Comparison

iPracticePro vs band

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

Head to head
About

iPracticePro

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for musicians, including a chromatic tuner, extensive chord library, and customizable metronome. Practice scales, intervals, and complex chord progressions with adjustable tempos and time signatures. Explore fingering charts and reed adjustment information for wind instruments.

Highlights
  • Chromatic tuner with adjustable frequencies
  • Extensive chord library with over 45 types
  • Customizable metronome with adjustable BPM and time signatures
  • Chord progression practice with over 50 progressions
  • Pad for creating custom intervals and chords
  • Saxophone fingering charts and reed adjustment info
Features
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•Drones• The first part of the app allows you to play all chromatic notes in tunings from 432Hz to 444Hz in many different sounds. The notes sound continuously and it´s a perfect way to practice intervals, chords and scales. You also have the possibility to play the notes randomly in an adjustable period of time. The app supports quarter tones if you´ve chosen expert mode. Sounds: organ, piano, electric piano, strings, guitar, double bass, bassoon, clarinet, oboe, flute and sine •Chords• The chord section contains 5 chords in standard mode more than 45 chords in expert mode. The metronome allows you to practice in tempos from 30bpm up to 300bpm. It can be set to different time signatures like 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/4, 9/4, 11/4, 13/4. You can also select or deselect the downbeats and offbeats separately. You can listen and play to all chords in all twelve keys, see which notes are the chord notes and scale notes and read information about the chord and the corresponding scale. In addition to that, all chords can also be played randomly. You can choose to just randomly change the root or the root and the chord type. The app lets you filter the chords, which allows you to only randomly play the chords of for example the modes of melodic minor or harmonic minor. 45+ Chords: ▵7, 7, -7, ø7, o7, 5 69, ▵7#11, ▵7#5, ▵7#5(11), ▵7#9, ▵7#9b13 7sus4, 7susb9, 7#11, 7#5, 7b913, 7b9b13, 7b13, 7alt -6, -▵7, -▵7b13, -7b13, -7b9, -7#11, -∆7#11, phryg, ø713, o7b2b11 major, major/3, major/5, major/b9, major/9, major/b3, major/11, major/#11, major/b13, major/13, major/7, major/▵7 minor, minor/b3, minor/5 augmented, diminished Sounds: electric piano, piano, organ and strings •Progressions• In this section you can practice more than 50 chord progressions in all twelve keys. The metronome, with all its setting options, is also included in this section. The volume of the root note, third and septime or rather the tensions is adjustable. If you press one of the two random buttons, the app picks a random root or a random progression and root. 50+ progressions: II-7 V7 I▵7, II-7 V7alt I▵7, II-7 bII7#11 I▵7, II-7 V7b913 I▵7, II-7 V7b9b13 I▵7, II-7 V7susb9 I▵7 IIø7 V7 I-, Coltrane Changes and so on…see full list on my website. Sounds: electric piano, piano, organ and strings •Pad• Using the pad you can put together your own intervals and chords. You have four octaves and five sounds to choose from, with which you can select up to five tones. The tones can sound both simultaneously and one after the other. The metronome, with all its setting options, is also included in this section. You can choose out of these sounds: electric piano, piano, organ, strings and sine •Fingerings for saxophone and reed adjustment for saxophone and clarinet• There are fingering charts about standard fingerings, false fingerings, altissimo and quarter tones and information about reed adjustment of sides, table, tip, shoulder and heart. If you don´t play the saxophone, you can hide this part of the app. •Features• * Stealth Mode (Ear Training Mode). You can use stealth mode in drones, chords and progressions. This will hide the currently played chords and display them afterwards. * A practice timer that informs you when your set practice time has expired. * Landscape mode. * Light- and dark appearance (Night Shift). * You can set if you play a C, Bb, oder Eb Instrument. * Are you an advanced player? The expert mode offers you additional information which could be confusing to unexperienced musicians. If you have no idea what C▵7#5 means or if you have never heard of quarter tones you probably should choose the standard mode. * All sounds can be played from 432Hz to 444Hz.

About

band

Features
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Upload music. Share music. Play music. Imagine always being perfectly prepared for your next rehearsal, lesson, or performance -> band-on helps you do just that! Why this app? Because practicing should be fun – whether you're in a band, a choir, or at a music school. Upload your audio files, share them with others, and use our extensive features to help you reach your goals faster. Who is this app for? • Bands: Work together on your songs. • Music schools: Support students in practicing effectively. • Choirs: Practice voices individually or together. Features you'll love: • Upload & share music: Import your own audio tracks and share them with others on band-on. • Powerful music player: Playback, navigation, and tempo change—compact and intuitive. • Instrument volume: Change the volume, solo or mute your instruments as you wish. • Your media library: All your songs clearly arranged in one place. Get the app now and turn your practice into an experience – efficient, motivating and fun!

Screenshots

iPracticePro4 screens
band4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: band at Free against iPracticePro's $5.99. band also leads on iOS requirement (14 vs 17.0). iPracticePro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 22) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

band is free to download; iPracticePro costs $5.99 up front. band sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. iPracticePro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPracticePro ships an update every 5 weeks, band every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iPracticePro versus band: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPracticeProband
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (242 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings242 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014 — better
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteffen WeberPersonal Music Tools GmbH

Bugs and requests

iPracticePro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App closes on its own after about 30 seconds
  • Cannot limit roots and progression at the same time

Requested features

10 requests
  • Display notes of a chord when improvising
  • Ability to create own chord progressions
  • Random tempo oscillation with tweakable parameters
  • Add sax voices
  • Cover more than an octave
Show 5 more
  • Add a metronome for drones
  • Keep audio playing in the background
  • Progress tracking with gamification
  • Drones cycle down the scale
  • Drone scale made of selected notes

band

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iPracticePro

No in-app purchases

20 purchases

band

Subscriptions10
  • Ensemble Abo, 1-10 persons1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Ensemble Abo, 11-20 persons1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Ensemble Abo, 21-50 persons1 Month trial$29.991 Month
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  • Ensemble Abo, 51-100 persons1 Month trial$39.991 Month
  • Ensemble Abo, 101-200 persons1 Month trial$49.991 Month
  • Ensemble Abo, 1-10 persons1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Ensemble Abo, 11-20 persons1 Month trial$199.991 Year
  • Ensemble Abo, 21-50 persons1 Month trial$299.991 Year
  • Ensemble Abo, 51-100 persons1 Month trial$399.991 Year
  • Ensemble Abo, 101-200 persons1 Month trial$499.991 Year
One-time10
  • One tune for a standard price$2.99
  • Complete this collection2 variants$4.99
  • Complete this collection2 variants$5.99
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  • Collection, standard price$6.99
  • Complete this collection$6.99
  • Complete this collection$8.99
  • Collection, standard price$9.99
  • Eine Sammlung, Standardpreis$9.99
  • big collection, standard price$14.99
  • Big Collection, standard price$24.99

Questions

Is iPracticePro free?
iPracticePro costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is band free?
band is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iPracticePro or band have ads?
band shows ads; iPracticePro does not.
Which is updated more often, iPracticePro or band?
iPracticePro ships an update every 5 weeks, and band every 3 weeks. Most recently, iPracticePro was updated on October 25, 2026 and band on October 7, 2026.

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