Comparison

Chet vs Simple Drones

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

Head to head
About

Chet

Develop your musical ear and understanding of music theory with interactive exercises and games. Learn at your own pace, practice with virtual instruments, and track your progress. Compete globally and become a more versatile musician.

Highlights
  • Identify music theory concepts
  • Call and response exercises
  • MIDI keyboard compatibility
  • Guided learning paths
  • Extensive exercise library
  • Competitive global leaderboards
  • Spaced repetition practice mode
Features
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Chet is a music education app with a focus on ear training and music theory. Learn at your own pace, play musical games, and compete against others from around the world! Using Chet helps you to become a more well-rounded, versatile musician. With a trained ear, you can learn songs more quickly, play with others more easily and feel confident in your overall musical abilities! Features: - Multiple choice questions that challenge you to identify music theory concepts. - Call and response questions using a virtual piano, guitar, or bass. - MIDI compatible... so plug in your MIDI keyboard if you have one! - Guided learning paths for beginner and intermediate users. - A library of exercises including intervals, scales, arpeggios, chords, progressions, tonal sequences, famous tunes, and atonal sequences. - Challenge games with competitive global leaderboards. - Professionally recorded music performed by world-class musicians. - A variety of musical genres including jazz, classical, pop and more. - A practice mode that uses spaced repetition. - Sign in to track your progress and compete with other musicians. - Never run out of ways to keep learning with regular updates and new content.

About

Simple Drones

This app generates a continuous, steady musical note with adjustable overtones. Control the richness and purity of the sound using sliders for overtone volume. It's ideal for music practice, relaxation, or creating ambient background soundscapes.

Highlights
  • Continuous note playback
  • Adjustable overtones
  • Overtone volume control
  • Background sound generation
  • Music practice tool
  • Relaxation aid
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Simple Drones is an app that functions as a simple tool to play a continuous note. You choose the root note, and the sound plays steadily in the background. The app also lets you control overtones, higher tones that sit above the main note and change how the sound feels. Use sliders to adjust the volume of each overtone. Turning them up makes the sound richer and brighter. Turning them down makes it softer and more pure. The app is useful for music practice, relaxation, and creating steady background sound.

Screenshots

Chet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Chet at 2.4K against Simple Drones's 2. Chet also leads on device support. Simple Drones's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple Drones holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chet has 2.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chet versus Simple Drones: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChetSimple Drones
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnsemble EducationAndrew Watkins-Alcocer

Bugs and requests

Chet

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not loading or freezing
  • Incorrect labeling of intervals
  • Timed exercises not functioning properly

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add Chinese language support
  • Incorporate guitar-specific exercises
  • Introduce a hands-free mode
  • Reinstate the previous practice mode
  • Expand the range of musical genres and styles
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  • Add an option to change the tonic note
  • Introduce a daily streak feature

Simple Drones

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Chet

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Drones

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chet free?
Chet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Drones free?
Simple Drones is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chet or Simple Drones?
Simple Drones is rated higher. Chet averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Simple Drones averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.

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