App Profile: RØDE SMART Pads

mcarrollnow

Rating: 1/5

RODE has left this app broken far too long, they don’t seem to check reviews either apparently because they are left I responded. With all of the tech upgrades and company launches with innovative advancements, RODE will soon be left like dust in the wind if this app is a reflection of their current production and concern for customer service. As a longtime customer of RODE through production and podcast, I’m left with a bad taste in my mouth that I go to download apps from the same company my gear is made by, only to find a minimal effort app that doesn’t even work and reviews pointing out failures that seem to be ignored. If you download an app, you are a customer and if you don’t see it that way then you shouldn’t be in the app market.

Drei023

Rating: 4/5

There are several earlier reviews (from a year ago) stating this app crashes after playing sounds. Happy to report that R∅DE seems to have fixed the issue! Have used this app extensively now for a while without a single crash (iPhone 12 with iOS 17.7), and it pairs quite nicely with my R∅DEcaster Pro II extending its range of sound effects via easy Bluetooth connection (though can really be used with most any audio device accepting either Bluetooth, USB, Lightning, or audio input). Thanks R∅DE for making this and putting it out there.. only suggestion (and this would make it a solid 5) would be the ability to load in our own custom sounds.

AskJoe.TV

Rating: 1/5

I downloaded this thinking it was a way to configure the sound pads on my RodeCaster Pros, but as it turns out, all this program does is play a sound, then crash before you can play anything. It would be a fun program if it worked, but it doesn’t.