Rockbot - Request Music Reviews

by Jazzboy1354

My college dining hall plays this non stop. They blast it through the PA system and the only music that you ever hear is either pop or hip hop. Until recently I put earphones in so I could listen to my own music but it has gotten to the point where the music has stressed me out so much that I now have to make sure to bring earplugs with me so I don't have to hear this garbage because earphones don't work. It would be better off if these places just played their local alternative or Sirius XM satellite radio station. I don't want to hear any of this so called "pop music" ever again! I'd rather hear real rock bands! Pop/hip-hop stress me out to the point where I can't even focus on my schoolwork.

by Catherinereviewsapps

They blast the music at my gym; it makes it almost impossible to hear what’s in your earbuds. Then I saw that the music was over Rockbot and you can request songs. So I downloaded Rockbot .
I got one song played and then was asked to pay for more songs. I successfully reordered others playlists by giving thumbs up or down... but otherwise wasn’t able to do anything.
Who gets paid for the songs? I was so confused.
I hate Rockbot. I rather try to buy some noise canceling headphones. Quick delete.

by Freddy1018

Checked into a planet fitness and decided to use Rockbot as promoted. Rockbot uses “algorithms” to choose from your created playlists on Spotify/Apple Music. Does not let you play all of the music you have even if it had no vocals, probably just chooses Top 100 billboards. False advertisement of play any song you want. Very picky on what you can and can’t play. Also it’s a very buggy app coming from an IPhone 12 user with the most current update of Rockbot . Do not recommend unless you have very basic taste in music.

by Iliketheoldclubpenguinbetter

I have made several accounts for this app because once i would sign it it would get stuck on the loading screen and never load! Both of my jobs use this app, so I have tried to uninstall Rockbot and reinstall, but nothing seems to work. I’ve tried being on wifi and without abs there is no difference, loading screen every time . I have had this problem since August 2021. Please help!! In the meantime, Zero STARS.

by Mugsly123

The gym I go to uses Rockbot. When I go I just want to concentrate on working out not having a war with the only other DJ in there who plays music that I don’t like. It’s so annoying. I just listen to my own music. Rockbot allows very little free play and you have to pay for songs after that. It’s totally not worth it. If you don’t have your own music you end up listening to music you don’t like. Rockbot must remember what is played and then it constantly please that genre of music. When there are no DJs it should play more of a variety.I’ll be deleting it.

by Erykah Badu Fan

Usually I don’t have a hard time selecting and playing songs but every time I play hi by Erykah Badu YALL CUT ITSHORT and the this app goes “offline” and starts playing other music. This has happened three times already. Another bug is that the screen to play the song after pressing will lag so that the confirmation of the song to be played never comes up and ultimately is never played. It just stays loading. Yea. These bugs make me SO mad.

by This Is Arcadia

Downloaded Rockbot and paid for credits and the very first song I pick someone at the gym skips it after 20 seconds. Why is that even an option? Now I have all of these credits and I feel like if people are going to keep skipping the songs I pick then what was the point of getting Rockbot .

Other than that 1 complaint the UI is nice, it’s a clean, easy to use app. Not sure who they license their music with but I wish there was more of a song selection. Are you using BMI or ASCAP?

by LordScorpion12

I saw that my friends could play music at our university dining hall and I thought I would download Rockbot and try it out. My experience was far from pleasant: I still have not been able to make and account despite deleting and reinstalling Rockbot 6 times and when I tried making an account on my friend’s phone by logging them out of their account, they have not been able to log back in on their phone. I’m not sure what the issue Is but Rockbot seems to work nicely for those who can gain access to begin with but for those of us who are having similar issues (of which I know several) this app is a cool concept but a disappointing reality.

by JonT1990

The UI is not as simple as they thought it would be and at first can be a little over whelming trying to request music. Also what they don’t tell you is that the music you may want to hear needs to be cleared thru business. This can be a problem when they aren’t really doing it or have no clue who to really talk to. I have to problem playing clean music and ironically I can’t at this moment play old school music because of the restrictions. Many people have addressed their issues with app/business approval via twitter to get what seems as a computer generated message(generic).

by Blajadairo

I use this at anytime fitness the problem I have is I set up songs and just because someone doesn’t like the songs I pick they override my songs and play theirs I feel once a song is already in the line then the songs should play until mine runs out same goes with an old jukebox in order to listen to different music you wait your turn add your quarter and then your songs are played same concept should be used in this case everyone’s song should be played and no ones should be overridden just because someone doesn’t like it this needs to be fixed

by Efram Joe B.

Over the course of my time on rock bot, my play list has become more limited. Songs which had no profanity suddenly became unavailable and my playlist shrunk. Songs and artists I requested months ago, also with no profanity are still showing under review. This leaves me with the same limited song selection every time I am at the gym and makes me more inclined to go back to my iTunes and earbuds. I can’t see spending any money to upgrade an app that continues to limit my choices. Sorry this app you are failing.

by Awesome18266

2.5 stars would be more accurate. Great concept but definitely room for improvement. Needs more selection for sure. I’ve always been confused why they don’t have big artists like Kendrick Lamar or the Beatles, but they have Will Farrell ?? They also only allow 3 plays per artist for one - two hours, which would be fine if there were a bigger selection of artists. They have a decent number of Beyoncé and Rihanna songs for example, but I can only pick three. Bad system.

by Jesus Is Coming Back!

