Faces in the Spaces vs Musicate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Faces in the Spaces
This app offers six engaging games designed to make learning music theory fun and interactive. It covers essential topics like key signatures, time values, and musical symbols through colorful, playful challenges. An in-app leaderboard encourages users to achieve high scores and master music fundamentals.
- Six music theory games
- Covers key signatures
- Teaches time values
- Explains music symbols
- Treble and bass clef pitches
- In-app leaderboard
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6 Games in one App to improve your Music Theory whilst playing. Colourful, fun games covering a variety of basic music theory areas. Topics include: Major Key Signatures Time Values Music Symbols and Terms Pitches in Treble and Bass Clefs Time Signatures Includes in-App Leaderboard to encourage achievement of High Scores. All games are based on topics covered in the book ‘Faces in the Spaces’, by Belinda J.Byers.
Musicate
Enhance your musical abilities with daily ear training, sight-reading, and music theory practice. Set your musical objectives and receive personalized guidance to achieve them. Track your progress with detailed statistics and collaborate with friends for motivation.
- Ear training exercises
- Sight-reading practice
- Music theory lessons
- Personalized musical goals
- Progress statistics
- Friend invitations for motivation
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Musicate yourself and become a better musician! Improve your musical skills by practicing ear training, sight reading and music theory exercises every day. Select your musical goals and Musicate will make sure you reach them. Intervals, chords, scales, melodies and rhythm are all covered, you can focus on what you need and you can also challenge yourself in the areas where you don’t excel. Invite your friends and motivate each other to practice every day. The broad statistics give you meaningful insights on your progress and help you achieve your goals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Musicate at 91% against Faces in the Spaces's 40%. Musicate also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.9 vs 1.0). Faces in the Spaces's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On 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
Musicate is free to download; Faces in the Spaces costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Musicate holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Musicate has 229 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Faces in the Spaces's written reviews are positive against 91% of Musicate's.
Faces in the Spaces ships an update every 39 months, Musicate every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Faces in the Spaces | Musicate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (229 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 229 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Belinda Byers | Balazs Kiss |
Customer experience
Faces in the Spaces
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In-app purchases
Faces in the Spaces
No in-app purchases
Musicate
No in-app purchases
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