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Flashnote Derby- music notes!
Apps by Mr. B. · 130 ratings · ★ 3.4
3.4
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130 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 39 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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"notes"
10 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Such a hard program to understand. When you first start, it gives you level settings.. but you can never get to it again. no presets to progress your practice. student can choose the notes they want.. but to a undiscipline child or someone …" - Sidney L
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"android"
7 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "If you have an Android phone don't buy this app." - Elise Petroff
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"features"
5 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "As a piano teacher, this is nice for the kids but it doesn't do all it says it will. You cannot save "presets" anymore, nor can you send drills to students anymore. Please correct me if I'm wrong because if so I'd love to use those features…" - Krissie Teacher
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"freezes"
5 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very annoying app. Freezes on my Samsung s5. Waste of time." - A Google user
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"piano"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "As a piano teacher, this is nice for the kids but it doesn't do all it says it will. You cannot save "presets" anymore, nor can you send drills to students anymore. Please correct me if I'm wrong because if so I'd love to use those features…" - Krissie Teacher
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"correct"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "As a piano teacher, this is nice for the kids but it doesn't do all it says it will. You cannot save "presets" anymore, nor can you send drills to students anymore. Please correct me if I'm wrong because if so I'd love to use those features…" - Krissie Teacher
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"play"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Awful. Does not listen to the notes you play. If I could give it 0 stars I would." - Lincoln A
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"version"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Has not the features the ios version has, do not buy!" - Gregor Bruhin
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"waste"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very annoying app. Freezes on my Samsung s5. Waste of time." - A Google user
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"crashes"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App crashes immediately after loading" - A Google user
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"game"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I'm using a Lenovo S8-50 tablet, running KitKat 4.4.2. Game freezes when playing. I set it to treble clef spaces only and the game stopped after a few notes. Tried again and the game froze near the end as the clapping sound effect started. …" - A Google user
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"note"
4 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Such a hard program to understand. When you first start, it gives you level settings.. but you can never get to it again. no presets to progress your practice. student can choose the notes they want.. but to a undiscipline child or someone …" - Sidney L
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Such a hard program to understand. When you first start, it gives you level settings.. but you can never get to it again. no presets to progress your practice. student can choose the notes they want.. but to a undiscipline child or someone who can't decide the notes, it has no appeal. they have themes which try to make it fun but there's no indication what it was and how to get there until you experiment.
Hard to navigate. no account info avsila m ke. Home icon not easily available.
Awful. Does not listen to the notes you play. If I could give it 0 stars I would.
Notes are hard to read!
Music notes played by my daughter aren't picked up correctly, if at all, so everything is marked as wrong, even if it's correct.
Doesn't work now
I bought this app because I wanted to drill myself on playing the correct piano notes in the correct octave. I thought this app had a listening function, but apparently that only exists for Apple products. While this app still serves some purpose, it's absolutely useless to me without the ability to listen to me.
Has not the features the ios version has, do not buy!
It's so easy and boring
Please provide equal functionality in the android version. It is not correct to provide more features on a ios version. Are there any developer roadblocks you are facing while coding the android version?
Useless compared to the iOS version; I bought this after using it in a cello lesson - having it call out notes and then play them was a really handy exercise, particularly with random keys and accidentals. The Android version seems to have around 10% of the features.
Without a listen mode, this app is useless. Overall feel of the app is summed up with one word: cheap!
Always Freezing
Very annoying app. Freezes on my Samsung s5. Waste of time.
It doesn't teach you trombone notes
I can't use any option after installation waste of money REFUND MY MONEY
App crashes immediately after loading
I'm using a Lenovo S8-50 tablet, running KitKat 4.4.2. Game freezes when playing. I set it to treble clef spaces only and the game stopped after a few notes. Tried again and the game froze near the end as the clapping sound effect started. Both times the background sound kept going as if the game was still playing but the animation stopped and the note wouldn't change to a new one. It's a shame because it'd be more fun for my students than plain old flashcards. Edit: dropped to 1 star due to no fix.
I really wanted to install this app but it can't install!!!!!!!!:-(
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I love this app when it works. It is nearly perfect. However it crashes and glitches all the time. My daughter is so frustrated that she won't play it anymore. Please fix it!
Total waste of $s. Great idea, but hangs after the second note. Very discouraging. Not working, should never have been released. Galaxy Note 3
Recently the graphics freeze and the game won't let you input answers. My son needs this for piano lessons and it's very disappointing for a game we paid for. Is there a patch update?
I love the game. We have it for the kindle and it works great. But on my phone it freezes and glitches all the time.
Freezes after the first note. Every time. Waste of money.
I tried disabling the sounds as suggested in one comment but it still freezes all the time. I am running this on a Samsung note 3.
As others are reporting it crashes. I want a refund...
Nexus 5. Android 4.4.2. Hangs during race.
I just downloaded new upgrade and it keeps freezing and failing. Please fix quick cause my students will really miss this game. Haven't been able to try out all the new stuff but it sounds great. I'm on a nexus 5.
Crashes. Want my money back.
As a piano teacher, this is nice for the kids but it doesn't do all it says it will. You cannot save "presets" anymore, nor can you send drills to students anymore. Please correct me if I'm wrong because if so I'd love to use those features.
If you have an Android phone don't buy this app.
App is good but score always says 0, and try again even when get 10/10
A wonderful concept BUT I have a Samsung S9 and the app says it was built for an older system - it did offer me a refund. I need to be able to use the feature whereby I can send pupils the notes they need to practise. It is also a pity that Apple products have more features. As this is a teaching app, it would be helpful for teachers who have Android and their pupils who have Apple (or vice versa) to have exactly the same app and EVEN more essential due to remote learning in lockdown.
Why do we have to pay but i like it
I loved this app and was so happy with it until I just had a look at the apple version. WHAT IN THE WORLD?! Why is there such a difference? I feel cheated! Please get those functions available for Android! Especially the microphone function, where you can play notes on an actual piano. Please please please!
I keeps freezing on both my android devices.....frustrating
Good way for my kid to learn but it gets stuck a lot please fix glitches!
Rubbish
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