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Could be much better. I've had fun with this app, but there are some major problems: 1. You can't edit individual screens--if the cat jumps on your lap or a fire engine goes by, you can't backup a few bars and keep going. You have to start all over again. 2. The save and share process is absolutely bizarre. If you bump the computer or go to another screen you lose the save and need to start again. When you do get it saved, it takes hours to show up in your profile.

Don’t Get Sucked Into Subscribing. I never write reviews, but for this, I felt like I had to. Now look, I know companies need to do what they need to do to make money, but this subscription is a joke. Don’t make the same mistake I did and lose $50 over this. You can get the same features (and way better and easier to use) through Garage Band. I wish I could get my money back, but I’m not going to be like that as I fell for this, so that’s on me. Just want to share this feedback for Acapella as well as potential subscribers to maybe hold off until they make much needed improvements. I will be cancelling my subscription so no more money is invested in this app.

Bugs/glitches galore. So many issues. First, The app does not do a good job Recognizing headphones while using an external interface. Some interfaces ie “Rode”, it does not allow you to use them as monitors during playback at all. Next up is the collaboration tool. This is so confusing, as everyone who the song is shared with must remember to hit collaborate when sending back -otherwise it is locked from the original user(s). A much simpler fix would be to have the original user set the song for collaboration and wherever it goes from there, it stays in collaboration format until saved/shared by original creator. Beyond that the app constantly crashes, the metronome disappears, freezes up, etc. all on a fairly new iPhone. 75% of the time is spent troubleshooting. The effects are also pretty crappy even for the upgrade. Also seems like most of the features are designed for non-music things, ie, skins, pics, networking, etc. leaving very few options for recording/mixing. An extremely unreliable, amateurish app overall.

Disappointed.. I used to loveeeeee this app. I’ve been using it for like 4/5 years. I was so excited to finally find an app where I could harmonize with myself and play around with arrangements. I used it at least once a week. I took a little break from it and come back to find that I now have to pay for all of the basic features that I used to enjoy. Adding my watermark wasn’t too big a deal for me, but the equalizer being a paid feature really annoys me. I used to love that I could really refine and smooth out my sound. Now it’s really no point in me using this app anymore because i’m not about to pay for an app that glitches all the time. I used to not mind the glitches and the forced closing too badly but at this point it’s just not worth the headache and definitely not worth my money. I’m just sad that they want me to pay for the basic things about this app that made me love it so much. Will be uninstalling very very shortly.

Listed in app purchases don’t exist. This is a very cool app but the info about it on the app store page is misleading. Under in-app purchases in the description there are a number of appealing, non-subscription based options. In the app they only give you two subscription based options. I am very disappointed to find that in order to fully use this app I need to subscribe to it. That would be understandable for cloud storage and access to their social media community but I don’t want to use that stuff. I just want to be able to make full videos and save them to my photos app. AND I want to pay a fair and reasonable $9.99-ish for the privilege. Someone should at least remove those options from the in-app purchase list in the app store.

Why the expensive subscription?. I really like this app. It’s very useful for sketching song ideas. The real huge bummer is the fact that I can’t record over 1 minute without purchasing a regular subscription for roughly $50 a year. The price in itself isn’t a huge issue but the fact that the advanced features are only temporary sort of irks me a bit including not being able to save my files in the free version. I would have no problem paying a one time $50 price tag upfront for a full version of the app but it feels like a slap in the face when they want a yearly paycheck from people who want to use this. The app itself is wonderful. If you like making Instagram videos it’s great because they can only be one minute anyway. I would recommend this app to friends but the subscription is a little too much for the advanced version to be worth it. If you have access to a laptop or desktop just use iMovie. It’s a one time purchase and the possibilities are endless compared to the limited free version of this app.

Confused. Hello- I love the Acapella app, but even though I used head phones, there is still a metronome sound playing through my song. I want to use the metronome to stay in time but not to show up during the end result. 1) how do I get rid of it? Also, when I tried sear searching for the answer in the app, there was no help button or instructions besides those yellow boxes when I first used the app. 2) where is the user manual? I really do love it bu it can’t show people my arrangements of songs with the metronome playing in the background. Also, I initially tried to send an email instead of doing it through a review but the server wasn’t available, as in the page directed me to a page that did not exist. 3) how can I send an email? Thank you.

Not designed for musicians. I love the concept of the app and even bought a year-long subscription but I am realizing more and more how this app was not designed for musicians. For example, I’m running my audio interface into my phone so that I can record in Acapella using my mics. However, there are limited Input settings in Acapella so it’s diverting my mono input channel into one channel of stereo. I have to do this because the default phone mic is awful at picking up electric guitar and drums. I am running j to some other issues as well: it is very easy to accidentally delete recordings; the fact that you can’t change the number of squares after the onset of a project is annoying; it’s hard to find the videos I’ve made once I start a new project. Aside from the unhelpful FAQ on the website, I haven’t found any way to get help through customer service. tl;dr It’s really frustrating to use if you’re looking to record full band. ALSO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CANCEL THE PREMIUM ACCOUNT

New app, old data deleted. I have had this app for YEARS, had so many recordings on it, years of songs, ideas and memories of people in my life that are now gone and all of a sudden the app has changed and my data deleted. Now they have tried to make it a social media app, they are charging a membership and all my past recordings are gone without notice, I just tapped the app today and I was asked to login with an account which I never had before. I am so heartbroken. The app is worse now, the functions paired down, the cost much higher, all in all money over actual user satisfaction. Will be deleting.

Great until..... I love this app. And something horrible happened today. My profile won’t load. everything accept the part where u actually make the Acapella won’t load. But it’s useless because when I saved one I can’t see it on my profile because my profile just won’t load. I have so much fun with this app and I started to get better. Can someone please reply back and tell what to do? I tried refreshing it and it said there was an error trying to load your profile, please try again later. I already tried checking my wi-fi Restarting my phone, even logging in and logging back out of my profile and nothing has worked..please help. Thank you

Misinformation. I really used to love using this app. (This was an email originally) Hi, I write this email because your app personally advertised a 7 day free trial to me, but charged me as soon as it activated. As soon as I inquired Apple about this charge, they informed me that I had already used the free trial about a year ago… My problem and question to you is, why would you continue to advertise a free trial somebody has already used? I don’t appreciate the misinformation displayed to me. I feel used and robbed of an opportunity I was looking forward to taking advantage of. This has cut into important plans and I’m further thinking about removing this app off of my device because of it. Have a nice day.

Confusing and Horrible Customer Service. So I got this app because my friend had it and it looked super cool and fun. I thought it was free but when I got the app and make an account I thought it was telling me I had to pay for it. However, it turned out to be $10 a month for the premium but they didn’t specify very well so I started the 7 day free trial. That was last Monday. This past Sunday I went on to cancel my trial so I wouldn’t be billed the day after when my subscription started. In the policy it said you can “cancel your subscription anytime” But I couldn’t find anywhere on the app where it told me how to. So I e-nailed customer service and all they did was send me an article on how to delete my Acapella account. I don’t want to delete my account, I just want to unsubscribe from the premium list so I’m not getting billed $10 a month! Overall, I’m highly disappointed in the lack of communication and help i’m receiving.

3 Stars because.... ...not too happy to pay for a monthly subscription. I’d rather just pay for the app in itself, upfront, and call it good. I also can’t get videos to play besides my own. I’ll sit on it for a few minutes to see if it plays, when I tap the video it tells me I just paused the video. Can’t figure that part out. It would also be nice to be able to work on a few projects at once instead of having to delete the ones you aren’t done with yet. Otherwise it’s a decent app that fills the needs I was looking for: no friends are musically inclined and I wanted something besides an audio track app to record duets and stuff on.

Acapella app. Frustrating. Project sent to me, to collaborate. Wearing headphones, app does NOT pick up my audio! Vocal and guitar. Only the camera works. However, Able to use app without headphones, but is extremely hard to hear collaborators with just sound coming out of my iPad. Thats the only way app works, without headphones. Adding my guitar, can barely hear singer, other musicians. I spent 3 days with mixcord tech to fix app issue. Uninstalled/installed twice, sent whole project to app tech as well. Tried 3 different types of headphones, and ear buds. Nothing. I even started my own project from scratch, same issue. Camera fine, NO AUDIO. Contacted Apple tech, ran diagnostic on my 16 day old iPad, no issues, it is fine. Throwing in the towel on this app. Real mystery here. I wish app tech could talk to me on phone, might help. Bizarre.

