This is a review of the app - Bandcamp as a music distribution service gets 5 stars. The app lacks dark mode, gapless playback, and a cart system where you can add multiple items and check-out once (as is possible on the website.) Also, Bandcamp links clicked from messages inside the app need to open inside the app too, and not open up the browser.
Absolutely horrible that you can not delete anything from your library. Sometimes, artists have bundle sales, but that includes a lot of filler material that is lackluster that you wish to delete, but you can't. So now you're stuck with hundreds of albums that you'll never listen to in your library that you have to sort through, but the sorting system is abysmal at best and highly inaccurate. Update the app and implement a delete feature, and enhance the sorting system.
I love that I can directly support my favorite artists but... when i try to listen to music, the sound sometimes just stops working. The progress bar on the song keeps going, but there is no audio. When i move it back, suddenly audio again! Its irritating to try and clean while listening to music, when I'm spending most of my time fixing audio.
The Bandcamp app is ferociously uncool in a way that's almost cool. No dark theme, just recently got playlists (also try out BNDCMPR for others' playlists), barely any options... It's really just a barebones app between you and a musician, and I guess, when you get right down to it, that's what you want it to be. Still, I'd like a dark theme or an update to match that nice web interface you sometimes see.
Terrible app. I cannot add things to a cart, I can only buy them one by one. The search feature is awful. I search for an artist, I get artist page/s, releases, and tracks, in not a discernible order; the artist pages only have music the artist themselves uploaded. Tracks from a release often appear ahead of the release itself. None of this is intuitive. It's as if the devs just gave up. The app makes a great idea nearly insufferable. Please fix this.
Sound quality is excellent, you can more directly support artists, and those are by far the best things about this app. It's otherwise pretty bare bones and buggy. "New" features like song queues and playlists misbehave and stop playing between songs. I can no longer cast to other speakers using the app. This has always worked fine for me in the past, and no longer works despite that Bandcamp has permission to cast. Please fix :(
Decent app, but I find it pretty difficult to navigate compared to the desktop experience, especially purchase options, viewing artist discographies, and browsing genres. Recently, I have barely used the app since the removal of cast support. In order to cast, one has to either cast all device audio at the system level or download files and play them in an app that supports casting, both of which are a poor experience.
I love Bandcamp for directly supporting artists and have found a ton of great music just by browsing around. However, the app itself is pretty clunky compared to the desktop site. I cant add songs to playlists from the "now playing" window but rather have to do it from the album tracklist. The search function can be a pain to navigate because you cant filter by song, artist, or album if youd like. Overall navigation is just meh.
Still very barebones with a lot of bugs. I still can't copy and paste codes to redeem albums. The way it handled fan and artist accounts is so messy I don't know where I'm buying from. Still no way to search my collection without searching the entire site. I purchased a couple of OSTs 8 years and hundreds of purchases ago and the "music feed" still wants to suggest me soundtracks. A total mess.
No issues with loading or playback. My main beef is that the listening history on your browser is not synced with the listening history in the app. If you have a large number of albums (I have around 700), it can be difficult to find what you're looking for. In addition, there is no ability to organize on the app AND you cannot see your reviews or favorite tracks.
