ABRSM Flute Practice Partner vs MelodEar 5 Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABRSM Flute Practice Partner
Enhance your flute practice with official exam pieces. Play along with piano accompaniments, isolate flute parts, or practice duets. Adjust tempo, loop sections, and improve your technique for more musical and enjoyable learning.
- Practice with piano accompaniment
- Isolate flute part for detailed listening
- Play along with duo ensemble recordings
- Adjustable tempo for practice
- Loop specific sections for focused practice
- Access new 2026 exam pieces
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The OFFICIAL ABRSM Flute Practice Partner is a simple way to make practising pieces for your exams more musical, enjoyable and fun. Now featuring duo pieces from the NEW 2026 ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces books for Grades 1-7! Use Flute Practice Partner to practise with the piano accompaniment, the flute part in isolation, or the duo ensemble recording. The app will help you to: • Become familiar with the accompaniment and understand how the solo line fits with the piano part for more secure performances. • Make practice more musical and enjoyable by having a virtual flute partner to play along with. • Slow down or speed up the music to a tempo that suits you, for slow careful practice. • Listen closely to the flute in isolation to hear every detail of the expert performance. • Set loops to repeat parts of your piece if you need to focus on one section. • Improve your control and general technique, helping you to become a more fluent performer. • Learn to memorise your music for more secure performances. Flute Practice Partner comes with one example piece from Grade 1 of the NEW 2022 ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces book. In app you can purchase: Individual pieces • Any duo piece from the 2026 onwards ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces books for Grades 1–7. • Any piece (duo or solo) from the 2022 onwards ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces books for Grades 1–7. • Any duo piece from the 2018–2021 ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces books for Grades 1–7. Grade selections • All duo pieces from the 2026 onwards ABRSM FlutePieces books for Grades 1-7. • All 9 pieces (duo and solo) from the 2022 onwards ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces books for Grades 1–7. • All 6 duo pieces from the 2018 - 2021 ABRSM Flute Exam Pieces books for Grades 1-7.
MelodEar 5 Light
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This is a melodic ear booster. Ever wanted to be able to play anything on your instrument? This is the way to start: by reproducing simple melodies you hear. This app ranges from very simple to more complicated melodies. Each melody consists of 3 to 10 pitches. In this version we only have part of the first level available, but you can get the pro version after trying it. Have fun as you learn to play music.
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The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MelodEar 5 Light at none against ABRSM Flute Practice Partner's 10. ABRSM Flute Practice Partner's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. ABRSM Flute Practice Partner sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. MelodEar 5 Light asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ABRSM Flute Practice Partner | MelodEar 5 Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Publishing) Limited | Marcelo Palacios |
In-app purchases
ABRSM Flute Practice Partner
- Grade 2 A1 - Can-Can$1.99
- Grade 3 B1 - Take Five$1.99
- Grade 5 A2 - Vivace$1.99
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- Grade 5 B3 - Sommarsång$1.99
- Grade 3 C3 - He's A Pirate$1.99
- Grade 5 A3 - Gigue$1.99
- Grade 6 Selection$7.99
- Grade 3 Selection 2022 onwards$8.99
- Grade 5 Selection 2026 onwards$8.99
- Grade 4 Selection 2022 onwards$8.99
MelodEar 5 Light
No in-app purchases
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