KaraFun – Karaoke & Music Quiz Reviews

by Lynmc

This used to be the best, easiest to use and most comprehensive karaoke player. But the last update destroyed all of that. It is almost useable now. It NEVER works without opening it, closing it, and reopening it again (sometimes more than once). It CONSTANTLY forgets that I am a premium member setup for automatic renewal. basically, the current app is pure crap.

And apparently, they don’t care! You can just take a look at reviews to see how they went from YEARS of five stars to an absolute joke of an app after “updating” it a few months ago. But they stubbornly refuse to roll back to the prior version. Guess I’ll just have to go back to SingSnap.

by Jsoyster

KaraFun crashes the first five or six times you open it on a pc or laptop. I’ve used it on several computers and it’s the same on all. Also on my iPhone it only wants to play audio every few songs. There are no new updates available for KaraFun or my phone. I have emailed them and sent bug reports many times but never get a response and they never fix it. It’s ok for what it is and the price is reasonable but it should come with a little bit of customer support. Then I get this 👇🏻👇🏻 generic response. I clearly stated that I’ve emailed and sent bug reports and have never received a response. I’m not going to continue to waste my time reaching out to the “support” center, I also get the random disconnections too. I’m stuck with this app until a better option comes along.

by Wilkshake_Junior86

I was looking for an app just like KaraFun Sing! by Smule, but Sing! is like a social media and that’s not what I’m looking for. I downloaded KaraFun and couldn’t figure out how to start doing karaoke for a song; it only played about 30 seconds of it. I then figured out that there are free songs and the rest you have to have a membership to sing them. Sadly, the free songs were traditional and Christmas songs and stuff like that, and who wants to sing those songs if it’s not Christmas?! I then figured out that the membership to sing the other songs costs 9 dollars a month! That’s crazy just to do karaoke!! I definitely DO NOT suggest getting KaraFun unless you are ok with paying 9 dollars a month. I would absolutely download this back if there were some major improvements made, but right now it’s a waste of my time.

by Pacountry

For 2 years in a row now I’ve purchased the 7 day pass for $7 for our home New Years party and both years it’s been a big hit with everyone. The song catalog is huge and the music quality is some of the best I’ve heard for Karaoke, including the Karaoke CD’s which aren’t cheap.

I have to laugh at all these negative reviews from people who think they can get literally thousands of full track Karaoke songs for free. The flexible charges offered for KaraFun is one of the features I like best about KaraFun . If you’re a DJ or Karaoke junkie buy the monthly subscription. If you want Karaoke for the occasional party throughout the year buy the 7 day pass when you need it for just $7. That’s a cheap price to pay to entertain a room full of people for an entire evening.

Keep up the great work folks !

by Kwvw1

I’ve used KaraFun for a several years now and have been very happy with it. There have been a few quirks, but the catalog has been better than others and the flexible pricing, charging only when you wanted to use it, has been great. But recently, almost all the Billy Joel songs disappear?!? More than price...more than anything, the catalog of songs a karaoke app has is its most important feature. Almost as bad as missing the Billy Joel songs is the uncertainty that I now have that other songs I like will still be there. After many $$$ given to this app over the years, I don’t think I’m coming back.

by Mlanom

I hope one of the developers reads this. So many features were unfortunately taken away with the update. Not sure why because I don’t think any of it was doing anyone harm.
I, like many others who use KaraFun, am a musician and use it for practice purposes all the time and the most useful features were taken away. Examples:

•Double tapping to go backwards or forward 10 seconds has been removed. Now I have to touch and glide my finger and it never quite lines up, so I can never get it back exactly where I want it to be.

•Saving tempo and key changes has been removed. In all of my favorites and stored songs I had several key changes that could be saved so I don’t have to fiddle with it each time I line up my songs in the queue…UGH?! Why?!

•Won’t start from the beginning after pressing play. At any given point during a song you could hit the back button and start from the beginning. That has been removed. Now I have to use my finger to glide it back to the beginning and it never starts on the first tee. It always skipped the first couple seconds. Very annoying and strange and again, why did you remove that?!

Anyways, a bit heartbreaking that I updated but maybe they’ll change it back one day.

by Greja123

I am new to KaraFun and I don’t want to be unfair about rating it. I will either update this review or leave another.
I am a mobile DJ and I picked this as my app of choice to integrate into my offering.

I just had major issues with this app not working during a live set with a client. I don’t know if it was their WIFI or some issue with this app and it’s server’s.

I suspected their could be issues so I upgraded my account to Pro and attempted to download the 44k songs and play them from my computer. For some reason I got an error from this app after downloading 1k songs.

I have another event tomorrow night. I sent an email today and I am yet to hear back from anyone. I mention this because with my subscription they mention 24 hour support.

