Reviews of Classical Archives

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Total ratings

3.56 (Rating count: 151)

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Review summary

Classical Archives app is highly valued for its vast and rich classical music collection, praised by enthusiasts across devices. However, it suffers from many technical problems on Android, including frequent crashes, playback glitches, poor app design, and lack of offline listening support. Users desire a more stable, intuitive, and modern app with better streaming quality, gapless playback, and enhanced navigation to fully enjoy the extensive library. Despite these issues, it remains a treasured resource for classical music lovers who hope for ongoing app improvements.

Pros

Extensive and superb classical music library with a vast collection of composers and recordings that is highly praised by users.
Works well on multiple platforms such as Android app, Sonos, and PC browser, providing flexibility in how users can listen.
The overall functionality and resource quality are good, especially for classical music enthusiasts who appreciate the depth of content.

Cons

The Android app is buggy and unstable, with frequent crashes, skipping tracks, and poor streaming reliability.
App design is outdated and unintuitive, lacking modern UI/UX features such as Material Design, making navigation and searching difficult.
Absence of true offline listening functionality; users cannot download music for offline play despite claims, which frustrates subscribers.
Playback issues such as gapless playback not working properly, brief silences between tracks, jumpy playback behavior (e.g., skips to next track when paused and resumed).
App fails to support important features like Chromecast streaming or playing entire albums/opuses; search results and track organization are limited or confusing.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.30

All time rating average: 3.56

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15% (3)

Date	Author	Comment
2024-07-24	Pe*****	This app does not seem to be well maintained. It's always been quirky with the player being in a separate window from the library. Recently, however, it has been skipping tracks and sometimes crashing.. I suspect this may be related to incompatibility with the latest Android release.
This app does not seem to be well maintained. It's always been quirky with the player being in a separate window from the library. Recently, however, it has been skipping tracks and sometimes crashing.. I suspect this may be related to incompatibility with the latest Android release.
2024-07-22	Je*****	I haven't even scratched the surface of what there is, but the app needs to be improved in many ways. Various things need to be addressed. The overall functionality is good, but things like gapless playback (always brief silences between tracks), downloading for offline play, app stability (frequent crashing), and a myriad of other things. However, the sheer volume of what is available is hands down, superb, approaching endless content. Great app, I love it, but it needs work
I haven't even scratched the surface of what there is, but the app needs to be improved in many ways. Various things need to be addressed. The overall functionality is good, but things like gapless playback (always brief silences between tracks), downloading for offline play, app stability (frequent crashing), and a myriad of other things. However, the sheer volume of what is available is hands down, superb, approaching endless content. Great app, I love it, but it needs work
2021-07-11	Da*****	2021-05-08 OMG! They finally fixed this app! I have re-subscribed after cancelling and all but giving up on CA. Great service. For too long it was virtually inaccessible on Android due to an extremely bug ridden app. They fixed the app! Yay! 2021-07-11 App is still performing perfectly! So happy they fixed this app. This is now a great way to listen to classical music on Android.
2021-05-08 OMG! They finally fixed this app! I have re-subscribed after cancelling and all but giving up on CA. Great service. For too long it was virtually inaccessible on Android due to an extremely bug ridden app. They fixed the app! Yay! 2021-07-11 App is still performing perfectly! So happy they fixed this app. This is now a great way to listen to classical music on Android.
2021-04-29	Ju*****	Wonderful app for classical music lovers. Wouldn't want to be without it -- at home or on the go.
Wonderful app for classical music lovers. Wouldn't want to be without it -- at home or on the go.
2021-01-24	Da*****	I was a Classical Archives subscriber for several years. Buggy poor quality App. I used it on Asus Tablets, Samsung and LG smartphones. I have been a subscriber to idagio classical music for about 9 months. It is great. Also tried Primephonic. It is also great. I have disovered several other composers that I'd not heard before. If you like Dmitri Shostakovich; you have to try Mieczyslaw Weinberg!! Great music and prolific composer in his time. Me, age 59.
I was a Classical Archives subscriber for several years. Buggy poor quality App. I used it on Asus Tablets, Samsung and LG smartphones. I have been a subscriber to idagio classical music for about 9 months. It is great. Also tried Primephonic. It is also great. I have disovered several other composers that I'd not heard before. If you like Dmitri Shostakovich; you have to try Mieczyslaw Weinberg!! Great music and prolific composer in his time. Me, age 59.
2021-01-04	Bi*****	I'm happy to have found Classical Archives and use it on the Android app, Sonos, and PC browser. No sign yet of the app behaviors reported here... Update 2021: no problems in over four years of enjoying Classical Archives and the app.
I'm happy to have found Classical Archives and use it on the Android app, Sonos, and PC browser. No sign yet of the app behaviors reported here... Update 2021: no problems in over four years of enjoying Classical Archives and the app.
2019-09-05	A *****	Gorgeous music, terrible app. This is the jumpiest, junkiest app I've ever used. Totally agree with all other complaints about random stopping, loss of playlists etc. Aren't the developers doing ANYTHING to fix the glitches? Recently almost everything I download stops before the end. Thanks for wrecking Chopin for me! Why amass a fantastic archive only to undermine the listener's experience by rubbish technology?
Gorgeous music, terrible app. This is the jumpiest, junkiest app I've ever used. Totally agree with all other complaints about random stopping, loss of playlists etc. Aren't the developers doing ANYTHING to fix the glitches? Recently almost everything I download stops before the end. Thanks for wrecking Chopin for me! Why amass a fantastic archive only to undermine the listener's experience by rubbish technology?
2018-09-03	A *****	App is annoyingly buggy. Also it needs features to make it easier to listen to large collections.
App is annoyingly buggy. Also it needs features to make it easier to listen to large collections.
2018-06-29	A *****	Classic sound tracks
Classic sound tracks
2017-11-16	A *****	Dreadful app and no effort to improve it on the part of the Archives.
Dreadful app and no effort to improve it on the part of the Archives.