Octave vs ChowMultiTool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Octave
Learn to read sheet music, compose, or improvise with this utility. It helps identify notes on ledger lines and provides chord lookups to improve your musical skills.
- Learn ledger lines
- Drag notes to identify
- Tap to hear notes
- Chord lookup
- Composition aid
- Improvisation tool
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Octave is a simple and quick utility to help with learning to read sheet music, composition, or improvisation. - Learn ledger lines by dragging the note to see what the Octave and Note is - Tap to hear notes to make sure you're playing the right key. - Look up a variety of chords to help you compose and get better at chord progressions / improvisation faster.
ChowMultiTool
This audio plugin offers a suite of tools for music production, including advanced EQ, waveshaping, signal generation, and filtering. Enhance your audio workflow with these versatile utilities designed for creative sound design and mixing.
- Linear phase EQ
- Customizable waveshaper
- Signal generator
- Analog-style EQ
- Band splitter
- Brickwall limiter
- State variable filter
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ChowMultiTool is an audio plugin providing a series of utilities for your music production workflow. The utilities include: - EQ with linear phase capabilities - Waveshaper with customisable wave shapes - Signal Generator - Analog-style EQ - Band Splitter - Brickwall - State Variable Filter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ChowMultiTool at 16 against Octave's 3. ChowMultiTool also leads on iOS requirement (11.4 vs 14.5). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Octave against 4.9 for ChowMultiTool. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChowMultiTool has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Octave ships an update every 3 months, ChowMultiTool every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Octave | ChowMultiTool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Bell | Jatin Chowdhury |
Customer experience
Octave
ChowMultiTool
In-app purchases
Octave
No in-app purchases
ChowMultiTool
No in-app purchases
