Comparison

Edinburgh 1544 vs InstruMate

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

Head to head
About

Edinburgh 1544

Explore a digital reconstruction of 16th-century Edinburgh. Discover the Scottish capital's history through videos, photospheres, and interactive hotspots. See recreations of landmarks as they appeared during Mary Queen of Scots' childhood.

Highlights
  • Digital reconstruction of 16th-century Edinburgh
  • Videos of historic townscape
  • Photospheres of key sites
  • Interactive historical information hotspots
  • Location-aware guide linking historic and modern landscapes
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Explore the first digital reconstruction of Edinburgh in the 1540s. Learn about the Scottish capital’s eventful sixteenth-century history, and see recreations of key Edinburgh landmarks as they may have appeared during the childhood of Mary Queen of Scots. Features include: • Videos of Edinburgh’s sixteenth-century townscape. • Photospheres visualizing the historic appearance of sites on and near the Royal Mile. • Interactive hotspots with additional historical information. • Location aware guide to link historic and modern landscapes. Please note, from 1 June 2017 a trailer app giving tasters of the content for two sites (Holyrood Palace and the Netherbow Port) will be available. The full app (with a wider range of sites) will be launched on 7 July 2017.

About

InstruMate

Features
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InstruMate is your digital music workspace for songs, documents, setlists, stems, MIDI, and learning material. The app helps you not only store musical material, but organize it in a meaningful way. Songs are at the center of it all: a song can bring together metadata, PDF sheet music, TXT files, audio, images, videos, MIDI files, and stem folders. This turns individual files into a playable musical context. For musicians, keyboard players, bands, teachers, and learners, InstruMate provides a central interface for preparation, practice, teaching, and performance. Organize songs and files Create songs, add title, artist, key, tempo, time signature, style, registration, or voice, and link the appropriate files. PDFs, TXT files, audio, images, videos, and MIDI files can be collected in the file library and connected to songs. With AutoLink, media can be automatically assigned to matching songs based on their names. This gradually turns a loose collection of files into a structured music library. Setlists for rehearsal and stage Create setlists for teaching, rehearsals, or gigs. Songs can be added, sorted, and used in Live Mode. The simple setlist mode focuses on the essentials, while advanced options remain available for more complex live workflows. This allows you to prepare your songs for the next performance, arrange them in a meaningful order, and access them quickly during rehearsal or live on stage. Use PDF and TXT files live Open sheet music, lead sheets, lyrics, or running orders directly from within a song. PDF annotations, start pages, auto-scroll, and TXT files help you prepare material for practical use. This means you can not only manage songs, but also use them directly while practicing, teaching, or performing. MIDI and keyboard workflows InstruMate supports MIDI files and helps connect songs with MIDI and registration workflows. Keyboard players can store registration or bank calls in the song context and use them directly from the song overview. Yamaha playlist workflows are also supported, allowing songs, registration information, and musical material to come together more effectively. Stem mixer for multitrack audio The stem area supports playbacks, clicks, guide tracks, and additional audio tracks. Volume, pan, mute, solo, and routing can be adjusted for each stem folder. This makes it possible to integrate practice and live setups directly into the song context — from simple playback to multitrack live arrangements. Learning and teaching In addition to its music features, InstruMate offers functions for flashcards, vocabulary lists, and learning materials. Learning content can be structured, practiced, and connected with documents. This makes InstruMate suitable not only for musicians, but also for teachers, music schools, lesson preparation, and independent learning. Who is InstruMate for? InstruMate is designed for musicians, keyboard players, bands, teachers, learners, and anyone who wants to organize songs, sheet music, playbacks, MIDI, stems, and learning material in one place. From the first PDF to the setlist for a performance: InstruMate helps you prepare, find, and use your musical material effectively in live situations.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: InstruMate at fortnightly against Edinburgh 1544's every 6 weeks. Edinburgh 1544's advantage is iOS requirement (9.2 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Edinburgh 1544 ships an update every 6 weeks, InstruMate fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Edinburgh 1544 versus InstruMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEdinburgh 1544InstruMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.2 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan MillerAik Tan

In-app purchases

None

Edinburgh 1544

No in-app purchases

None

InstruMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Edinburgh 1544 free?
Edinburgh 1544 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InstruMate free?
InstruMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Edinburgh 1544 or InstruMate have ads?
Neither Edinburgh 1544 nor InstruMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Edinburgh 1544 or InstruMate?
Edinburgh 1544 ships an update every 6 weeks, and InstruMate fortnightly. Most recently, Edinburgh 1544 was updated on November 2, 2026 and InstruMate on November 5, 2026.

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