1Chart 4+

I downloaded this app to be able to write Nashville charts, as it was recommended to me as a friend. I am totally blind, and I use the built in screen reader on the IPad Voiceover. There are some things that I can access with the screen reader beautifully within the app, but other things such as some text edit boxes which are not labeled and also there are some unlabeled buttons in the app where Voiceover just says button. I feel this app could be very useable for a blind musician, and having complete access to this app would greatly help me in my job as a worship pastor. The app is almost there as far as accessibility, but there are a few things that I would need access to as a voiceover user to completely be able to use the app at its fullest. I would love to be able to talk to someone from the development team so that I can demo for them what is accessible and what would need to be made accessible. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I could interact with this app at all with voiceover and I would love to be able to add this app to my toolbox. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this review.

Hello, bshowerton! Thanks for the review, and for sharing your experience with accessibility in 1Chart. We are certainly interested to hear your input on how we can improve things. We've received your email to support and will be in touch via that channel. Thanks again!

I’m a full time musician in Nashville. I play on Lower Broadway regularly and the number system is how we communicate down there. First let me say most of the features on this app are awesome. I would use it for everything but paper charts still have the edge because of ONE issue…when you do ANY slash chords, split measures, or add repeat signs it throws off the alignment of that line which is hard to read. The chords don’t line up with each other vertically down the chart. (You can even see it in the screen shots of the app on the App Store) Each chord on the chart should be squared up on a grid system. The jagged lines make this app borderline unusable for a high pressure sight reading situation. Yes, I’m aware of the “align measures” feature but that wastes valuable screen space and still sometimes doesn’t line up right when there are lots of changes or multiple columns. I need all chords (regardless of modifiers) to fit squarely on the screen with ONE page in TWO columns. This is especially important with songs that have a lot of changes and large arrangements. Other than that, everything else in this app is fantastic. If the developer fixes this issue I will give 5 stars and never look back to paper charts. Thank you

Hello and thanks for taking the time to post a review! Great to hear 1Chart is helping out on Lower Broadway! We appreciate your feedback on alignment. Although alignment in the app is working as designed, we also fully understand that it’s not meeting your needs. Sounds like an “auto-align, auto-column-width-adjust” feature is more in line with what you’re looking for. We’ll definitely take your feedback into consideration as we plan future versions of the app. Thanks again, and please feel free to contact us via the 1Chart website any time you have additional suggestions — or if you’d like to follow up further on this topic!

I absolutely love this app and it has made charting and organizing my charts a breeze. However, I would love to see the following in a future update:

1). Apple Pencil support. It would be awesome to be able to write on my charts directly in the app. The only way to do this is to export my chart as a PDF and save it elsewhere. I prefer keeping my charts within the app since the notebooks feature is super handy.

2). The ability to import PDFs. I like to add snippets of tabs over some of my charts. Since the app doesn’t allow me to add a screenshot of anything to my charts, it would at least be nice for me to do it in another app and then import that new pdf back into the app for the sake of organization.

Thanks so much for your review and feedback, Franciquini. We've noted these requests on the wish list for future updates. Please let us know anytime you have other ideas for 1Chart!