InTune Pro vs DropSpin Metronome
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InTune Pro
Enhance your musical ear for tuning and intonation with this scientifically-backed application. Track your progress, compete with others, and choose from a variety of studio-quality instrument sounds. It's designed to help musicians develop a more discerning ear.
- Improve musical intonation
- Leverage academic research
- Track progress
- Compete on Game Center
- Studio-quality instrument sounds
- Pitch discrimination training
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Improve your ear for tuning and intonation with this beautiful app. • Improve your musical intonation — one of the most important skills a musician can have. • Leverage 25 years of academic research on how to train intonation. • Track your progress and compete on Game Center. • Choose studio-quality instrument sounds, including piano, guitar, violin, cello, clarinet, banjo, flute, French horn, trombone, and trumpet. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “A brilliantly simple game of precision hearing…ingenious. It will absolutely help you develop a more discerning ear.” — Voice Council Magazine “Very easy to use…a fun and useful addition to your practice toolbox.” — Horn World “There are a number of ear training apps available for the iPhone, but InTune has actual science to back it up.” — discchord “I have your app on my phone and love it!!!” — David P. Schurger, orchestra director, Indiana “Excellent...it’s made a remarkable difference this past year in my ability to rehearse complex 20th and 21st century music!” — Paul Piazza, conductor/composer, LA THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE APP InTune began as a way for researchers to test pitch discrimination, the ability to differentiate pitches that are close together. But then researchers discovered that musicians improved the more often they played – 3x faster than those who didn’t. Download InTune and see if it works for you! HELP US IMPROVE! We’re always improving InTune and love hearing from users. Please send your comments and requests to support@halfnotelabs.com.
DropSpin Metronome
A versatile metronome app designed for musicians, offering advanced features like custom count-ins, speed adjustments from 10% to 1000%, and loopable segments. It integrates with a suite of rehearsal products for comprehensive practice sessions.
- Customizable count-ins
- Speed control (10%-1000%)
- Loopable segments
- "Last Time" auto-stop
- MIDI playback
- In-depth rehearsal analytics
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DropSpin can be used as a standalone metronome or as a partner to our full suite of rehearsal products including bluetooth modules, score-reading software, rehearsal analytics tools, and much more. In depth rehearsal analytics Custom count-ins Rehearse from 10%-1000% speed "Last Time" auto-stop Halftime and other custom behaviors Loopable segments MIDI playback
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DropSpin Metronome at Free against InTune Pro's $4.99. DropSpin Metronome also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 67%) and ratings volume (66 vs 9). InTune Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
DropSpin Metronome is free to download; InTune Pro 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 — 4.7 for InTune Pro against 4.8 for DropSpin Metronome. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DropSpin Metronome has 66 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of InTune Pro's written reviews are positive against 82% of DropSpin Metronome's.
| Parameter | InTune Pro | DropSpin Metronome |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Half Note Labs | Alex Crowley |
Customer experience
InTune Pro
DropSpin Metronome
In-app purchases
InTune Pro
No in-app purchases
DropSpin Metronome
No in-app purchases
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