Harmonica Bending Trainer vs Harmonica Notes & Tablatures
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harmonica Bending Trainer
This app aids in practicing bending techniques for 10-hole diatonic harmonicas. It provides a dedicated tool for musicians looking to improve their harmonica playing skills.
- Bending practice support
- 10-hole diatonic harmonicas
- Improve harmonica skills
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Harmonica Bending Trainer supports your bending practice for 10-hole diatonic harmonicas.
Harmonica Notes & Tablatures
Learn to play popular melodies on your harmonica with interactive sheet music and tablatures. Supports various harmonica types and tunings, with the ability to import your own music. Unlock all content and remove ads with a subscription.
- Interactive sheet music and tablatures
- Multiple harmonica types and tunings
- Import custom Music XML files
- 130+ melodies included
- Adjustable playback speed
- Bookmark favorite melodies
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Collection of sheet music with notes, tablatures, and interactive training for mouth harmonicas. This application helps to learn and practice playing popular, traditional melodies on your harmonica. Try it now, for free! Application features: - Different harmonica types and tunings: - 10-hole diatonic harmonica (Richter standard tuning, in keys from low-low F (F2) up to high G(G4)). - 12-hole chromatic harmonica in the key of C. - The Major Cross Tuning (by Tony Eyers). - The Paddy Richter Tuning (by Brendan Power). - More types in future releases. - Over 150 melodies to learn and practice; - Allows to import additional melodies from your own, local Music XML files (.mxl, .musicxml, .xml); - Interactive training modes (recognition and scoring of playing on a real world harmonica); - It can play every melody displaying the progress in the music sheet; - Optional countdown before melody playback; - Allows to print out music sheets; - Tuneable playback speed (tempo); - Allows custom transposition of melodies; - Allows to print out music sheets; - Allows to bookmark favorite melodies. ADVERTISEMENTS & SUBSCRIPTIONS By default, this application is supported by advertisements, and only a handful of melodies are accessible for free. Paid application subscriptions, available in the in-app store, unlock all melodies, and remove all advertisements. The profit from subscriptions supports application maintenance and further development, including bug fixes, new features, and new melodies. USER SUPPORT Any comments, ideas, suggestions are welcome to support@music-tabs.com TERMS OF USE: https://harmonica.music-tabs.com/legal-info
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Harmonica Bending Trainer at 88% against Harmonica Notes & Tablatures's 0%. Harmonica Bending Trainer also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Harmonica Notes & Tablatures sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Harmonica Bending Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Harmonica Bending Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harmonica Bending Trainer has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Harmonica Bending Trainer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Harmonica Notes & Tablatures's.
Harmonica Bending Trainer ships an update every 6 weeks, Harmonica Notes & Tablatures monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harmonica Bending Trainer | Harmonica Notes & Tablatures |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (34 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blowbend.jp | Sergey Pogodin |
Customer experience
Harmonica Bending Trainer
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In-app purchases
Harmonica Bending Trainer
No in-app purchases
Harmonica Notes & Tablatures
- Monthly Subscription.$2.991 Month
- Three-Months Subscription.$7.993 Months
- Half-Year Subscription.$12.996 Months
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- Annual Subscription.$17.991 Year
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