Name: Acapella from PicPlayPost
Rating: 4.5986 (24746 reviews)

User Reviews for Acapella from PicPlayPost

4.6 out of 5

24.7K Ratings

5 years ago, rcas2u

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!

4 years ago, Pianomuse10

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.

4 years ago, Supertentman

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.

3 years ago, ProBassoonist

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.

5 years ago, lukepd13

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.

4 years ago, that doesn't pull

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.

4 years ago, Eddie_2

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.

4 years ago, Screaming_Goat

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.

4 years ago, Mac-a-Billy

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

2 years ago, Theater kid 14 🥸

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!

4 years ago, ginpigs

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!

4 years ago, Micataz

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.

4 years ago, Purpleninjuhh

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.

3 years ago, Verydissatisfied4294273

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

4 years ago, MrTwisted

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.

7 years ago, NAPSABLOOK22

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!!

5 years ago, alltimegamer13579

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.

5 years ago, edwina_reviews

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.

4 years ago, what if i dont want a nickname

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!!

4 years ago, 1039385758291$&

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!

5 years ago, Shanpa

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.

4 years ago, wls123iv

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.

6 years ago, creativityy

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

1 year ago, Preacher0929

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.

4 years ago, Cantbeheard

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.

4 years ago, sath789

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.

6 years ago, Sydtheegg

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.

4 years ago, #smartypants

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.

6 years ago, JenNjuice

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.

3 years ago, KingMaster1234

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.

1 month ago, MusicianMaker

Love it!

This is a really great and very fun app! It truly makes recording multi-track videos easy. If you enjoy producing music with multiple instruments and vocal harmonies with video, this app is for you. It gives you many ways to EQ your music. I use a Presonus audio box with a condenser microphone and it syncs in effortlessly. The app gives you many ways to share and save your videos. One very cool feature is that you are able to collaborate with others and it is easy to do.

6 years ago, otismck76

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.

4 years ago, GonzoSVT

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.

4 years ago, Nik chap

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.

4 years ago, L14m777

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.

5 years ago, Jolei A

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.

4 years ago, BrotherAntonio

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.

5 years ago, tacuazines4

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!

5 years ago, eri2902

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.😡

2 years ago, laureeee13

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.

3 years ago, ya neigh

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???

6 years ago, BrDavid

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!

2 years ago, tardis1010101

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.

4 years ago, Mkilayko

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.

5 years ago, Marth Lowell

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

3 years ago, nonicknamenononon

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.

4 years ago, Fred from Nutley

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!

6 years ago, LTT630

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.

4 years ago, waukeganlarry

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.

1 year ago, Sad and cold

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.

Description

Acapella is the ultimate music maker and you can collab with any musician around the world. Whether you’re a musician and you play the piano, guitar, flute, drums etc or love to sing a cover song or simply jam and record music - you can use Acapella singing app as a multitrack tool to create multi frame music videos. Scroll through the discover tab to find talented artist from around the world to collaborative with. Share the multi frame video or download an Apple lossless copy of the audio. Check out Acapella’s full featured music editing tool to help insure you produce the highest quality sound possible. Acapella music editor contains the following features: - Record song up to 10 minutes - Import one video (first video) to help you become the ultimate acapella maker - Optimize your sound with EQ (music equalizer), noise gate and processor - Collab with friends by making music together - Add your logo as a watermark (png, jpeg) - Pan audio left or right - Built-in metronome is a must have for a music creator - Share video with CD quality audio - Download Apple lossless (ALAC) audio file or m4a. - Listen to your songs from iTunes library to help you record songs - Create playlist you can listen to on the go - Share to favorite social platforms like Mixcord, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc... Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube - @AcapellaApp - Subscription auto-renew at the cost of the selected plan, unless cancelled 24-hours in advance prior to the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Setting after purchase. Per Apple policy, no cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. - Terms of use - https://www.mixcord.co/terms-of-use-agreement.html - Privacy policy - https://www.mixcord.co/privacy-policy.html Have questions or suggestions? Reach out to us at [email protected]