SYNTHO vs Music Theory 101
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SYNTHO
Learn electronic music production with over 150 hours of curated content. Connect with a community, share your music, and receive expert feedback. Structured cohorts offer a guided learning path to elevate your skills.
- 150+ hours of curated content
- Arrangement, mixing, mastering lessons
- Community newsfeed and profiles
- Expert tutor feedback
- 8-week structured cohorts
- Direct messaging and user following
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SYNTHO is an electronic music education application. Inside the app you gain access to 150+ hours of carefully curated content covering all aspects of the production process such as arrangement, creativity, mixing and mastering, drum processing and much more. Connect with like minded users as you build your own custom profile, communicate and share music via the newsfeed. You can also receive feedback from our expert tutors on your finished tracks or any productions in progress. This will be done in both live classrooms and day to day inside the app. Along with this, we will run 8-week cohorts where you can follow a roadmap of content and assignments delivered by the SYNTHO tutors with the aim to take your music to the next level. This will offer an option to have more accountability and structure in your learning journey. App features - Newsfeed A way to connect with other members and stay engaged daily via status’, track shares and more. Personal profile Build a place to showcase your music and thoughts. Comment on videos Great conversation and share insights with other members. Most popular videos feed Get instant access to the most valuable content and find out what everyone is watching. Carefully curated categories Easy to navigate and find what you want. Search function Offers a quick and easy way for you to find what they need. Tracks and videos are ‘tagged’. Follow users Stay connected with users that you are interested in and want to get to know. Direct message users Stay connected with users that you are interested in and want to get to know Send a ticket Got an idea for a video? Send a ticket on what you want to learn and we can make it into a video.
Music Theory 101
An interactive music theory training app covering classical fundamentals. It features 19 units with audio, exercises, and definitions, mirroring AP Music Theory exam curriculum. Practice skills with over 90 exercise types.
- Interactive music theory course
- 19 comprehensive units
- Audio samples and key definitions
- Skill practice exercises
- AP Music Theory exam curriculum
- Over 90 exercise types
- Aural recognition and dictation
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Welcome to a new, interactive music theory training app. We offer a comprehensive course presenting the fundamentals of classical music theory. Our course includes 19 interactive units with audio samples, interactive exercises, and key definitions. Alongside this, we offer a streamlined set of skill practice to test core knowledge. This app matches the curriculum of the AP Music Theory exam, which is designed to reflect a knowledge at the introductory college level. We're excited to help you learn. And if you’re a student… good luck with your upcoming exam! Lessons include: - Pitch and Rhythm - Scales, Meters, and Modes - Intervals, Triads, and Seventh Chords - Harmonic Progressions and Cadences - Four-Part Chorale Writing and Two-Part Counterpoint - Embelleshing Notes, Tonicization, and Melodic Techniques The app includes over 90 different exercise types, including aural recognition, melodic/harmonic dictation, and single, two-voice, and four-part composition. Our app is still new! Found something that needs to be fixed? Have an idea for what to add next? We'd love to hear from you as we build out the next features. There are buttons across the app for you to submit feedback or take a quick survey to share your thoughts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Music Theory 101 at 70 against SYNTHO's 2. Music Theory 101 also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). SYNTHO's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and 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.
SYNTHO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Music Theory 101 has 70 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SYNTHO's written reviews are positive against 83% of Music Theory 101's.
SYNTHO ships an update fortnightly, Music Theory 101 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SYNTHO | Music Theory 101 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 82.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SYNTHO App ltd | Poesie Inc |
Customer experience
SYNTHO
Music Theory 101
In-app purchases
SYNTHO
No in-app purchases
Music Theory 101
No in-app purchases
