Music Rhythm Trainer Reviews

by Music Teacher In Training

I am studying to be a music teacher right now and play a wind instrument. Downloaded it to see how useful it could be for teaching. For beginners it starts having you read rhythms with no verbal explanation of what to do and very quickly you must automatically know to repeat it back without being told to. An annoying voice is counting the rhythms and you must repeat rhythms you get wrong over and over.
Then I tried the placement test which assessed my rhythmic skills well and gave me some challenging ones I wasn’t used to. I then realized that the only way to use MusicRhythmTrainer is tapping your finger and I was thinking, “How well can this really apply to instrument playing or singing? Maybe it could be good for percussion players but no one plays with just one finger.” People play music in different ways, so they should practice rhythms in different ways to get better.
TL;DR
MusicRhythmTrainer is not a good tool for learning music, there’s no variety to it, but may be a way to pass the time if you don’t mind the monotony or the robot voice.

by Pam273

I really liked this rhythm app despite its faults, but after they made the sight reading a paid feature all across the board, I am no longer recommending it to friends or family. $5 a month for this feature is way too pricey.

This was a pretty great app for anyone new trying to establish and develop rhythm, but the sight reading contributed to a lot of it. Now that it’s gone, there isn’t anything unique that MusicRhythmTrainer offers that a repeating a friend with wooden sticks wouldn’t be able to give.

by Ootkaman5

I don’t usually have “gamer rage”, but sometimes MusicRhythmTrainer brings me close to it. I am improving my rhythm little by little with it, but it is really stressful like a strict ballet teacher. For roughly half of the exercises you repeat after its rhythm pattern, and it jumps right to your turn after—sometimes within an eight beat. This is hard to time perfectly. Even being slightly off can mark it wrong.

MusicRhythmTrainer takes charge a lot, slowing down the BPM when it thinks you’re doing poorly, telling you to take breaks which ruins the flow of the exercise, and giving you tips you are often already doing like counting out loud.

The other exercise is sight reading, and you jump from line to line with no warm-up. If you miss even one beat over several lines, your entire progress for that exercise will start back at zero. There is a slight forgiveness to when you tap, but not much. Now for the most frustrating aspect in my opinion—if MusicRhythmTrainer decides you are doing too poorly at sight reading, it might take you back a level you already completed. This has caused me to spend a session redoing something I already passed, and having it revert again on the next session.

TLDR MusicRhythmTrainer will help you if you want near perfect rhythm, but if you’re like me it will frustrate you and not feel worth the subscription. It is a great idea but with a very demanding and unforgiving design.

by Alkennis11

This is a very useful app for people who are staring out new to music rhythms, but I already play two instruments, double bass and bassoon. So I am already pretty good at rhythms. Then I had a rhythm in one of my music pieces that I was practicing and I just couldn’t quite figure it out. When I went to the AppStore I found MusicRhythmTrainer. It had about a 4.5 star rating, so I thought it would be okay. Then I go into MusicRhythmTrainer and it starts me off with easy quarter notes and eighth note stuff. I wanted to get to the section where it had sixteenth and eighth notes in one beat. If I really wanted to get there, I would have to play every level before that. I did not have time for it, plus I already knew most everything. I would only recommend MusicRhythmTrainer to beginners at rhythms. Again, this seems like a very useful app, but for someone that has been playing an instrument for a couple years or more, it’s not very useful.

by Cory Pierzynski

The fact that this is a subscription app and not a one time payment app is pretty crazy. It is well made but many people aren’t able to practice religiously to put it to work and I don’t want to subscribe to something I can’t maximize the value out of. If I could just pay for lifetime access, I’d probably rate it higher but no chance is it worth it to most people to subscribe to a rhythmic sight reading app for phone only.

by DoctahDave

I want to love MusicRhythmTrainer. It has a lot going for it. However there are some glaring issues that make it not enjoyable to use.

1) Errors and Bpm slowing - while it makes sense to slow down the tempo if you are not grasping the rhythm, MusicRhythmTrainer counts one mistake and equates it with an attempt that had several mistakes. For instance a 16th note might have gotten missed after a whole note rest and apparently that’s as egregious an error as having missed a whole passage.

2) There’s a small demo before you get to make your attempt, yet there is no count-in. So you simply have to jump right in or wait another two rounds if you want to process the pattern.

