Reviews for Smule: Karaoke, Sing & Record

Neat idea, but lags so bad! Adjusting the vocals to match the tempo of the music is a huge pain and doesnt work as it should. Sometimes the pacing between the song and the moving graphic is off and it's extremely distracting. Dont worry though, even if you sing right in tune and tempo with the music, you'll still be recorded 2 seconds late, causing you to fuss with settings for 10 minutes before giving up altogether. Ugh.

My experience in the past with this app was so desirable. I love being able to retry a challenging part in a song without having to start over. But this new update sucks. I also liked hearing myself sing while I'm recording like in past versions of the app. Now it just sucks... also what happened to the option where you could change how loud the backing vocals are? If there's an option to hear yourself while you sing I think that would be cool. Also to save your progress.

The VIP pricing is ridiculous. I used to have a smule subscription that cost $4.99 a month. now, its $9.99 for a week...A WEEK!!! That's more expensive than a monthly subscriptuon to most steaming services! A monthly subscription? $19.99 more than a premium monthly Netflix subscription. Yes, you can do it for free if you do duets and things, but paying that much for a karaoke app that isn't even karaoke! Half the songs still have vocals over top! It's ridiculous.

Nice app, but can you please, please PLEASE find a way to sync the sounds and videos better?! It's so annoying to have to continuously repeat a song because the vocals won't sync, especially if it was done with video. Come on! Edit - it's free to join someone else's duet, but you can't post it unless you pay. What sense does that make? Please do better.

I love this app. I've made some great memories. 2+ years now. But the last dozen times I've tried to start a don't others can join, the timing on the recording always either speed up or slows down near the end of the recording. And manually changing the timing doesn't help at all. Please fix. This is the main reason I haven't used the app much, of late.

I thought I would do something fun with a friend, so I signed up for what I thought was a free trial. Anyhow, I got busy and didn't notice that this app was quietly billing me $7.99 PER WEEK (!) for an app I might pay $3 a year for. I finally noticed in my bank statement when money was being siphoned off and found it was this app. They took me for $112 dollars and I never even used it more than once. Please be careful!

Completely terrible! Can't believe an expensive app like this even exists on the app store!! Google should totally either force them to reduce their prices by AT LEAST half, OR shut them down completely with the price gouging. I'm telling you all: you'll make a lot more money if you just cut down the prices! A lot more people will pay instead of having the select few pay a whole bunch of money. This app used to be next to FREE! And your rating used to be higher, if you noticed. Tells ya somethin

For someone who's been on Smule for years, you would think they'd at least have the decency to let members know they were going to jack up the prices. And maybe a reason. They canceled my subscription, refunded my money for last month, and with no explanation, no email, no nothing. This is so upsetting because what exactly are you getting with that price hike? It saddens me to have to delete the app because this was something I enjoyed weekly and a lot of times daily.

Unless you pay for the subscription, you can't record solo.. which was disappointing. The voice back to headphone setting didn't work for me, and in the "help" option it tells you how to delete your account in settings, but the option to delete was no where to be found. Was a disappointment:( because the suggested music was accurate and the vocal settings were cool.

Most things cost money, all yoy can do is join another singer, hoping that they're good. Timing is way off, the audio of my singing is played at a different pace and time than when I actually sang. This audio delay made me sound like I missed the que and started singing a few beats late. Overall, difficult to use and expensive, with too many ads (most for this very app, but paying even more.)

This app is limited to doing covers...after all this is a karaoke platform. Though it doesn't give an artist room to showcase an entire range of musical ability (those using instruments, there's not even an option), a person can generate a following by doing songs that reflect one's gift. There's also groups, in the fashion social media has them, to get to interact with others. Sign up isn't required but there's not much a person can do without signing up.

To be honest, I liked it better when you could buy songs with credits. Now, I have to pay. I understand that you must of not been making enough sales but I, along with others, would appreciate it if you brought that feature back. A "Log Out" and "Delete Account" feature is something you should definitely add too. (Update: I just got your newest update and now whenever I try joining someone it buffers really bad. Please fix this soon. )

I've had this app for years and recently it hasn't been loading songs or letting me record at all. If does decide to let me record it kicks me out during the middle of the and deletes the recording. What happened??? Until y'all fix this issue my rating isn't gonna change. Update: Its began working again for a while but now it's not loading again. Y'all really need to fix the issue.

It's amazing! The only thing I don't like about it; almost everything requires you to be a VIP, and being a VIP is freaking expensive... I mean, right when I asked to get it they said 'no' without even considering how limited people who can't get it can be. Some people can't pay, and it's kinda frustrating when you can't make at least your own recordings, or sing a duet with a friend who can't affors it as well. That's my only compliant though~ Other than that it's really good~!

When I'm using this app, it allows me to sing perfectly fine. But, after the recording is finished, my voice sounds distorted, like a robot or something and it's upsetting for many reasons. Also, when I first joined the app, you could sing solo/make a duet by watching some ads, yet you guys have taken that away. Some people don't like having to sing with other people, so they wanna do solo and stuff, while others, including me, think it'd be cool to make a duet again WITHOUT having V.I.P.

It's great, but it would be better if artists contributed with more songs in the "Sing with the artist" feature. Not even the main major hits are there. For instance, Neyo (only has 1 or 2 songs on there), Nick Jonas (only the song "Jealous"), you get the picture. There are mainstream artists who are not even on there at all. It's a paid app and that's okay, but it could be a little cheaper. All in all, I do recommend it. It's the one that has the most, I guess? But there are other free apps.

This karaoke app used to be fun. it started at 2.99 /week ( might have been 1.99) and i think it was 4.99 /month then it went up tp 4.99 / week 7.99 month. Then went up again for 9.99 / month. It's getting ridiculous! 9.99 /week and 19.99 / month. When do you stop keep raising the subscription? I am done , so are my friends that used this app. Not coming back. I'll just buy a karaoke machine at home for $200 and it's mine. I can even download the songs I want.

This is a good singing app. it has an amazing variety of songs and theres always someone to sing with or join. you can edit your voice in a few ways and the on screen lyrics are handy. however it can feel restricting as nearly all features are paywalled so you're missing out on quite a lot. as a free user you can feel dependent on others as you have to wait for people to open groups, duets or solos. you even need to pay to edit your profile. the time limit to join people is a little unnecessary.

So, I'm having issues with my main account, with the most recordings on it. it says "Having issues loading, check network connection and try again." my other account, on a separate device, on the same network, is working just fine. And the account is still searchable, so I don't think it was banned, not that I should have been anyway. please give me a fix, here. ChainRXN89.

I love it. I've been using it about probably at least ten years now, something like that. Only complaints that I have are 2 . Number one, when you put a clip of your song into an Instagram reel, it becomes extremely tinny. I think because of the compression, it would be great if we could fix that. Also, you should have an option. Not only to make your voice lower, but to lower the music in the background.Because sometimes it's extremely overpowering.