Andante - Practice Journal 4+

I really like this ap! I was looking for an ap that could easily track my practice sessions. The Notes feature allows me to track which songs I skipped in a set, which songs I improved on, which songs I knocked out of the park - you get the picture. Now I’m reviewing my notes to see which songs I need to work on. In the past I would have just habitually skipped the hard songs, but now I’m motivated to go ahead and work on them.

Full Disclosure: I got the free version of this ap. After working with it for about a day, I saw the features I could unlock by buying it. I immediately dropped the $5 or so it cost to buy it. I mean, really?? I pay more than that to buy a single album download. To me, this was a no-brainer. I can’t remember which features I unlocked by buying it, but I use the notes section a lot (see above). I also like the fact that I can track my practice sessions in the past week or month, etc. I recorded a practice session, but when I tried to play it back, the replay level was so low it was almost inaudible. That may be because my practice sessions are at a rather high volume - not sure. So I don’t use that feature.

Anyway, I love this ap. It’s great for me and it’s helping me to practice smartly and improve my musical abilities at a rapid rate. I would definitely recommend this to a friend.

This is a simple, easy to use, aesthetically pleasing, perfect little tool. A lot better than the practice logs I had to write out as a kid! I’m an adult learning guitar for the first time and mostly just wanted to track total practice time so I had some sense of progress—how many hours of practice it actually took to get to wherever I am. This is perfect for that and more and couldn’t be easier to use. I actually find it super motivating too—I never want to break that practice streak! The metronome, the timer, the practice streaks, the graphical representations and stats are all great. So glad I searched and found this right when I started to learn. I bought the premium version even though I don’t really need/use the features because I’m just so grateful for this lovely app. I especially like the dark mode so my only suggestion would be that I wish I could set it that way in the app, regardless of whether my phone is in dark mode or not. Thanks so much for developing this!

I bought this app after seeing that the upgraded version was only USD 3.99, and I really wanted to pro feature of having multiple profiles (I play both violin and guitar), text notes, and to support the creator. The graphics are so cute and user-friendly (and I’m super picky about app interfaces, I really can’t stand ugly ones). The creator seems to have thought of everything—just now, I logged a practice session on the wrong profile, and I found the button to switch the practice session over in less than a second.

Honestly, I can’t even think of anything that’s missing from this app—you can record+play back, the metronome is so cute, there are built in timers, everything’s been thought of. Maybe a to-do list feature would be nice, but that’s like asking for an upgrade while sitting in first class. The only thing I haven’t tried yet is the tuner, but I’ll be devastated if this app is ever taken off the app store!! Great work by the creator, keep it up!!