Outstanding!. This is an amazing app, bringing people together to collaborate on all types of music. It’s been a real joy for me to add a bass track to a variety of artists- young and old, beginners to advanced, rockers to country to pop and R&B. Easy to use and a free version if all you want to do is add to others’ work, which is what I do. I do think, however, that the paid version cost structure needs to be updated and made more accessible. Still deserves 5 stars!

Crash and burning ??. The app is totally awesome! The first week, it was working like a charm, but then, after that, the app started crashing during collab uploads, from SMS, into the app. My phone has also been getting really hot, and the battery life seems to be getting much shorter. I don’t know if the it’s the app, but my phone seems to be deteriorating pretty rapidly since I’ve been using the Acapella. Big bummer. Acapella, do you have any thoughts on this?

What’s with the delayed timing?. Okay so I’m a percussionist. Because of COVID-19, I wanted to try something new and post a video of me playing a bass line excerpt. Basically, the music I would be playing calls for careful counting and splitting (for you drummers/drum corps folks). I recorded my first video WITH MY HEADPHONES and the audio came out great. No interference, nothing unpleasant. A nice clear sound. Now here’s the problem. I come to record my second video and after hearing the finished product of the second video - it’s COMPLETELY out of time and does not fall in with the initial recording. I have NO IDEA what it is but it definitely is not my headphones because they’re brand new. Keep in mind, there’s a new metronome feature on this app so after making the first recording there’s no need for the metronome because I would be going off the first video. Basically the audio and video don’t match up AT ALLLLLLLL when you put in the recordings together. Maybe if I wasn’t a musician this wouldn’t bother me as much but because the name of the app is ACAPELLA I would assume that there wouldn’t be timing issues with the recordings. Definitely wouldn’t recommend and is time consuming.

Expensive and Not easy. The app cost arrangement has changed. There was a paid down load version, and free down load version. What I’ve paid for a year is a lot for an app, as a church musician. But, now what do I do with the choir members . . . Free TRIAL version now, then they’ll have to pay. And I will lose people because it won’t be worth the money for them, or they can’t afford it, especially if we don’t know if it’ll work for us yet. This is a developer who is now taking advantage of a situation where volunteer groups are just wanting to make music together during this COVID situation . . . until they can come together again. These aren’t professional musicians, they just want to gather a few moments in voice. Congratulations for ruining a decent thing. I don’t mind paying for fair price/service . . . But this is price gouging. Then, there are no directions. You just have to figure it out. We’re all ‘collaborators’ now . . . New jargon . . . With no hints how to proceed . . . Man. I have to use this for now, I’ve paid for it . . . I hope you fill your coffers to the brim . . . You know musicians have no money at this time. Have a good day.

Acapella has me happy as a kid in a music store. This is a fun app. It lets me multitrack with the added dimension of video. It makes for great barbershop quartet videos. I do have another feature I would like to see added (assuming it isn’t already in there somewhere): Provide for latency correction by allowing you to adjust the time offsets for individual video tracks. This would allow you to use Bluetooth earpieces and stand much further back from the camera to provide a full body quartet view. Billy in Seattle

Great app — except for the ridiculous subscription. This is a fantastic app that allows people to be creative and collaborate in all sorts of ways, however this is an awful option for students and artists who just want to experiment. If you can afford shelling out $50 a year it’s great! However most students and musicians don’t have money for a looping app they just want to experiment with. You are better off investing your money in sound equipment and a DAW because you’d have those long term to record on rather than be stuck paying a subscription to a phone app... If this was like iReal Pro and only asked for a one time purchase it would be much more worth while. Even if it’s a steep purchase price, you’d have the tool on your phone to mess around with whenever you felt like getting creative. Sad to see reviews of people that paid the previous one time purchase which has apparently been voided since they changed the terms to a monthly subscription as well.... greed in action, making it harder than it has to be for musicians and artists to find their voice. I’d happily give this app 5 stars if the In-app purchases page was truthful at it really was a one time purchase of 7.99 for all the features.

Junk. Every time I export the audio to another program the audio changes from the true mix that I saved. Distorted...wrong mix....etc. but if I send the same file to the online acapella app there is no loss of quality and mix. Seems to me that acapella has sabotaged their own program so you can’t use it on an outside platform. AND, I paid for a the full version of the program a few years ago and all of a sudden I’m being asked for extra subscription fees to do the same functions that I had already paid for. Won’t be long before another party develops a better product without the bs. I won’t be spending another dime with this company. I truly loved the program until I ran into these problems. If you’re trying to make a sun video with friends and don’t care about quality this is for you. If you’re hoping to produce anything professional move along. Acapella can easily make this program more compatible but for some reason they’ve decided to give us a mediocre product.

Saw another review with the same problem. Glad I wasn’t the only one. When I recorded my first part and then tried to add another layer, it completely cut the audio from the second layer. I could not hear it no matter how high I turned up the volume on that layer and turned down the volume of the first. The audio was just gone. The issue persisted both with and without headphones. I was excited to try the app, but it’s useless to me if it can’t layer audio. Y'know, like it’s meant to. I couldn’t find a fix for this anywhere online and none of the tutorials for general use of the app I watched helped since they didn’t seem to be having this same issue. Weird bug. Frustrating

Buyer beware it’s buggy, problems with syncing audio. I use an iPhone 11 Pro Max. When I first got this app back in April 2020 and paid for the full version, it worked like a charm and all my recordings and harmonies were in sync. Fast forward to the end of May 2020 and there must’ve been some update in between and now I can’t even record harmonies in sync with each other. When I layer my second recording over the melody, even though I definitely sang together in sync with the melody while recording real time, the playback always makes the second recording play slightly ahead of the beat of the first track. It’s so frustrating. I used my air buds before and they worked fine so I’m not sure if that’s an issue because the second recordings are singing AHEAD of the beat. I’m so confused as to why it’s doing that. Usually it would be a latency issue right? I’m disappointed, also emailed tech support about it to make them aware of this new peculiar problem. I had to scrap a collaboration because of this problem so I’m bummed.

An ehhhh app. When I tried to overlap myself playing the violin, the first video would be great, but the second video would be almost mute and you can barely even hear it make a sound. I’ve tried moving the settings around with the noise, but nothing worked. I’ve checked reviews and turns out a lot of people are experiencing the same problems. This has been happening since last year and it still seems like this is a problem. I’ve read that the developers only respond to those giving good reviews and not actually saying anything to those bringing up the issue in their app. Is it a bug? If this issue is fixed, people might even buy your subscription. Hell, even I was going to, but i don’t want to be paying for something that doesn’t work well.

Difficult to Use. The making of acapellas is difficult and not as convenient in the app. After making one part of, say, a duet, I'm forced to wait longer than normal just to view a clip of my singing. Often times I have to re-record my singing because there are things I want to fix or redo. Because the loading takes so long just for, say, a thirty sec clip, the app is just really inconvenient. Not only that, but also the uploading and saving of my videos is difficult. Again, it takes very long and then I have to go through a process to simply save a video when it shouldn't be that hard to save my own video. Then if I want to view my video once I posted it, for some reason I can't view it unless I say I'm going to edit it. The whole format and process is just more difficult and inconvenient than it should be.

Signing back into you account. Hey I loved this app until my iPod got disabled we had to back it up to a long time before I had acapella and I was super mad cause I had to redownloaded it and I tried to log back into my account and I couldn’t it said you e-mail is incorrect and all that stuff and I had a thing a good one on there and I wanted to see how many followers I had and I couldn’t and I am disappointed I really like it and I really want to get back in to see my old account. I looked to see if my account was still on the thing and guess what it isn’t so If any one wants to download it go ahead just don’t sign out if you are planning on wanting to.😡

Sometimes works. Except.... When it doesn’t!!! I spent over an hour recording a multi track piece to share with people for my birthday. And after all of that the app glitched. What’s wrong... - app can glitch and scramble your separate tracks and combine them randomly. You then loose mixing control and your recording is basically garbage. - some basic mixing edits are permanent once you click the green check mark and you can’t undo and there’s no warning that is the case. - the app is not intuitive and the help articles and info is inadequate and mostly non existent. - good luck trying to contact the company for ANYTHING! They don’t seem to care. - more frustration than enjoyment so far. I have been a sound tech for decades. If I didn’t have to pay for this app for a working gig, it would be in the trash. Yet another example of a company that comes up with a good idea that is more interested in pocketing profit than reinvesting in and supporting their product to work in even a basic functional way. So sad. And be warned you might loose some hair if you are expecting too much.

