Comparison

Ensemble Friends vs Brass Bands

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

Head to head
About

Ensemble Friends

This app offers a highly customizable metronome with advanced features for complex time signatures and tempo changes. It also includes a keyboard with pure temperament tuning and transposition for instrumental practice.

Highlights
  • Customizable metronome with complex time signatures
  • Advanced tempo and rhythm pattern settings
  • Pattern sharing for efficient practice
  • Pure temperament keyboard with four tone colors
  • Transpose function for various instruments
  • Calibration and natural seventh tuning options
Features
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It has everytihing you need like metronome function providing more detailed setting than analogue ones and keyboards which can be set in pure temperament. ENSEMBLE FRIENDS FEATURES: Metronome [Simple] - Easy to control even you're playing instruments. - You can set tempos from slow to fast. - You can set not only 4/4 or 6/8, but also any complicated times like 19/16. - You can set uneven times for 8 bars or less. - Metronome can play different rhythm at the same time, and you can change the volume of each rhythm. Metronome [Advanced] - High functional metronome which can deal with dizzying tempo changing! - You can set peculiar times and tempos of practicing pieces. - You can share designed patterns with other devices, which can make your sectional practice more efficient. Keyboard - You can check the sound of pure tempered chords!! - Has best tone colors for instrumental practice. - Provides transpose function for transposed instruments. - Can procude pure tempered and natural seventh, which is best to learn chord sound. Specifications: Metronome (General) - Tempo: BPM = 20 – 280 - Time signatures: Numerator - 1〜20, Denominator - 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 - Simultaneous rhythm click: Accent note / Quarter note / Eighth note / Sixteenth note / Triplet note - Triplets: Eighth triplet / Quarter triplet Metronome [Simple] - Number of setting time signatures: 1 – 8 Metronome [Advanced] - Number of setting bars: 1 – 999 - Number of setting time signatures in each bar: 8 - Number of saving patterns: 20 Keyboard - Tone colors: Four (Flute / Clarinet / Trumpet / Violin) - Transposition: -7 – +7 (chromatically) - Rainge of keybord in the app: C1 – C8 - Calibration: A = 427.5 – 452.9 Hz (-50.0 – +50.0 cent) - Temperament: Equal tempered / Pure tempered (major) /Pure tempered (minor) - Natural seventh: on/off (only for pure tempered setting) - Keyboad holding: on/off - MIDI input: on/off

About

Brass Bands

This app provides wind band players with essential tools for practice. It includes a tuner supporting a wide frequency range and a tone checker to help refine your sound.

Highlights
  • Tuner
  • Frequency support (430Hz-450Hz)
  • Tone checking plot
  • All-in-one practice tool
Features
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The ultimate all-in-one app for wind band players Tuner Supports 430hz to 450hz Plot to check your tone

Screenshots

Ensemble Friends4 screens
Brass Bands1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Brass Bands at Free against Ensemble Friends's $17.99. Brass Bands also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Ensemble Friends's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Brass Bands is free to download; Ensemble Friends costs $17.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Ensemble Friends against 4.0 for Brass Bands. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ensemble Friends ships an update every 4 months, Brass Bands monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ensemble Friends versus Brass Bands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnsemble FriendsBrass Bands
Price$17.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStone System Corp.MIZOU, CO., LTD.

Customer experience

Ensemble Friends

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Brass Bands

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ensemble Friends

No in-app purchases

None

Brass Bands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ensemble Friends free?
Ensemble Friends costs $17.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brass Bands free?
Brass Bands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ensemble Friends or Brass Bands?
Ensemble Friends and Brass Bands are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Ensemble Friends or Brass Bands have ads?
Brass Bands shows ads; Ensemble Friends does not.
Which is updated more often, Ensemble Friends or Brass Bands?
Ensemble Friends ships an update every 4 months, and Brass Bands monthly. Most recently, Ensemble Friends was updated on November 7, 2026 and Brass Bands on November 5, 2026.

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