The Assembler vs Viola Sight Reading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Assembler
Learn Assembly programming and binary operations by creating pixel art. Each chapter introduces new operations, using 8-bit registers as your canvas to manipulate values and paint an 8x8 image. This app offers a fun, introductory approach to coding fundamentals.
- Learn Assembly programming
- Understand binary operations
- Create pixel art on registers
- Ten chapters with progressive learning
- Interactive 8x8 canvas
- Introduction to programming fundamentals
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Learn Assembly programming and binary operations by painting little pixel art pieces. The app teaches different operations in each of the ten chapters. For each of the chapters you program an image with a limited set of commands. Eight rows of 8-Bit Registers turn into your canvas. Use Assembly to manipulate the values in every register, thus creating an 8x8 painting. 'The Assembler' was made as a small and fun introduction to Assembly, Programming and the Binary system that powers it all. The first version of this app was made for the Swift Student Challenge 2022 and won! I hope that you enjoy this project as much as I have.
Viola Sight Reading
Develop your ability to read musical notation and play by ear. This app uses an innovative method to help you internalize notes and their sounds, enabling you to sight-read and play music more intuitively. It focuses on imagining sounds before playing, fostering musical literacy.
- Learn to read musical notes
- Develop ear training skills
- Practice alto clef instruments
- Improve sight-reading ability
- Learn through auditory imagination
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Learn to read and play notes easily on your instrument. Learn to hear the notes when you see them on the staff and be able to play them by hearing their sound in your head. This builds upon our revolutionary method of learning instruments by ear, allowing you to become musically literate in the way that is much more effective as is done through imagining sounds that you are going to play when you see a note - not mere mechanical playing. And all that without too much thinking - you just will learn to sight-read and play with our app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Assembler at 78% against Viola Sight Reading's 0%. The Assembler also leads on price (Free vs $12.99) and rating (4.8 vs 1.0). Viola Sight Reading's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases and 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
The Assembler is free to download; Viola Sight Reading costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Assembler holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Assembler has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of The Assembler's written reviews are positive against 0% of Viola Sight Reading's.
| Parameter | The Assembler | Viola Sight Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lena Mattea Stoexen | Oleg Sokolov |
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The Assembler
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In-app purchases
The Assembler
No in-app purchases
Viola Sight Reading
No in-app purchases
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