SBL Groove Trainer vs tc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBL Groove Trainer
This app is a comprehensive practice toolkit for bass players. It offers a metronome, tuner, beat trainer, and a drum looper featuring live samples from professional drummers. Enhance your bass playing skills with realistic jamming and practice tools.
- Metronome
- Precision tuner
- Beat trainer
- Drum looper with live samples
- Practice with real musicians
- Jam with famous drummers
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The Groove Trainer from Scott's Bass Lessons (SBL) is not just another metronome app - it’s the ultimate bass player’s practice toolkit. Play along with real musicians, jam with famous drummers like Mark Guiliana and Nate Wood, and more. It's a precision tuner, beat trainer, and metronome - and the SBL Groove Trainer is also a drum looper packed with live samples from the hottest drummers on the planet. Every time you sit down to practice, the Groove Trainer is at your side with a power pack of tools to help level up your playing, quickly and easily.
tc
This app acts as a control center for TC Electronic hardware, allowing users to connect, customize, and update their devices. It offers features like device management, setting adjustments, and firmware updates for compatible products.
- Bluetooth device pairing
- Customize device settings
- Firmware updates
- Looping features for Ditto 2 Looper
- Device manager
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The TC app is your all-in-one control center for TC Electronic hardware. Easily connect, customize, and update your gear with a streamlined interface. NOTE: Not compatible with TonePrint generation of products. Key Features: * Device Manager – Pair and quickly connect to your TC Electronic products via Bluetooth. * Device Settings – Unlock new features and tailor settings to your playing style. * Firmware Updates – Keep your gear running smoothly with the latest features and updates. Compatible Products: * DITTO 2 LOOPER - LoopSnap Timing Correction – Keep your loops perfectly in sync, automatically. - SingleTap Looping – Record, Play, and Clear loops with a single tap. - Bypass – Select Buffered or True Bypass. - Firmware Updates and more. More devices coming soon! Download TC today and take full control of your TC Electronic gear.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SBL Groove Trainer at 93% against tc's 33%. SBL Groove Trainer also leads on ratings volume (154 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). tc's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
tc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SBL Groove Trainer has 154 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of SBL Groove Trainer's written reviews are positive against 33% of tc's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | SBL Groove Trainer | tc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (154 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 154 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 286 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devine Music Limited | TC Electronic |
Customer experience
SBL Groove Trainer
tc
Bugs and requests
SBL Groove Trainer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Grooves not loading after iOS update
- Drone feature not working properly
- Drum beats not loading on certain devices
Requested features
8 requests- Add visual tempo display
- Include reggae and other genre-specific beats
- Implement count-in feature
- Add lights to indicate each beat
- Integrate loop recording functionality
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- Support for third-party hardware like iRig
- Implement Dynamic Island support on iOS
- Add timer or practice session tracking
tc
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SBL Groove Trainer
No in-app purchases
tc
No in-app purchases
