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BandLab - Music Making Studio
BandLab Technologies · 814,097 ratings · ★ 4.5
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Top complaints - extracted from 31 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"free"
7 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I used the "free trial" because I needed the AI splitter to split drum tracks for a recording I was sent. Of course these thieves needed your credit card information. I intended on canceling membership. of course they made that hard. And ye…" - Jacob Bailey
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"bandlab"
6 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This was a great DAW and a great app for finding free samples. However, the recent updates have added more ads, more AI slop, they put what used to be free samples behind a pay wall, making the whole experience worse and worse with every up…" - Alex Tron
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"account"
6 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I recently updated to the latest version of the app,and now I cannot log into my bandlad account, pls rectify this issue as soon as possible....Thank you." - DAZEMUSIC
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"money"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I used the "free trial" because I needed the AI splitter to split drum tracks for a recording I was sent. Of course these thieves needed your credit card information. I intended on canceling membership. of course they made that hard. And ye…" - Jacob Bailey
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"into"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I used the "free trial" because I needed the AI splitter to split drum tracks for a recording I was sent. Of course these thieves needed your credit card information. I intended on canceling membership. of course they made that hard. And ye…" - Jacob Bailey
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"making"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I used the "free trial" because I needed the AI splitter to split drum tracks for a recording I was sent. Of course these thieves needed your credit card information. I intended on canceling membership. of course they made that hard. And ye…" - Jacob Bailey
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"behind"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "This was a great DAW and a great app for finding free samples. However, the recent updates have added more ads, more AI slop, they put what used to be free samples behind a pay wall, making the whole experience worse and worse with every up…" - Alex Tron
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"music"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "What happened to the trending hashtags and organic discovery? search engine & tag feeds are completely broken , burying raw music under a TikTok-style feed. It feels like they are intentionally suppressing organic reach just to force indepe…" - BAND LAG
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"everything"
4 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Do you remember having fun on this app? I do. So what happened to this app. Everything is locked behind a paywall, the ads, limits on samples, various stupid bugs that they say they fix but don't really, and then when you leave a review abo…" - Neon Vale
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I used the "free trial" because I needed the AI splitter to split drum tracks for a recording I was sent. Of course these thieves needed your credit card information. I intended on canceling membership. of course they made that hard. And yeah of course the took my money. Did their product split my tracks well however? No, because all the drums part were still bleeding into other tracks making it equally as hard as not editing the track the way it is. Thanks you scumbags. Complete crooks.
This was a great DAW and a great app for finding free samples. However, the recent updates have added more ads, more AI slop, they put what used to be free samples behind a pay wall, making the whole experience worse and worse with every update. For those of you who want the old BandLab back, you can download APK's of older versions that let you use all the features for free. Put users before money! You're welcome. And take a hint, BandLab. We see your greed.
What happened to the trending hashtags and organic discovery? search engine & tag feeds are completely broken , burying raw music under a TikTok-style feed. It feels like they are intentionally suppressing organic reach just to force independent artists to pay for the "Boost" feature or a monthly membership. Bring back the old chronological hashtag discovery so underground artists can actually be found. THIS APP IS HORRIBLE IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME DONT DOWNLOAD GO FL STUDIO INSTEAD
This app used to be the ultimate tool for independent artists, but the current ad placement is brutally invasive. Getting hit with unskippable ads right when you try to open a project or jump into the studio completely kills the creative flow. By the time the ad is finished, you’ve lost the inspiration for the track. It’s a shame to see a great creative platform turn into a broken ad-delivery system.