I would appreciate if someone would get back to me or provide a method to contact someone who might be more responsive.

by MichelleMcJer

Latest update UI is better than before, especially on mobile devices. Unfortunately my entire history got wiped with this update, UI/UX on changing the key on a mobile device is still as bad as it ever was and maybe even worse, and now the playback settings can’t be set to hold, meaning if I change the key on a song, I have to keep changing it every time I play the song, even if it is back to back. Before I had a setting that would hold the playback speed and key so I wouldn’t have to keep setting it every time. Also the pricing is weird - how it appears in KaraFun Store vs online is confusing. One step forward, two steps back.

by GrrlPoker

The update before the current one was already bad enough but now…wth? Navigating KaraFun is now ridiculously convoluted since the recent update. There’s way too much to mention here, but please at least add back in the feature where you could use the pinching motion to make it go full screen.

Update: thank you for responding. I see where you have to click/touch to make the video go fullscreen, the issue with that is if you don’t click/touch it in the exact right place, you have try multiple times. A pinch motion on the video like it used to be is much more efficient. I use KaraFun daily for practice.

by Dvik1

This first night I subscribed and paid for the monthly service, I started using it. The songs, material, and quality is great, however even with my internet working good, the this app site gives me constant messages telling me I lost my internet connection and I know I didn’t, it shows full connection. This is my only complaint with the program. It’s enough that it’s inconvenient to me or the other singers. Please try to fix this issue so I may continue to use this program from this app. When this problem is fixed and I no longer experience delays or interruptions with loading songs etc, I will give you a better rating.
thank you
Dvik1

by KaraLava

This is the best self service karaoke platform by far.......and we’ve tried many! We were going to upgrade to the newest MagicSing streaming system with WiFi for $500 but decided to give this a try before dishing out so much money. We figured, worst case scenario, we’d have wasted $9 for a one month subscription (which is much better than $500). Boy are we glad we did!!!!! The versatility, 30,000+ songs, awesome features and user friendly platform exceeded every expectation I had. The monthly subscription fees are absolutely reasonable. Invest in a good powered speaker and mics if you’re an avid karaoke singer. If you’re even considering it, don’t waste any more time! Just download it and I promise you won’t regret it. I use it on our FireStick and AppleTV via AirPlay on my iPad & iPhone. Super easy set up!

by T From CC

First let me say, this is a great app, I use it almost every day and I love it. Never had a problem with it. It just works.

That said, I love that I can subscribe for a month and forget about it. If I happen to take a break, it just expires. We have so many subscriptions that we sometimes forget what we’re paying for. With KaraFun, it gently reminds me my subscription expired, and asks me if I want to renew. It’s like they RE-earn my business every month!

by Llarosa16

I’m really impressed with KaraFun. I’ve been playing with it for about 5 hours on and off and the ease of use, library/database and categorizations are on par “right on man! This is awesome!” I’ve run this from my Apple XR and iPad; seemless and without glitch. I noticed the new songs are much higher quality than what may be the older ones. Excellent eye for detail! Speaking of detail, I appreciate you adding lyrics to read while you are thumbing through the catalog so I don’t have to keep flipping my phone from horizontal to vertical and vice versa. I can’t think of one thing so far I wish it had except some artists I love to sing like Maggie Rogers, Kristy Lee or Indigo Girls but I’m betting that the music library will also grow. Nice job developers and team!

by Myshmupy

In the last few months the songs stagger quite a bit making it difficult to sing along with. I have tried it on several different devices as well as different Wi-Fi connections. Would also like to see more of the old standard songs that older people like to song along with. I use it in a retirement community and they like to sing music of the 20’s and old patriotic songs.

by JRR62

I have been a KlJ for over 25 years. I have said good bye to all the other programs on the market. this app does it all. The ability to control the volume for the background vocals and main vocals is ingenious. Key and Tempo control are easily located. Very professional appearance. No bugs. Easy intuitive interface. Vastness of song selection is mind blowing. Perhaps best of all, singers can access the catalog and submit songs to the queue all through their phone!

by Scotty Dog!

I have been enjoying your program for about six months now! I’ve been a professional vocalist for over 50 years and I truly appreciate all the little aspects of your program! Musicianship on your backing tracks is excellent and the fact that I can adjust the background vocals, the key up or down, the tempo up or down and save things in a playlist really helps! I’ve reached out from time to time to your help staff and they’ve been great! Thanks so much!

by Bearded Coffee Monkey

We used KaraFun to replace our old karaoke system (MagicSing) because it’s just so hard to get the most current songs on chips and DVDs. Our 14 year old LOVED the song selections and the 7 day pass for $7 was a bargain for her birthday. Her friends had a great time singing at her B Day party.
Best part? This this is FANTASTIC with an iPad! It’s like a little control center. The main screen goes up on the TV with screen share and the iPad handles the song queue, mixing, and controls. The music is on point and you even get backing vocals if you want them.
I don’t usually write reviews, but KaraFun was everything we hoped for and more.

