BrassXcerpts vs OnlyTags
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrassXcerpts
Access a comprehensive library of orchestral audition excerpts for all brass instruments. Find global audition openings with required parts and practice them with versatile tools. View excerpts by instrument or multiple at once, and randomize or save favorites.
- Orchestral audition excerpts
- All brass instruments
- View by instrument
- Global audition openings
- Randomize excerpts
- Save favorite excerpts
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Contained in this app are excerpts commonly required for orchestral auditions. This app is equally geared towards all brass instruments with the option to view excerpts by individual instrument or multiple at a time. If you are actively searching for auditions, this app contains up-to-date information about orchestra opening all across the globe and will automatically provide you with the excerpts required for each audition. You can also get a jump start on auditions with every part of every piece directly at your fingertips. Randomize all excerpts or save your favorites; it is up to you with versatile practice tool! Every effort has been made to keep the visual quality of these excerpts high, without reengraving the original parts.
OnlyTags
Learn and collect barbershop tags with access to a vast online repository. Discover tags from classic collections, find simple ones to sing, and organize your favorites across devices. Features innovative pitch control for learning new tags.
- Learn barbershop tags
- Collect and organize tags
- Access large tag repository
- Find tags from Classic Tags book
- Pitch control for learning
- Sync collections across devices
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OnlyTags is the premiere app for learning and collecting barbershop tags! Connected to the largest tag repository in the world, barbershoptags.com, OnlyTags has access to thousands of tags, with new ones being uploaded daily. Find tags from the Classic Tags book, easily find simple tags to sing, or build up your own collections of tags to take with you on any device where OnlyTags is available! Also, when you go to learn a new tag, enjoy the innovative pitch control which not only lets you find your starting key, but also any note in that scale! Try it today, it's free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OnlyTags at Free against BrassXcerpts's $4.99. BrassXcerpts's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.1). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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
OnlyTags is free to download; BrassXcerpts costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BrassXcerpts against 5.0 for OnlyTags. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrassXcerpts | OnlyTags |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Burdiss | Carson Greene, LLC |
Customer experience
BrassXcerpts
OnlyTags
In-app purchases
BrassXcerpts
No in-app purchases
OnlyTags
No in-app purchases
