Instrument Scales vs PianoLogic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instrument Scales
Master your instrument with interactive courses, AI-powered guidance, and a comprehensive music toolkit. Learn chords, scales, and theory for guitar, bass, and piano with a precision tuner and custom tuning options.
- Interactive Courses
- AI-powered guidance
- Precision Tuner
- 100+ Scale Library
- Custom Tunings
- iCloud Sync
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Turn music theory into something you can see, hear, and practice. Instrument Scales is a visual music-theory toolkit for guitar, bass, piano, ukulele, and mandolin. Explore scales and chords across the full instrument, hear each note, and understand how tones connect in every key. Pro unlocks all lessons and advanced tools with one permanent purchase — no subscription required. The Max subscription includes those capabilities plus a fresh Max Daily session every day, full ear-training sessions, and the Mastery Map. Eligible subscribers can try yearly Max free for 7 days. Premium access is provided by Pro or Max. EXPLORE SCALES AND CHORDS • Browse a complete catalog of scales. • View notes across guitar, bass, piano, ukulele, or mandolin. • Switch between note names, scale degrees, and intervals. • See key-aware note spelling and the chords that belong to each key. • Explore practical chord voicings and fingerboard patterns. • Tap notes to hear how they sound. LEARN AND PRACTICE • Choose a learning path for guitar, bass, piano, high-G ukulele, or mandolin. • Listen, experiment, practice a short phrase, and apply it in a new context through guided stages. • Keep your study instrument, tuning, and register separate from Explore, and return to your last step. • Follow your core progress, with optional extras and older course history in the library. • Study one compatible core lesson free each day; Premium gives unlimited lesson access. • Answer a free daily ear-training question and use practice reminders. • With Max, get a fresh Max Daily session, full ear-training sessions, and the Mastery Map. MUSIC TOOLS • Tune any note with the chromatic tuner. • Build steady time with the metronome. • Create, reorder, play, and loop chord progressions in any key. MAKE IT YOURS • Work with multiple scale setups at once. • Save favorites and reusable practice plans. • Create custom scales and tunings. • Personalize instrument necks and note colors. • Use left-handed layouts where supported. ON APPLE VISION PRO • Place the Practice Station beside your instrument once, and visionOS puts it back where you left it. • The Station shows the scale, chord, pattern or lesson exercise you picked, on the same fretboard or keyboard the app already draws, at a readable size or at a typical instrument's nominal size. • Reference keeps the shapes in your sightline. Play Along runs a timed example. Follow waits for each note and moves on when it hears or receives it. Harmony shows the next chord before it arrives. • Switch on Listen and the Station lights up the notes you play through the microphone; a MIDI keyboard works too. It never listens until you ask it to. • Keep the tuner in a panel beside the board, and reach Play, Pause, Repeat, Slower, Faster and Stop with Voice Control, without putting the instrument down. • Place the Scale of the Day and Practice Streak widgets in your surroundings. • Explore, Learn, Tools, your practice history and everything you have already bought are the same app, in its own window beside the Station. Instrument Scales is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro, with a localized interface in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, German, and Simplified Chinese. Start with the free essentials. Optional Pro and Max purchases unlock additional tools, lessons, and practice features. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
PianoLogic
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PianoLogic is a visual music theory tool designed for pianists, songwriters, producers, students, and musicians who want to understand chords and scales directly on the piano keyboard. Instead of searching through theory books, charts, or websites, PianoLogic lets you explore musical structures visually and hear how they sound. Select a chord or scale and instantly see the relevant notes highlighted on an interactive piano. MUSIC THEORY, VISUALIZED Music theory becomes easier to understand when you can see it. PianoLogic connects musical concepts to the piano keyboard, helping you recognize patterns, understand note relationships, and quickly find the information you need. EXPLORE CHORDS Discover and visualize a wide range of chords directly on the piano. Select a root note and chord type to instantly see the notes that form the chord. Use the interactive keyboard to hear the notes and explore how different chord structures are built. PianoLogic is useful when you need to quickly check a chord, understand its construction, or explore new harmonic ideas. EXPLORE SCALES Choose a root note and scale to see every note of the scale highlighted on the piano keyboard. Explore different scales and modes, study their note patterns, and hear how they sound. Whether you are practicing, writing music, improvising, or studying theory, PianoLogic gives you a fast visual reference. INTERACTIVE PIANO KEYBOARD The piano keyboard is at the center of PianoLogic. Play individual notes directly in the app and use the keyboard to explore chords, scales, and intervals. Highlighted keys make musical structures easy to identify and understand. Rotate your device for an expanded landscape piano experience and a wider keyboard view. EXPLORE HARMONIC RELATIONSHIPS Use PianoLogic's visual music tools to explore the relationships between notes, chords, and keys. Discover how musical structures connect and use these relationships when writing songs, improvising, arranging music, or studying harmony. CREATE SOUNDS ON THE SOUND LAB Create your own synth sounds and save them for sharing with others or play them in the app. Record the hooks you play on the piano and save them in wav-format for use in your productions. DESIGNED FOR MUSICIANS PianoLogic is built for: • Pianists • Keyboard players • Songwriters • Music producers • Composers • Music students • Music teachers • Self-taught musicians Whether you are learning music theory or simply need a fast reference tool in the studio, rehearsal room, or at the piano, PianoLogic is designed to give you answers quickly. FAST AND FOCUSED No complicated courses. No lengthy setup. Open PianoLogic, select what you want to explore, and instantly see it on the piano. Choose a chord. Choose a scale. Choose an interval. See the notes. Hear the sound.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Instrument Scales at Free against PianoLogic's $1.99. Instrument Scales also leads on device support (5 vs 2). PianoLogic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On ads 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
Instrument Scales is free to download; PianoLogic costs $1.99 up front. Instrument Scales sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PianoLogic asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Instrument Scales | PianoLogic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thiago Anderson Martins | KLAS GORAN MIKAEL NORBERG |
In-app purchases
Instrument Scales
- Instrument Scales Max$0.991 Month
- Instrument Scales Max$3.991 Year
- Instrument Scales Pro$0.99
PianoLogic
No in-app purchases
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