Comparison

Tone vs Basic Pitch

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Gamified music education
  • Ear training exercises
  • Sight-singing practice
  • Learn music theory concepts
  • Identify pitches and intervals
  • Chord and rhythm recognition
Features
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Basic Pitch builds internal pitch awareness through simple, game-like listening, matching, and singing.

Screenshots

Tone4 screens
Basic Pitch4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Tone versus Basic Pitch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToneBasic Pitch
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (10K ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#176 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCoda Labs IncorporatedCarlos DeSoto

Customer experience

Tone

All ratings10,268 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews691 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative34.0%

Basic Pitch

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

9 purchases

Tone

Subscriptions7
  • 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
One-time2
  • Coffee for Seth and Daniel$2.99
  • Premium Themes$2.99
None

Basic Pitch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tone free?
Tone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Basic Pitch free?
Basic Pitch costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tone or Basic Pitch?
Basic Pitch is rated higher. Tone averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Basic Pitch averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Tone or Basic Pitch have ads?
Neither Tone nor Basic Pitch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tone or Basic Pitch?
Tone ships an update every 5 weeks, and Basic Pitch every 5 weeks. Most recently, Tone was updated on September 30, 2026 and Basic Pitch on September 29, 2026.

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