Pocket Bard App 4+

Excellent music composition, multiple different themes and excellent sound effects that you can control to emphasis a crit or creep out your players. Adds a new dimension to tabletop RPG’s (not just DnD). Also makes great background sound to help get into a more creative mindset when writing adventures, short stories or novels. Probably would work great with other forms of art also, but i can’t speak to that. Easy interface and seamless transitions between musical scores. Crazy impressed, especially after meeting the team of musicians and developers at a con and seeing how much effort and sweat went into building this app.
Edit: make sure to download the fantasy starter pack after you download the app. They are both free and well worth the minimal effort required.
As a side note, I hope the one guy who left a 1 star review gets a job soon and stops taking his financial woes out on a team that is offering an excellent FREE product.

Hi Kraaahfgth! Thank you so much for leaving this review. I wasn't at the most recent con, but it's so awesome that our team left you with such a positive impression! We love that you're finding Pocket Bard to be an intuitive and powerful audio tool to weave through out your day. We didn't initially create Pocket Bard to be used outside of gaming, but our community has taught us so much in such a short amount of time, and we couldn't be more excited to see how users like you embrace what we've made. As always, please let us know if you have any suggestions or feedback at support@pocketbard.app Happy gaming and we hope you enjoy what we have planned next!

First the good - the app is well built, fun and intuitive to use, and the sounds are great! I look forward to more soundscapes being made, and more sound packs being released. I even cannot wait to see how the devs increase functionality within individual packs, like scene specific sound categories and what not. Having the same basic categories, like ambiance and weather, across all scenes make a ton of sense and works fantastic.

$7 a month is a steep price, however. I would certainly pay money for a pro version were it a one time charge. I would even enthusiastically buy sound packs piecemeal to gain permanently full access to them. $7 for one sound pack would be an easy impulse buy that I would only slightly regret, but a monthly subscription model just does not feel like the fit for a service like this. I will continue to use the app, but implore the devs to look at other monetization methods, as I feel like a subscription basis will be a consistent turn off for many potential customers.

Also, devs just HAVE to get working on a tavern soundscape, how else am I supposed to start my adventures?!

Thanks so much for your feedback! We're happy to hear that you're having fun using the app, and we're always stoked to hear that it's easy to pick up and use.

Regarding the subscription - we're actively working to increase the value by adding more songs, sounds, and overall bang for your buck! We've thought a lot about our pricing model, and currently see the subscription as the only viable way to get the app to be where we want it long term while offering an expanding library of free content. If you're interested in our reasoning, we have a detailed explanation on our Discord!

And your ears must be ringing - our team is hard at work scoring and recording our Tavern Expansion :) that's our top content priority right now.

-Nick

Update: Thank you dev team for responding to so many people in the reviews. I love the hands on approach and listening to your customers. Maybe people don’t usually ask for this but I would LOVE to see more paid packs. I currently (and I’m sure others as well) don’t have use for a sci-fi pack but plan to get it anyways to support the app. Currently am running a pirate campaign with many beach themes. Would love to see some more tropical themes. Even if not more packs where we can support you would be awesome

I use this app every single session now. I swapped to this from recording my own custom music and my life is so much easier. There is a lot of content in this app but please don’t abandon this thing. I’ve seen that before and I want this app to keep growing.

Hi JimmyJortz! Thank you so much for this kind review. We're so happy that you're enjoying Pocket Bard! Our team is pouring hours of hard work, soul, and creativity into making this app. And we do mean making - we feel like our journey is only getting started. We have so much content planned, both for our free users and our subscribers. We see Pocket Bard as a labor of love. It's our vision that our users experience what you've told us: an ability to add an immersive layer to their games and lives, and make that immersion as easy as possible. We hope you enjoy and stick around to see what we have coming next!