2020-07-22
2 stars off for the annoying pop up that tells me to rate the app
2 stars off for the annoying pop up that tells me to rate the app
Updating
-12
#95 in Top Free Apps > Music
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Description
The Bandcamp app lets you explore a vast catalog of music by artists from every corner of the globe, allows you to directly support the artists you love by buying their merch (and wishlisting albums & tracks for purchase at a later time), and gives you instant, unlimited streaming access to your Bandcamp purchases.
What's New in Version 2.3
You can now use the Bandcamp app to stream to your Chromecast-connected TV, smart speaker, or listening device!
Seller
Name
Bandcamp Inc
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
2.3
Size
82 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated 12+ for the following:
Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity
Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
Compatibility
iOS 10.1 or later
Devices
iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPad (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad (4th Generation) (4G), iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.5 of 5 (1,759 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2020-07-04
Collection
2003 wants their app back. This doesn’t do anything for the artists.
2020-06-29
Best platform to find/buy new music
Love it , wish I could make a playlist with the albums I’ve bought. Still I couldn’t live without it.
2020-06-27
Bandcamp is awesome
Best music site out there, has no competition
2020-06-24
More than just a music platform
Bandcamp is an easy to use platform to buy all your music needs while knowing the artist are getting looked after. Bandcamp has also gone above the call of duty to support the greater community by raising awareness and funds! Keep up the great work.
2020-06-15
Does not support iPad and no mix feature
Please at least rotate the screen so I don’t need to tilt my head 90 degrees when using this app.
Could also use a “mix” or “station” feature to discover new artists like Soundcloud.
Will upgrade score with improvements.
Thanks
2020-06-11
Great
The best of both world: A CD at home and on iPhone.
2020-06-10
100% get this app !
I saved so much cash just because of the fact most material you set the price. Definitely my goto from now on compared to all other services before ! Also the artist get a descent cut of the money no matter how much the transaction.
2020-06-08
My heroin.
Such aural addiction. I Just wish the app worked as well as the website.
2020-05-06
Fine app
Works well, love the music. Admirable how they support independent artists.
2020-04-16
Waste of time
Upgraded. Get error 503 when try to login. Whatever that is. At one point I tried to reset password and it wouldn’t even do that. Will
have to wait for this song to get onto Spotify.
2020-04-04
No playlists? Don’t advertise app streaming.
Every single popular digital media format that has ever existed has had some kind of playlist functionality. Why doesn’t this app have it in 2020? Don’t bother advertising that I can stream the music I have purchased with the Bandcamp app if you stubbornly refuse to implement such basic functionality.
2020-03-13
The place to go to discover new music
What sets this apart from other music platforms is it’s constantly showing you new music and not just hyping up a select few. The music here is so fresh and different unlike the stale stuff you find on Soundcloud.
2020-03-05
Quality Matters
Bandcamp is generally my first stop when I want to buy a digital copy of music. Downloads can come in variety of different formats including WAV and AIFF for audiophiles.
2020-03-02
Crash
I love using Bandcamp like lets say on my laptop, pc, etc. but I downloaded the app recently and when I tried to run it it was going well but when I try log in it takes about 30 seconds and then crashes.
2020-02-07
Nagging for ratings
Nagging for ratings results in one star. Especially as I have not used the app extensively.
The app is not intuitive.
2020-01-28
Needs Improvement
I try to listen to music but whenever I go back in it says I need to buy the song (which I cant’t) When the thing comes up about opening your wallet, there needs to be a way to close it without paying and listen for free
2020-01-17
Definition of a waste of time and space
Downloaded the app so I could listen to a friend’s song I love (and fully intended to rebuy, again) without keeping the web browser open. After listening to it a few times it locked me out of the song with a “time to open up your heart and wallet”. So I press send purchase link, and it doesn’t show. Meanwhile the web browser continues to work fine. Sent it to another account and 15 mins later the link shows. After I purchase it, it tells me it can’t even be downloaded to the phone. I go back to the app to stream it (I’m in the North Pole, I did this to specifically avoid streaming), and I find the purchase link I ordered from my account, has in no way connected the music to my account; it’s just given me files I can’t download, so now I’m two different types of locked out of the one song I did all of this nonsense for in the first place. And there’s no way to link the purchase, so if I want to unblock it, I need to get on a computer I don’t have and buy it AGAIN from there!
Naturally I go back to the web browser, and it works fine with zero restrictions, for free. Literally the definition of a waste of time, money and space. The only positive thing I can say is Bandcamp let me pay a friend more money twice without actually providing or doing anything themselves.
2019-11-26
It’s the closest experience to record shopping but online
I love this app, I love the way it supply’s art work and tracks for me to stream and listen on the go. Getting fresh material across multiple genres and it feels organic. Unlike other streaming services out there.
Requests to improve
When filtering genres I would like a play all - so it will Autoplay multiple albums not just the one release
Can we build a cart in the app so I can prep tracks I wish to buy? I appreciate you have many formats for sellers to accomodate but a basic cart would be great
Is there possibility of a streaming service for djs? I would prefer to use your platform over others in the market?
Cheers
Sam
2019-11-21
Almost perfect
If we could buy albums here, it would be perfect.
2019-11-18
No iPad support
Also does not implement iOS keychain for login.
2019-09-06
Can we get an iPad version?
