Although the HTML formatting may be simple, from my experience with iReal Pro albeit not on iOS it was one of being limited in terms of writing in timing syncopation, particularly across the bar. Respectfully, I don’t think that is such a good idea as it may seem.
There are obviously some differences in the way ireal pro and SessionBand work, but it would not be a hard task for a programmer to code a feature that imports ireal pro format html songs into SessionBand, just ignoring parts that are for ireal pro specific features only. That is, you don't need ireal pro to write these ireal pro songs, you just write in html in any text editor and import to ireal pro. It's a simple format, written in html code, allowing users to quickly create and/or edit songs in any text editor, no need for any proprietary app. This is the format ireal pro uses to allow users to import entire libraries from user forums. There are hundreds, probably thousands, freely available. Much better, imo, would be for them to just add a feature to import songs that are written in ireal pro html format. But that won’t happen unless the devs start to really listen to feedback from their users and watch threads like this one.Įven if it had better editing facilities, it's ridiculous to require all song creation and editing to be done within the SessionBand app itself. These releases would be so good if only they were to revamp the UI and make the process of inputting chord changes and the drum patterns less tedious.