by Tennessee Independant

From music teacher to commercial pilot. Spent a lot of time overseas and sang karaoke in Tokyo, Budapest, Venice, Vienna, Athens, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Prague, Belfast..... too many to count. Best in the world karaoke......Bristol, Tennessee.
Tried all known karaoke apps over last 20 years and the easy winner in this app. I’ve used it to learn thousands of songs. It has the ability to speed a song up, change the keys up and down, print the words of the song for memorization and the graphic backgrounds are mesmerizingly modern. Try it for a month and you’ll give up your cell phone before surrendering your this app.
Plan on getting hooked.

by DaMastaPongsta

I tried my sister’s karaoke machine back in the 90’s and hated it!
The song was Horse With No Name by America, a song I could play and sing with my guitar! Well this karaoke version of the song was all “cheesy” sounding and it was only one key, so I sounded horrible!
I never karaoke’d from that day on....until recently at my other sisters karaoke party and I noticed the KJ was using the this app Software and he was changing the key for the different singers! I also noticed the music was as close to sounding just like the original songs!
So I says to myself, I’ll rent it for a month and give it another try and “VOILA”! Changing the key to fit my voice made all the difference!
Now I am being a “real” Filipino and enjoy “Singing Like The Stars!” LOL

by BuckT04

I have been using KaraFun for a couple of years and love it. The cost for a monthly sub is a steal when you compare to the costs of CD+G Karaoke CDs and better than other subscription services I tried. It also keeps getting better as time goes. The library has as least doubled, if not more, since I first started using it.
Also, I had a recent issue that support was quick to fix and they were awesomely nice!
Keep up the excellent work team, and I’ll keep singing your praise!!!

by Lellis1234

The songs are mostly well produced and KaraFun has a number of great features (including swiping left or right to add to queue or save offline), convenient playlists and genre categorization. Would be much better if you could create and save your own playlists for use again later (then simply add an entire saved playlist to the queue), and not have to drag a song all the way up to the top of your queue using the little bars (how about a move up 1 or move to the top option, or how about adding to the queue at the top instead of having it placed at the bottom when you add it?) Overall, it is a convenient app, and would get my five star rating if only custom playlists were an option.

by Fab4fan1

Been using KaraFun for several years. Makes me look good. Has never let me down. I’m often asked, “when is the next karaoke party”? ALWAYS a success!

If you plan to karaoke for what ever the occasion this is KaraFun !!!! Haven't had many requests that wasn't on this app! ALL files are EXCELLENT! No midis. Very reasonable price! this app will make you look like a pro! Hosting or as a participant. GREAT tech support if you need it but considering its ease of use its not likely you will.

by Fairr9

My family loves to get together to do karaoke and this is my favorite program to use. It has a very expansive library of songs and now with the new community feature, there’s even more songs from other outlets outside of this app. I have the program on my phone for travel and on my computer for when at home. Get it a try. I promise you will not be disappointed.

by Mr. Pink?

As someone who visits a local bar called Richard’s Goat, KaraFun has been extremely useful and well used. I have used other apps as well, but they don’t usually have a favorites section to keep track of songs.

I would however like to recommend a section or menu that allows users to suggest songs not inside your database (for both free users and paid users). I believe that would help get more connected to your user-base and allow us to feel more connected to you!
Even if there is a license issue, it allows us to find out directly from you why you don’t have a song, or can’t gain access, or are currently in the works of getting the song!

Anyway, keep rocking!

by ManishNJ

I have used this for a gathering. The song collection is quite large and everyone found songs that they wanted to sing. KaraFun is certainly good, but better is their pricing policy, super friendly for occasional use. I can get the party going for just $7! And it is easy to not buy a subscription. Can’t ask for more. I used Apple TV to project the lyrics on my TV.

by MeLG206

I love to sing! KaraFun is fab to use alone for practice or with friends and family. The fact that I can turn off backup or lead vocals, change the key to fit my voice, the words are easy to read, and the song choices are practically endless makes are all so worth the monthly fee. Searching for songs is easy... keep it up, developers!

by DjFastEddie

Friends and family know where to come for a fun time. I have a great system set up and they all come to my house for a great night of being a singing star. My portable system does the same when we go camping. Kids and parents alike come to our sight to have fun with the great selection of songs. A great big thank you to the folks a this app for letting me put smiles on a lot of faces.

by Billyghawaii

Better than imported as the words are always correct. Quality of play music is professional. Great options for off net play. Retains play settings for individual songs (single user) but not downloaded files. Remembers my favorites between subscriptions. Remote control capable. Try it, you might like it.

by Lucky Reb

We are sooo pleased with this app! The music sounds great and the onscreen controls work perfectly. Very easy to sing with! Lots of song categories to choose from, and everything is simple to navigate. And customer support is second to none. Special thanks to everyone at this app for giving all of us singers such a great product. We love you!