Comparison

JClass vs Pitch Scope

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

Head to head
About

JClass

Master Japanese easily with a virtual tutor. Progress through hiragana, katakana, kanji, and vocabulary with interactive quizzes and progress tracking. Earn achievements and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Learn hiragana, katakana, and kanji
  • Vocabulary building
  • Interactive quiz mode
  • Progress tracking
  • Achievements and leaderboards
  • Content review by level
Features
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JClass helps you learn Japanese: hiragana, katakana, and the kanji and vocabulary of every JLPT level, from N5 to N1. STUDY WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW YET Quick quizzes sort every character and word by how well you know it. The ones you miss come back more often, and new ones appear only when you're ready. Wrong answer options are look-alike kanji and similar words, so guessing won't help. WHAT'S INSIDE • Hiragana and katakana • 2,000+ kanji with on and kun readings, radical, stroke order and example words • 4,100+ vocabulary words • Searchable dictionaries for kana, kanji and words • Audio pronunciation • Meanings in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or Russian ALSO • iCloud sync across your devices • Game Center achievements • Dark mode • No ads, no in-app purchases

About

Pitch Scope

Analyze sound in real time by visualizing its pitch, waveform, and spectrum. Explore the acoustic differences in voices and musical instruments. Understand how different sounds are represented visually.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch measurement
  • Waveform display
  • Spectrum analysis
  • Voice and instrument sound analysis
  • Visual comparison of sounds
Features
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The pitch scope app measures sound from the microphone and displays its pitch(frequency), waveform, and spectrum in real time. Use this app to analyze voices and instrument sounds. Why do vowels U O A E I sound like U O A E I? You can see and check the waveform and spectrum of each vowel.  When you hear someone says “this guitar sounds brightly and that one sounds heavy”, what is the difference? For such a question, you can check it with this app.

Screenshots

JClass4 screens
Pitch Scope4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: JClass at 75% against Pitch Scope's 0%. JClass also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Pitch Scope's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). 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

JClass costs $4.99 and Pitch Scope $2.99 up front. JClass sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Pitch Scope asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JClass ships an update every 2 months, Pitch Scope every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
JClass versus Pitch Scope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJClassPitch Scope
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.7 (376 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings376 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJorge CozainNOKKEUSI Inc.

Customer experience

JClass

All ratings376 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative16.0%

Pitch Scope

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

JClass

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Crashing on iPhone
  • App crashes with iOS 13.4
  • App crashes every time
  • App don't working on iPhone 5C
  • Purchased but it didn’t work
Show 15 more
  • App crashes everytime that use it
  • App crashes
  • After update, app doesn't work
  • App not working on iPad
  • App crashes on iPhone X
  • App crashes on iPhone 6
  • App hangs/stuck
  • Payment does not work correctly
  • Purchased N5, requires re-payment
  • Purchased N2, wish I didn't
  • Purchased full access, not opened
  • Error in word transcrib
  • App is closing alone
  • App is not reacting to touches
  • Purchased full set, doesn't react to touches

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add Russian language
  • Add more language options
  • Ability to reset progress
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Transfer progress to other devices
Show 9 more
  • Faster speed between questions
  • Dark mode option
  • Add Hiragana as an alphabet
  • Feature to select specific words for testing
  • Allow restarting exercises
  • Fix TTS pronunciation
  • Add 'kun' readings in Hiragana and 'on' readings in Katakana
  • Improve JLPT word training
  • Add Russian translation for Kanji

Pitch Scope

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

JClass

One-time6
  • JLPT N5Free
  • JLPT N4Free
  • JLPT N2Free
Show 3 more
  • JLPT N3Free
  • JLPT N1Free
  • Full JLPT AccessFree
None

Pitch Scope

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JClass free?
JClass costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Pitch Scope free?
Pitch Scope costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do JClass or Pitch Scope have ads?
Neither JClass nor Pitch Scope shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JClass or Pitch Scope?
JClass ships an update every 2 months, and Pitch Scope every 3 months. Most recently, JClass was updated on October 23, 2026 and Pitch Scope on October 29, 2026.

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