Format 3 vs Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Format 3
Experience art through augmented reality, blending physical installations with virtual elements and sound. This app allows you to engage with immersive audio-visual art wherever its visuals are present.
- Interactive augmented reality
- Combines physical artwork with virtual objects
- Immersive audio-visual experience
- Works with Format 3 visuals
- Sound integration
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Format 3 is an interactive augmented reality experience by Foo/Skou that combines physical artwork with virtual objects and sound. Use this app to interact with the immersive audio visual experience anywhere Format 3 visuals are on display.
Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs
Learn to play traditional Irish melodies on the tin whistle with interactive sheet music and tablatures. Access over 130 tunes, import your own, and customize playback speed and tuning. Unlock all content and remove ads with a subscription.
- 130+ melodies to learn
- Interactive training mode
- Import custom melodies (Music XML)
- Printable music sheets
- Adjustable playback speed
- Customizable tin whistle tuning
- Bookmark favorite melodies
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Collection of sheet music with notes, tablatures, and interactive training for Irish tin whistle flute. This application helps to learn and practice playing popular, traditional melodies on your tin whistle. Try it now, for free! Application features: - Selection of the tin whistle key (tuning) from Low C. (C4) to High G (G5); - Over 150 melodies to learn and practice; - Allows to import additional melodies from your own, local Music XML files (.mxl, .musicxml, .xml); - Interactive training modes (recognition via the microphone of the music you play on a real world tin whistle, and scoring it against the music sheet); - It can play every melody displaying the progress in the music sheet; - Optional countdown before melody playback; - Tuneable playback speed (tempo); - Allows custom transposition of melodies; - Allows to print out music sheets; - Allows to bookmark favorite melodies. ADVERTISEMENTS & SUBSCRIPTIONS By default, this application is supported by advertisements, and only a handful of melodies are accessible for free. Paid application subscriptions, available in the in-app store, unlock all melodies, and remove all advertisements. The profit from subscriptions supports application maintenance and further development, including bug fixes, new features, and new melodies. USER SUPPORT Any comments, ideas, suggestions are welcome to support@music-tabs.com TERMS OF USE: https://tin-whistle.music-tabs.com/legal-info
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Format 3 at 100% against Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs's 25%. Format 3 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Format 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Format 3 ships an update every 4 months, Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Format 3 | Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Sutula | Sergey Pogodin |
Customer experience
Format 3
Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs
In-app purchases
Format 3
No in-app purchases
Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs
- Monthly Subscription.$2.991 Month
- Three-Months Subscription.$7.993 Months
- Half-Year Subscription.$12.996 Months
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- Annual Subscription.$17.991 Year
Questions
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