Mobile Sheets Pro & Fire 7 tablet

[KOakley]

Has anyone tried this app and tablet combination? Any info ( ease of use, stability, etc) will be appreciated. Kerry

[John Kelly]

I have Mobile Sheets Pro on a cheap generic Android tablet and a couple of my colleagues have it installed on their tablets (I do not know the make of the tablets) and we all have found it stable and easy to use. I have about 410 tunes, mainly Scottish, a mixture of bagpipe and fiddle tunes plus some lyrics and I have them stored as pdf files under types such as 6/8 marches, 2/4 marches, jigs, slow airs, waltzes, Strathspeys, etc. You can categorise then under key, whether lead sheet, sheet music, etc and arrange them into sets. I like it and for what you pay, it is a very good data base sort of app. The free download of Mobile Sheets Companion allows you to transfer files from your computer to the tablet by wirless or USB. I use it on a Windows 7 PC.
I also had very good customer service from the writer of the program when I had to re-install it on my tablet - no fault of the app but of the tablet!

[fiddleround]

Has anyone tried this app and tablet combination? Any info ( ease of use, stability, etc) will be appreciated. Kerry

I just bought a Fire 8 HD, which should be the same. Be aware that the Fire currently will not run Google Play, and will not run some Google programs such as Google Drive. (There is a reportedly a mod that will allow you to run Google Play, but I have not been willing to go that far.) I was able to buy a new subscription to Mobile Sheets Pro from Amazon. (The free version was available as well, but I was hoping in vain that buying the Pro version would enable me to download from Google Drive.)

On the other hand, the Fire is inexpensive and works well. I was able to download over two thousand charts from a friend's collection via Dropbox, no problem. For the price of the Fire, plus a new subscription to Mobile Sheets you can't go wrong.

[Jess L.]

... I was able to buy a new subscription to Mobile Sheets Pro from Amazon. (The free version was available as well, but I was hoping in vain that buying the Pro version would enable me to download from Google Drive.) ...

Is Mobile Sheets Pro subscription now?!? I bought mine a year or so ago (excellent app, by the way, although no clue about Fire 7) and it was a one-time fee, not a subscription. I hope they haven't sold out and went the subscription route, I hate that.

[gspiess]

[QUOTE=fiddleround;1606321] (There is a reportedly a mod that will allow you to run Google Play, but I have not been willing to go that far.)=QUOTE]

I've "hacked" two Fires (I have a tendency to drop them) to run Google files with no issues. It's a matter of uploading four files, readily available on line and there are some Youtube videos that show how to do it. I'm going the check out Mobilesheets, thx!

[fiddleround]

Is Mobile Sheets Pro subscription now?!? I bought mine a year or so ago (excellent app, by the way, although no clue about Fire 7) and it was a one-time fee, not a subscription. I hope they haven't sold out and went the subscription route, I hate that.

Sorry, I probably misspoke. I just bought the Mobile Sheets Pro app again, since I could not access my previously purchased app. (I bought it a couple of years ago, but couldn't get it to run on my ancient tablet, or my newer phone, or my ipad.)

[KOakley]

As it turns out. QVC had a special yesterday offering 2 Fire 7's for $80. Amazon's app store lists Mobile Sheets Pro as a compatible app. We shall see. My main concern is that the display may be too small. Thanks for the replies. I'll keep y'all posted. Kerry

[KOakley]

It works! My main issue is my total lack of experience with touch screen devices. Totally unintuitive to me, but there was a time when anything "computer" freaked me out. Hopefully time and experience will smooth out my navigation skills. It is awesome to have lots of sheet music available at a touch. I particularly like the ability to import files from sites like GuitarCats.com just by taking a screen shot. The screen is smaller than I would really like, but for the price I can't think of a better way for me to learn about digital sheet music. I'm sure that I'll get something with a larger screen eventually, but for now it serves my needs. Thanks to everyone that replied and to Mandolin Café for being such a great resource. Kerry