Comparison

YDS Controller vs Saxophone Fingering Chart

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

Head to head
About

YDS Controller

This app allows for detailed sound creation and editing for specific musical instruments. Users can customize instrument tones, adjust effects, and modify fingering configurations. It also provides instrument settings like breath resistance and tuning, offering a more intuitive visual interface than the instrument itself.

Highlights
  • Edit saxophone, synthesizer, and shakuhachi tones
  • Adjust effects and detailed sound parameters
  • Customize fingering configurations
  • Adjust breath resistance and response
  • Change instrument tuning
  • Display registered fingering lists
Features
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This dedicated app enhances the performance of the YDS-150 and further expands the range of sound creation—and includes instrument settings and sound editing. You can make detailed settings intuitively and visually from the app, that cannot be done on the instrument itself. ≪Function≫ * Editing voices  You can easily change saxophone tones such as alto, soprano, tenor, and baritone tones, as well as synthesizer tones and shakuhachi tones. You can also adjust effects and make detailed sounds. * Edit fingering You can customize the fingertips by changing them or adding new ones. * Instrument settings You can adjust the blowing feeling such as breath resistance and response, and change the settings such as tuning. * Fingering list It is possible to display the registered fingers in a list. It is useful to check the fingering.

About

Saxophone Fingering Chart

Learn saxophone fingerings, practice scales, and play along with songs. Includes a tuner, metronome, and practice tracker to improve your musical skills.

Highlights
  • Fingering charts for all saxophones
  • Tuner and metronome
  • Scales and arpeggios
  • Play-along songs
  • Practice tracker
  • Interactive games
Features
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Learn every note on your saxophone, then play it. Fingering charts for soprano, alto, tenor and baritone, with a tuner, a metronome, scales and songs to play along with. FINGERING CHARTS - Standard and alternate fingerings for every note, on every saxophone - Altissimo fingerings, up to high C - Trill and tremolo fingerings - Written and concert pitch, with the sound of every note PLAY ALONG - Songs from folk tunes and classics to blues and jazz studies - Bars run in to a saxophone that shows every key, with the notes on the staff - Set your own tempo and play along with the metronome SCALES - Major, natural, harmonic and melodic minor in every key - Pentatonic, blues and arpeggios - One or two octaves, the full range, or up to altissimo - A drone to play in tune against, and a count-in before you start TUNER - See which notes run sharp or flat, in written or concert pitch - Adjustable reference pitch METRONOME - Tap tempo, accents and subdivisions PRACTICE TRACKER - Time your sessions, record your playing and listen back - Plan your practice and get a daily reminder AND MORE - Play & Identify: a game that tests your fingerings - Virtual saxophones and a full-screen piano - Your choice of note names Some songs and features need a PRO subscription. Icons by UIcons and Freepik. This app uses the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

YDS Controller4 screens
Saxophone Fingering Chart4 screens

Verdict

The call

YDS Controller and Saxophone Fingering Chart both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of Saxophone Fingering Chart's written reviews are positive against 38% of YDS Controller's. Saxophone Fingering Chart also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). YDS Controller's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Saxophone Fingering Chart sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. YDS Controller asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for YDS Controller against 4.7 for Saxophone Fingering Chart. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 176 and 60 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of YDS Controller's written reviews are positive against 96% of Saxophone Fingering Chart's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YDS Controller ships an update every 4 months, Saxophone Fingering Chart monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
YDS Controller versus Saxophone Fingering Chart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYDS ControllerSaxophone Fingering Chart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (176 ratings)4.7 (60 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews96.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings176 — better60
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYamaha CorporationAndriy Holovchak

Customer experience

YDS Controller

All ratings175 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive38.5%
Neutral9.2%
Negative52.3%

Saxophone Fingering Chart

All ratings60 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

YDS Controller

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Saxophone Fingering Chart

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$8.99

Questions

Is YDS Controller free?
YDS Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Saxophone Fingering Chart free?
Saxophone Fingering Chart is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, YDS Controller or Saxophone Fingering Chart?
Saxophone Fingering Chart is rated higher. YDS Controller averages 4.7 out of 5 from 176 ratings, while Saxophone Fingering Chart averages 4.7 from 60 ratings.
Do YDS Controller or Saxophone Fingering Chart have ads?
Saxophone Fingering Chart shows ads; YDS Controller does not.
Which is updated more often, YDS Controller or Saxophone Fingering Chart?
YDS Controller ships an update every 4 months, and Saxophone Fingering Chart monthly. Most recently, YDS Controller was updated on November 7, 2026 and Saxophone Fingering Chart on November 8, 2026.

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