Saxophone Practice Partner vs Rowntree Park
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Saxophone Practice Partner
Enhance your saxophone practice with this app, offering piano accompaniments, solo parts, and ensemble recordings. Adjust tempo, loop sections, and listen to expert performances to improve your technique and memorization for exams.
- Practice with piano accompaniment
- Play along with solo or duo recordings
- Adjustable tempo for practice
- Loop specific sections
- Listen to expert performances
- Improve technique and memorization
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The OFFICIAL ABRSM Alto Saxophone 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 Alto Saxophone Exam Pieces books for Grades 1-5! Use Alto Saxophone Practice Partner to practise with the piano accompaniment, the alto saxophone 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. Alto Saxophone Practice Partner comes with one example piece from Grade 1onwards ABRSM Alto Saxophone Exam Pieces book. In app you can purchase: Individual pieces • Any duo piece from the 2026 onwards ABRSM Alto Saxophone Exam Pieces books for Grades 1–5. • Any piece (duo or solo) from the 2022 onwards ABRSM Alto Saxophone Exam Pieces books for Grades 1–5. • Any duo piece from the 2018–2021 ABRSM Alto Saxophone Exam Pieces books for Grades 1–5. Grade selections • All duo pieces from the 2026 onwards ABRSM Alto Saxophone Exam Pieces books for Grades 1-5. • All 9 pieces (duo and solo) from the 2022 onwards ABRSM Alto Saxophone Exam Pieces books for Grades 1–5. • All 6 duo pieces from the 2018 - 2021 ABRSM Alto Saxophone Exam Pieces books for Grades 1-5.
Rowntree Park
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Who are we? The Friends of Rowntree Park is a community-focused charity dedicated to enhancing and helping maintain Rowntree Park in York. We've made this app to help you find the exciting trails inside the park.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rowntree Park at none against Saxophone Practice Partner's 10. Rowntree Park also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). Saxophone Practice Partner's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). 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. Saxophone Practice Partner sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Rowntree Park asks for nothing beyond the download.
Saxophone Practice Partner ships an update every 4 months, Rowntree Park every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Saxophone Practice Partner | Rowntree Park |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| 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 | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Publishing) Limited | Boon & Moil Limited |
In-app purchases
Saxophone Practice Partner
- Grade 5 B2 - The Pink Panther$1.99
- 4A2 - Allegro from Sonata in F$1.99
- Grade 1 Selection$7.99
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- Grade 2 Selection$7.99
- Grade 3 Selection$7.99
- Grade 4 Selection$7.99
- Grade 5 Selection$7.99
- Grade 1 Selection 2022 onwards$8.99
- Grade 3 Selection 2022 onwards$8.99
- Grade 5 Selection 2022 onwards$8.99
Rowntree Park
No in-app purchases
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