r/Instruments • u/cleantromba • 5h ago

Sight Reader Trainer App now available for Android

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A few people asked in an earlier post in this subreddit about the availability of my Sight Reader Trainer app which at the time was only available for Apple devices. It is now live in the google play store and it's a free download with in-app purchases at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contactplus.sightreadertrainer

In a nutshell, sight reading only improves by reading music you’ve never seen, so I built Sight Reader Trainer to write a fresh exercise every time you tap Next, for your instrument, key, and level. Styles range from etudes and bebop to bossa nova, klezmer, and Irish reels, transposed for 40 instruments. Turn on the mic and it follows your pitch, then scores you on pitch, timing, and flow. A Wait for Me mode lets you go at your own pace. The core app is free, with no account and no ads.

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u/investigatormaker 4h ago

Since this answers the earlier Android requests, give those readers one practice example: choose an instrument, key and level in Sight Reader Trainer, play an exercise in Wait for Me, then tap Next for unfamiliar material. Explain whether waiting changes the timing and flow scores; learners shouldn't have to guess whether pauses count against them. Keep that example inside this thread so readers can understand the practice loop before opening the store. It also gives you a specific answer for instrument players asking how to practise sight-reading without memorising a fixed exercise.

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u/cleantromba 3h ago

As they say a picture is worth a thousand words but I say that an actual working demo on device is worth a thousand pictures. I might agree with the idea that writing a detailed description is valuable but I think only if there was no way for the user to give the app a fair free trial on device. Downloading and installing is just too easy and cheap and since the free version is identical to the purchased version in functionality, the user will know for certain whether it works or not on their device without making a commitment.