False advertising. I wanted this app to combine a number of videos that I had previously recorded. I looked at the in-app purchases before buying, it said you had to pay for a video that was 3 minutes long. My videos were all 6 minutes long. I thought "well, I'll just cut them so they're all about 2 and a half minutes long. When I purchases the app, it said I had to pay for a video that was more that 1 minute long. Seriously? Not only that, I have to record a video right here right now, I can't choose an already recorded video. I would have rated this 0 stars if I could, DO NOT GET THIS APP!!! Edit: Also, no private accounts. Everyone can see your stuff.

Island of the Misfit Musicians. Tired of “Facebook”? Looking for a place to go and post your talent instead of your every day mood, thoughts & opinions? If so, then Acapella is just right for you and everyone else. Acapella now only allows just anyone to bring life to their voices but also allows musicians to showcase their talents as well. The only thing about this App I would critique is the lack of community communication between users. Users have no choice but to communicate all questions or ideas through comments on posts instead of the option to message privately. Otherwise, a top notch App.

Developers, please read!!. As great as this app is, I’ve discovered some difficulties. With every layer I add to the Acapella app, it refuses to add it! It says “your device is running low on resources, there might be too many apps in the background. Please close some of your background app and perform a hard restart on your device. Press “learn more” to get information on how to perform a hard restart.” So, I close out my apps; doesn’t work. I restart my phone; doesn’t work. I press ‘learn more’; it just says that Acapella saves what I have even if I restart. It’s frustrating to post videos when it doesn’t allow me to post! I love the app and wish it was more convenient to use!

Really frustrating. Something is REALLY annoying with this. I have an iPhone 7 w/ Bluetooth headphones. I can’t use Bluetooth because of the input lag that ruins the timing. But there’s also no way to make the audio play aloud with no headphones so there’s nothing to time it with. I know it can make annoying feedback loops but I’ll just turn the volume really low and listen and sing at the same time. Sure some ignorant people would ruin their recordings because of that but at least give me the option to turn it off. My headphones don’t work with this app, and I have to buy extra expensive headphones specifically designed for my phone because Apple is as greedy as the company who made this app. Give me the option to turn this off!! I can’t do anything without it!!

Wonderful!. This app has been such a wonderful, easy-to-use tool! I can make music in harmony with myself without paying an arm and a leg for it, and it’s a beautiful feeling. The volume dials are helpful as well. The only two grievances I have are: I would love to be able to add or subtract parts even when I have already recorded on a specific template. And it would be nice to have better sound quality (but maybe that’s just my phone microphone!). All together a great app!

Price. I had this app when you could individually Pay for a time limit. (Like purchasing a 3 minute video option on its own, or a ten minute on its own etc) they changed it so now you don’t have access unless you pay monthly. And the price is incredibly high. My purchase for the 3 minute and 10 minute video no longer exists. And if I want to use that feature again I have to pay 8 bucks a month? Ridiculous. This was a fun app and decent prices until they changed it. I am hoping I can find something similar to this app that has reasonable prices. How unfortunate. It was a great app until the monthly subscription.

great app, but hard to use.. This really is a great app. It’s like a musician’s instagram. There are so many talented people on here, and everyone is super friendly. I gave it 4 stars because when it comes to recording your own stuff, it’s very difficult to use. I was recording a trio with my self and I had the metronome going and I was in time, but when I played back the recording, the app sped up the harmony, and a beautiful song sounded horrible. I can’t find where to change that. Also, where are the tools to edit sound and video?? I’m just really confused when recording my own music but I do recommend this app.

Cool idea, but too expensive. This app is so cool, and there ore some cool things you can do with it, but I don’t have the money to pay for a subscription. It is really annoying sometimes. With free version you can only do a 30 second video! Not even a minute which is what I though it was. It’s hard To get anything in a 30 second video! Also you can’t import videos from your camera unless you pay for the subscription. That is really annoying because I like editing my videos on my main photos app. I think this is a really cool idea, but you need to make more things free and enjoyable.

Has a lot to offer; Could better support original music. The Acapella app has a lot of bells and whistles. It’s going to take me a good long while to figure out how to fully utilize all it has to offer. And yet, it could offer more! I love a good cover of a song I like, but I’m most interested in hearing original music. Could the developer/s add a feature so that users could identify their songs as original music and then let users sort the Feed by that so we can check out just original music sometimes if we want???

World uniter!. For anyone who loves to sing or play a musical instrument, this app is for you! I have learned to sing with a good group of people near my age (32) or thereabouts, and it's true that friendships can be made online. I would like to see a feature where singers can send personal messages to compile songs and singers together! This is NOT a dating site, so messages should be kept professionally! It's sure to be a great way to spend your evening or if you have a day off!

Great, but no monitor feature. This app is great and allows you to listen to all the tracks you’ve pre-recorded and adjust their levels in the mix, BUT there’s no monitor feature to hear what is currently being recorded through your headphones. If you’re pure acoustic, this isn’t much of a problem. If you’re using a post-mic effects loop before input into the app, this is a major problem... you can’t hear what your post-effects sound is like until after you’ve recorded the whole track. I’m working on a way to use physical splitters to make this happen, but it would be a great software feature to add... the ability to turn on/off a monitor of the track you’re currently recording and adjust its volume relative to the other tracks in the mix.

Review update: not so great anymore. Forced watermarks, and now no mixing tools on the free version make this app so limited that our group cannot use it anymore. The high monthly cost to get full access is a deterrent. I spend a lot of time on this app with my quartet but when the cost for full access is so high each month, that’s not something I can afford to pay. The charge is too high. We should be able to pay for full access all at once at a reasonable price and never have a recurring fee. The cost should be reasonable as well. I am bummed that this app has changed so much to where you cannot use tools on the free version. Looking for a new option now for our quartet. Changed to 2 stars.

Terrible design for a great concept. I got this because it is something I want to use, being able to record multiple videos of me and overlay them together to make a song. But when I started using it, it was super confusing and just left out a lot of things that shouldn’t have been left out. First off, just trying to input two previously recorded videos isn’t allowed. Only one, so that was annoying. Meaning I couldn’t put two in and then line them up on my own. Second, when I tried to record a simple song there was no way to turn off the sound of the first video that was already there, however you could turn off the metronome. This made the sound come out like heart beats when I was done because I couldn’t turn up the metronome and down the video. This leads me to the third problem, which would fix everything if they let you do this. You can’t move one of the videos a little bit forward or backwards to line them up perfectly. Last, you need premium for basically everything and it’s super expensive.

Developers have become greedy. Every tutorial or promotion I have seen says the free version allows 1-minute recordings. Not anymore! Only 30 seconds. So....for the amateur or kid just playing around with their instruments or voice you can’t even record a short song to send to grandma or whatever. This category of user (which is pretty massive) is unlikely to be able to justify the recurring monthly or annual cost of unlocking more time. Maybe a one-time payment to unlock the 1-minute timeframe could pull these users back in whilst still making the developers their $$$. Aside from that, the app itself is straightforward. It would be nice to be able to turn off the sound of your precious tracks as you record a new one as an option. It would also be nice to find some way to get Bluetooth headphones to work properly. Being trapped by the length of the wire makes getting anyone with an instrument into view on the camera hard and impossible with a cello!

Should be titled “Garbage Band”. This is a terrible app. I would rate it negative five stars if I could. It renders and loads forever, crashes when you save things (beyond frustrating), and has a terrible user interface. Basically, from a functionality level it’s garbage. An app should at least do basic functions properly (like save and export) and be easy to use (functions and features should be clearly labeled and easy to find, not buried where you have to look for them) . This is not that type of app. An app that edits music should be able to do a few things above and beyond just those basic operations though. Getting collaboration levels right is a pain and you have to shuffle from record to playback to adjust levels between tracks. Anytime you make a change to something or switch tracks playback starts over from the beginning. That’s something that should be able to be done “on the fly”. If this app were to be stellar, it would need to fix all these problems and maybe add some useful functions like automation, import more than one file from an external source, trim clips, loop function, or multitrack editing. As is, garbage. Deleted.

