hêrtz vs Handpaner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
hêrtz
This simple pitch pipe app offers a four-octave range for musicians. It's designed for ease of use, inspired by the needs of vocal performance students. Feedback is welcomed through various developer channels.
- Four octave range
- Simple pitch pipe functionality
- Designed for musicians
- Feedback channels available
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A simple pitch pipe app with a four octave range. I was inspired to make this by a friend of mine who is majoring in Voice and Opera in college. As always, feedback is appreciated. Feel free to leave feedback on my YouTube channel, my GitHub, or on my App Store page as a review.
Handpaner
Create your own virtual handpan by customizing each note. Discover scales, chords, and learn to play songs on your unique instrument.
- Customizable virtual handpan
- Discover scales and chords
- Learn to play songs
- Create unique handpan models
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Handpaner is a virtual handpan where you can customize each note to create your perfect handpan model and help you find all the scales, chords it contains and some songs you can play with it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: hêrtz at Free against Handpaner's $9.99. hêrtz also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.0). Handpaner's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%). On ratings volume, 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
hêrtz is free to download; Handpaner costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
hêrtz holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of hêrtz's written reviews are positive against 14% of Handpaner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | hêrtz | Handpaner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cameron Krischel | Robin BERGERE |
Customer experience
hêrtz
Handpaner
In-app purchases
hêrtz
No in-app purchases
Handpaner
No in-app purchases
