Sight Reading Factory

I really don’t know why this apps reviews are so low, it’s quite helpful. I’ve been able to learn rather quickly because of this app, and it’s awesome. I’ve been using the website for a while now, but it so much more efficient in app form. That being said, I think the price is a little much. $45 isn’t a lot of money, but I feel like maybe $30 a year would’ve been more fitting, and even that’s on the steep end. But considering it’s per year, I sort of understand it. I think $45 for how much you could learn in a year using this app is worth it, but I also think the payment should just change to a lifetime license.

Update: The developers of this app are INCREDIBLY responsive. In just 2 days of my original review (see below) the developers had released an update that mostly fixed the issue. It’s still not quite as automatic as it used to be which is why I’m giving it 4 stars, but it’s useable again! I LOVE this app and it’s ability to hone in on specific rhythmic and pitch skills. I use it with my students ALL the time. Original Review: First off I would like to say that the ideas behind this app are incredible and it should be a five star app(ORIGINAL RATING OF 2 STARS). I have been a user for years and have been very happy for years. This is unfortunately negated by the viewing issues that were created in the last major update. Previous version of the app automatically zoomed, and resized to make the music fit the best in the available viewing area. The current version relies instead on pinch to zoom, but the app controls are also included in the zoom field so on an iPad it’s very easy to zoom in to the point that you don’t have access to the controls (such as the next button). Please restore the previous viewing/zooming defaults so that it properly displays on whatever screen is being used. Pinch to zoom being essentially required to be used make the app unusable.

I’m giving this app three stars because it doesn’t have any fun things like Duolingo when you know you get achievements and then you can buy things and you have a lot of fun learning but this one has nothing of that and you can only choose one time signature or random and multi select doesn’t work but also major F for BF trumpet sounds just like major C and this one doesn’t have any in the tempo. The only tempo that you can choose is 112 BPM (beats per minute) and I would like it if you could choose the tempo for the practice.