# VocalEase 4 U — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of VocalEase 4 U by Arnold Mcculler, rated 4.70/5 from 33 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vocalease-4-u/id1053564288/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vocalease-4-u/id1053564288.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 27 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (6 of 24) ### 5/5 — Adele Emberton *2020-02-19, version 2.5* I’ve been using this app as my warm up before gigs and it’s fantastic. I do it whilst getting ready, doing my hair and make up and then in the car on the way there. My voice is much more relaxed and warm and it helps prevent straining. I’ve recommended it to so many singers! ### 5/5 — Worth Every Penny and Need More Intervals *2018-04-06, version 2.4.1* Arnold, your app is fantastic. I use it often and all the tidbits of technique keep me on track. I would suggest you create a section for "ear training" similar to the intervals where the pianist plays back a rather random set of notes for us to sing back using the do-re-mi "Solfege" scale instead of oohs and ahs. ### 5/5 — Exceptional vocal tool!! *2017-05-26, version 2.3* Having studied speech level singing for some time, i've been looking for an app like this for ages! Straight forward, simple to use, informative and pretty well covers every exercise that i did during my lessons. Now i can warm up correctly before recording a vocal take, rather than listening back to old recordings of my lessons! And the pitch pipe is a great addition too. If you are a novice, a professional or a somewhere in between singer, or even an after dinner speaker, Vocal Ease 2 is the app for you, warm up correctly and learn valuable techniques to sing better and safer. Very happy customer 👍🏻 -Shaun Gibson, Southampton, U.K ### 5/5 — Easy to Use *2016-06-05, version 2.2* I plan to use this with my students. I really like the user-friendly functionality and the exercises are top notch. ### 5/5 — The one you need *2016-05-02, version 2.2* This is by far, and I have studied voice with the 'best', the vocal work you need. I use it everyday. Thank you for this app! ### 5/5 — The best *2016-04-30, version 2.2* I play over 120 shows a year, and for the past few years I have used VocalEase before every performance. I was smiling when I saw that there was a new app from the same creator. Excellent work and a must for anyone who speaks or sings ever! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Really! *2015-12-29, version 2.1* I love the app but I feel ripped off because I thought like the app said that I was paying .99 for an update with new exercises and or guests. Instead it's the same app that I paid for the first time. Nothing has changed. I need my .99 back! ### 1/5 — Very Unhappy!!!! Read before buy!!! *2015-11-18, version 2.0* Hello Arnold... I have been a paid user of your app for a long time, "Why didn't you just update your old app?" This are the same exercises that are in the VocalEase 1, this are just graphic upgrades which they should has been made to VocalEasy app, instead of "luring us", "tricking us" into buying a new app saying you got a new app, your exercises are very good but I guess you are going the same way Lis Caplan went, having 6 apps with different names and the same exercises all over them! Hope you keep the good work but at least do something better, that's why I stick with your app! But I guess I have to dish you just like I did to Liz Caplan apps! 😡 ### 2/5 — Not for mezzos *2019-05-17, version 2.5* Good exercises, but I hope you’re a baritone because the piano is too quiet to hear over Arnold. ### 3/5 — Invaluable, but needs work *2021-12-23, version 2.5* This app has a great UI, and Arnold put a lot of care into making these invaluable vocal exercises accessible to all who care for their voice. As the audio is years old (as old as the first iteration), it’s in need of a big. I hope to have a cleaner soundtrack. The off-the-cuff narration is a huge bother, and that’s evident getting through the very first exercise. There is no skip or scrub functionality, so you have to bare with it. The narration also slows down his playing, and it makes warming up a loose and disjointed experience. Additionally, having updates or sound packs could bring other interesting and useful exercises. This app already has so much to offer, and I’ve relied on it heavily, but it could be so much more. Thanks Arnold, and please investing in updating VE2! ### 4/5 — Would love more pitch training *2026-03-05, version Version 2.5.1* Would love more extensive pitch training exercises ### 4/5 — Fantastic App - But… *2025-10-01* The warmup section is a must when jamming with others or playing out live. Only complaint is that the older version’s “Warmup” section is much better due to less banter/conversation - therefore saving time and getting to the point. Thus I use it “way” more than this upgrade…Arnold your a fantastic singer and teacher but please update your new warmup to a more direct concise exercise (i.e. less banter). ### 4/5 — 2 Guest exercises not playing *2020-06-03, version 2.5* Love the variety of exercises but unable to play Guest links of David and Rosemary. Thanks ### 4/5 — Loved it *2019-05-10* Love the app. Use the exercises every night before my 8 shows a week. Keeping feeling safe and nice and warm. Was wondering if you could do a a version of the exercises where there is no introductions or talking, they run just run straight after each other. The introductions are helpful initially but would love a version where it’s just the exercises! Thanks ### 5/5 — The best *2026-05-06, version Version 2.5.1* I’ve been using this app for years. In 20 minutes the voice is warm and ready to go. Don’t leave home without it !