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by BJo.Guitar

It really is a lovely app and looks great in print preview. But it is so needlessly complicated that if you don't use it for awhile, it's so frustrating to do simple things like edit chords, add a capo (which at least finally functions as expected), etc. But the worst part about it is that by design it rewrites your chords to its own sensibilities (e.g., you can't have a D2... it is immediately converted to add9). And there is NO way to override it. So if you are using chord sheets, but you have band members using lead sheets, you cannot match what they have if you use this app and the app disagrees. I had such high hopes for this app, and that's why I paid the substantial price for it... but if you want to voice chords, you know, YOUR way... it's unusable, and sadly I didn't figure that out before paying for it.

by Cyberdog Preston

I'm very familiar with this type of app, and I use a different one on stage every week. Song One has a lot of features, but the UI and lack of singular focus make it less stage-friendly than other apps.

The biggest issue I had was the plethora of teensy gray-on-slightly-darker-gray icons -- none of which have tool tips or help text. The whole UI suffers from a lack of contrast. So much gray! Maybe some of that was to ensure that the demo mode was *completely* useless, but I don't want to pay to find out.

For stage use, I want app controls to be clear, obvious, and easy. If I decide to capo, for example, I don't want to mess with the circle of fifths. If I want to start a click, I don't want a microscopic little gray icon that only appears at the very top of the screen.

I do think Song One has promise; but right now the UI is just too fiddly. I think the author needs to decide whether this is a performance tool or a teaching tool, and focus the UI on that. My $0.02.

by G.Rs21

Wish there was a way to record your voice and instrument. At the very least import/insert voice notes from my recording app (not as a backtrack). Hopefully both. A lot of my melody ideas start with a hum, or voice memo. Having a way to import them or record into the app itself for reference instead of scrambeling between apps would've made this Song One my actual #1 for songwritting. I can see this being implemented by recording to song sections (Intro, Chorus) or attaching files to them. One could also record and move the recording around freely like in Evernote. Maybe a combination of both. I'd move them to the bottom in a section called references, but other people may want to have them on top of the lyrics.