Comparison

PrivateMusicStudio2 vs Stickey Intervals

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

Head to head
About

PrivateMusicStudio2

Organize music lessons, track student progress, and share assignments. Teachers can create templates for technique and exercises, assign grades, and send progress reports. Students can view their information and even submit recordings.

Highlights
  • Student progress tracking
  • Lesson assignment management
  • Technique and exercise templates
  • Progress reports for students
  • Audio recording and sharing
  • Data backup and import
Features
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PrivateMusicStudio is for music teachers who want to track the progress of their students taking private lessons. Student information may be organized by semester including weekly lesson assignments, grades, and notes about student performances, accompanists, and ensemble participation. Technique and exercise assignments may be created and saved as templates for use with other students. Points may be used if desired for assessing student progress. Teachers can send progress reports to students to remind them of assignments. Students who also download PrivateMusicStudio may be invited to subscribe to view their lesson and assignment information from within their copy of the app. Features include: - Maintain a list of private students, including contact information. - Track student lesson assignments, organized by semester, including technique assignments, notes about performances, accompanists, ensemble participation, lesson notes, and lesson grades. - Share progress with students through the iOS share sheet. - If students also have PrivateMusicStudio installed, invite students to subscribe to their lesson information. Updates will push to their devices as the teacher makes changes to their assignments. (requires iCloud is enabled) - Record audio into lesson notes to share musical examples with students. Students may also record, and send their recordings to their teacher. - Backup data to local or cloud storage. - Import student data on device. Use this to revert to a previous state for your studio.

About

Stickey Intervals

Learn and identify musical intervals through engaging games on piano and staff. Features single and two-player modes, interactive exploration, and customizable settings for a personalized learning experience.

Highlights
  • Identify intervals on piano keyboard
  • Identify intervals on musical staff
  • Single-player games with time or lives
  • Two-player competitive modes
  • Interactive interval exploration
  • Customizable settings (key signature, note naming)
Features
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Build your intervallic music reading skills with these fun games for piano! Level 1 > Make and identify interval degrees on the piano keyboard. > Single player: Don't let the ghost catch you! Drag the character to the piano key that forms the specified interval. > 2-Player: Race your opponent to select the interval degree that matches the played piano keys. Level 2 > Make and identify interval degrees on the staff. > Single player: Drag the notes on the staff to match the interval degrees you hear. See and hear how intervals change by moving notes on the staff. > 2-Player: Race your opponent in a rope-climbing competition. Select the interval degree that matches the interval on the staff to move up the rope. Level 3 > Match intervals on the staff to the keyboard. > Single player: Drag the notes on the staff to match the intervals played on the piano keyboard. > 2-Player: Re-order the keyboards to make the intervals shown on the keys match the intervals shown on the staff. See which player can stay up on the tightrope longest. Settings: > Intervals (from unison to octave) > Key signature > English or Fixed Do note naming conventions > English or Italian ordinal numbering abbreviations > Custom color scheme When not playing the game, interactively explore intervals as follows: > For the single-player Level 1, drag the characters to new piano keys to see the interval type and degree name displayed for those notes. Hear the interval by tapping the interval name label. > For single player Level 2 and Level 3, drag the notes to see the note names and interval type and degree change. Hear the interval by tapping the interval name label. > For 2-player Level 2, touch an interval number to see and hear and example of this interval on the staff. > For 2-player Level 3, touch the keyboard to hear the interval shown. Choose how the game ends in single player games: Set a time limit or play until you run out of lives. Choose how the key signature is overlaid on piano keys: shows dots or solfa, or hide altogether.

Screenshots

PrivateMusicStudio24 screens
Stickey Intervals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PrivateMusicStudio2 at Free against Stickey Intervals's $9.99. PrivateMusicStudio2 also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Stickey Intervals's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On rating, update cadence, ads 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

PrivateMusicStudio2 is free to download; Stickey Intervals costs $9.99 up front. PrivateMusicStudio2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stickey Intervals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PrivateMusicStudio2 against 5.0 for Stickey Intervals. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PrivateMusicStudio2 ships an update every 2 months, Stickey Intervals every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
PrivateMusicStudio2 versus Stickey Intervals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivateMusicStudio2Stickey Intervals
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam BallifLaura Gabrielson

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PrivateMusicStudio2

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited Students$2.99
None

Stickey Intervals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PrivateMusicStudio2 free?
PrivateMusicStudio2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stickey Intervals free?
Stickey Intervals costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PrivateMusicStudio2 or Stickey Intervals?
PrivateMusicStudio2 and Stickey Intervals are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PrivateMusicStudio2 or Stickey Intervals have ads?
Neither PrivateMusicStudio2 nor Stickey Intervals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PrivateMusicStudio2 or Stickey Intervals?
PrivateMusicStudio2 ships an update every 2 months, and Stickey Intervals every 4 months. Most recently, PrivateMusicStudio2 was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stickey Intervals on November 3, 2026.

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