Don’t love that you get more control of suggestions with higher ranks, and suggestion/requests are limited. Everyone should be able to just add song requests to a back end que, and let thier algorithm filter and mix peoples songs in. Giving more control to someone with higher app rank is too much control. No one really loves other peoples music. And letting people thumbs up or down someone else's request they just made is ganna make people wanna fight haha. Good idea. Needs work on application.

by Cool Cat Guy

I work at planet fitness and use this quite often while working out and my members seem to enjoy it as well. Could use some fixes though, a lot of the bands I enjoy listening to either aren’t on Rockbot or are banned (which could be a more local decision, not sure). I will say that Rockbot would be a lot better if more of my members used it as that is just the nature of these kinds of community driven apps. In total it could have a wider selection of music and be less repetitive in the algorithms choices.

by MathewDaigle

Venue scheduling with more granular options - specific days and times, allowing explicit songs in a venue would be nice. I like the idea of sending a song for venue specific review to be moved from banned to unbanned would be good. Some of the tracks listed as explicit, aren’t even close - or banning an artist because most of their tracks are explicit, when they really aren’t anything more than suggestive... Better walkthroughs for venues to better understand how the program works would be helpful too.

by Eli The Elephant

I really like Rockbot but there are some annoying things about it. i really don’t like how long it takes to load up a song and request it. i don’t know why it takes so long but it’s annoying when i want to play something while i’m eating. also i wish there was a way to request songs to be added to your institutions list?? if that makes sense. there’s a bunch of songs i want to play that are on this app but it’s unavailable where i am. i would love the option to request that those ones are made available. If there is it should be a little more obvious

by I Paid For The Full App

Rockbot is awesome. They have it at our planet fitness where I live. I wish they allowed a little more song selection. I also wish there was more info out there about how the algorithm worked. From what I’ve gathered if you only request 1 artist or request +4 songs in a row you get silenced for like 15 minutes but obviously can’t confirm that

by TweediestCash91

Other than the fact that you have to be social to hear the music. You can also have little races with your friends to see who’s music gets on first. I’ve also been able to find more songs that I like.

by Patti S

Because I have a special needs daughter who works out with me, I cannot wear earbuds and play my own music at my gym. I like that with Rockbot I get several of my songs played during a workout. I only wish they left the list of favorite songs. Now it’s hard to find songs I favorited but haven’t played.

by Sierra_117_

Pretty much can't login or create a new account. It's always on the loading screen. This is my third time trying to make it work but I guess I'm going to have to delete it. Also, before I got signed out, they took out alot of the good music. Don't recommend.

by PHLAK69

The concept is awesome but when everyone in the venue thumbs down the next 3 songs and you keep playing them anyways is garbage. Especially when you are so desperate for money. I’d gladly pay if you fixed the rating system and playlist. We’ve lifted at AnyTime Fitness for a month and we all tested this while we were lifting and it’s like you purposely keep putting junk songs in and playing them just to get us to pay.

by Bigmoney27946

Hey so how come there are some songs that are the original but some cover like theirs a song called lisztomania by Phoenix and it’s the remix like I didn’t want that song I wanted to hear the original song which is much better so like can you put the original songs and remixes in like different categories or like suggestions? Or maybe have an option to hear the music first so u know it’s the right song u wanna hear?

by BatonRougarou

We use this at the bar I run and I wish they would bring back the feature to be able to hear a sample clip of a song before you play it. It was very helpful to us as well as customers to be able to hear the song first as sometimes the version of the song available is very different than the original track.

by Biancajagg

I cannot select more than 2 songs at a time if 2 or more people are signed in, this is a recent update and feels discouraging to use Rockbot , it’s a bit tedious. Perhaps this is to allow the establishment’s song pics to circulate. I would like if there was a way to send a song/artist request to the establishment admin so they could unblock certain things upon request.
All the users are still unclear on how the point system racks up, I could not find a current this app blog to view that info.
Overall, a fun idea, and definitely keeps many patrons at the bar, requesting songs, buddying up and bonding over this app. It would also be nice if there was a queue that I could add to of songs that I’d like to select after my songs have played. Or a few different playlists that I could design to choose from.

by Canticle65041

I’ve been coming to my favorite cigar lounge for a long time, and when they added this app it made my experience that much better! I can select the music I enjoy and when I come back it plays some of my selections automatically.

by Bronson's

this app is the best musical experience I’ve seen anywhere and allows you to interact and know what songs are playing in make sure that you always loved the music you are surrounded by when you’re out at a business.

by Cubs Yet

The perfect little juke box you’ll ever need anytime you need it. The fact that you can choose one generation to the next with the swipe of your fingertip is so much fun. The party is always in the palm of your hand 24 hours a day!! Thank you this app!!

by Mattpavelko

I used to like Rockbot. But then it stopped the ability to let me bump in the queue, but other users can magically bump in front of me. When I talked to the chat support they were useless and couldn't understand my question. And they just stopped chatting with me mid conversation.

by Mbloz

My restaurant luckily a busy one and don’t need the extra revenue from the touch tune solution. I’m more concerned about the customer experience. This is a great way to control the music to genre of music you want.

by Irish Fan Greg

Great app to use in the right venue. In the wrong venue, a lot of songs cannot be played. Needs a top radio hit playlist with clean versions so more songs can be made available in Family oriented venues.