Tone vs Basic Pitch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tone
This app is a game designed to enhance your auditory skills and help you achieve perfect pitch. It offers various modes and customization options to suit different learning levels, from beginner to expert. Track your progress visually and compete with friends.
- Improve ear training
- Learn perfect pitch
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Practice mode with reference pitch
- Recognize musical intervals and chords
- Visualize progress with graphs
- Compete with friends
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Tone is a fun and simple game to help you improve your ears and sing with perfect pitch. - Simple, intuitive interface - Choose your pitches and octaves - Difficulties ranging from easy to expert - Practice mode with reference pitch - Transpose the notes to different keys - View note names, piano keys, or use solfege - Share your score and compete with friends! - Learn to recognize musical intervals like minor 3rds and major 7ths. - Learn to recognize chord qualities like major and minor. - Visualize your progress over time with beautiful graphs. - All of your progress & data is automatically stored in iCloud, so you'll never lose it. Privacy Policy: https://codalabs.io/privacypolicy.htm Terms of Use: https://app.termly.io/document/terms-of-use-for-website/7befc033-df4c-40b8-90b1-c3ef9e4f3eac
Basic Pitch
This app makes music education engaging for all skill levels. It offers a gamified approach to ear training and sight-singing, essential skills for musicians. Learn to identify pitches, intervals, scales, chords, and rhythms through interactive exercises.
- Gamified music education
- Ear training exercises
- Sight-singing practice
- Learn music theory concepts
- Identify pitches and intervals
- Chord and rhythm recognition
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Basic Pitch builds internal pitch awareness through simple, game-like listening, matching, and singing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tone at Free against Basic Pitch's $1.99. Tone also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 11) and chart position (#176 vs unranked). Basic Pitch's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
Tone is free to download; Basic Pitch costs $1.99 up front. Tone sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Basic Pitch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basic Pitch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tone has 10K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Tone's written reviews are positive against 67% of Basic Pitch's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tone | Basic Pitch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #176 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Coda Labs Incorporated | Carlos DeSoto |
Customer experience
Tone
Basic Pitch
Bugs and requests
Tone
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when pausing and resuming
- Keyboard input issues with black keys
- Inconsistent note identification
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to hear wrong and correct notes
- Melodic interval practice
- Arpeggio and chord practice
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Ability to use own instrument for input
Basic Pitch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tone
- 7 Day Free Trial7 Days trial$7.997 Days
- 7 Day Free Trial7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Tone Pro$49.991 Year
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- 7 Day Free Trial7 Days trial$64.993 Months
- 7 Day Free Trial7 Days trial$89.996 Months
- 7 Day Free Trial7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- 7 Day Free Trial7 Days trial$129.991 Year
- Coffee for Seth and Daniel$2.99
- Premium Themes$2.99
Basic Pitch
No in-app purchases
