Comparison

ScaleMate vs TempoFlow

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

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About

ScaleMate

This app provides an interactive reference for understanding music scales and jazz harmony. It allows users to hear, visualize, and manipulate scales to deepen their comprehension of musical concepts. Features include expert write-ups, practical usage tips, and animated transformations between scales.

Highlights
  • Hear scales as melodies
  • Visualize scales on circle of fifths
  • Expert scale write-ups
  • Manipulate scales and hear changes
  • Full library of scales
  • Automatic scale recognition
  • Animated scale transformations
Features
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ScaleMate is a modern, interactive reference to jazz harmony. ScaleMate lets you… HEAR SCALES conventionally or as random melodies. VISUALIZE SCALES in ways that help you understand them deeper. READ & LEARN through built-in, expert scale write-ups & use tips. MANIPULATE SCALES while you listen. Hear the effects instantly to understand how scales differ. ————————————————— ScaleMate is a reference that shows you & plays for you any scale you wish…. But that's just the beginning. ScaleMate helps you hear & understand scales and harmony more deeply… by teaching you to visualize scales in ways that match what they sound like. Imagine… Wouldn't it be nice to have a single image to understand all the modes of the major scale? Ever wonder why the modes are ordered so oddly, hopping between major & minor & dominant? Or notice that the Altered Scale is the "darkest", most minor sounding of all possible dominant scales? Or that its tritone-substitution, the Lydian Dominant Scale, is the "brightest" of them all? Ever notice that the minor pentatonic scale is a mode of the major pentatonic scale and wonder whether there were any other useful pentatonic modes? Ever notice that the major pentatonic scale (and its modes) are the only 5-note scale that doesn't contain any half steps or tritones? ScaleMate shows you scales in a way that makes these observations natural and immediate… and plays you the results too. Or ever just wonder what the definition of a dominant chord is and which common scales can be used for them? ScaleMate's got you covered. ——————— FEATURES ——————— USE IT RIGHT AWAY Use ScaleMate right now! Built-in help is there for you whenever you want it. LISTEN ScaleMate lets you hear what scales sound like, by playing them up & down, or by playing random melodies that use them. VISUALIZE WHAT YOU HEAR ScaleMate shows every scale both linearly (for melodic understanding) and on the circle of fifths (for harmonic understanding). FULL LIBRARY OF SCALES ScaleMate knows all the scales you're ever likely to encounter. A WELLSPRING OF KNOWLEDGE Extensive info pages on 60+ of the most common & important scales, including practical advice and usage tips. (Over 15,000 words of content.) USE IT TO TEACH ScaleMate is perfect for projecting on a screen or sharing over zoom while you teach. Its animations let you show how one scale transforms into another, and it has special features (pointing, hiding/revealing) for educators. AUTOMATIC SCALE RECOGNITION Build your own scales and ask yourself "what if I make this change…" Whenever you produce a conventional scale, ScaleMate will automatically identify it for you by name and tell you about it. ANIMATED IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES Change between one scale and another and see the differences between them, visually animated before you. SMART SPELLING ScaleMate notates perfectly, for every scale in every key. NOTE ROLES Next to each note, ScaleMate displays its function—in numbers (3, 5, b7) or in solfege (Mi, Sol, Te) or not at all, according to your preference. SIMPLE OR ADVANCED NOTATION ScaleMate shows you double flats and double sharps whenever they're called for… unless you'd rather see simpler note names. Prefer never to see notes like Cb and E#? You can have ScaleMate show them as B and F. DIMINISHED HARMONY Choose the option to color the notes in three colors so you can see which diminished seventh chord every note belongs to. Great for understanding diminished scales & chords and seeing how they relate to other scales too. JAZZ CRED ScaleMate is created by Anton Schwartz. An award-winning saxophonist & composer as well as an expert educator, he is also the creator of the highly rated RANDOM ROOTS app. Terms and conditions: https://scalemate.app/terms-conditions Privacy policy: https://scalemate.app/privacy

About

TempoFlow

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TempoFlow is a music player built around rhythm, movement, and focused listening. Import your local songs, view analyzed BPM, and play music using tempo presets for lo-fi, jogging, sprinting, yoga, walking, running, and more. Switch between Audiophile mode for clean listening and BPM Engine mode when you want music to match your pace. Free features include basic presets, starter playlists, local playback, and vinyl mode. TempoFlow Pro unlocks all presets, playlists, manual BPM controls, target BPM tools, Audiophile controls, and advanced playback diagnostics. Terms of Use (EULA): [https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

Screenshots

ScaleMate4 screens
TempoFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TempoFlow at Free against ScaleMate's $3.99. ScaleMate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TempoFlow is free to download; ScaleMate costs $3.99 up front. TempoFlow sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. ScaleMate asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
ScaleMate versus TempoFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScaleMateTempoFlow
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#192 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton SchwartzAbhishek sharma

In-app purchases

None

ScaleMate

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TempoFlow

Subscriptions1
  • TempoFlow Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is ScaleMate free?
ScaleMate costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TempoFlow free?
TempoFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ScaleMate or TempoFlow have ads?
Neither ScaleMate nor TempoFlow shows ads.

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