3) Some of the rhythms musically make no sense whatsoever. What’s the point of being competent at rhythm if not to get better at complex musical rhythms. I’m not trying to impress someone with my ability to meter out perfect negative spaces between broken notes.

by Ikill4fun

One thing holding me back from 5 stars is the automatically slowing of the tempo when you're making mistakes. You'll go through these practice sessions at 110+ BPM, and then it just drops down to 60 BPM. It seems that after just a few mistakes, it thinks it should slow it down further, which just messed me up even more... Pretty frustrating when learning a tricky set of bars.

by Bo Wild

MusicRhythmTrainer is wonderful and it can really help practice rhythmic site reading at many levels of musicianship.

However, the moment you want to contribute back to the developers you realize that the price is too high.

At a price of 2 cups of coffee per month seems OK until you realize that there are no serious monthly updates and there is no reason for a subsection model except extracting more money from the users.

by Thaddusf

App is excellent. Thought about purchasing the full version to use with my students. It says $4.99 here on the preview page. In MusicRhythmTrainer however, it is a subscription for $4.99 a month. This is a VERY good app but not $60 (plus taxes) a year good. I’d be willing to pay $20-30 to own MusicRhythmTrainer but these subscription based models are just nickel and dime-ing my finances away. Creators deserve to make money though and I hope there are others who find this useful.

by Victory.b

Idk if this is a bug but the 16th note rhythms are way too sensitive and unless you get it exactly perfect, it fails you and you have to redo it until the bpm falls to like 40 and then that makes it even harder. Can we get an option to set the bpm or can the accuracy be less? I feel like I know the rhythm in my head and many times I tap it correctly but just a little off and it doesn’t let you pass

by Matthatter419

I’ve really liked MusicRhythmTrainer so far. I’m a piano student trying to get better at sight reading and MusicRhythmTrainer has been a great tool for rhythm training. A couple points of feed back, however:

1. MusicRhythmTrainer is missing crucial constructs such as tied notes. Real music can be much more complicated than MusicRhythmTrainer’s exercises.

2. I don’t like the subscription payment model. An app like this should be a one time charge. Especially since I don’t see new features being released on any schedule.

3. The lessons feel somewhat repetitive. The names of them are often identical and I don’t know what makes one exercise different from a previous one.

4. Some ideas for much needed features: tempo control, playback on missed lines, and MOST importantly - support two-staff rhythm training. I want to be able to tap with both thumbs, one for each staff. This would help IMMENSELY with reading piano music.

Overall, it’s a good app. The best I’ve tried, even. But it feels like it’s in its fledgling youth and needs a little love, still.

by Jim.the.traveler

As a newbie to playing music and keeping a beat, I love MusicRhythmTrainer because I am learning proper time signatures. This has me tapping my foot in time as I practice piano with JoyTunes app. At age 56 I decided to learn to play piano. I bought a keyboard but I knew my timing was off. I stop playing for awhile because I knew timing was my weak spot. Now I am coming back to regular practice and more confidence because of MusicRhythmTrainer. Mahalo.

by StudyAnd

Hello!! This is a wonderful app! I use it to help with my piano and I recommended it to my students that I teach! Let me just say that MusicRhythmTrainer really helps students with their eight notes and counting rests and eighth rests…so far! I just started and it’s going great! Thank you! And also, just a quick consideration, it might be nice to include a part with longer rhythms that are multiple measures long? It would make me want to use it more and more, the longer you make each practice! I really appreciate the fact that MusicRhythmTrainer is free too. Thank you so much.

by Adefolake

I like how MusicRhythmTrainer first demonstrates the rhythm then prompts you to repeat with a metronome in the background. I also like the progressively difficult rhythms in the lessons. I appreciate the ability to take a test so that I could skip ahead to the rhythm sections that I most need assistance with rather than wasting my time on elementary rhythms for my level of knowledge and skill.

I recommend MusicRhythmTrainer for beginning to advanced players of any musical instrument, including voice, especially if you’re retraining yourself after years without regular practice, as I am.

by Good App Reviewer 3.0

I Really had a hard time figuring out how to perfect my 8th note. But MusicRhythmTrainer helped me achieve that. MusicRhythmTrainer also is quite nice MusicRhythmTrainer says good job or keep going. I like the fact that it will tell you what the beats per minute is for the whole level. And if you want to perfect your piano playing this is MusicRhythmTrainer for it!

by Ilikecheesevguvugvytf

MusicRhythmTrainer has helped a lot. In just a few days of training I can find the down beat so much easier. There are a few things that would help make it better:

Customizable tempo:
1.
moving the tempo down after I fail is great, but if I'm doing really well and them I'm
introduced to a new concept at 100+ BPM Its incredibly frustrating.
2. User's should be able to add a bar between listening and playing. Give us more time to think and cement the concept as well as the tempo..

