Synkd App Reviews

good app, usefull tools, but totaly NOT worth the $10. but some very helpfull features you cant find elsewhere!

Love it! I use it every day. I've had most of my percussion students get it as well. You must have the most current iOS though, as any older devices won't work properly- iPod touch 5 etc...

Great app, does everything you want it to do. A little slow, some crashes, plz fix. Also, can you add tenuto marks, I mean this is a met not a score writer, but I actually use it as a score writer, and it works well as that. So plz add tenuto, thank you! And people reading it, especially percussionists, get this app. 👍

Great app, but I haven't been able to create dotted rhythms no matter how hard I try... No support from the developers either and no help section...

This app is seriously great. I’m a professional percussionist and play a lot of music that changes meter. You can basically create a custom click track for any piece of music. The one thing that would make this really perfect for me (and others who will use this as a custom click track creator) is if it was possible to change the tempo within a chain. On top of that, an option to accel/ritard to new tempos would be amazing. Hope to see that in a future update.

This is very close to being the best thing on the market. But it became obvious that you don’t totally understand time signatures. The lack of dotted rhythms and adjusted subdivisions during compound meter makes this app very ordinary. If you’re in compound meter you should be able to control each 8th note instead of each quarter note. Also, you count off needs to be adjusted so that it reflects the time signature. Close but missing significant basics. If you look at the “tempo” app you could learn how compound meter works and apply to your app!

Dotted rhythms are possible IF you FULLY understand sub division. I contacted the developer about entering dotted rhythms and they asked what sort of dotted rhythms I wanted to enter... TROUBLE!!!... They flat out said dotted quarters weren't supported, but you could enter them buy entering a quarter followed by 2 eighths, and resting the first eighth. Yes, this works, but it's a bit drawn out. Double dots are even more ridiculous to enter. Something along the lines of a quarter followed by a string of 16ths or 32nds, I forget which, with all but the first and last in the string rested. I only know this because a friend of mine with a MA in composition and conducting figured it out. Not a happy camper for having wasted $10.

This is a great practice tool for any musician with any instrument. The only problem is that it doesn’t have a lot of customization so if you need help play complicate rhythms, you might want to seat elsewhere. For example, you cannot customize the subdivision of an individual beat. You just choose from a bunch of choices. So if you have two 16th notes with a 32nd triplet, you wouldn’t be able to input that rhythm because it’s not one of the options. Great app with a major flaw!

Worked for like 2 days now wont even open up. Totally not worth 10$

Cool app, can create complex rhythms not possible on other apps. Great for drummers.

I own many different metronome apps, making me somewhat of a metronome enthusiast, but after one of my favorite drummers mentioned he uses, Synkd, I immediately purchased it from the App Store, and I'm so glad I did. Before Synkd, I would simply set a specific BPM and begin playing along while reading my rudiments. Now, I'm able to not only set the BPM, but I can customize beats within bars all while using different time signatures and subdivisions in the same "Chain." This is so helpful because it means you can input all of your note values and practice without having to focus on reading. You can also change accidents on specific stems within beats. Also, if your fellow musicians have Synkd, too, you can easily share your chains with them. This feature makes writing music and collaborating a breeze! The list of features goes on, but I'd thought I'd highlight just a few. Coming from an experienced musician (drummer) who has purchased many apps to aid in my improvement, I can confidently say that Synkd is not only the most advanced app for musicians--specifically drummers--but also the most effective. Using this app properly will surely improve your playing! I hope this review helps aid you in your decision whether or not to purchase the app. Cheers!

This the most sophisticated metronome app out there! I am having so much fun with it and I find it extremely useful. My ONLY complaint is that I am unable to keep the app going while taking a video with my phone. I often use other metronome apps this way so I can re watch the video and take a better in depth look at my timing. If you guys could find a way to add that perhaps in an update that would be stupendous. Other than that it is a fantastic app & useful tool I’d recommend to any musician