THEY ARE MONEY HUNGRY, THEY ARE A DISCRACE TO ARTIST, STRAIGHT TRASH, Technical lag, bugs, and ad placement are ruining your actual recording process, like the undo/redo glitch or project processing freezes, lost hundreds of songs, the app downgraded major in the last year, this app is trash, I WOULD NEVER USE BANDLAB AGAIN
I'm stuck on a loading screen that's infinite! I waited and waited and waited and it still won't let me in when I press any of the buttons when continuing. I'm getting sick and tired of waiting! I can't even handle the infinite loading screen anymore! please! let me out of here!
the app has very good virtual instruments but I'm incredibly sad and disappointed as my first song that I was about to publish suddenly disappeared, i worked months for it and my song just suddenly disappears
Do you remember having fun on this app? I do. So what happened to this app. Everything is locked behind a paywall, the ads, limits on samples, various stupid bugs that they say they fix but don't really, and then when you leave a review about it nothing changes. And the worst part is they act like they care. You can scroll through reviews and see the same lines reused endlessly. And the app isn't going to change, they're going to keep locking things behind paywalls. Saddest uninstall for me.
can't even open it without an account
Literally can't sign in with Google.
Great App. but won't open now on my phone. I've tried everything. Won't allow me to log in
don't like how Its to complicated to use the options change to much
won't let you sign in on phone.
Free version is unusable ad spam garbage clearly designed to either get you to pay for premium or uninstall in frustration.
first it used to be soooo good and enjoyable even on the free trial but lately it start to log out of my accounts on itself and refuse to log in back I lost two accounts now .
while trimming and editing the space and positions of the audio clips it used work like the queen chess piece before.. now it has become the knight.. so irritating !!
bad
lol app not free to uses packs and other rare features.They only want membership and very bugs and other account related issues in this app 😞
I updated the app an hour ago and it's suddenly log out and I can't log in. It's keep loading lol. The update sucks and I don't know how to log in back. My internet is hella good, I was check on another apps and it's work well. But in bandlab, still not workin. Bro, please fix the bug, I beg you.
I genuinely cannot login with my Google because of the new update pls fix this problem fast
Genuinely not recommended for recording music. Once I published one of my recorded songs and BandLab suspended my account for no reason. Even GarageBand doesn't do this!!!
this app sucks you have to pay almost everything 😭 😭😭😭
This app was actually so good to use back then but now they decided to put almost all the sounds behind a paywall. So now you can ONLY used 20 sounds per MONTH. That's not even enough to make a song. App has genuinely went to ruins because of corporate greed. Stop making us pay just to make music. Everyone should be allowed to and shouldn't have to pay unless its for other reasons. But now I have to pay to use sounds? Yeah no. This app is horrendous now.
it keeps logging me out
Why are you guys so money hungry? The bandlab sounds used to be free and now they're behind a paywall. Who decided this was a good idea? I loved this app but until y'all decide to stop being so insanely greedy, I'm moving to FL Studio... And before you guys say "It's part of our premium package!" There's already SO MUCH STUFF for your premium. And if you really want people to buy it, STOP shoving it in our faces EVERY 👏🏻 FIVE 👏🏻 SECONDS! 👏🏻
I recently updated to the latest version of the app,and now I cannot log into my bandlad account, pls rectify this issue as soon as possible....Thank you.
I am not able to login again in my account, what is going on please check your server
i miss the simplicity. Record or upload, and layering. Apply preset or manual EQ. Save mp3 or wav or whatever. but now.. all the simpler menu is gone.. or hidden. ew.. i need to use desktop to export a wav.
My only issue with this experience, is not having a lot of space for samples and for multiple tracks for various instruments. I'm always limited to a small amount of sample pads, and it makes things harder to work with when I need everything in one place. When making a song cover for a certain rhythm game, I need way more than just that small amount. I still need more than 16 pads, like can't we just get the option to add another row of pads with no limit. please consider this.
it logged me out of my account and it just hits me with the infinite loading screen when I try to log in i had this app for a few years and it never did this before I'm just tryna make some music I restarted my phone and powered it off twice I even deleted bandlab multiple times and it did the same thing if it didn't do this 5 stars but until this gets fixed in giving it a 2 nothing personal
turning into a scam, used to be a really good value for what you got. now its becoming more ai based and doesnt allow certain free features anymore for paying members. a wash to say the least.
Sentiment summary
88%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)