Neumz Reviews

Thanks for breaking Neumz so we are forced to pay for subscription. May almighty God show mercy

It appears that the application is no longer functioning. Following the suggestion to select the calendar, the only available option is to download the file, which requires a subscription. Unfortunately, streaming and viewing capabilities are no longer accessible.

Please excuse this low-review, but I think I have good reasons. I will haply upgrade my review to 4 stars if it was possible to at least sample it without having to pay. I would increase to 5 Stars if I could purchase content outright (instead of paying a subscription - happy to pay more for more content as it is released). Once you download Neumz , you will find that you are unable to listen to or view anything until you have created an account. You cannot sign in with Apple ID, but must create an account manually. Then you must wait (apparently) until the exact time that the particular mass or chant you wish to listen to occurs in real time. That is to say, it is currently 7:17am and I am unable to access any of the content. In order to access any of it even to sample, I must pay $7.99 just to try it for one month. This resource description is amazing. I would love to give it a try. But I’m not interested in a subscription model in which I do not own the rights and to which I could lose them at any time (such as when I am deployed by the military without internet for months - or at the whim of anyone who gains control of Neumz in the future who doesn’t have the heart of the creators and decides to place more restrictions on its use. I have seen it happen to other apps). Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Abbey; I respectfully request you make Neumz less money-centric. A laborer is worthy of his wages. Please offer 1)Samples to any user who downloads. 2) The ability to purchase forever music with options to purchase more as it is released or new features are added. 3) An option to donate on a recurring basis [which I would also happily do!]. Blessings - J. Michael

Please, could you ask those singers who are being captured on these recordings to dismiss themselves from being recorded as it is a terrible distraction to the beauty of the chant. Thank you for your consideration as I hope to one day become a patron of this app as I myself am a member of our parish’s Schola for TLM.

What a gift!

…. Except that the autoscroll feature hides the neums that I’m supposed to be singing! I’m sure it’s complex to get things to line up on all the different screens, and I’m sure they’re working on a fix, but Neumz is frustrating to the point of being unusable for me on my iphone.

I hope the makers are able to allocate more resources for the development of this incredible offering.

This is an excellent project, idea and app. It’s so exciting to be able to sing the Divine Office correctly. The only thing I’m disappointed about is that the psalms so far have not matched up with any of my breviaries, not the pre-1962 or the new Liturgy of the Hours. Neumz matches up a bit better with the pre-1962 as far as antiphons. I’m a bit confused as to where they’re basing the psalms off of. But I know Neumz can only get better!

Neumz is great. It is basically the Novus Ordo mixed with the Benedictine Divine Office. Thankfully also I have heard, that there will be a fully Vetus Ordo option with the specific office of Prima in the fall. Overall great app. It’s a new app and still going through its early development but it is overall well done.

Thanks.

However, lately I can hear this music in the background which I find distracting from prayer, other than that beautiful experience, it’s like being at the abbey praying along with the nuns.

I like Neumz and the concept is amazing. It’s very lovely to see the translations light up as the text is sung.

I have a few quibbles that I hope get worked out in the course of time:
1-often the chant notation doesn’t sync up correctly. Often it only appears on screen after the text has been sung because it scrolls too slowly. If you’d like to sing along sometimes you’re plum out of luck.
2-the image of the chant scores appears to be a scrolling image file, rather than clean vector graphics (gabc code, for instance) which is annoying.
3-you can’t override auto scroll; since the speed isn’t correct this is frustrating. (And I wish there was an option to have the image flash rather than scroll; constant scrolling can be very taxing after a while. People with car sickness may struggle.)

I imagine many of these things will be worked out eventually. Regardless, it’s a great resource as is and it’s an excellent way to peer in on the monastic life and get a sense of their prayer. It’s also a great way to absorb the lived rhythm and cadences of chant by people who do it every day.

I LOVE Neumz and have been using it everyday. I am a person that loves the feel of a book in my hand. Is it possible to purchase the copy of Devine office that the sisters use? Their chants do not line up with any of my devine office copies and I know it’s because the sisters are using a devine office made for monastic use. The problem that I’m having is I want the exact copy the sister’s use so I can go along. I will pay any price and buy from any source. Thank you!

I was looking forward to the release of Neumz since I first read about it in the New York Times. It is a unique and profound insight into the music, prayers, and traditions of a Catholic faith that has vanished from most of our lives. The work and dedication present here — the creators of Neumz and above all the devotion of the nuns who have let us into their faith and art — is transforming and beautiful.

Even as a Benedictine monk in the U.S., it is difficult for me imagine the great amount of effort that went into making the treasury of Gregorian chant available so freely through Neumz. Neumz doesn’t merely offer a sampling (like a single CD) of chant, it is the accompaniment to a liturgical way of life.

Thank you so much for your work in making Neumz happen. It is a gift to us and I am looking forward to years of use.

So Beautiful! for a long time I was looking for something like this, gives me so much peace. Thank you

A beautiful compilation and a true gift from the sisters to the world. Many many thanks as these chants accompany on my Lenten journey this year.