Seriously difficult to use on the iPad. Love Bandcamp generally - but limited in how I can use it
2019-08-10
Needs dark mode
It’s really grate but could use a dark mode
2019-08-05
Can’t listen to free album
I downloaded this to listen to literally one album and it keeps wanting me to pay/download the FREE album, so I can’t click on the songs to listen to them.
2019-07-11
Not very good.
As i am a metalhead, the app wont play one of the first songs of a album. It says “time to open up thy heart/ wallet” and if i dont have a credit/ paypal, how do i pay? Add mobile credit please
2019-04-09
Keeps crashing
I use this app on iPad, I’ve had it for ages and never had any problems, but since iOS went to version 10 or 11 the app constantly crashes if playing music and, if I’m browsing through my library it keeps resetting to the top of the screen. This app is now virtually unusable for me, a real shame because I love it
2019-04-08
Some music releases are omitted from artist's page
It seems that some artists' pages do not fully show their discography, which annoys me.
1/5. Would not recommend.
2019-02-26
Not suitable for iPad
This app doesn’t rotate screen orientation on an iPad, and is not full screen.
2019-02-07
Almost perfect. Still whole heartedly worth it!
Update: Features are in! Yay! "Shame it's missing some tiny features here & there, -album shuffle, playlists, but as far giving power back to the consumer & one of the best supports of Artists directly, of any platform, it's pretty much perfect! : P"
5 Stars!
2019-02-04
Love it
Love Bandcamp for giving bands an opportunity to connect worldwide & sell albums without having to use itunes
2019-02-02
Sw
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2019-01-25
Really easy to use
I’ve been using this app for a few years now. It gets regularly updated, but I can never see the difference. It’s always worked and it still does.
The one thing I’d change? When tapping on purchase information it never gives you the digital album price. This would be helpful. I understand that Bandcamp/Apple won’t let you purchase and download. That’s okay with me. But I would like to see the digital cost all the same.
2019-01-23
iPad fail
The expand button does nothing, the phone size screen is terrible to work with. It’s 2019, why is it so difficult to have a full screen app?
2019-01-13
Overall a pretty good app
But what happened to the banners in the wish list telling you if something was a preorder ? That was handy, as I don’t want to spend time looking at every album, trying to find out if it’s been released yet.
2019-01-10
Great collection
App lacks airplay / Bluetooth streaming which really restricts it
2018-12-16
Poor functionality
Don’t know how their ratings are so high, I struggle to get it to play music half the time. Either stopping midway through an album or just resetting back to the start for no reason. If you want to be a music app get the basics right!
2018-11-25
Good music but have to use a computer to make purchases
The idea is sound - the musicians set their price on what they think is fair and we buy it.
Unfortunately the iOS version doesn’t support purchasing (yet?) and I need to log on to Bandcamp on another computer in order to buy the music.
Other suggestions:
- highlight which songs/albums have been downloaded onto your device
- display size of album/track in Mb to know how much bandwidth/storage it’s using
2018-11-25
Great app but songs need to be available to download on iOS
I used this app on my note 8 and had quite the collection but you can’t download music for iPhone i don’t want to download it from a Mac just straight to my iPhone
2018-11-23
Quite cumbersome to use
I suppose the only real benefit of this app in addition to the website is to listen to the music you've purchased. Unfortunately, it lacks many basic features in this area as far as I can tell - for instance, downloading music so that you can listen offline, making playlists, and/or even just being able to "like" songs so that your favourite songs appear in one place. I have a large Bandcamp library and unfortunately find this app a bit too simplistic for my listening needs, which is a shame because I like to be able to support musicians by paying for their music.
2018-11-18
Fantastic app
I’ve recently started up a proper account on here and it’s great; heaps of new artists to discover and new options for purchasing music. Helped me rediscover my passion for music.
2018-10-20
Great music app
Good bands and great access to new, real music.
2018-09-10
There's no better place...
There's absolutely no better place to discover brilliant new art while dealing directly with artists and fans. Bandcamp is a compulsory space for people to share musical innovation, creativity and passion.
2018-08-21
Great intuitive app but shipping costs are off the scale
Love the app, i think it’s extremely well designed and a fantastic way to discover new music. My only gripe is the shipping costs to Australia - $35+ for a $20 record! This needs to be addressed. Seriously.
2018-08-16
Love the app but needs chrome cast / AirPlay
Love everything about the usability and content. Would buy more vinyl if shipping costs were lower. Would be more in love if it had chrome cast & airplay. Playlists would also be a bonus. Continuous play from purchased tracks seems to have been removed, would like that feature back please. Great work overall guys, keep it up.
2018-07-24
Best app ever!
I am a contributor to an online zine, Behind the scene, I have found this app vital to my job. As I use this app to get listen to singers/songwriters and bands. The Quilty is great. I love that I can buy albums and merchandise directly from my new found favourite artists. I use this app more then Spotify or Apple Music.
2018-05-24
Bad iPad layout
Thus app is almost unusable on the iPad.
2018-04-12
Better than Spotify
It's a paradise away from commercialized music industry.
2018-03-06
Best Music App Ever
Such a great collection of new artists. Love this app.
2018-02-11
Superb
Love everything about this app. Visually it's great and easy to navigate & it seems to be a wonderful outlet for bands to put music out. Thanks