Acapella is worth its weight in gold!. I have used Acapella over the last 1 1/2 years and it’s allowed me to effortlessly collaborate with friends around the globe. When people hear the collaborations they’re amazed and often ask how it’s done. When I tell them about the app they either purchase it on the spot, or they complain that it cost money. Seriously? For less than one dinner out, this app allows you to record with people anywhere in the world. Acapella has been a hugely instrumental to me and I would recommend it for so many reasons. Whether you are your own band or Acapella singer and want to record multiple tracks, or you are looking for a way to collaborate with friends, it’s a great platform. I would give it 10 stars if they were available for ease of use, quality of product and fun factors! Thank you Acapella! You make the world a brighter place!

Audio is off. Costumer service isn’t well.. I got the app for the first time today to overlap my piano and flute playing. I played my flute for the first clip and the audio sounded fine. As I added the second, third and fourth audio clips they would be muted and the first would sound obnoxiously loud. I tried to mess with the audio settings but no matter what I did it still wouldn’t work. I was reading more reviews and lots of other people also had this problem but it seemed as if the company only responded to people who didn’t have this problem. I feel as if this is a more serious problem than inappropriate content which can get reported or block. All problems should be fixed, not some and the rest get ignored.

Expensive and Lacks Key Features. I’ve been using this app to create music with friends while social distancing. In terms of ease of transferring projects, it’s fairly straightforward and provides a decent platform for doing so. However, given the extremely steep monthly price, I would hope that this app had the following: Ability to work on multiple projects at once — once you start one project, you basically have to finish before opening a different one. There are workarounds, but to me this is such a dealbreaker with an expensive app. Ability to edit takes — I know the video element makes this a little tricky, but if I have a slight mistake I should be able to piece in a short audio clip to “voice over” and cross fade between the original take, without affecting the video. Tempo changes during the song — or the ability to temporarily pause the metronome if you are performing songs with pauses or tempo fluctuations Graphical eq — there are eq settings that can be modified, but graphical eq would be much more convenient to work with in an app setting. Desktop/android support — really need this one. I can’t collaborate with friends who don’t use iOS. I’m still getting used to this software, and I’m probably not aware of all the features it has to offer. However, I pay less for other production software that does way more for a fraction of the price; honestly this is just a rip off. Once quarantine ends, I will most likely not be renewing my subscription.

You should add this.. I like this app but one thing that I hate about it, is that you can only add one video from your photo library and then you have to do the rest of the videos on the app. Not all of us have time to record ourself filming the same song over again to make it sound like harmony. Because sometimes our family member will get annoyed by the same song over and over again. Pleas let us add more than one video from our photo album.

I wish there was an option for no borders!. This app is a great tool for recording multiple lines at once. However, I have a few issues with it: 1. You are forced to have a border- it would be great if I could record videos without a border separating them (basically just no lines in between them) 2. You can't trim videos from the beginning- you can only trim videos from the end, so if (for example) you have a harmony coming in later, you can't cut out the beginning section where you're waiting for your line to come in and you're just awkwardly looking at the camera 3. It can be super glitchy- especially when trimming videos It's still a great app, but if all of these things were fixed it would have a perfect 5 star rating!!

Great app to collaborate!. Just stated using the app about 3 weeks ago and I think it’s an excellent app to collaborate with band mates or other musicians. I’ve heard a handful of people talking about sync issues but I’ve noticed if you use the wired headphones with the built in mic there’s no issues. But if you use Bluetooth headphones or earbuds thats where you may have a latency (sync) problem. Definitely worth paying the yearly subscription if you plan on using the app more than just a few times.

Great app! I have a suggestion though…. Ok, so I love this app. I’m a music lover anyway, but I love being able to do all the parts at once! I only have one complaint. It’s really more of a suggestion. I like that you can post privately or publicly, don’t change that. It’s nice to be able to only send the videos to friends. But I think there should be a third option. There should be an option to let only your followers see the video. My thing is it’s great to send links to people who don’t have the app, but if they have the app and are following you you shouldn’t have to send them a link. Don’t get me wrong, I love the private posting thing, but, like I said, there should be a third option so you’re followers don’t have to get links and like the posts to save them. Please consider it! If you did it, it would mean a lot! Other than that, this app is great!

Missing major features. When I first tried out the app, I thought it was really useful to create music covers with multiple parts, so I bought the yearly subscription to be able to record for more than 30 seconds, tolerating the price. Being able to hear my other recorded parts while I record is what caught my interest. Now that I’ve used the app more, I’ve found out how limited this app is. There isn’t an editor where you can move tracks around or have a part that appears for only part of the song. You have to record each part in one go. This app is also only available on mobile, which I find annoying because my phone’s mic quality isn't what you would call good. I also wanted to make use of the guide music that would have been really useful to listen to while recording, but for some reason Acapella only uses Apple Music songs that require a subscription which I’m not paying for to play more than 30 seconds of the song I want. There’s so many extra useless features like filters and watermarks when Mixcord should have focused on actual music-making and ease of access features.

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Acapella. Awesome app, but a little bit confusing. This app gets a four star rating ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pretty good. Pretty good

Buggy as hell but good when it works. Frustratingly, often refuses to record, but when it does work, it’s good. Like the way I can remove watermark in free version.

Amazing app!. The only issue is it freezes or lags when I try to watch a video. Please please fix guys - but I nonetheless recommend this app, probably the best musical/singing app I've seen yet. Keep it up. Just please fix the lag thanks guys!

Just one thing wrong. The app is so cool and I love it but there is one thing wrong and that is that whenever I go to share it to Instagram it never works. I try to press share and it comes up with the different things I can share on but it only allows me to share it on the app. Please fix this if you can 🙂

Meh. Ehhhh

Awesome App!. I love singing in harmony so I love this app! The only annoying things are: you have to upload your video to save it, and sometimes it comes up with a service error when trying to upload it. If this could be fixed that would be awesome! Otherwise this is a great app! :)

Love it. It's so easy to use and it works very well but I would like to be able to alter the length and the layout after the some recordings have been made because it's frustrating having to start all over again sometimes.

Return of the snack. I downloaded this cause doja cat. Look up doja cat acapella triflin, return of the snack, daddy, under my bed and more!!!

I love this app. Great app to sing and play with harmonies. Easy to use! I recommend it 100%

Love it!. Lots of fun. Takes a while to render but that’s okay.

App Crashing. The app keep crashing whenever I open the app. This may have happened with the new update. Please fix.

Loved it. It takes a while to get used to and the backing tracks are a little off, but if you're just singing about nothing and having fun then it's awesome!

In-App Purchases misleading. This app promises one-off in-app purchases which are reasonable but once you install you only get the premium upgrade option of a monthly or yearly subscription which is ridiculously over priced.

Cool and Nice. I loved the app because I could make a really cool music video and also muck around with different instruments. I loved it, good job! Keep it up!

Come on.. You know when it says redownload? Yeah why does it automatically take payments? Not happy.

Fantastic for vocal training. It's very helpful to be able to record several parts when learning different vocal lines! Plus the kids love singing their favourite songs as a choir :)

Easy and funny. Great app and easy to use. I see many people make funny or great videos from this app. And it's funny to share. I would just like the save option to be quicker though, without needing to post it first, just to save it straight to my camera roll. :)

Crashes. Why is it crashing on my new iPhone help

I meannn.... You can only here one voice if you don’t have premium but I don’t know what it’s like if you do you have premium other wise it seems pretty okay

je pense que…. je t’aime, acapella

Pretty Good. This app is really good and heaps of fun to use but a major downfall, is the fact that you can't save your video without sharing it and I think when lots of people realise you might lose people from your app. If you fix this I think it would be amazing.

Awesome App. Nothing out there compares

Meh. Didn't have a 'no, thanks' option when asking to rate, otherwise a fine app

Acapella app. Great app, works really well, not full of ads, easy to use !

This app is absolutely amazing. There's just one thing.... I don't know if this is just a glitch with my phone or a problem with the app. If it's a glitch in my phone? Ignore this. But if it's a problem with the app please fix. Whenever I try to watch anyone else's or my video it just freezes. Like it had to buffer every second. Please fix so that you just have to click once to watch it and sit back and relax. It would be greatly appreciated. Otherwise, amazing app, keep up the good work!

