs to play in background
Why can’t the audio continue to play when i switch apps.
Update seems to have made a huge difference
Definitely time to try this again!
Useful, but Not Useful
It’s easy to tell this app has … seniority, to use a polite term.
It faithfully recreates the look, feel, and functions of the web version, bringing the powerful sound triggering and mixing and editing capabilities to my phone. My soundsets and campaigns are synced well, and it’s impressive how much flexibility is packed into this small form factor.
But in the end, I can’t use it. Whatever system APIs they had to contort and bend to make all of this sound engineering go are either not modern or not standard.
Sound does not persist in the background; pulling down my control center or locking the screen unceremoniously cuts off whatever is playing. More crucially, sound is not routed in such a way to let iOS know anything is actually playing, meaning I can’t AirPlay my soundscapes to my TV / sound system, or cast them to my DM’s chromecast, or punt them over to a bluetooth speaker. And there’s no Apple TV app on offer, so in the end there’s no way to get these lovely noises to my speakers.
While running this system on a phone is impressive and neat, actually using it in a real world setting is not something I can do right now.
It faithfully recreates the look, feel, and functions of the web version, bringing the powerful sound triggering and mixing and editing capabilities to my phone. My soundsets and campaigns are synced well, and it’s impressive how much flexibility is packed into this small form factor.
But in the end, I can’t use it. Whatever system APIs they had to contort and bend to make all of this sound engineering go are either not modern or not standard.
Sound does not persist in the background; pulling down my control center or locking the screen unceremoniously cuts off whatever is playing. More crucially, sound is not routed in such a way to let iOS know anything is actually playing, meaning I can’t AirPlay my soundscapes to my TV / sound system, or cast them to my DM’s chromecast, or punt them over to a bluetooth speaker. And there’s no Apple TV app on offer, so in the end there’s no way to get these lovely noises to my speakers.
While running this system on a phone is impressive and neat, actually using it in a real world setting is not something I can do right now.
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Good sound. Terrible interface.
This app is simply not optimized for an iphone, maybe other devices are better suited but the display doesn't format correctly to fit my screen. The devs seem to have attempted to force the format of the browser player into a mobile app but the proportions get skewed to the point unuseability.
Secondly, the app does not continue playing in background so you cannot close the app or have autolock on without risking death to your party's immersion.
These fixes will drastically improve the app. Looking at other reviews it seems that this has been an issue for years that has not been addressed.
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Additional info: I prefer the app to running syrinscape off my laptop because the stereo speakers I use (JBL partyboost) only work on a phone. This is another product review I'm about to write... :(
Secondly, the app does not continue playing in background so you cannot close the app or have autolock on without risking death to your party's immersion.
These fixes will drastically improve the app. Looking at other reviews it seems that this has been an issue for years that has not been addressed.
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Additional info: I prefer the app to running syrinscape off my laptop because the stereo speakers I use (JBL partyboost) only work on a phone. This is another product review I'm about to write... :(
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Good to Worse
I’ve really liked this program…until now. First issues came about when the only form of purchasing a sound set was through PayPal (a horrible thieving company). Now, I just reloaded the app after iOS 17 (doing a clean phone restart) and found many sounds have been removed from the app!?! Some were free from prior years others from purchases packs. I’m really saddened that this is the direction this company is going.
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Just doesn’t work
Can’t download any soundscapes, proper useless. Avoid!
AirPlay?
Ohne AirPlay leider wenig tauglich. Coole Sound - Steuerung ist echt ok. Aber es braucht Konnektivität.
Could be amazing, but it’s not
The sound boards are amazing, and everything could be great, if the app wasn’t so sluggish to the point it’s completely unusable. Everything is slow, it’s almost impossible to scroll without clicking things inadvertently, animations are all slow and laggy, and the overall UX is really poorly designed.
Which is a shame, because the player really ruins all the effort that has been put in designing the sound boards.
Please do something about the player, and I’ll be more than happy to invest in sound boards. But now, I can’t afford fighting with my sound player while I’m GMing.
Which is a shame, because the player really ruins all the effort that has been put in designing the sound boards.
Please do something about the player, and I’ll be more than happy to invest in sound boards. But now, I can’t afford fighting with my sound player while I’m GMing.
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No sound
Can't get any sound out of it
Sad for mac users
Does not support Safari and will not work on Imac to log in. It would have be good if they develop this to be Apple friendly.
Lots of work needed
There is no option for me to create an account to use the app, if I click not now, the app crashes.
Also the page is too big for my screen so I can’t see some of the apps content at the top of the page.
Was really hoping to use this app for DND
Also the page is too big for my screen so I can’t see some of the apps content at the top of the page.
Was really hoping to use this app for DND
No Airplay support
DMs are left playing sounds via bluetooth with delay or tinny device speakers instead of AirPlay 2.
Horrible interface
It amazes me that, after all these years, the interface for this app is still so horribly designed. Many of the controls are located right on the edge of the screen, some are even cut off by the edge. Attempting to use these controls is difficult at best, often activating some of the iOS gestures.
How has Syrinscape not kept up with this
App as newer phones and iOS updates have released? It’s inexcusable.
How has Syrinscape not kept up with this
App as newer phones and iOS updates have released? It’s inexcusable.
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Great sounds, not at all easy to use
Not optimized for iPhone - clipping on the screen corners and the volume button is in the “swipe application” zone. More work than you would want when you are running a session.
Stops playing when you switch applications
Stops playing when you switch applications
