Harp Real vs CC Flute
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harp Real
This app simulates a 27-string lever harp, offering a realistic playing experience with a wide frequency range. Practice songs with adjustable speed and transposition, or play in real-time. Record and share your music.
- 27-string lever harp simulation
- Frequency range C3 to A6#
- Offline and online song practice
- Adjustable song speed and transposition
- Reverb effect
- Normal and RealTime play modes
- Autoplay option
- Record, playback, and share functionality
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The Harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps have been known since antiquity in Asia, Africa and Europe, dating back at least as early as 3500 BC. The instrument had great popularity in Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, where it evolved into a wide range of variants with new technologies, and was disseminated to Europe's colonies, finding particular popularity in Latin America. Although some ancient members of the harp family died out in the Near East and South Asia, descendants of early harps are still played in Myanmar and parts of Africa, and other defunct variants in Europe and Asia have been utilized by musicians in the modern era. Harps vary globally in many ways. In terms of size, many smaller harps can be played on the lap, whereas larger harps are quite heavy and rest on the floor. Different harps may use strings of catgut, nylon, metal, or some combination. While all harps have a neck, resonator, and strings, frame harps have a pillar at their long end to support the strings, while open harps, such as arch harps and bow harps, do not. Modern harps also vary in techniques used to extend the range and chromaticism (e.g., adding sharps and flats) of the strings, such as adjusting a string's note mid-performance with levers or pedals which modify the pitch. The pedal harp is a standard instrument in the orchestra of the Romantic music era (ca. 1800–1910) and the contemporary music era. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp) The Harp Real is Lever Harp (Celtic Harp) 27 strings simulation app with lever feature. Frequency range: C3 -> A6#. More offline and online songs for practice (With the ability to change speed, transpose, reverb). Play with 2 modes: - Normal - RealTime You can choose autoplay for listening songs. Record feature: record, play back and share to your friends. ** Songs is updated regularly
CC Flute
This app lets you play virtual flute-like instruments with expressive controls and a unique button layout. It offers a realistic sound experience without consuming much device memory. Additional instruments and features are available through in-app purchases.
- Realistic flute sound and expression
- Unique button-bar layout for smooth play
- Supports two fingerings for legato
- Sound controller for tonguing, bending, vibrato
- Touch plates as semitone keys
- Left-handed screen flip
- Customizable screen colors and dark mode
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CC Flute is a musical instrument app that allows you to enjoy playing with the sounds and expressions unique to flute-type instruments. It is especially designed for ease of play and use in live performances. Since it uses a synthetic sound source method, it does not burden memory or storage. Features - The tone of the flute. - With a unique button-bar layout, you can play scales and arpeggios of over 3 octaves smoothly. - Button-bar supports two fingerings, so you can play leap legato smoothly. - The sound controller allows you to express musical expressions such as tonguing, bending, and vibrato. - Two touch plates that act as semitone keys. - The screen can be flipped left and right for left-handed. - You can change the screen color to your liking. - Supports dark mode. - A detailed user guide is built in and ready to go. In-app purchases adds the following extra features: - Sounds of alto flute, piccolo, recorder, and ocarina. - A variety of layouts including major, minor, and blues scales. - The note range of the sound button can be shifted in 3 steps of high and low. - All 12 keys from G to F # can be selected. - Button-bar notation for convenient when playing: note name, interval, solfeggio, etc. - You can use a keyboard type instead of a button-bar as a playing board. - A reverb effect can be applied. - With a built-in pitch tuner, you can finely and accurately adjust the pitch. - Ensemble performance with two voices. - Expression of the music dynamics by tilting the device. - Adjustable airy sound peculiar to wind instruments. - Play along with songs from your device's music library with the play-along player. Try out the extra features for 2 weeks with a free trial of the in-app purchase. * This is not an app designed to assist you in practice playing a real instrument. * Any interworking functions such as Inter-App Audio, AUv3, and MIDI, and function for recording and playback the performance are currently not supported. Detailed features and usage of CC Flute are explained in the User Guide. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at support@chord-city.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Harp Real at 4.7 against CC Flute's 3.7. Harp Real also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (646 vs 7). CC Flute's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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. CC Flute sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Harp Real asks for nothing beyond the download.
Harp Real holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harp Real has 646 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Harp Real ships an update every 15 months, CC Flute every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harp Real | CC Flute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (646 ratings) — better | 3.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 646 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Son Truong Ngoc | Kazuo Kamata |
Customer experience
Harp Real
CC Flute
Bugs and requests
Harp Real
Reported bugs
4 issues- No sound output for some users
- Volume control not easily accessible
- Incorrect pitches in some instances
- App not functioning properly on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Background play functionality
- Transpose button
- Second hand notes for all songs
- Better documentation/tutorial
CC Flute
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harp Real
No in-app purchases
CC Flute
- Extra Features TrialFree
- Extra Features$2.99









