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.

I tried writing down how long I would practice and using some other apps that were used for studying, but I would forget to do it or it wasn’t as convenient/helpful for practicing. I got an email from somewhere recommending this app and I’ve used it since then! (4+ months). I love being able to easily turn it on when I practice, and turn it off when I’m done, and if I need to do something I can easily pause it and go on other apps without losing my progress. the other apps were timers, whereas this one is more of a stopwatch, a tracker. They also have a timer option if you like that too! I love how easy it is to use.
My favorite part is seeing my progress and having the focus and mood tracker. I never knew fully how long I practiced everyday, I sort of just looked at the clock and stopped when I thought it was an hour or so. But with this app I’m way more mindful about how I’m practicing, which has helped me a lot. also, I always thought I practiced every day, maybe missed a couple every 5+ months or so. turns out I actually miss a few days every month lol
I really love this app, it’s helped my practicing become a lot more productive!! highly recommend, especially for musicians :))

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!