Brilliant!. Fantastic app!! I'm having lots of fun with it and have really been enjoying the versatility and possibilities of layering and self-recording. If there were a few more editing options it'd be even better!

Awesome app!. Really user friendly and fun. Only feedback (maybe I just don't know how to do this) if we could have a photo as the picture instead of a video. So have our voice but not the video.

Fantastic app! Just needs a few more features. Awesome app! But it really needs the feature of putting two or more videos in to the one frame. Blank squares aren’t attractive.

Finally someone made an acapella app!!. A seriously fun app which is super easy to use and play around with it. Has way more features than I expected from a relatively new app. Once people get a hold of this it's gonna be as big as vine for sure. Can't wait! Only annoying thing is you have to post your video in order to save it but other than that, totally awesome!!

Pretty good but.... This has potential to be an amazing app, and is heaps of fun to use, but it comes out like I’m speaking into a fan! Makes my harmonies sound horrible. Plz fix!

Scam trial. Just got charged $15 for a “free trial” nice! I’d like my money back

More Instruments!. Please add more instruments to the profile like double bass, trombone, percussion etc.

Good but a few changes. Hi, I have been using this app for some time and I have some things that I would love to change. Private accounts: it would be fantastic for private accounts to come in place. Only your followers can see what you post. Then everything would be slightly less public. Ask to follow: maybe in place for private accounts could be a ask to follow. This is where the user would say yes or no if a person wanted to follow them, which would most likely be siblings friends and maybe parents/children/partner. Thank you for making this app, I really enjoy it!

Ton of fun for everyone.. A ton of fun for everyone. Amateurs hobbyists dabblers wannabes and professionals. I've been using the app for a couple of months and just upgraded to the annual subscription package. Worth every cent. My main use of the app is to record harmony tracks for a small community choir to access for teaching the parts SATB etc I'd like some instructions or a help file included as I'm having to work through trying to work out how to use the basic features to best effect.

Very fun. A great way to practise singing in parts by yourself as well as being able to collaborate. Fantastic.

L Plates. I am learning what I can in the free version and find 30 secs a bit tight.

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Really fun and addictive but .... i love this app just like everyone else, but i have one problem with it, i don't think it happens to anyone else, i'm thinking it might be because of my iPhone 4s, but anyway, when i do an acapella some of the boxes go way out of sync ! i would be so much happier with the app if it was fixed, but other than that it's a fantastic app ! but if the problem is fixable, pleaaase fix it, thank you

No free stuff. There is no free stuff 😑

Lol. I am private account. But I am so funny on it 5 star ⭐️ great appz nothin’ to change

I love this app. Its very user friendly and fantasic results even with a cheap mic. I baight it for a year .and definately keep updating it .The only dissapointment i have is . Every time i ask a question regarding acapella i always get the same Girl doing a demo .whichis good But doesnt answer my questions . Example i cant find how to trim a video after i save it ,,,..? Thanks for the app

Can only hear one section. Terrible app. Deleted last year because when making videos, you could only hear one recording, none of the others, which completely defeats the purpose of the app. Redownloaded today on my new phone and it still does this. Disappointed.

Meke as app👌🏼. 100% recommend

Ray Smith. I just downloaded this app (free version) and I had sooooooo much fun I played with it for just a day and I am going Premium and also the other subscribers they are all awesome 😊

Don’t get this app. It is horrible. My app is broken. I can only get the first video loud and the other parts mute. It is so annoying and you better fix this!!!

Without all the glitches, it'd be perfect. As a singer who loves acapella, I know I will be obsessed with this app over time when it's updated and developed. For the moment, I can't enjoy it to the full extent I'd like to since any video I upload disappears (and the "server cannot be connected" whenever I try to find it) and I'm also unable to load the videos of others. Otherwise it's great!

Hi. Hey guys, I haven’t actually tried the app but it sounds great. I’m only twelve do I can’t have the app.

The good, the bad and the ugly. Okay, this app has an awesome concept and appeals to a very wide audience. It's creative and let's you get on your inner performer, but it has down falls. There are heaps of bugs and the app crashes constantly. The videos are slow to load and I have experienced lag when I upload. If the developers fixed these problems I'm sure it would be absolutely remarkable :)

Great. I think that this app is great. It always works and I love it

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Use of the Metronome. Not quite sure how do use the Metronome it appears to have two speeds fast and slow I cannot get it on an actual temple example I want to Temple 104 bpm I’m getting less than 60 bpm not sure how this works. After having the app for three years all the sudden this does not work can anybody help me

Beaucoup de bug. Un bug à chaque étape du processus.

It costs $14 a month.. You get free 30 second clips for feee which is completely pointless. If they went back to giving a minute for free it would still give them paying customers but a whole lot more would still stick around.

Has gone downhill. More and more features locked behind paywalls, and still the basic functionality is not working. Audio lags so severe it makes the experience very unenjoyable, and I can’t change the input output device (especially since the iPhone removed the headphone jack it has become more and more difficult to use this)

Pay and its okay. This app has gone very limited and very money hungry. If you’re willing to pay a lot of money, it’s okay

Seems to have potential. I just started using it but it seems a bit hard to work with so far. Not intuitive and a bit frustrating. I’m giving it an optimistic 3 stars hoping the developers will take note and make this the awesome app it looks like it could be.

????. Everytime I make a recording the beginning of my recording is super quiet and then it gets louder like 10 seconds in. Why? It didn’t change anything. Idk how to fix it. This app is literally bad for the amount of money to actually use it.

Zero stars if I could. I was charged for a month 24 hrs after I signed up for the 7 day free trial. I find this kind of behavior revolting. I won’t use the app because of this. Boo on you mixcord

Hard to send link. Terrible app would not recommend

Amazing!. This is the app i had been waiting for all my life! Amazing features let you sound like a pro. Litterally the best app of any kind i have ever used. Collaborating with musicians from around the world made easy. I can’t say enough good stuff about it! Thank you to the folks at Acapella.... keep us rockin!

No good.. Tried the full upgrade version, crashes when adding movie or song file to sing to, also lags and delays as soon as you start multi-tracking. Why, if this syncing is such an issue (and it is, check the reviews) would they not add a control to nudge a recording forward or backward? It does have several controls to EQ, add reverb and several other great post-processing tools... nudging a recording to solve the syncing issue would be a natural progression. It’s as though they’re in denial of there being any sync issues at all. Do not recommend.

Shady, scammy, scummy. I paid for this app back before they used a subscription model. I had access to EQ, and they’ve taken this away. Other features are also hidden behind a paywayll. This is TOTALLY DECEITFUL and NOT OKAY.

Love this app. I now make use of Acapella on a regular basis. Love it and regularly share with my friends.

Hard to collaborate. The app works well if you just want to record multiple tracks of yourself, but collaboration with others is difficult and you lose quality with each person who contributes. Also there is very little documentation, just an FAQ page. Tutorial videos would be helpful. I expected more from an app you have to pay a subscription fee to use.

Nope. Having to pay to record for 1 minute is useless. Next please...

Doesnt work with iphone. I’m really disappointed. Tried to collaborate by joining a friend’s video, but since it only works with wired headphones, and iphone no longer has a dedicated headphone jack, it means i have nowhere to plug in an external microphone nor can I override the headphone mic to use the phone mic. Which means, it doesn't pick up my instrument, only my voice because headphone mics are meant to do that. Since the primary reason I use it is for adding instruments into a collab, its useless.

Amazing!. Great place to showcase your talent, and discover others!

Raaidah. Hi so this is really fun but to be tu am new and don't know how to upload a vid can anyone help me 😐👉👈

Mixed feelings. I mean the app is super easy to use, but when you post stuff and haven’t subscribed, the audio quality ABSOLUTELY SUCKS. Great app, but it’s pretty much a huge cheat when you try to pay for better audio. Kinda stupid.

Awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome. I love this app but not everything is free I just wish everything was free can you please change that because I want my video to be longer than thirty seconds to do a one minute to thirty minute video you need to pay money please change that you can’t even do a one minute video for free I don’t like that please change that but other than that it’s awesome but developer please make everything free I want to make a want to make a longer video 30 seconds it’s a pretty good app but please change that I want they are to be free things well there is free thanks but please make everything free I’m so sorry about that I don’t wanna sound like a little brat and I don’t wanna sound needy but it just bugs me I’m very sorry but please change that

Acapella! 🎶🎼🎵. I’ve had Acapella for 12 years and it’s RLLY GOOD nothing could be better

Pretty cool. The app is pretty cool thus far. Sadly the metronome doesn’t go slower than quarter note = 60. That’s problematic.

Arghapella. This app is a great idea but is terribly executed. Okay for a one person show perhaps but as a collaboration tool it is poorly designed, clunky and utterly demotivating to use. How is it possible to be hearing two versions of the tune at the same time? Yet.... it happens. Avoid if possible.

Amazing app!. I recently got the yearly subscription for premium, and I definitely recommend this app with or without! Collab with friends, you can make any type of music with endless templates. The only thing I would have to say is that in the comment section, some people (not a ton) will hate and swear and it may not be safe for little children to use the app. I use the app every day and it’s really helped me improve on my music!

Great app. Let's me have good grades in music

Acapella is awesome. Buy it it is the best app ever

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Few crashes but a good app. L’app a planté à plusieurs reprises, malgré le fait que j’aie payé le forfait premium, perdant ainsi chaque fois tout le travail que j’avais mis. Il devrait y avoir une option de sauvegarde « brouillon » comme sur Tik Tok.

Decent. It’s good for basic things. I get the need for the developers to add the subscription service for better editing tools. But WHY in the fresh hell can you only import a clip at the beginning of editing? In the PRO editor, no less. That’s $14 a month and you can’t even import a clip normally. It just doesn’t make SENSE to restrict that to your first clip, it’s difficult to set up a tempo consistently after that. All that aside, it’s an alright app if you’re making covers under a minute long. Any more than that and you’ll be better off learning how to use editing software on a PC.

👑. I love this app but I think that $12 a month is a little to much also I wish that I could have longer than 30 seconds to make a video i do not buy the premium.😥 But other than that this app is great!

Works adequately. So, I’ve been a paid subscriber to this software app for two years now and it really hasn’t changed at all since I first subscribed in 2020. Well, there are some work around some of the limitations of the app, it would be better if they had more features added to it, including better vocal support, more instruments support and the ability to natively be able to add more than nine tracks to each song. I think this is a classic case of someone building an app years ago and then, other than making necessary patches, not doing anything with it. Sad, because it could do so much more.

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It’s ok. I mean the quality and everything is good but it’s just trying to get your money. You have to pay to use over thirty seconds of Acapella and it’s a monthly subscription. If you just 2ant to do Acapella, I advise you get a different app.

It’s okay. I really like the app, I can make funny Acapellas on there and it’s great fun but I wish that you could record for longer without having to pay :(

Wonderful way for us to share music. The editing is nice, and the various formats work. For some of us seniors though the mechanics are not terribly intuitive. If using regularly one gets used to the processes, and appreciate the kind support people, but navigating through can be a challenge. Otherwise, five stars!

Accapella. Easy to use

Amado. Excelente programa

Enable recipient to get the app. Hi, my friend in Quebec city said that he cannot download Acapella. He will try again later. He wants to try the free version. His # 1-418-570-9485.

For the love of god do some user research. This app is such a cool idea but the UX is terrible. If you do nothing else please remove the useless home page with other peoples random collaborations on it. I just need to know where my projects are. Also why don’t you just have a step called “listen” so you can hear your take, and see how it sounds with adjusted volumes etc before choosing whether to keep the vid. Argh! And many other complaints - these are easy and obvious fixes!!

Sad only 30sec is free. Was looking forward to trying out the app, all the how-to videos I watched showed that you were able to record up to one minute in the free version, perfect for a trial... was very disappointed after I downloaded the app to find only 30sec is now available in the free version. Only having 30sec is very impractical and not worth the effort of recording. Thanks, but no thanks

Still unusable.. The video and audio lag severely, making this app useless. I was hoping this would have been addressed in this update, but it wasn't. I'm disappointed.

Do not get this app.. Frustrating, unpolished. No Bluetooth support – you can try, but the app isn’t going to work. A great many features hidden behind a monthly subscription, which, quite frankly, isn’t worth it to record a few harmonies just for the fun of it.

Monthly purchases. Used to be able to do at least a minute for free... Now you need to pay monthly

Facturation. Please be more clear about the facturation with the free week. I cancelled the day you told me and the payment was taken without my consentement.

SUPER COOL. This app is rlly cool. No lag for me whatsoever, that might be different for u cuz I have an update. I wish it would be free for the premium package, but since I'm super cheap I would never spend 99 cents on a cool looking background.

I am still waiting for something better. I sort of only use this app because there’s nothing else out there that offers the same thing for free. It’s very frustrating how you can only have one active project at a time. It’s also very confusing when you want to collaborate with a friend, often I will lose ownership of a project or vice versa with my friend. There are many ways which this app could be improved. But I like what it allows us to do and how it allows us to collaborate creatively

Problems. Freezing screen, volume of music cuts in and out....it worked great for the first four months....now, all of a sudden this week.....it’s aweful. I paid for a full year, now what?

Besoin d’aide. Je veux annuler l’abonnement je nsais pas comment

Can't save locally. The idea and execution for creation are good, but no use if I can't save locally to my device. Apparently, it needs to upload videos first, no option to 'no upload'; and, as the 'server' keeps sending errors during the looooong upload process, then it becomes a waste of time, useless and frustrating Latency issues make it impossible to use for more than 2 vids

You have to pay for $1 minute clip now. They recently updated the app so you have to pay a monthly subscription for any clip >30 seconds. I would gladly pay a one time payment to unlock this feature, but a monthly payment is not practical. I like the app and have used it for 5+ years, but I make a video maybe once every 2-3 months. Not worth paying a monthly subscription.

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Speedy way to make awesome sounding composite vids. Like the built in effects and reasonable default settings. Some big MMF’s (insert Product Owner here) I would add are animated frames with transitions, switchable frame focus, dynamic amplitude/mute/compression envelopes, punch in/out, dynamic layout transitions fitting selected aspect ratio, ability to insert from mobile device photo/vid folder and lowering default track volume from 10 to 7 to allow some mixing headroom.

Lack of control over clips make Bluetooth devices useless. This app is lacking in a few irritating ways. Primarily the ability to adjust start times for clips. That is a crucial feature since this app does not properly sync the start of each take if you are using Bluetooth mic/headphones. Either compensate for the latency in software, or preferably just let us slide the clips with fine control to make the timing line up.

Greed is starting to take hold here. I’ve been with this app for a long time now and and I can remember things for free , now I understand as technology Starts to take shape. And we get more control on tweaking are sound and the fun tolls that we get with app is wonderful .. but now we have the yearly subscription from 9$. To 24$ for the year Now we are in the 49$. I guess good thing will becoming to an end real soon . To bad .

No useful Bluetooth headphone support. This is ridiculous. IPhones have not had wired headphone jacks for what, 2-3 years now? I searched the Acapella help site and the only article that referred to Bluetooth headphones complained that they have latency (they don’t) and that you should switch to wired (I can’t). I know, I could use a lightning-headphone adaptor. Of course then I’d be restricted to my iPhone’s mic, no external mic or interface. When I have such an interface plugged in and try to use headphones, I can’t switch on the monitor switch in Acapella, so I can’t hear what I’m playing or what I’m playing along with. I’m pretty sure this is a software issue. Please fix it!

Amazing. Every time I sing a song with harmony I wish there were more of me so I could sing both parts and with this app I totally could. It also helps me if I can't play a part on piano I can just record one part and play the next part over it. Overall really good app. One thing I don't like is that you have to pay for premium and it doesn't give you much more. 10/10 would play again

Fun app!!. As someone who is not technologically inclined, I am so happy to find that I am actually able to navigate through this app and create some neat things. It is very user-friendly. It is great to be able to enjoy making ensemble music in this period of social distancing. After doing a couple of projects on my own, I am eager to learn how to use this app to collaborate with friends.

