Comparison

Brass Bands vs Tone Craft

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

Head to head
About

Brass Bands

This app provides wind band players with essential tools for practice. It includes a tuner supporting a wide frequency range and a tone checker to help refine your sound.

Highlights
  • Tuner
  • Frequency support (430Hz-450Hz)
  • Tone checking plot
  • All-in-one practice tool
Features
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The ultimate all-in-one app for wind band players Tuner Supports 430hz to 450hz Plot to check your tone

About

Tone Craft

Features
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Tone Craft is your all-in-one music practice studio for instrumentalists. Tuner, metronome, harmony, attack analysis, recording, and the newly added Scale Practice. Everything you need for daily practice, in one app. 【New: Scale Practice tab】 A fourth pillar of practice, alongside the tuner and metronome. Follow a score that scrolls across the screen while a reference tone plays, and practice long tones, arpeggios, lip slurs, and scales. Train accurate pitch and fingering with your eyes, ears, and fingers all at once. - Accompaniment: every mode plays chord backing so you practice inside the right harmony - Two-layer sound: the original range plus one octave up, for a full, rich accompaniment - Record & play back: capture what you played and review it against the waveform 【Daily practice in one app】 - Tuner: high-precision pitch detection with low latency - Metronome: irregular and compound meters, with a pendulum display - Harmony: switch between just and equal temperament to learn beats by ear - Attack analysis: capture waveform and spectrum the moment a note begins - Recording: waveform preview and seek playback - Scale Practice: flowing score, reference tone, and accompaniment to train pitch and fingering 【Pro-grade features, daily-touch UI】 The tuner tracks voice and instruments instantly with low latency. The harmony tab lets you switch between just intonation and equal temperament to hear the beating with your ears. The reference pitch and harmony now use a rich, dual-octave sound that makes those beats easier to hear. 【Themes】 Paper, Dark, Steampunk, Japanese and more — switch the mood to match your session (some Pro). 【Privacy】 All processing stays on your device. Recordings and tuning history never leave your phone. 【For】 Wind ensemble students, music college students, vocalists, brass and string players — anyone touching an instrument every day.

Screenshots

Brass Bands1 screens
Tone Craft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brass Bands at none against Tone Craft's 1. Brass Bands also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Tone Craft's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price 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. Tone Craft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Brass Bands asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brass Bands ships an update monthly, Tone Craft weekly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Brass Bands versus Tone Craft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrass BandsTone Craft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMIZOU, CO., LTD.Daisaku Seto

In-app purchases

None

Brass Bands

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tone Craft

One-time1
  • Tone Craft Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Brass Bands free?
Brass Bands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tone Craft free?
Tone Craft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Brass Bands or Tone Craft have ads?
Brass Bands shows ads; Tone Craft does not.
Which is updated more often, Brass Bands or Tone Craft?
Brass Bands ships an update monthly, and Tone Craft weekly. Most recently, Brass Bands was updated on November 5, 2026 and Tone Craft on November 5, 2026.

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