Comparison

Ableton Note vs Techno Airlines

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ableton Note

Create musical ideas with curated sounds and effects. Build beats, melodies, and sample your surroundings. Seamlessly transfer your projects to Ableton Live for further development.

Highlights
  • Create beats and melodies
  • Sample sounds with phone microphone
  • MIDI Editor for sequencing
  • Transfer projects to Ableton Live
  • 76 Drum Sampler kits
  • 317 synth sounds
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Start new musical ideas with a curated selection of sounds and effects. Create beats and melodic parts, sample your world, and continue your tracks in Ableton Live. Note is a place to form ideas, explore new sounds and find direction. Get your ideas out or just experiment until inspiration hits, using a selection of Ableton Live’s drum kits, synths and melodic instruments. Create your own sound palette by sampling with your phone’s built-in microphone. And use Note’s built-in MIDI Editor to sequence notes, beats and chords or make tweaks as you listen back Follow your ideas wherever they lead by sending your projects to Live without leaving the app with the help of Ableton Cloud. Open projects from Live’s browser and keep working – you can edit all your MIDI notes, and all your samples and sounds from Note are exactly the same. Ableton Note users get a free license for Ableton Live Lite – simple, intuitive software used by musicians, producers and DJs around the world to write, record, and perform. For Ableton Move users, Note also offers the chance to keep working on a Set from your phone. Begin with a beat: • Choose from 76 Drum Sampler kits • Tap out a beat using the 16-pad grid, or sequence one with the MIDI Editor • Play each drum hit melodically using 16 Pitches mode • Quantize your beat or nudge notes to fix loose timing or mistakes • Add more layers of rhythm • Create beat repetitions with Note Repeat • Change parameters to shape your sound • Experiment with effects or apply swing for variations Start with a melody: • Choose from 317 synth sounds and 60 Melodic Sampler instruments • Play or program your melody or chord progression with the 25-pad grid, piano roll or MIDI Editor • Set a key and scale to get instantly harmonic results • Add more layers of harmony • Change parameters to shape your sound • Add effects to experiment with sound design Sample your environment: • Create your own kits by recording percussive sounds into Note’s Drum Sampler • Record tonal sounds to create your own Melodic Sampler instruments • Manipulate your samples by cutting, filtering or repitching them • Sequence samples into beats, melodies and chords using the MIDI Editor • Shape or transform your sounds with effects • Import your own samples or audio directly from videos Work with Audio • Add audio clips from the library • Warp tempo or adjust pitch of your clips • Record audio directly using your phone’s built-in microphone • Connect an audio interface to record external sources • Combine recorded and imported audio with your beats and melodies Capture improvisations: • Play something, then tap the Capture button to keep it • Play at a tempo that feels comfortable and Note will detect it • Note will recognize the length of the phrase and create a loop • Quantize it, add to it, or change the sound • Connect MIDI hardware to play keys and change the sound of your instruments Create variations: • Note features a grid-based Session View layout • Double your loops to create variation within clips • Duplicate your clips and create different versions of your ideas • Add, delete or adjust multiple notes at once with the MIDI Editor • Create eight tracks with up to eight clips on eight scenes • Try different clip combinations and song structures • Export your work as an audio file to listen and share

About

Techno Airlines

Features
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Techno Airlines is your boarding pass to the global techno scene: festivals, artists, clubs and playlists in one place, sorted by how close they are to you. FOLLOW WHAT MATTERS • Festivals: dates, lineups, venues and ticket links for techno and house festivals around the world • Artists: profiles and upcoming festival appearances for the DJs you follow • Clubs: the rooms that define the scene, from DJ Mag Top 100 names to local institutions • Playlists: curated techno, house and afro house selections with 30 second previews Everything you follow lives in one list, on every device you sign in to. SEE WHAT IS NEAR YOU • A home screen built around your city: festivals in town, festivals within reach, clubs nearby • A festival map with date filters (this weekend, next 7 days, by month), city and country search, and a list of everything in view • Recommendations based on the artists and festivals you follow GET ALERTS WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES • New names on the lineup of a festival you follow • A ticket link added • An artist you follow joins a festival lineup • New tracks on a playlist you follow Switch alerts on or off for each item. SHARE YOUR BOARDING PASS Every festival you follow comes with a boarding pass: your name, your route, the date and a countdown. Share it to your Instagram story in one tap. MOVE UP A CLASS Start in Economy. Follow 10 things to reach Business, 25 for First. Your member pass and your boarding passes change with your class. PLAN YOUR FESTIVAL • A checklist for each festival: tickets, travel, a place to stay, what to pack • Add festival dates to your calendar • Directions to the venue Signing in takes an email address and a 6 digit code. No password. You can delete your account at any time from Profile. Techno Airlines is an independent electronic music magazine covering techno, house and the culture around them. Questions or feedback: info@technoairlines.com

Screenshots

Ableton Note4 screens
Techno Airlines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Techno Airlines at Free against Ableton Note's $6.99. Techno Airlines also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Ableton Note's advantage is chart position (#9 vs unranked). On ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Techno Airlines is free to download; Ableton Note costs $6.99 up front. Ableton Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Techno Airlines asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Ableton Note versus Techno Airlines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbleton NoteTechno Airlines
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (695 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings695 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#9 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1010 MB5 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAbleton AGdigitalforce360 OÜ

Bugs and requests

Ableton Note

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional loss of unsaved work
  • Freezing issues when editing clips

Requested features

6 requests
  • Audio track support
  • Expanded note editing tools
  • Midi controller support
  • More effects and synth options
  • Time signature flexibility
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  • Ability to import samples from Ableton Live

Techno Airlines

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ableton Note

One-time1
  • Drift In-App Purchase$3.99
None

Techno Airlines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ableton Note free?
Ableton Note costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Techno Airlines free?
Techno Airlines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ableton Note or Techno Airlines have ads?
Neither Ableton Note nor Techno Airlines shows ads.

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