Other:
1. User's should have the option to have the drum sound to when they tap. Would help with people who are listening by ear.
2. Does the gift cards actually exist? I've done more than 30 minutes of recording and nothing has come of it. Also I'm an actor so if you'd like footage of someone using your app, feel free to reach out.
3. Brief tutorials of text such as " with a triplet an easy way to count out loud is 1-trip-let," or "on this one really try and feel the downbeat"

by Gigi Musique

I love using MusicRhythmTrainer to relax and get in the mood to practice my music. It would be great if the metronome and rhythm tone volumes could be adjusted. The metronome clicks seems so much louder than the faint little toms. (See update)
Contrary to some of the other user’s complaints, I like that there is no count in. It’s hard, but I feel like the rhythm sinks in better. Update: The huge improvement you just made is great. Now the metronome doesn’t drown out my pattern and I can see what I’m doing. Thanks!
Update:Reading exercises now come quickly after repetition exercises so the lessons really teach how to read. Turning into such a great app!

by Namhglit

It is very intuitive, and well done. Great aid for teachers and fun—if you like rhythms!

I read some negative reviews that complain about good aspects of MusicRhythmTrainer .

The only issue I actually saw was someone mentioning it would skip a sixteenth note sometimes. I have not had that problem at all.

by Berbertie

MusicRhythmTrainer has been immensely helpful to me.
It gives a logical progressive introduction to, and practice on hearing/recognizing/reading/tapping fundamental rhythms.
It adjusts the tempo to your current skill level and requires repetition of the rhythms you tap incorrectly.
I want to see further development beyond the highest level that’s available right now to build up to longer phrases and even more complex rhythms.
This is the best app I’ve found for embedding rhythms into the unconscious...no frills, just a straightforward, user-friendly interface for effective, efficient daily practice.
You’re onto something good here guys. Don’t stop now. Take it to the next level! 👍

by JJSchenectady

I recently started teaching piano lessons and was looking for an app that I could recommend to my students but also, frankly, help me bone up on my sight reading since I always struggled with rhythm notation past the basics. MusicRhythmTrainer is exactly what I was looking for! They’re still adding features, but it’s professional, easy to use, and really helps. Can’t wait to see how they build on this already well designed and useful app. Highly recommended.

by Jemmyjoe

It is a great tool for increasing rhythm notation reading and practicing playing along with a metronome. I recommend it for any musician, not just percussion players. BUT.....

There needs to be audio feedback when you hit the pad to play the rhythm it is testing you on. It HAS to happen or it doesn’t feel like you are playing music.

As soon as they fix that, easily a five star app that I’d be happy to pay the secret fee for this free app.

by Ben1275947271748472615395

Love the training. Very well thought out.

But I’d like to use this while in public spaces, like airports or trains. Wish it would just play the audio through whatever Bluetooth device I’m using instead of through the speak phone. Please make this happen. This is actually my primary use case and only time I can make for this. Thanks!

Great work!

by Tntmarket

I like how it sequences exercises one after another, letting me focus of the music exercises themselves.

Only complaint is that it doesn’t play sound to my Bluetooth headphone, although I understand it’s tricky because my headphone has lag.

by Ra_jeev

I have more than 10 apps for rhythm and this is the best - simple user interface, ability to gauge your level and adjust difficulty as you progress. I wish they had machine learning adopted to it so that app learns as I do.

by Mavis Salamone

I have been playing saxophone for 5 years now but couldn’t move forward because I can’t get the rhythms half of the time this helped me like you have no idea thank you so much <3

by CN 3254 Rules ヽ(´▽｀)/

Found bug in one of the levels which hindered me from completing the exercise. Could not advance to next lesson as subsequent lessons are locked until completing the prior lesson.

My finding was user error. The apps works great!

by (Caraviniferano)

This is a really good app to use and I have been getting better and better at my rhythm. My piano teacher recommended MusicRhythmTrainer to me and I love it. One out of five I would give it a six!