I’m so done with this app. This app was too difficult to use and would constantly push you to get premium. the process to record was absolutely frustrated. 1.because it doesn’t explain how to record 2.it would have random pop up and suggestions that you didn’t need When I tried recording it didn’t even save my video so I couldn’t even record. I eventually got so frustrated I deleted the app. Also when I first got the app when it made me sign up I accidentally put the wrong birthday date so I went to fix it and it just reset my birthday and signed me in anyway. I don’t even know why I downloaded this app in the first place.

Dev please read.. OkSo this app is great, but it’s very limited you see the tiles that you can record up to it’s only nine spaces and I really wish it can go up to Moore and you can have a scale where you can set it up to at least 50 squares in each one have their own recording the subscription is too expensive so if any developers are reading this, please like please change it to a bit lower because you know I’m just really wanting to make a song

Awesome support. I was having significant latency issues and was about to give up on the app but decided to contact them for help. They were prompt and were able to diagnose what was wrong in my setup. I did continue to have some latency issues and they suggested that my pad and earbuds might be too elderly. I tried again with newer earbuds and latency gone. Thanks!

Insane lag. I was so excited to use this app as a go-to video maker as a multi-instrumentalist. I never write app reviews, but I’m so beyond disappointed. There’s no way to adjust the sync of each individual track to combat the glaringly bad lag. To effectively record in time, I had to play intentionally ahead of the beat, which is a non-starter when trying to record percussion and other strike-based instruments. If you’re doing long tone vocal recording then maybe it will be okay but this app is barely capable of living up to its name: Acapella. Nothing more.

It’s... changed. I get that hearing the speaker output would ruin some of the recording, but what about those with surround sound? Like couldn’t you add the option to hear the output from the top speaker of a phone? I have AirPod pros and they are so behind that it’s near impossible to make anything with them. I wish they would make it available to hear the output from the other video, otherwise it’s kind of annoying. I’m not sure if there is that option but I hope there is and I’m not digging around enough. I know that the old Acapella allowed you to hear the speaker output.

Very good, but could be better. As far as I know, this is the only consumer software product which does it function. I use it and like it. I do recommend it, but I wish there was a “pro” version available with more customizability and options. There are a number of options, some of which aren’t intuitive. I wish the volume adjustment (per performer window) was more robust. It seems to alter the volume only moderately.

Disappointed. I used to use this app and loved it. It’s been quite some time since I have been in it. I previously paid for the full access and now they have switched to a subscription format. Kinda bogus that I paid for something that was disclosed as a one-time charge, and that money is essentially in the trash now. And I’m not about to be able to dispute a charge from 3-4 years ago 😂 Just seems a little greedy. I was stoked to make some more videos but don’t really care anymore. Meh. Thanks though acapella for giving me the opportunity to pay for something I already paid for! 🙄

I’m I the only one??. Ok I want to try this app so Bad and I see all these amazing reviews and no one is having the same trouble as I am. My problem Is that I make one slide for sound it works but when I add another layer I CANNOT hear it like at all. same for all the other layers. I googled this and I made sure my sound was on and everything. I see no helpful information. Can anybody help?

Exits app when trying to save and share. I’ve started a collaboration with some friends and I’m trying to redo one of the recordings I made of myself. There’s 5 slots filled, 2 by me and 3 by other people. I record the whole track, let it render, click save and share, and it completely exits the app, doesn’t save the file, then says I was never working on it. It’s infuriating having to record the same track over and over just to get the same result.

A mixcord blessing. When Acapella works, it can be an excellent app for sharing music. The recording function is simple and straightforward. But if you’re trying to collaborate and something goes wrong, Acapella rarely offers solutions. The send button in your email app is greyed out? Too bad. Want to use a different email app? Oh, well. Or maybe you want to copy the collaboration link into some other app? Nothing happens. And if a PC user wants to collaborate, they'd better get an iPhone.

Acapella app. I have been enjoying this app a lot. I can play all parts myself or collaborate with others. Sometimes it is frustrating to complete a good recording and then it says an error occurred and I have to do it again but that is my only complaint. I have the paid version but I think it’s worth it.

Terrible. They recently changed the settings so that you need a wired headset in order to hear your previous recording while recording on top of it. If you have iPhone 11 and use Bluetooth headphones (there is no headphone input on IPhone 11), this doesn’t work. There is such a lag that you can’t even record it without being out of sync. They used to allow you to play the previous recordings on the phone speaker. They have since removed this and now I can’t record. App deleted and unsubscribed.

Impossible to cancel subscription. I tried this app but never found a use for it even during COVID lockdown, so when my subscription came up for renewal I tried to cancel it. Turns out I can’t; I got a note back from Acapella (which, in the meantime, had collected money for a second year on an app I never used) saying that they can’t cancel; only Apple can. They included in their email a couple of links which would, they said, tell me how to cancel through Apple. I e followed the instructions only to get stuck in an endless loop of being re-referred from one page to another. In other words, it is impossible for me to cancel an expensive subscription TO AN APP I NEVER USE, and they’ll be collecting from me every year until I die (or change my credit card, although I’m not sure that would do the trick). Ka-Ching!

Why oh why?!. If you value privacy, do not get this app. It forces you to either pay, or get an account and upload your stuff to the Internet just save your videos. If I had known that, I would not have spent an afternoon with this app. I feel that forcing people to sign up for accounts when they don’t want to it’s just a waste. Extremely disappointed with this app. Unless they offer you the option to simply save to your device without having to upload it to the Internet, I will not be coming back.

Promise but no sync. I’m not sure if it’s the version or iPhone but I tried to record 2 screens, one guitar the other vocal. I could never get the two to sync. I tried every available option. I couldn’t even find where to calibrate despite looking everywhere it was supposed to be. Very disappointed and will likely end my trial and never buy. I had high hopes this would be a great way to record all of my songs and finally share them.

Volume and sync issues. Glitchy app. Each time I recorded my part over those of my colleagues, it sounded fine, but the playback of my part was delayed by almost half a beat in the final version. In addition, there’s no way to adequately adjust the volume of each part for the final mix for proper balance. If you are at all tech savvy or know someone else who is, make your mix in iMovie instead so you’ll have more control over the final product. I’m a professional classical musician who wishes i hadn’t wasted money on this app.

Great app but.... Millions of people would sign up for it if it were $9.99 as one flat fee, instead of a monthly subscription. A lot of folks these days can’t afford over a $100 a year for an app they’re only going to use a few times. Demand these apps stop ripping us off! I don’t mind paying once, but all year long trying to catch folks who forget to cancel the subscription? Oh please. One $10 fee is all you need. Not monthly!

Music Video. I was not so pleased with this app. Me and my friend wrote a song that was 2:33 seconds long. So we needed to use the three minute setting. I saw “try it for free” next to it so I pressed it. It said ten dollars a month so I didn’t do it because after the week I forget that I pressed that so I did not do it. I had to find a different app. I think you should be allowed as much time as you want so I recommend using a different app.

So many problems. So first off i play Bass Trombone and theres no little trombone or bass trombone or Tuba icon so i had to use trumpet and put it in my bio what i played, second off, the beat system, im trying to record a piece that in 5/4 so im having to use 1/4, 3rd off even whilst im playing with the beat during recording, they dont start or match together properly, 4th why can i only record up to 1 minute before i have to pay for premium, so not worth it, 5th off i was playing a middle Db for 11 beats and after about 5 it just went almost completely mute.

Garbage - no support for account/billing questions.. Don’t do it if you expect this app to have a aupport team. I shouldn’t have to spend over an hour getting frustrated looking for a way to speak with someone regarding my account. I’ve been paying monthly and apparently not getting any access to premium features. Apple shows my subscription was active (and no pro-rated refunds when cancelling I guess?) Thank you for ruining an app and my desire for it by having zero tech/customer support.

Acapella.... This app is confusing to me. I love how I can create 30 second videos and have 9 squares of me singing but usually after the third square it gets very glitchy, bird chirping noises, high pitched squeals and frequencies coming from my video that completely overpower my voice. I can’t hear myself singing because of almost static and high frequency ringing going over my voice. If this is one of those apps where you pay for it to work that is honestly a rip off. I would like to simply have a video that works like Doja Cat: Return of the Snack singing. That has NO ringing and loud noises that hurt your ears in it.

