One App At a Time: Anytune

It is a goal of mine to pursue and review apps that will enhance my life and work as a piano teacher, pianist, organist and blogger. Recently, I was looking for a "slow downer app" and my quest took me to Anytune. Here's a brief and fast-moving clip highlighting its features.

This app will be invaluable to me as a pianist and a teacher of those who enjoy playing pop music. Many times sheet music is not available or the arrangement is not as close to the original as a pianist would like. This app slows down any tune in your iTunes library--just one of the many favorite features of this app.

Instead of describing how Anytune works, here's a video of me showing how I plan to use this.  By the way, the app also can change the pitch of any tune--I explain how I plan to implement that feature as well. My video demonstrates my relative ease with navigating through the app's features. If I can do it, you can too! FYI: After the video was posted, I discovered that this works well in landscape mode very nicely, and you can double tap the slider to return to the starting values such as the original tempo and pitch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAzawsYaL5w

Leila's App Rating Scale (FYI: Leila  is pronounced Leela)

This is a purely personal scale that reflects how I see this app enhancing my daily life and work. Hopefully this rating may aid you in your future app purchases.

• Leila's Application Potential: 4/5--am happy to have it accessible at ANY time
• Leila's Ability to Use with Ease: 5/5--I figured it out with little effort
• Leila's Assessment of Investment: 3/5--compared to most apps, it is pricey but there is a free version (with ads)

Total Score: 12/15--definitely worth your consideration, my students are thrilled. PLUS, this app holds a huge coolness factor!

Thoughts? Opinions? Questions?