Symphony.live

So far so good. No issues with the app. You have to have an existing Symphony Live account to login. They currently have a $20 a year for life subscription available. Well worth it.

I like to watch Symphony.live on my computer. The music and visuals are highly enjoyable. But, this app for my iPhone is not worthy of Symphony.live. There are so many things wrong about this app, it is hard to summarize. I will use an example to explain one issue: I will be listening/watching a concert and the screen will go black. I can tap the screen all over the place and no controls appear to get me out of the problem. Rebooting my iPhone will not help. Black screen. The only fix that I have found is to delete the app and start again. That will work for a bit…as in a few minutes. Then the screen is black again. While I am on a roll, let’s address the issue of the password. One would think that if a password works for Symphony.live on the computer that it would work on the app. Nope. I had to change the password on my computer, wait for a bit, and then log in with the new password on the app. (And, yes, I unhid my password to make sure they were both the same.). Symphony.live is a great service. They need an app that is worthy of that service. (In case there is anyone who thinks that I don’t know technology and that is why I am having difficulties, I spent 25 years as a senior-level computer systems engineer. I know garbage, when I see it, and this app is garbage. This app will not reside on my iPhone for a year. I will return to it after a year. If it remains garbage, I will cancel my subscription altogether. Let’s have a little respect for music, Symphony.live!!! You should know better.)

So the app opens to a sign in screen, which would be fine and dandy if I had sign in credentials. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be an option to create said credentials.

Dumb app immediately demands login with email & password. No way to sign up if you don’t have one. There’s nothing else there.

I downloaded the app from the Apple store and it asks me to sign in with email and password. I may have registered and had a trial period some time ago, memory fail me, but if so, I don’t have the info to sign in. The sign-in page has no “forgot password?” nor “forgot username?”option, and no Register option, so at the moment there is absolutely nothing one can do about accessing the app. I’m on and iPad Pro 9.7, OS 16.

Saw this app advertised in BBC Music magazine and happy I gave it a try. The video quality is better than being in the audience and the audio quality is superb - from my media room system or with headphones and an iPad. Quality has exceeded my expectations consistently - especially for content that is available. Way better than Medici using Airplay.