Can’t use Bluetooth, aka, can’t use at all. App works fine for me when recording with no headphones, but obviously that is only really realistic for the first recording if layering several different vocals or instruments. When I attempt to connect my Bluetooth headphones while the app is open, the app crashes. If I connect the headphones and THEN open the app and attempt to record, my app freezes for a few moments before giving me the message “Bluetooth may cause audio delays” which I cannot close. Then the app promptly crashes. In other words, it is completely unusable for my purposes.

Good, but pricey. I enjoyed collaborating with colleagues to create a morale booster of a video for our students, but otherwise I have software on my computer that pretty much does this and more. If it was a couple dollars, pay once and done, then fine. But otherwise I really have no use for it. For someone else, this might be the perfect platform and I say have at it! It’s easy to use, has lots of features, and provides opportunities to show of your creative skills!

Acappella. This has been the most frustrating app I have purchased. There are no real simple instructions/bullet points available on the site that I can easily find, so everyone I collaborate with seems to be working in the dark. Myself and three other band members have bought the app for almost $200 ($45 x 4) and we have been struggling incessantly trying to even get basic good sound, and we always seem to come up with the solution: “we can’t fix it so it’ll have to do”. I really want my money back. It’s just too bad for my raised blood pressure.

Disappointed. I wish there were a better app that did what this app is trying to do. The format is really weird and difficult to use. You have to publicly share the videos you make. You don’t get much to use it for free and the price to subscribe is a little ridiculous. From the reviews, even people who have paid are disappointed. And the app isn’t even working! I am one of the MANY people who can only record one video, and then the audio isn’t working at ALL for the layered videos. So disappointing.

subscription. i’ve decided to try out this app because i love messing around with new singing techniques. when i first downloaded it, i had to log in and choose a subscription plan. i went through with the free trial and had fun with the app for about a day. today, i was charged $9.99 for the subscription without any warnings in my email. to add on, i also didn't receive ANY emails at all regarding my account and my payment plans from acapella. i tried to request a refund but nothing worked. i’m upset with this app.

Missing features. Yeah, I guess this is the best tool out there right now but I’m frustrated by what it doesn’t do - and I bought the premium. I should have a library of files and not have to keep sending stuff to myself when I start something new. I should be able to equalize as many parts as I input. I HATE hearing the metronome clicking in every track no matter how soft I make it in my earpiece. So, lots to work on ... better than nothing for sure ...

Suddenly doesn’t work?. I have an iPhone X; the app has worked perfectly fine for me on this phone all the time that I’ve had it (about 6 months), that is up until about 2 weeks ago when it just, stopped?? It closed itself, and now every time I try to open it, I don’t get past the initial opening screen before it closes down again. Apparently it just updated a few weeks ago, so I guess I’ll wait for the next update and see if the problem changes.

A great all to create music. This is the easiest app to use when it comes to creating music with harmonies with other creators or just individually. From my experience, everything is really easy and simple and it makes the whole music make an experience really enjoyable.🌈❤️

So expensive. This is such an awesome app and so user friendly. It is so frustrating to not be able to record past 30 sec without paying. I’d be happy to pay an initial $20 for this app to just have access to everything. I am a music teacher and would love to use this app with students, but the 12+ rating and fees make it useless. What about a kid version that only allows you to save to your camera roll?

Great customer service!. I sent an email to tech support late after hours and the issue was resolved in about an hour! They responded to my email super fast and let me know they were working on it. Before I had a chance to respond, it was fixed! I’ve been using this app for years and it’s so much fun.

Perfect for the aspiring singer/musician. This app is great for those who don’t have professional music equipment or the funds to go to a studio. It won’t be as high quality as those two options but it’ll get the job done. Whether you wanna cover a song Acapella style or create your own musical pieces or songs, this app is just for you

Harsh pay wall. Remember back in the day when you were able to download an app so you could try out the features for five minutes to decide if you liked it? Oh, that’s still a thing with other apps? Like, who are you actually trying to sell this app to? People that have illusions of grandeur and think they’re the next Britney Spears? I had a fun little idea in my head that I wanted to see if it would work out so I tried downloading this app get Matt with 10 pages of advertisement for an app I have no idea if it’s going to do what I need. Time to do a little reassessment, guys

Great app, pricey subscription for useful features. The app works great and is relatively easy to use. The BIG problem is that the App Store shows in app purchases at reasonable onetime prices between .99 and 9.99. Unfortunately, the app only allows a subscription option at a ridiculous price of $50 / year. Sorry, but folks don’t take kindly to highway robbery. Without the subscription, you are limited to a 1 minute video which is not long enough for most songs. So, no thanks. Keep on moving folks. Nothing to see here.

No app support. Hi. I’ve paid a lot for this app. And there was a glitch when starting the videos for a month and there was no way to even communicate win developers. The email given above? Bounces back. The app support link above? Takes me to a developer page where additional apps are being promoted. I have purchased songs on iTunes just to be able to use them with this app (even though I already subscribe to Apple Music) and now that still isn’t even letting me play the tracks with videos. 😡And I have no way to communicate or ask questions with developers.

Frozen videos, NO tech support. I just downloaded the app, I have the latest iOS version, but ALL the videos are frozen, even after restarting my phone and closing all other apps. Twice. Songs also can’t be played in Music app, they don’t load at all. What’s the point of this app if it’s completely broken?! Oh, and here’s the real kicker, nowhere in the app does it give a place to message tech support, report a tech error with the videos, and Acapella’s profile page can’t be directly messaged about this!! It’s like they don’t want to fix problems and would rather bury their head in the sand. And yes, I have the full paid version. COMPLETE WASTE!!

Great app - free OR paid. This app is simply fantastic. No, it’s not a full-fledged studio in a can! But if your goal is to learn how to record some really fun home compilations, this app is worth every penny. And, the free version is also fun and a great way to try it out. So, you can’t really lose.… And no I’m not getting paid to say this

Pricing makes it unusable. The pricing off this app is such a barrier to entry it stands to prevent ANY sort of the community collaborative environment theyre tryng to sell. It would be hard enough to convince a close friend to pay 50$ a year much less anyone else. This is no longer a fun app to experiment. It is a premium service that is more expensive than MANY more powerful pieces of software. I understand how ubiquitous this business model is on the app store but so many developers just oblogatorily do it with no consideration for the affect it will have on their service.

Lag between audio and video. I really want to love this app, but the delay between the audio and the video makes it completely unusable. Is there a fix for this? I am a middle school music teacher in a district where all students are lucky to have their own iPads. This is one of just a handful of apps that they are actually allowed to download, and it would be an AMAZING resource for distance learning if it worked. Music teachers see all students in the school, and I have literally hundreds of kids who are disappointed in this program. Please fix it.

Pointless Changes That Ruined The App. Recently I began using this app again however noticed that there is no longer the ability to record without any headphones while hearing any of your audio. If you don’t have wired headphones (which most people don’t have at this point) then don’t expect to get anywhere near a clean product. I distinctly remember this being an option in the past, even if the microphone picked up every bit of previous audio and distorted it. I’d rather have the option just to know if my rhythms are accurate rather than being told that I can’t try it at all. Will be looking into another platform to record drumming videos with splits in them.

Bad app. I used to make videos on this all the time and I recently started it back up again. however, it is so frustrating because every time I press record it won’t count down and then never record. I have to keep closing the app and opening it back up just so i can get the video to record again. the app crashed on me a few times and I lost my progress in which it took me an hour to actually finish my recording aside from all of the crashes. I will not be using the app until it is updated or bug fixed because it’s highly frustrating.

Pro App. If you’re serious about making fast, high quality music videos, this is the tool for you. The ability to import one prerecorded video and then interact/play along with it is excellent. The lossless audio and the editing features are excellent. Finally, the price is totally reasonable for people who are serious. The desire for “free everything” that permeates the reviews is sad and laughable. Quality is never free, raise your game b*tch!s 🤠

Accapella App Rocks!. For my band, the ability to collaborate and to share original songs back-and-forth has really cut our learning curve time in a big way. Whereas we used to have to sit down with the piano or guitar and show everyone how it goes, without the benefit of background vocals or harmonies, now we can load up the whole shebang and it sounds great on Acappella!

It’s started to crash/freeze during recording. I’ve been a user of this app for over a year and a half now and I love it, but lately it has been freezing and crashing during recording. I close it and re-open it, but it does the same thing again. I hate it because it’s never done this until recently. It hope you can fix this issue.