🎤 ### 5/5 — Fantastic App! *2025-10-08, version Version 2.5.1* The warmup section is a must when jamming with others or playing out live. ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The best dollar I ever spent *2025-07-16, version Version 2.5.1* This was recommended by my voice teacher at the time. I have never gotten this much use out of something for this long, going on ten years. Like my teacher said: “that is a good dollar” ### 5/5 — The Best *2025-05-30, version Version 2.5.1* I must say in 56 years I have never purchased anything that is of greater value for the money then this app. Let that sink in…. I have expensive taste. Here is what I love about it not in any particular order. Arnold and all his guests are amazing singers as well as really confident teachers. All the contributors are positive and dish out great sensible advice. I go for long periods in my studio without internet or connection to the outside world(6 months) so this app is essential for the health and improvement of my voice. Since arnold asked for suggestions, here are a couple: I prefer to use one item from each section of the app every day so I keep my practice from feeling like a routine. In other words, in a weeks time I have digested most of the wisdom of the entire app. It would be great if each section had a minimum of seven sections. I.e Have Tonya add 4 David add 3 etc. I would also break Rosemary's content into sections like the others. Her content is integrative after having visited all the previous sections of the app but challenging to navigate. I believe because her material comes at the end and is not broken down many people are missing it… And that would be a shame. Her contribution is a hidden gem. Thank you to Arnold and his guests for a great experience and helping to open up and strengthen my voice in the wilderness… Peter Lawrence The Peter Lawrence Band ### 5/5 — Extremely useful *2024-02-08, version Version 2.5.1* Phenomenal for all aspects of singing, including ear training and breath control. The warm ups cover a wide range of difference things you might want to loosen up in your voice depending on the day, and Arnold is such a smooth and relaxed singer that just imitating what he's doing helped tremendously with some notes I would instinctively put some tension on. Very very happy with this app, I use it literally every single day. ### 5/5 — Amazing App! *2023-06-19* This app I have been using since the previous app was replaced by this one, I am very pleased with it: Only one issue that I believe will make it one of the best apps in the Apple Store, •Vocal Exercises to be separated from the “chit chat” don’t take me wrong, I love the way Arnold introduces us to the exercises but sometimes you just want to go straight to the exercise, vocal warm up etc… if we will have the introduction of the exercise separated from the exercise this will be cleaner and better for us the users because once you do this for a long time you really don’t need all the talk! Thank You for the amazing app ### 5/5 — THIS IS VALUABLE *2022-10-01, version 2.5* Keep it up Arnold, and thank you! ### 5/5 — This is a gift! *2021-07-13, version 2.5* This is not a product, it’s a gift, from one one the great backing vocalists of our time. Well worth 10 or 20 times the cost. The various exercises and warm-ups aren’t unique by any means. But Arnold is giving us all the benefit of 30 years of study and professional singing. To have this guy, whom I’ve marveled at as he flawlessly accompanies musical heroes like James Taylor, and Ry Cooder, be right here in my ear giving me tips, keeping the work light and loose with a bit of humor, encouraging me, is a gift beyond description. It makes me WANT to do the vocal work I’ve been needing to do for a long time. BTW, I was alerted to this app by none other than the great Jackson Browne, who credited Arnold’s app for improving his voice and actually teaching him how to sing properly, 40 years into his singing career! JUST GET IT! ### 5/5 — Essential for ALL Singers *2021-01-02, version 2.5* I cannot recommend this app enough for singers of any experience level. Warming up and training your vocals are essential for protecting your most precious instrument, your voice. There’s a reason the Arnold McCuller is one of the most sought after vocalists by musicians like James Taylor, Phil Collins, Lyle Lovett and too many others to list here. To this day Arnold continues to use his own app before each and every gig. Do yourself and your voice a favor and start using this app now. ### 5/5 — My best friend *2021-01-02, version 2.5* When alone on the bus traveling through the country I have a friend in arnold. I listen daily and laugh at the same silly remarks. But at the end find my voice ready for work. --- *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 2026-08-27.*