Great app
Not informative-don’t buy
Response from developer
Hello, tonestro is specifically designed for complete beginners 🎶. Millions of downloads and over 100,000 active users confirm that tonestro is an ideal learning tool to start an instrument even with zero prior knowledge ✅. Our courses are structured step by step to teach you musical basics, instrument technique, and pedagogical content. Many beginners report that with tonestro they quickly achieve their first successes and stay motivated 🚀. If you share your situation with us, we’ll be happy to help you directly – just write to us at support@tonestro.com 📧. This way we can make sure you get the most out of the app and enjoy learning your instrument 🎻🎷🎺.
FALSE ADVERTISEMENT: Ignore the 5* reviews, it’s a scam.
This app solely teaches rhythm and has play along competitions, but will not teach you anything about playing the tuba.
What it promised and failed to deliver after several years of being in development:
-no fingering charts
-no helpful hints
-no tuba specific lessons
-no tuning assistance
-no progressing lesson plan beyond understanding basic musical rhythm
The extent of the lessons in a nutshell: whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted notes, rests, musical time scale, and then the learning stops.
Want to save $110, Google the above words and call it a win.
Response from developer
Hello, Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with the tuba-specific content. Tonestro focuses on an interactive, playful learning experience, emphasizing the fundamentals of music – such as rhythm, note recognition, and dynamic feedback. This approach is based on years of development and feedback from hundreds of thousands of users. Our goal is to make music accessible to everyone – even if that means not covering every single detail of an instrument. We are continuously working to expand our offerings and integrate instrument-specific content. If you have any specific suggestions or need further support, please contact us at support@tonestro.com. Thank you for your understanding!
Great app!
It’s great!
Nur Rhythmusübungen
Response from developer
Hallo, vielen Dank für Dein Feedback. Wir bitten um Verständnis, dass wir aufgrund der Vielzahl an Instrumenten, die wir anbieten, noch nicht alle Lernpfade vollständig umsetzen konnten. Wir arbeiten jedoch kontinuierlich daran, die Lernpfade für jedes Instrument zu erweitern und zu verbessern. Deine Rückmeldung ist uns sehr wichtig und hilft uns dabei, die App zu optimieren. Bitte bleib dran, da wir ständig neue Inhalte hinzufügen. Bei weiteren Fragen oder Anregungen, zögere nicht, uns unter support@tonestro.com zu kontaktieren. Wir schätzen Dein Interesse und Deine Geduld.
DONT BUY THIS APP
Response from developer
Hi, we really appreciate your comment. Our musicians and software specialists work full time to provide a quality learning opportunity to support others who don't have access to in-person lessons. With Premium, you can learn with lots of video tutorials, exercises and songs. Without the premium option, we would no longer be able to maintain and improve the app 🎶
Confused
I initially posted a a one star review to say I didn’t see the all of the features listed here on the app after buying the premium version to upgrade. I posted it here because I was not getting responses when I emailed Tonestro several times & I figured it may get their attention and garner a response. My issue specifically was that the description here says the app offers detailed lessons and fingering charts if you unlock premium, but I couldn’t find those. Well, writing here worked, and Tonestro does not actually have the features listed in the description available for the tuba app. My response, in a nutshell, to their response below was to tell that that I would not be giving them a better review for their efforts, as they were falsely advertising that features were available in the premium version that are not. It’s great that they are trying to roll these things out, and what they do have available is nice, but that’s not the point. They’re charging $112 for a premium service for the tuba app when the tuba app doesn’t have the features available. I’m not paying for their effort to eventually roll it out, I was paying for the features the app description says are already there. I did say I’d take down my review if they removed the language stating these features were available, but that was this morning, and that hasn’t happened, so instead I am updating this review so people know before they upgrade that the promised features aren’t there, at least for the tuba app. Here is my response from Tonestro telling me the tuba app doesn’t have the features advertised, and asking me to change my rating to reward them for for their efforts. I’ll put up a good review when and if they either change the description or actually add what the description says is available.
“ Hi,
thanks a lot for your message and your feedback. We plan to add fingering charts and other explanations for tuba too (we already have it of violin, sax, trumpet, flute, clarinet, recorder), but I can't give you a release date yet. Currently, the "songs" and "challenge" sections are available for playing with your real instrument. We are working on improving tonestro every day. We would be very happy if you would reward our efforts with a bit better rating.”
Response from developer
Hi, we' re sorry that you are not satisfied with the content of the Tuba app. We are constantly working on improving all of our apps. You can test the app for free several days, so that you can explore the app and the content, and then decide whether to opt out or go for an annual subscription. If you have any further feedback, please do not hesitate to contact our support team.
Gute Idee wenn es funktionieren würde
Also die Idee ist sehr gut und auch für Anfänger zum üben geeignet. Allerdings ist ein Lehrer für die ersten Schritte notwendig. Einfach um die Grundlegenden Basics wie Haltung, Töne, Griffe zu erlernen.
Response from developer
Hallo, danke für dein Feedback. Manche Geräte haben Probleme mit der Wiedergabe über die internen Lautsprecher und der Tonerkennung. Deshalb empfehlen wir, kabelgebundene Kopfhörer zu verwenden oder die Hintergrundmusik abzuschalten. Bitte kontaktiere uns über support@tonestro.com , wenn du weitere Unterstützung benötigst.
Love it!!!!
Response from developer
Hi, thank you very much for your feedback! 😊 Great that you like our app and that tonestro motivates you to practice with your tuba 🎵
