Comparison

Fretcetera vs Note Recognizer

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

Head to head
About

Fretcetera

This app helps musicians find chords, scales, and progressions for string instruments in any tuning. It calculates optimal fingerings based on playability and user-defined preferences, and can generate chord transition suggestions.

Highlights
  • Chord and scale finder
  • Custom tuning support
  • Playability-based results
  • Progression builder
  • Chord transition suggestions
  • Instrument configuration
Features
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Fretcetera is musical calculator that uses algorithms to connect you to chords, scales and progressions on a variety of string instruments in any tuning! This is not just a chord book. Fretcetera computes every way to play chords or scales in any tuning, and returns the top results based on their playability. Fine-tune results by configuring your instrument exactly as you play it. Enter personal preferences and constraints. Select from common tunings or create your own! Build progressions to listen to chord transitions, and even get suggestions based on the chords you are playing!

About

Note Recognizer

This app analyzes sung or played pitches in real-time, displaying the corresponding note name. It functions as a vocal trainer, song key identifier, and instrument tuner, offering various note naming systems and live notation capabilities.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch detection
  • Note name identification
  • Instrument tuning
  • Vocal training exercises
  • Live musical notation
  • Multiple note naming systems
Features
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Note Recognizer - App that Assists Music Learning by Detecting and Processing Musical Characteristics from Microphone in Real-Time The Note Recognizer is meant for people who are seriously involved in active music making. The Note Recognizer analyses the pitch frequency that you sing or play, and gives the corresponding note name. Very useful for singers who need to find the right starting note of a song. Or if you want to know the key of a song; sing the tonic, and you get the note name of the key. Also great as a tuner for guitar, or checking your intonation on flute, violin or any instrument. User can choose from different note naming systems such as - Standard (#) - Standard (b) - German (#) - German (b) - Indian Sargam (#) (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa) - Indian Sargam (b) (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa) - Indian Sargam (#) (सा रे गा माँ पा धा नि) - Indian Sargam (b) (सा रे गा माँ पा धा नि) - Do Re Mi (#) - Do Re Mi (b) Now with Live Notation: play your musical idea on an instrument and have it transformed to musical notation. Watch your score grow while playing. This app can be used for vocal training and do you have little or no singing experience or voice training. Voice Training App plays a note or phrase of notes, and you sing to it. This App showing which note you should sing and which pitch you are correctly singing your note names in note recognizer. Note Recognizer Designed in collaboration with The Great And professional singing teacher. For beginners. Train your voice to sing your note names in tune. Pitch training for singers in note recognizer .To expand your vocal and note names by relaxing your voice to increase range and perfection for singers and Learn Singing With This Voice Training You Will See how long you can hold a pitch Develop confidence to perform riffs and runs. This app for those who are seriously involved in active music making and Learn Singing. The note recognizer analyses Very useful for singers who need to find the right starting note of a song. The pitch frequency that you sing a note names or play, and gives the corresponding note name and note recognizer . You can use it also as a tuner for guitar, or checking your intonation on flute, violin, harmonium or other musical instrument.

Screenshots

Fretcetera4 screens
Note Recognizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fretcetera at 92% against Note Recognizer's 7%. Fretcetera also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.8 vs 1.9). Note Recognizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Fretcetera is free to download; Note Recognizer costs $1.99 up front. Fretcetera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Note Recognizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fretcetera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Fretcetera's written reviews are positive against 7% of Note Recognizer's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fretcetera versus Note Recognizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFretceteraNote Recognizer
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (11 ratings) — better1.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews — better7.1% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better12.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB14 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperJoel PipherSuresh Verma

Customer experience

Fretcetera

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%

Note Recognizer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative85.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fretcetera

One-time1
  • Fretcetera Premium$3.99
None

Note Recognizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fretcetera free?
Fretcetera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note Recognizer free?
Note Recognizer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fretcetera or Note Recognizer?
Fretcetera is rated higher. Fretcetera averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Note Recognizer averages 1.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Fretcetera or Note Recognizer have ads?
Neither Fretcetera nor Note Recognizer shows ads.

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