Comparison

Choir Practice vs Bowing Challenge

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

Head to head
About

Choir Practice

Study your choir music anywhere with this app. Isolate your part, adjust its volume, and follow along with synchronized sheet music. Create playlists for focused practice or use it during live events.

Highlights
  • Isolate and adjust vocal part volume
  • Synchronized sheet music with audio
  • Create custom practice playlists
  • Use as a background track for live events
  • Project sheet music for group viewing
Features
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Choir Practice is an app that let's you study your choir part anywhere. Download a song, select your part and use a slider to make your part louder of softer in the mix. Sheet music is integrated and scrolls synchronously with audio. Click on a song part button to jump to the second verse of which you always forget the lyrics. Create your own playlist to study multiple parts in your car or while you are working. Create an account or be invited by your choir administrator to download the songs that your choir already purchased. Use the background track from to accompany your choir during a live event. Connect a beamer/projector to your iPad and put it in front of the conductor so the whole choir can read along, while looking at the conductor. Be a modern choir! And have fun, study faster and sing more songs! It makes the world a happier place.

About

Bowing Challenge

This app generates random string crossing exercises for violin, viola, cello, and double bass to improve sight-reading and agility. Users can customize exercise length, difficulty, and the number of strings used. Exercises can be viewed on-screen or printed.

Highlights
  • Random string crossing exercises
  • Supports violin, viola, cello, double bass
  • Customizable exercise length and difficulty
  • 2, 3, or 4 string exercises
  • Printable exercises via AirPrint
  • Harmonic exercises for cello and double bass
Features
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Bowing Challenge generates random string crossing exercises for violin, viola, cello and double bass to develop sight-reading skills and agility. The teacher or performer has a variety of choices, such as exercise length and difficulty. Exercises may be viewed on-screen, or printed to any AirPrint-compatible printer. This app is suitable for all performers, from beginning to the most advanced. The exercises for all instruments can be generated for 2, 3, or 4 strings. The exercises for the cello and double bass can optionally be written to be performed one octave higher than the open strings (using harmonics) to facilitate bow agility and speed: • Cello (open strings): C2, G2, D3, and A3 [Bass clef] • Cello (harmonics): C3, G3, D4, and A4 [Treble clef] • Double Bass (open strings): E2, A2, D3, and G3 [Bass clef] (double bass sounds one octave lower than written, at E1, A1, D2 and G2) • Double Bass (harmonics): E3, A3, D4, and G4 [Treble clef] (double bass sounds one octave lower than written, at E2, A2, D3, and G3) • Custom: any 2, 3, or 4 notes; any clef Developed for P. G. Robinson by Kosada.

Screenshots

Choir Practice4 screens
Bowing Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Choir Practice at Free against Bowing Challenge's $2.99. Choir Practice also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 38 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Bowing Challenge's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads 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

Choir Practice is free to download; Bowing Challenge costs $2.99 up front. Choir Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bowing Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bowing Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Choir Practice ships an update every 3 weeks, Bowing Challenge every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Choir Practice versus Bowing Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChoir PracticeBowing Challenge
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 38 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan VelthuisKosada Incorporated

Customer experience

Choir Practice

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bowing Challenge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Choir Practice

One-time1
  • Song Credit$3.99
None

Bowing Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Choir Practice free?
Choir Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bowing Challenge free?
Bowing Challenge costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Choir Practice or Bowing Challenge?
Bowing Challenge is rated higher. Choir Practice averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Bowing Challenge averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Choir Practice or Bowing Challenge have ads?
Neither Choir Practice nor Bowing Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Choir Practice or Bowing Challenge?
Choir Practice ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bowing Challenge every 38 months. Most recently, Choir Practice was updated on October 3, 2026 and Bowing Challenge on September 29, 2026.

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