Handpaner vs Handpan Rhythms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handpaner
Create your own virtual handpan by customizing each note. Discover scales, chords, and learn to play songs on your unique instrument.
- Customizable virtual handpan
- Discover scales and chords
- Learn to play songs
- Create unique handpan models
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Handpaner is a virtual handpan where you can customize each note to create your perfect handpan model and help you find all the scales, chords it contains and some songs you can play with it.
Handpan Rhythms
Create and hear your own Handpan rhythms with simple notation. Practice with a metronome and explore example rhythms. Play a virtual Handpan directly within the app.
- Compose custom Handpan rhythms
- Hear rhythms with virtual Handpan
- Practice with clap metronome
- Explore example rhythms
- Play virtual Handpan
- Custom scale support (premium)
- Rhythm save/export/import (premium)
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Using this app you can write your own Handpan rhythm with simple notations and hear how it sounds like with a virtual Handpan! The app also includes a set of popular rhythms as examples. You can also play the rhythm along with the clap sound as a metronome for practicing the tempo. The writing system is based on the names of the Handpan strokes with a precise timing. The user sets the number of beats in the rhythm. Each beat is shown with a box. The time duration of each beat is specified by BPM. This time duration is divided equally between all the notes written in the beat box. Also, you can play a virtual Handpan in the app, if you have no access to a real one. The premium version enables the custom scale, rhythm save, export, and import features. It also removes all ads from the app. The in-app purchase for accessing the premium version is a single-time payment which never expires.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Handpan Rhythms at 75% against Handpaner's 14%. Handpan Rhythms also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and rating (4.5 vs 2.0). Handpaner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Handpan Rhythms is free to download; Handpaner costs $9.99 up front. Handpan Rhythms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Handpaner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Handpan Rhythms holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Handpaner's written reviews are positive against 75% of Handpan Rhythms's.
| Parameter | Handpaner | Handpan Rhythms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robin BERGERE | Bita Sobhani |
Customer experience
Handpaner
Handpan Rhythms
In-app purchases
Handpaner
No in-app purchases
Handpan Rhythms
- Premium$14.99
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