Good – WeddingDJ - Plan and play your wedding music Review

I haven't tried this with my speakers yet, but it's been pretty painless setting up this app and playing back my playlists on my phone. While unnecessary to its function, I like that the app warns you of potential problems you might run into while using this, in the form of warnings in its Settings menu. They're things that you probably know to do, but may nevertheless forget when you're feeling a bit frazzled on your wedding day (i.e., turn on airplane mode so your music isn't interrupted, plug it in so you don't run out of battery, and mute the phone entirely when locked). Of course, this requires you to remember to consult the Settings, but at least you don't have to remember any other items. This app is very much a player, not an editor. If you go into it realizing this, then your experience will go more smoothly. For example, you can choose a song or a pre-made playlist for each section. You cannot, however, create playlists directly within this app, or -- my main gripe -- permanently edit existing playlists that you've chosen (you can edit during playback, but those changes don't stick). Instead, you must edit it in the iPhone's regular music app. Then you must select a different song or playlist, then re-select your edited one, in order for the changes to take effect. I can see how this might be a good thing (e.g., you forgot that your app playlists are tied to the iPhone playlists and you changed them), but the app should let you know that changes to the playlist were not updated, because I didn't find out about this until I ran through my playlists a couple times. In the same vein, you cannot fast forward a song to the end in order to quickly listen to its transition into the next song... This app pretty much expects you to have everything locked down before loading them up. Secondly, in the Music Plan, each section is numbered... And so is every "wait" period between each section. I don't think listing the "wait" is strictly necessary, since this is the app's default behavior, and the behavior of every single playlist I've ever seen (waiting after it ends; presumably, if you wanted it to play straight through, it would go on the same playlist). Moreover, the greyed out text and line separating it from the next section below are sufficient to identify it, so the numbers for each "wait" should be removed. For those who keep track of what number they're on, rather than strictly the name of the section (we may have named something that makes sense to us, but not necessarily the person working it on the day of), it just adds visual clutter, which is a personal pet peeve of mine. For example, I have 36 separate items with the waits. Admittedly, I'm sectioning- / labeling-happy, but I still only have 18 unique items. If I try to slide the next section forward too quickly, the music sometimes skips. There's no real way to tell what "too quickly" is, as the bar for sliding is already visible. If you slide back to the previous section, music automatically plays from the beginning of that playlist. It should give you the option of starting back right where you left off, because maybe you are the person who defeats the idiot-proofing abilities of this app... Just sayin'.
Review by dodikins on WeddingDJ - Plan and play your wedding music.