# TEFview — user reviews

> 190 indexed App Store user reviews of TEFview by TablEdit, rated 4.70/5 from 303 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tefview/id492060413/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tefview/id492060413.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 243 · 4★ 38 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8

## What do users think of TEFview?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Plays all tef files flawlessly
- 🎶 Can change tempo for learning
- 👍 Amazing free resource
- 🎹 Brilliant for MIDI to Notation
- 🎸 Great for learning new songs
- 🎶 Excellent learning tool
- 🎵 Wonderful for practice and learning

**Cons**

- 🔧 Settings for print not user-friendly
- 🤖 Synth sounds could be improved
- 🔍 Scrolling can be too sensitive

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Doesn't work with files in iCloud Drive
- Crashes when opening MIDI files

**Most requested features**

- Left-handed fretboard view
- Chord name display
- Ability to delete downloaded files

## Newest reviews (19 of 190)

### 3/5 — tableditと連携できず

*2024-04-05*

以前は無償版のtableditで作成したtabが観れたのに、今のバージョンは観れません。無償版のtableditは秀逸なのに残念😢

**Developer response:** この誤りを訂正したのは残念だが、TablEditの有料版を購入する理由があるはずだ ;-)

### 5/5 — Best alternative for tabledit

*2023-11-19*

Im a banjo player and I don’t have anything that supports tabledit so I found this app and it’s definitely a 10/10, it’s my go to for downloading tabs to my phone and it helps when I'm in the middle of nowhere with no service and I want to learn/review my music

### 5/5 — Cool app

*2023-10-21, version 3.2.0*

I’m really enjoying this app

### 5/5 — Very handy Indeed

*2023-03-29, version 3.1.3*

After 55 years of all kinds of Guitar from Bach to Bird, Rags to Renbourn I bought me a Banjo. 
This app makes learning Don Reno and the Earl well within reach from day one.
So even though I could fake it a bit from day one so long as I avoided the re-entrant G chanterelle, I can burn the midnight oil meantime soI can also entertain guys that actually know what a good on the stick drum is.
Thanks fellas. I’ll buy the actual writing software just on the basis of this. 
It’s very good.

### 5/5 — alles was ich mir wünsche

*2023-03-17*

Die App bietet alles, was ich mir wünsche, um kurz in Noten reinzuhören, zu üben, beides anzusehen - Noten und Tabs etc. etc.

### 3/5 — Impressive

*2022-07-12*

I like the ease of importing midi. So easy and fast.

I wish it had some playback control of looping a specific part. But for now, this will do. Thank you to the developers!

**Developer response:** If you select a part of the score, TEFview will play only that part and if repeat mode is active, will loop it.

### 5/5 — Great apps

*2022-04-24*

This app is very useful, free , without adds… why should I buy another app on pc/Mac and again on my iPad… ?

### 5/5 — Very good 👌

*2022-03-03, version 3.1.2*

Very good 👌
Very tanks for you 👍

### 5/5 — Excellente application

*2021-08-23*

Tout fonctionne à merveille. J'ai pu ouvrir mes tablatures gp4 pour la guitare et la lecture sur iPad est bien plus lisible et confortable que le pc ou téléphone. J'ai un peu cherché au départ car pas de son, c'était tout simplement le bouton latéral qui était déconnecté.

### 5/5 — Spielt Guitar Pro Dateien gut ab.

*2021-06-28*

Ich habe 10000 .gp Dateien und bin glücklich, eine kleine gut funktionierende App für das iPad gefunden zu haben. Wenn nun noch die Akkorde über den Tabs dargestellt werden, gibts ******!

### 5/5 — Bluegrass MandlinのTABライブラリー

*2021-05-02*

Bluegrass MandlinのTABライブラリーの殆どがこのフォーマットなので、ポジションの確認をしながら音の確認も出来るので重宝します。

### 5/5 — Que du bien

*2021-04-23*

Je partage l avis de Charlie Coudène. Petit joueur d’accordéon diato, j’utilise cette application depuis ses débuts 🤙🤙🤙 Congratulations...

### 5/5 — Best practice tool

*2021-02-11*

I play mountain dulcimer, and this is the best practice tool I’ve seen. I can easily isolate the part I’m learning, and then combine with all the others to hear clearly how my part fits in the ensemble. If there are difficult measures, I can select them and play them over and over until I have them down. And if I don’t have a TEF file for a song I want to learn, I have TablEdit and can make one.

### 4/5 — Great app, almost perfect

*2021-01-31, version 3.0*

I use this app a lot for trying out sheet music and/or tablature and I love it, it works great. The reason I have it a 4 instead of a 5 is because it’s so hard to scroll, it’s too sensitive and if I just want to move down one line or so, I’ll scroll a little and it flies through the file, if the page scrolling was a bit better, I would change this to a 5 in a heartbeat

### 5/5 — très bonne app

*2021-01-26*

je suis contente de avoir trouvé, très facile en utilisation lit tout mes tabs / je vais me abonner au Tef-pro

### 5/5 — Fingerstyle

*2020-10-07*

I like this program because it is so easy to use. I can go through the never ending collection of songs quickly to listen for the next song I wish to study. It works perfectly on my iPad Pro. I just can’t live without TEFview!!

