Song One

With its cryptic buttons, symbols and menus the app is not always self explanatory. It‘s also not the most stable app and feels like a good beta (why do I have to tap a lyric 4 times to make cursor and keyboard appear?)… But I like the functions and ideas in it and I‘m sure stability and usability improvements will be made in the future as it‘s a rather new app. It‘s wonderful to see that the developers regularly add new features to it. Think of it as supporting a good kickstarter when buying this app.

I’ve sort of enjoyed using song one, but I’m not having much luck bringing songs over from Ultimate Guitar. I have exported a lot of songs from UG, sometimes they come over, more often they don’t. I have no idea why.

I’ve asked these questions numerous times via you webpage and e-mail. To date NO response. - One more time…can I add music from i-tunes? - Will the music PLAY? - Can I THEN modify the selected song to add lyrics? - Can I additionally include the score, including chords and chord diagrams? Your previous answers to potential customers were, I’ve found, ambiguous, vague and off topic. Hopefully, by my SPECIFIC questions, it will help you provide the information to help decide whether to purchase your product.

Switched from OnSong because I didn’t want the subscription model, and I’m glad I did. Perfect? No, but there are so many different needs, that’s near impossible. The developer has been super responsive and added a ton of useful features just in the time I’ve had it - not even a year I think. Worth supporting and sticking with.

Wish there was a way to record your voice and instrument. At the very least import/insert voice notes from my recording app (not as a backtrack). Hopefully both. A lot of my melody ideas start with a hum, or voice memo. Having a way to import them or record into the app itself for reference instead of scrambeling between apps would've made this Song One my actual #1 for songwritting. I can see this being implemented by recording to song sections (Intro, Chorus) or attaching files to them. One could also record and move the recording around freely like in Evernote. Maybe a combination of both. I'd move them to the bottom in a section called references, but other people may want to have them on top of the lyrics.

This is a cool app

I invested a lot of time looking for a friendly tool to use and I got this one. I had used on my iPad, iPhone but two weeks ago I began using on the MacMini y WOW even easier. All the tutorials are spectaculars and I really suggest to invest time to read and it doesn’t time too much time but the benefits will be incredible……..Val

I’ve only been using Song One for a relatively short time. I tried SongBook Pro first but abandoned it quickly after it lost the links to the backing tracks, twice. Then I switched to OnSong but heard it was not the most reliable and I wasn’t real hip on the monthly subscription fee. Several people on FB recommended it Song One so I checked it out. I’m blown away by all the features it has. Mainly I’m a live performer who uses backing tracks and chord sheets. I’ve found that this app does that well and supports sets. And customer support is pretty incredible, too. It’s never taken more than a day for them to respond. I highly recommend this app.

After several weeks trying to get the right App , I got this one and so far It has worked spectacularlly well for me. My only recommendation is to dedicate sometime the clear Instructions avilable on the web and everything will be easy.

I'm very familiar with this type of app, and I use a different one on stage every week. Song One has a lot of features, but the UI and lack of singular focus make it less stage-friendly than other apps. The biggest issue I had was the plethora of teensy gray-on-slightly-darker-gray icons -- none of which have tool tips or help text. The whole UI suffers from a lack of contrast. So much gray! Maybe some of that was to ensure that the demo mode was *completely* useless, but I don't want to pay to find out. For stage use, I want app controls to be clear, obvious, and easy. If I decide to capo, for example, I don't want to mess with the circle of fifths. If I want to start a click, I don't want a microscopic little gray icon that only appears at the very top of the screen. I do think Song One has promise; but right now the UI is just too fiddly. I think the author needs to decide whether this is a performance tool or a teaching tool, and focus the UI on that. My $0.02.