Comparison

Complete Vocal Technique vs ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner

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

Head to head
About

Complete Vocal Technique

Unlock your vocal potential with a comprehensive singing technique guide. Learn to reach higher, lower, longer, and faster notes healthily with practical tools, visuals, and sound examples. This app offers in-depth explanations of vocal anatomy and science for singers of all levels.

Highlights
  • Vocal technique explanations
  • Pedagogical illustrations and graphs
  • Extensive sound examples
  • Singing exercises
  • In-depth anatomy and physiology
  • Vocal mode control
  • Vocal effect training
Features
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The app contains the book in the following languages: English, Italian, and Chinese. Singing is not difficult - Everybody can learn how to sing! Unlock the sounds you want in your own voice with simple tools, visuals, sound examples and training tips. The Complete Vocal Technique app helps you reach higher, lower, longer, and faster notes in all volumes, pitches, and sound colours, with any vocal effect in a healthy manner. Complete Vocal Technique (CVT) is the world’s biggest singing technique and it has helped professional singers from all over the world for more than 25 years. CVT covers the latest and most innovative research in anatomy, physiology and voice science to secure that any singer can perform any desired sound in a healthy manner. With the Complete Vocal Technique app you get your own personal copy of the entire CVT system available at your fingertips. The app combines easily understandable explanations of vocal technique with pedagogical illustrations, graphs, and research to give quick, practical, and applicable solutions to any issue of the voice. All technical, theoretical and pedagogical explanations are supported by an extensive library of sound examples and singing exercises consisting of real life audio examples sung by professional singers. With the Complete Vocal Technique app you have access to all of this in the palm of your hand - in one app - that you can use wherever and whenever you need it.  The CVT app represents ground breaking approaches within vocal pedagogy, and helps professional as well as amateur singers reach new potential and solve problems in their voices. The app covers techniques for all styles of music, how to control the four vocal modes, speech techniques, mastering the various vocal effects - training all sounds in a healthy way. The app lets you unlock the sounds YOU want in your own voice with simple tools, visuals, and training tips, as well as offering in-depth descriptions of anatomy, physiology, and science. Complete Vocal Technique has been used in recording studios, on tours, and in concerts all over the world, and has quickly become an invaluable resource for countless of singers in their work with their voices. Complete Vocal Technique is developed by Cathrine Sadolin and she is continuously researching with ENT doctors, acoustical engineers, and other voice professionals from all over the world.

About

ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner

This app provides 60 piano accompaniments for musical theatre singing practice, from Grades 1 to 5. Users can adjust the key and tempo of tracks, and set loops for difficult sections. Individual songs or songbook selections can be purchased within the app.

Highlights
  • 60 piano accompaniments
  • Adjustable key and tempo
  • Practice loops
  • Downloadable tracks
  • In-app purchases
Features
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Discover a new way to practise! The official ABRSM Singing for Musical Theatre app gives you the flexibility found in our Practice Partner technology. Offering 60 piano accompaniments from Grades 1 to 5 featured in the ABRSM SfMT Songbook series, you can download the tracks you need and sing them in your chosen key, at your chosen speed! With the app, you can: • Choose the key that best suits your voice – the accompaniments are available in all 12 keys • Change the speed without altering the pitch and practise at a tempo that suits you • Repeat tricky passages by setting loops around them SfMT Practice Partner comes with an example piece to demonstrate the app functionality. In app, you can purchase: Individual pieces • Any accompaniment track* from the ABRSM SfMT Songbook series, for Grades 1–5. ABRSM SfMT Songbook selections • All accompaniment tracks* from each ABRSM Songbook Plus book for Grades 1-5. To use the accompaniment tracks in SfMT Practice Partner, the Songbook Plus audio must be downloaded within the app. *Please note that the accompaniments available to purchase in-app match the exam requirements as described in the ABRSM SfMT Songbook books. Where appropriate, cuts or edits have been made to the pieces to achieve this.

Screenshots

Complete Vocal Technique4 screens
ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Complete Vocal Technique at 83% against ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner's 0%. Complete Vocal Technique also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 18) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner's advantage is price (Free vs $64.99). On 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

ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner is free to download; Complete Vocal Technique costs $64.99 up front. ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Complete Vocal Technique asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Complete Vocal Technique ships an update every 5 months, ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Complete Vocal Technique versus ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComplete Vocal TechniqueABRSM SfMT Practice Partner
Price$64.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size514 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperComplete Vocal InstituteThe Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Publishing) Limited

Customer experience

Complete Vocal Technique

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Complete Vocal Technique

No in-app purchases

18 purchases

ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner

One-time18
  • G4A4 Pure Imagination$1.99
  • G5A1 No One is Alone$1.99
  • G5C1 Backwoods Barbie$1.99
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  • G5C2 You're Welcome$1.99
  • G5C3 Honey Bun (Exam version)$1.99
  • The Kite (Charlie Brown's Kit-$1.99
  • Do You Want to Build a Snowma-$1.99
  • G4B2 The World Above$1.99
  • If My Friends Could See Me Now$1.99
  • G3C3 Good Morning$1.99
  • G2B3 When I Grow Up$1.99
  • G3C2 Revolting Children$1.99
  • G1C3 Let's Go Fly a Kite$1.99
  • Grade 1 Selection 2020-2023$11.99
  • Grade 3 Selection 2020-2023$11.99
  • Grade 2 Selection 2020-2023$11.99
  • Grade 4 Selection 2020-2023$11.99
  • Grade 5 Selection 2020-2023$11.99

Questions

Is Complete Vocal Technique free?
Complete Vocal Technique costs $64.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner free?
ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Complete Vocal Technique or ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner have ads?
Neither Complete Vocal Technique nor ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Complete Vocal Technique or ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner?
Complete Vocal Technique ships an update every 5 months, and ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner every 7 months. Most recently, Complete Vocal Technique was updated on October 29, 2026 and ABRSM SfMT Practice Partner on October 24, 2026.

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