Farkas 2.0 vs My RCS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Farkas 2.0
This practice tool helps musicians improve accuracy, sight-reading, and transposition. It is based on an exercise from a renowned French horn playing book.
- Accuracy improvement
- Sight-reading practice
- Transposition exercises
- Based on 'The Art of French Horn Playing'
- Practice tool for musicians
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Based on the accuracy exercise in The Art of French Horn Playing by Phillip Farkas, this is a practice tool for any musician who wants to work on accuracy, sight reading or transposition.
My RCS
Stay informed with campus-specific news, events, and urgent notifications. Manage your schedule, access course materials, and keep your conservatoire email and Office 365 account readily available.
- Campus-specific news, events, and notifications
- Integrated conservatoire email
- Centralized calendar with timetable and deadlines
- Direct access to Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
- Office 365 account access
- Links to essential college systems
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Along with campus specific news, events and important notifications you will be able to see upcoming deadlines, review your progress and receive urgent messages, reminders and notifications from the conservatoire. Features include: - Alerts, notifications, News and events these will be specific to you and your course - Email – Your Conservatoire email right there on your home screen so you never miss a new email - Calendar – Your timetable, Outlook Calendar and Tasks, including VLE assignment deadlines, all in one central place - VLE – Easy Access to the Virtual Learning Environment for your course materials, submitting work and accessing the full range of support services - Office365 – Access to your Office 365 account to work and study wherever you are Plus all the information and links to essential college systems that you will need to support your time at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in your very own MyRCS app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: My RCS at Free against Farkas 2.0's $3.99. My RCS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 24 months vs every 55 months). Farkas 2.0's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
My RCS is free to download; Farkas 2.0 costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
My RCS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Farkas 2.0 has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Farkas 2.0 ships an update every 55 months, My RCS every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farkas 2.0 | My RCS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 55 months | Every 24 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.3.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Nicholls | Collabco |
Customer experience
Farkas 2.0
My RCS
In-app purchases
Farkas 2.0
No in-app purchases
My RCS
No in-app purchases
