Over the past 2 months I have utilized a 1-month subscription to Noteburner Amazon Music Converter and a 1-month subscription to Sidify Amazon Music Converter. The following is what I experienced and the information I wish I had prior to this experience.
- FIRST and FOREMOST: Both companies pay for their POSTIVE reviews, so if you’re trying to decide which program is best for you, it will probably be pretty hard since Noteburner will reduce their price upto 10% for POSITIVE reviews, and Sidify will reduce their price upto 30% for POSITIVE reviews placed on the list of sites they provide you. The review must be POSITIVE in order to receive the discounts.
- Noteburner is more apt to offer a discount for another product, like purchasing the Mac version once it gets up to speed, whereas Sidify seemed to provide a response to this question based on the day they were having.
- I chose these 2 programs due to them not requiring my login credentials for the Music program.
- Both programs are near identical, with the primary exception being the color of the icon and color of the program once launched. I found all the features to be the same, including laid out the same.
- Both convert on a Mac at 1x, while a PC will get you a max of 5x the conversion rate. Both also allow a max number of files to convert at 500 files per conversion.
- It took me between 10-12 hours to convert 500 files, so if you have a lot of files to convert, you can figure around 1,000 files/day if you keep the programs running non-stop.
- Both programs seemed unstable, with Noteburner being more unstable than Sidify. I had to constantly restart both programs to get the most out of the conversion. The first 60-80 files will convert at a faster speed, and then the speed will drop off to approx. 1.5mins/song or 1% converted per second of elapsed real time. I had to access the TASK MANAGER on the PC for Sidify frequently due to it not shutting down and freezing-frequently. I did not experience the freezing aspect with Noteburner.
- Directions are not included with either program, and the settings for both programs are set to convert files to FLAC format. This would have been nice to know ahead of time, because I had to reconvert all the FLAC files to AAC; and spend even more time to get the intended result.
- Customer Service for both programs is not domestic, and I did find it to be good, however they only respond during the weekdays.
- If you have any issues with Noteburner, their first defense is that your internet speed is bad, therefore it’s YOUR fault the program is not performing up to expectations. I did not have an experience with Sidify like this. I did end up going to Sidify, because I was fed up with Noteburner not performing to my expectations that were set by the information I found on their website.
- I did update Noteburner, and the program converted at an even slower rate.
- Both programs had to be restarted multiple times due to the conversion wheel spinning but nothing was being converted.
In closing, I find it unacceptable that positive reviews are being posted due to these companies offering substantial discounts in lieu of positive posted reviews. The conversion process is not a quick process by any means, but does offer an avenue to achieve a desired result. I found both programs to lack the stability and performance to justify a $120+ subscription, and again, 1,000 converted songs max per day is A LOT of time spent babysitting a program that should be capable of running unsupervised; due to its requirement for payment. However, I had to constantly check in on the program and restart it once the conversion rate slowed, which it frequently did.
