Christ In Song

First of all, let me say I love hymns, even though I am only 26. I wanted a hymnal for my iPad, and found this! So glad I bought it. It is arranged like normal hymnals, and has a way to save favorites as well as accompaniment music. How awesome is that!<br/><br/>Get this app! It is wonderful. Has all my favorite hymns on it, including &quot;Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken&quot;. You won't regret it. I believe it even has a way to print it. Just wonderful!

I have to admit that the format for this app is one of the best I've seen. However, the selection of hymns is very lacking. After showing the song selections to several other song leaders we all agreed we are only familiar with about one fourth of the hymns. I really wish you could view all the songs included in a hymnal app before purchasing it. This is really an unfair practice but all the apps we have bought do the same thing. And I don't want to discourage anyone from trying this app because it does have some good hymns but if you're looking for an app to use as a hymnal you probably need something different especially if you will be using it with youth. I wish I could give this app a better review but it really does need more hymns that are more up to date and that can in addition be used with youth groups. As I said, love the format but the content needs some work.

I want to say I really enjoy all the hymns, especially the ones that are harder to find. Having the playable tune is great too. I am a song leader in church and I will be using this to reintroduce these hymns to a new generation. <br/><br/>However, this app desperately needs a couple things....<br/><br/>1. Navigation tools to exit out of the 'Favorites' menu are a must. If you accidentally hit the 'favorites' button, the only way to get back to the hymnal is to exit, quit the program and restart it. <br/><br/>2. E-mail capabilities: While being able to print is convenient, many people do not have access to an 'air' printer. Furthermore, for music leaders, having the ability to email sheet music and even the mp3 tunes is extremely helpful. Many other hymnal apps have this feature, and, in the mission of bringing back some of these old (but great) hymns, things like these features are necessary. <br/><br/>3. There are a few copyrights that haven't been cleared yet. I hope the developer can navigate through the legalities and get these authorized. <br/><br/>4. A link to site where the actual printed version of this hymnal can be purchased. I was a confused, because, before downloading, I thought this was the famous &quot;Christ in Song&quot; hymnal by F.E. Belden, from 1908, which recently came back into print. The publishers of this app should really clarify this through an in app link so that the user may find, and purchase, the hymnal used in the app. So far, I have been unable to locate it online.<br/><br/>Please take these recommendations into consideration in a future update.<br/>Thank you.

This is such a great app!<br/><br/>I use this every morning as I work out on a stationary bike and elliptical trainer... Exercising my spirit as well as my body. It's a wonderful way to start the day, in singing praises to The Lord. It's much better than the hardcover hymnal I had been using for several reasons: <br/>1- it has many more hymns in it than any hymnal I have. and the ones in it are excellent.<br/>2- it fits nicely in the book rest on the machines (a problem with a paper book is that if the hymn I pick is at the front or back end of the book, it doesn't fit in the holder) <br/>3- It PLAYS the music!!! That is such a great help since I don't read music well enough to always sound out the tune. I'm learning many hymns I never knew before, and am enjoying even more that I do already know. This also allows me to focus on reading and singing the words as I listen to the tune<br/>4-the music is a recording of an actual piano, not a midi synth. It's REAL music being played by talented human hands! This is great for using as accompaniment in nursing homes and other groups I sing with, especially if people request a hymn I don't know!<br/>5- the search function is great, not only to find specific hymns by name, but also if I can only remember one word in the title. Or if I want to see a list of hymns with a word in the title like &quot;Cross&quot; or &quot;Love&quot; <br/>6-the Table of Contents is AMAZING! I have only scratched the surface of the extensive info it has on authors, tunes, topical groupings, etc. <br/>7- I encountered a problem with playback and contacted support. Elbert responded quickly with the answer I needed. Nothing was wrong with the app, I had just muted my iPad without realizing it. I felt the customer support was fast, professional and courteous.<br/>8- I use the favorites list to, well, mark my favorites! I use the notes feature to record what certain ones specifically mean to me. <br/>9- the biographical info after many of the hymns helps set the hymn in context, and makes the words that much more meaningful.<br/><br/>********* Seriously, this is the best $10 I've ever spent! *******<br/><br/>There are some things I wish it did, or did better...<br/><br/>1- the search function only seems to bring up hymns with the search word in the title. If I don't know the title of the hymn I'm looking for, but only the first line or the chorus or the tune or the author's name, I have to go to the table of contents, then to the index of first lines or authors or whatever and find it there. That's still pretty cool, but I'd prefer being able to just enter any of that in the search.<br/><br/>2- one drawback of a live recording of REAL piano music is that you can't change the key or the tempo. If the tune is out of my range, I have to listen and try to remember it well enough to sing in a key that works for me. Some tunes seem very slow, which is most likely the way they're written. That slow speed allows me time to think about the words. But there are times I'd like to sing faster to express more joy or richness as I sing. Not sure what could be done about this...<br/><br/>3- I'd really like to see dates of when hymns were published whenever possible. Besides that just being good info, I have a particular need to know what hymns were sung prior to Autumn of 1865. I'm in a Civil War reenactment group and we try to limit our hymns to those that are period correct. Again, the piano music is very helpful as accompaniment since I don't know many of those older tunes.<br/><br/>4- tunes play twice through the piece whether the 'loop mode' button is pressed or not. Maybe I'm not using it correctly... I haven't written to support about that yet.<br/><br/>Overall, these little 'Druthers' don't begin to compare to the great benefits and features of this app. I absolutely love using it because it helps me draw close to Jesus every morning. I recommend it highly!!!<br/><br/>Joel G<br/>Orange County, CA

1. This was not listed as requiring a subscription. After it downloaded- surprise you have to pay. But I was like ok, I’ll try the free trial and if it’s what I’m looking for I’ll pay. So, I picked the free 30-day trial option. 2. This is literally like a pdf version of a hymn book. No menus, no search ability, no sound or music, no favorites or any kind of options at all. Just flipping pages. I tried closing and reopening the app, double tapping on the page, etc. It just kept flipping pages back and forth. 3. In the App Store it showed a completely different app than what I got. NO THANKS!

I searched for hours for Christian Hymns, with music, and it is better than I originally thought. It is quite simply a Bible based, Christ centered application that I and my family are truly enjoying. I would recommended this to my friends, and anyone who likes Christ centered Biblically based hymns. It is not contemporary Christian music.

Wrote for help, but no reply back. The song picks are great,only no sound!😟

Oh how the Lord furnishes a table in the wilderness!