### 4/5 — King

*2020-04-11*

Excellent

### 5/5 — 好用，很方便

*2020-03-25*

可以播放midi文件，功能很多，非常方便！比很多同功能软件好用～只是应用中有些图标意思不是很明确，要都试遍才知道😂
播放的时候谱子换行比较生硬有点跳来跳去的感觉。
另外希望提供后台播放功能，手机关屏和用其他软件时也能放，总体上感觉非常好～

**Developer response:** Could you please elaborate on your suggestion? Produce a sound when TEFview is in the foreground or background?

### 5/5 — verygood with some suggesstions

*2020-03-18*

很好 希望增加 Midi转简谱功能 hope to add MIDI to jianpu thanks

**Developer response:** Thank you but what do you mean by "adding MIDI to Jianpu"?

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — doesn't work

*2020-04-15, version 3.0*

I've tried uploading multiple different powertab files (.ptb extension) and none of them load into the app. 

waste of time

### 1/5 — Pas de son ...

*2019-10-03*

Pas de son sur un iPhone...😤

**Developer response:** Vérifiez dans le centre de contrôle que l'option "silencieux" n'est pas active. Dan 9 cas sur 10, c'est la cause du problème. Pour d'autres conseils, voyez la page https://www.tabledit.com/ios/tv_f.shtml

### 1/5 — Anything ported to ipad is useless

*2018-11-16, version 2.6*

The app depends on iTunes to open any files.  Why does apple force developers to create unusable apps for iOS?

### 1/5 — Forced Rating

*2018-07-28, version 2.4*

The app demands you write a review every time you open it. Hope you like your one-star!

### 1/5 — バグ

*2018-06-27*

ゴミ箱マーク押すとアプリがクラッシュします。修正求めます。

**Developer response:** There is a problem with iOS 11 actually. The correction will be done. No reason to leave such a disastrous rating. By the way there are at least two alternate ways to delete unwanted files. 
Note 10/15 The problem has been fixed in v2.5 but the comment has not been edited.

### 1/5 — は？

*2016-09-29*

使い方がわからない（笑）

### 1/5 — Major Flaws--yes, my experience too.

*2016-03-26, version 1.9*

This is great for providing the tunes to play along with, but it is poorly designed. Every time it is opened it goes to the default settings. One cannot set the tempo before starting the tune. Tapping the right and left margins is supposed to move the track forward or backward, but on my iPad it does not work that way. Tapping the time signature in the upper left corner is supposed to take it back to the beginning, but again, for me it does not. Very, very frustrating, very poorly designed.

### 1/5 — Very poor design

*2013-07-22, version 1.5.4*

I downloaded this app and tried midi files. They ware in mess. We really need an app which convert midi to tabs. I am about to uninstall this and look for another. This app does not even deserve a single star.

### 2/5 — ん？

*2019-10-12*

どういうこと？自分でTAB譜はつくれないの？？
使い方わからん……

**Developer response:** To create your own tablatures or to edit them, you need TEFpad.  TEFview does not allow you to create new tablatures.

### 2/5 — Not there yet

*2016-07-12, version 1.9*

I'm a fan of TablEdit and TEFview on the computer but the iPad version of TEFview is not there yet. It's hard to argue with free and if I had never used the PC version I would probably be okay. I find the operation clumsy (a simple start/stop/pause/return toolbar and tempo control in stop/pause mode would be awesome for a start), file management awkward (I have misplaced files several times trying to open a tune and it getting moved to a different folder) and many features not included (I really miss the auto tempo change in the loop feature). 
I'm still a fan of the company and will be on the lookout for updated versions of this app.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Best Software and Looks Artistic

*2026-07-09*

Great program. Has all features user cares about when viewing and printing sheet music. The natural amber color is soft on the eye. Fretboard or keyboard is solid and a good touch. MIDI sounds are fun to hear. Thanks so much. H

### 5/5 — Thanks for the update!

*2026-04-23*

Underrated app! Thanks for the ‘fix’ to the more standard swipe direction, it feels much more natural. Such a great tool for learning/teaching 🤘🏻

### 5/5 — Great app

*2026-02-18*

Plays all tef files flawlessly.  Can change tempo for learning

### 5/5 — Good

*2025-12-21*

Goog

### 5/5 — Free??

*2025-10-30*

Amazing we live in a world where people give wonderful arrangements out for the love of music. Thank you! <3

### 5/5 — Un must

*2025-08-08*

Excellente application

### 5/5 — Brilliant for MIDI to Notation

*2025-04-19*

I have had this app for many many years and I have only just started using it, I can mixdown a single MIDI track and save it into the TEFview folder in Files all in around 1 minute, fantastic for learning new parts quickly.  Definitely worth 10 stars in my opinion.

### 5/5 — The Answer

*2025-01-18*

It does it all and it does it simply, easily and well. May take a minute to get used to the hot keys but from there this has been my greatest tool for the comprehension of what I am actually doing. Filling in the gaps of the  theory and actualizing those theories together. This app is super appreciated and far too underrated. 

Thank you for all the  hard work so it could be easy for the rest of us.

### 5/5 — Settings for Print

*2024-09-15*

Can’t find the settings to “fit to page”. It’s not user friendly to adjust the print size.

**Developer response:** Take a look at the preview help topic. There you'll find how to activate the Print Options window. This window contains the option to adjust printing to a specific number of pages.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2024-01-28, version 3.3*

Excellent app easy to use

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