Comparison

Rhythmist vs Speak Indo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rhythmist

This app gamifies rhythm training by presenting melody examples and challenging users to tap the correct rhythms. It offers adjustable tempos and progressive difficulty levels, with options to earn rewards and compete via Game Center.

Highlights
  • Gamified rhythm training
  • Melody examples with chord accompaniment
  • Interactive tapping on piano-like keys
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Game Center integration for competition
  • Exportable music files
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Rhythmist™ resembles one of the rhythm training activities found in Musica Touch™ for the iPad - also some of those in Practica Musica - but it's more gamelike and of course is intended for the iPhone. Rhythmist creates melody examples and asks you to tap their rhythms correctly. You don't have to read the pitches; just the rhythm - but you will hear the correct pitches of the melody, plus chord accompaniment to make it more interesting. The free download includes the first 10 random melodies of 4 measures each; you can get many thousands more with an in-app purchase. You can even earn some free melodies by getting a series of these "right" on your first try. Tapping is done on a pair of keys like piano keys - having two makes the tapping easier because you can alternate fingers. You can keep trying a melody until you get it right and earn a gold star. You can slow down or speed up the tempo if you want to. Each time you fill in the gold star for a melody your score goes up a point and you move on to the next one. If you get expert at the Level 1 melodies, try Level 2. If you think you're really getting good try the melodies of Level 3. If you want to get competitive your scores can be posted to the Game Center; otherwise just try to meet the challenges yourself: can you get 5 melodies in a row correct on the first try? Can you get 10 of them without hearing them first? Can you get through the first 100? If you've paid for the extra melodies any of them can be shared as music files readable by Musica Touch for the iPad and Ars Nova's desktop Songworks software, or as midi files or printable pdf files.

About

Speak Indo

Features
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Speak Indo teaches Indonesian the way it actually sticks: a few words a day, then those same words waiting for you inside a conversation you can almost read. WHY IT WORKS Most apps drill words in isolation and hope they survive. Speak Indo puts every word you learn back in front of you inside real Indonesian sentences, at the moment you were about to forget it. Read a conversation, tap a word you do not know, add it to your deck, and it comes back tomorrow in context. Every conversation is labelled with how much of it you already know. That number is the point. It is how you find the one sitting just past your level instead of miles beyond it. WHAT IS IN IT 1,332 words chosen for daily life in Indonesia rather than for a textbook. Food, directions, bargaining, small talk, getting a SIM card, apologising properly. 163 conversations at your level, from ordering breakfast at a warung to an afternoon of rain in Jakarta. 87 lessons in order, from greetings to the verbs you need every day. The app remembers where you stopped and opens on the next one. Recorded pronunciation for all 1,332 words, stored on your phone. It works on a plane, in a warung with no signal, anywhere. Spaced repetition that adapts to you. Words you find hard come back sooner. Words you know get out of the way. 30 short grammar chapters, and seven quiz games, five of them free. WHAT FREE COVERS Ten new words, one new Journey lesson and one quiz a day, and one new conversation a week. Reviews are never capped, and neither is re-reading. Practising words you have already started, and going back through a conversation you have already opened, are unlimited on every plan. That is the part that makes them stay. No account is needed to start or use the free learning experience. Sign in only for sync and purchases, and keep learning offline. WHAT PRO ADDS No limit on new words, Journey lessons, quizzes or conversations. Say It, speaking practice that listens to you say a word and points at the exact sound to fix. Listen Up, where you hear a word and choose what it means. Your progress in detail: accuracy over time, your strongest categories, and the words you get wrong most. BUILT FOR ONE LANGUAGE Speak Indo only does Indonesian. Nothing here is a translated shell of a Spanish course. The vocabulary, the conversations and the audio were all built for Bahasa Indonesia. SUBSCRIPTION AND TERMS Speak Indo Pro is available as a monthly subscription (USD 5.99, EUR 6.99) or a yearly subscription (USD 44.99, EUR 49.99). The yearly EUR price is about EUR 0.14 a day when billed annually. Lifetime (USD 89.00, EUR 99.00) is a one time purchase and is not a subscription. Prices vary by country and the exact amount is always shown before you confirm. Monthly and yearly both start with a seven day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within 24 hours of the period ending. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://speak-indo.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://speak-indo.com/privacy

Screenshots

Rhythmist2 screens
Speak Indo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Rhythmist at 7.0 against Speak Indo's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rhythmist sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Speak Indo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Rhythmist versus Speak Indo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythmistSpeak Indo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArs Nova Software, LLCNICCOLO VALENTI

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rhythmist

One-time2
  • 1000 Melodies$0.99
  • All Melodies$1.99
3 purchases

Speak Indo

Subscriptions2
  • Speak Indo Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Speak Indo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Speak Indo Lifetime$89.00

Questions

Is Rhythmist free?
Rhythmist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Speak Indo free?
Speak Indo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rhythmist or Speak Indo have ads?
Neither Rhythmist nor Speak Indo shows ads.

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