Clavitudo vs Legacy ClariMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clavitudo
This app acts as a host for instrumental sample sets, allowing users to play them via connected MIDI keyboards on iOS and macOS devices. Users must install their own instruments to utilize the functionality.
- MIDI keyboard support
- Instrumental sample set playback
- iOS and macOS compatibility
- User-installed instruments
- Napo framework integration
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Building on the Napo framework, Clavitudo is a container app that allows you to play various supported instrumental sample sets by MIDI keyboards connected to your iOS or macOS device. The instruments have to be installed by the user. For more information, please consult the app support page https://polaron.de/Clavitudo/ . For a quick start, read https://polaron.de/Clavitudo/Manual/Quickstart/ . The standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA, see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ) apply to this app.
Legacy ClariMate
This app configures a hybrid instrument for silent practice and digital music creation. It translates reed, breath, and fingering input into digital signals, allowing for virtual instrument playback or use as a MIDI controller.
- Silent practice mode
- Digital music creation
- MIDI controller functionality
- Note recognition technology
- Standalone mode configuration
- Virtual instrument playback
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SILENT PRACTICE, DIGITAL PLAY The ClariMate is a reversible hybrid instrument manufactured in the UK and designed in partnership with Buffet Crampon and Audio Inventions LTD that allows you to use your clarinet for silent practice and digital music creation. It uses high precision sensors and patented note recognition technology to translate reed, breath, and fingerings into digital signals. Connect your wired headphones to the ClariMate to play silently with a virtual, sample-based clarinet synthesizer, or connect it to a computer, tablet, or phone to use it as a MIDI controller and unlock the possibilities of digital music creation. The ClariMate can be used in standalone mode without the use of a computer, phone, or tablet, but must be connected to the ClariMate app for setup and configuration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clavitudo at 83% against Legacy ClariMate's 33%. Clavitudo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Legacy ClariMate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Clavitudo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.00 per month. Legacy ClariMate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Clavitudo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clavitudo has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Clavitudo's written reviews are positive against 33% of Legacy ClariMate's.
Clavitudo ships an update monthly, Legacy ClariMate every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Clavitudo | Legacy ClariMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Markus Sigg | Audio Inventions Limited |
Customer experience
Clavitudo
Legacy ClariMate
In-app purchases
Clavitudo
- Monthly Subscription$3.001 Month
- Yearly Subscription$35.001 Year
Legacy ClariMate
No in-app purchases
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