Sight Reading Factory

Our chorus director recommended this app, so I’m sure it’s just what my son needs and that’s why I gave it three stars rather than 1. While this may be a great app, there’s no way to create an account in the app! For devices that have Safari disabled for the protection of our kids, setting up an account becomes rather inconvenient. It’s not a deal breaker, but most apps that need an account have a way to do that in app. It’s pretty odd that there’s not even a link to do that. I’ll be trying another app rather than trying to figure out where to go online to create an account.

This app is AWESOME! Just what I was looking for. Fully customizable for many instrument types, rhythms, intervals, etc. All custom settings can be saved for quick future use. Yes, you need to pay a yearly subscription fee from their website. But it’s totally worth the price! After setting up your melody parameters all it takes is a single tap to generate a whole new melody! You can do this over and over again. Just tap once and boom! A new melody. This is perfect for sight reading practice. And if you think about it, the yearly fee is a lot cheaper than constantly buying new music for practice.

I use this almost everyday for 40 minutes and I can already tell the improvement but the biggest con is that it doesn’t have some sort of feature where you can record yourself doing it to a metronome before listening to the answer. Sometimes I find myself hesitating and reacting after the rhythm or note is played but I think it would be better to really know if you have it down. I try to do it before to see if I got it but when I listen back it’s easy to forget what I did.

This is a great source for unlimited sight-reading exercises FOR ANY VOICE OR INSTRUMENT! You can read through the reviews like I did and realize that 99% of people who gave this a bad rating was because they didn’t realize you need to purchase an annual subscription. To those people whom assume that everything in life is free, I recommend reading books and observe successful people such Benjamin Franklin, who once said that “an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

Hi! I’m a 7th grade band student, and I play the flute. We use sight reading factory all the time. It’s great for getting better at our technique and skill. It’s also super fun just to test yourself and see how good you are at your instrument. If you don’t use it in your choir or band I would suggest mentioning it to your director because it benefits all of the members in your band or choir. I hope you consider getting this app