Band Toolbox vs rapDo!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Band Toolbox
A comprehensive set of tools designed for musicians, offering a metronome, transposed tuner, interactive fingering chart, musical term dictionary, and transposition assistance. It helps users practice scales and understand musical notation.
- Metronome with tempo adjustment
- Transposed tuner with frequency display
- Interactive fingering chart with feedback
- Dictionary of musical terms
- Transposition tool for multiple pitches
- Scale practice with adjustable settings
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Band Toolbox is a set of essential tools for the new practicing musician. Tools include: Metronome Transposed Tuner Interactive Fingering Chart Dictionary of Musical Terms Transposition Toolbox Scale Practice The Metronome is very simple use. You can adjust the slider for tempo or choose from a list of common tempos. The Tuner displays the frequency and note you are trying to play along with your instruments frequency. Simply adjust your instrument so the two frequencies are close (+ or - 4 or less) The interactive fingering chart shows notes chromatically in each instruments range. Check your fingering by playing the note shown. The chart will turn green if you are correct. See something in your band music you don't understand? Search it in the dictionary to find out what it means. Play a note and the transposition tool will show you that transposed notes in Concert Pitch, Bb, Eb and F. Scale modes allows you to pick a scale and see each fingering chart as you play the scale. Note duration and scale size adjustable.
rapDo!
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rapDo! is your digital rhythm coach. You don’t need an instrument and can learn and practice anytime, anywhere. You’ll learn rhythm like a language, using just five syllables. You start with simple rhythm "words" and progress to rhythm "sentences." This approach covers all possible rhythms found in classical music, pop, dance music, and jazz. rapDo! adapts to your progress: mastered rhythms are set aside, while challenging rhythms are repeated until you perfect them. At the same time, you’ll see how the spoken rhythms look in standard notation, allowing you to learn rhythm and sight-reading simultaneously. Learning with tonal syllables is a proven and globally recognized method. It is much faster and more effective than calculating with note values (quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc.). The rapDo! method is scientifically grounded. Its foundation is based on the groundbreaking teaching work Learning Sequences in Music by Edwin Gordon. For more information, visit www.herbertschiffels.de
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Band Toolbox at $1.99 against rapDo!'s $2.99. Band Toolbox also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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
Band Toolbox costs $1.99 and rapDo! $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Band Toolbox | rapDo! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 596 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TMI Media, LLC | Fabian Metzger |
In-app purchases
Band Toolbox
No in-app purchases
rapDo!
No in-app purchases
