Application Overview "Songbook with chords for guitar" (10 codes for readers)

Applications for lovers of guitar playing can be divided into several types: songwriter, chord database, various metronomes tablature viewer application for tuning your guitar, the so-called guitar processors to simulate different effects. The rarest type in this list - songwriters. One such application we will consider today.

Songbooks quite rare because of problems with copyright. In the Russian App Store, there are two applications of this type. One of them held steady in the top 5 category "Music", which speaks of his demand. This "Songbook with chords for guitar" Developer Igor Kravtsov. Igor now lives and works in New York. Just below - an interview with him, and now - a review of the application.

The app is simple, and its main value in a large database of songs with the chords - more than 11 000 000 Russian and 4000 foreign texts.

The application includes search in the catalog of songs, chords have manual and primitive tool for tuning your guitar, which generates a sound of a certain pitch.

There are funny mistakes in the song titles and names of authors. This suggests that the base has not been tested before integration into the application. There is a problem with displaying text on the screen: it is necessary, or swipe from right to left, or do fine, but then the perception of deteriorating.

"MakRadar" contacted by the application developer Igor Kravtsov and asked him a few questions about the creation of the "Songbook for guitar chords".

- How did you get to New York and what you do?

- I am a programmer, I work in an American company that develops software for the monetization of blogs, such as WordPress. I am from Taganrog, come on H1B work visa in the US and for the past two and a half years living in New York.

- How did the idea to make an application?

- A friend advised. He is interested in playing the guitar. At one point he said he found in the public domain database with lyrics and chords, and asked to make an application.

- What do you mean "find." Just downloaded from the Internet?

- No, I bought it.

- Maybe you give a link to a resource where they sell such a database?

- Yes, I will send you in ten minutes. (Here linkWhich sent Igor after the end of the interview.)

- I guess that kind of framework. How could you miss it Apple?

- rejections was not even once.

- The app a lot of positive reviews. This suggests that it is in demand by users. How are you going to develop it further?

- Most users are asked to do a review, the ability to edit and add their songs. Now I think how to implement it. I also plan to make a version for the Apple Watch to see the chords.

- What is now necessary to download in the "Music" category in the Russian App Store, to stably keep the top?

- Suffice it to 30 downloads per day. Other my application - in the category of "References", there's enough to get into the top 20 downloads a day.

- This means that application development is not for you a means of income?

- Yes, it's a hobby. But it is possible that we'll get a professional in the future.

Despite some minor shortcomings, the application requested by users, and we wish him well. For those who want to test the app before buying, the developer has given 10 promo codes. Publish a link to a post on a social network on your page and unsubscribe in the comments indicating his email. We will send you a promotional code.