Harmonica vs CC Harp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harmonica
This app simulates a 10-hole diatonic harmonica with genuinely sampled notes. It allows for single notes, chords, and bend notes across all 12 keys, playable by touch or finger. It's a fun and portable way to create harmonica music.
- Genuinely sampled 10-hole diatonic harmonica
- Play single notes and chords
- Supports "blow", "draw", and "bend" notes
- Includes all 12 keys
- Playable by touch or finger
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Harmonica was featured as one of the iTunes Top 10 Paid Music Apps of 2008. In 2018, it’s back and better than ever before. Harmonica features a genuinely-sampled 10-hole diatonic harmonica. Both single notes and chords are playable, as are “blow”, “draw”, and “bend” notes. Harmonica includes all 12 keys—it’s like having 12 harmonicas in your pocket! Harmonica couldn’t be simpler to use. Simply touch your lips to the Harmonica and play away. You don’t even need to blow! If you’d prefer not to put your iPhone in your mouth, Harmonica works with your fingers too. Whether you use it to make your friends laugh, impress that special someone, or to annoy your co-workers, Harmonica is indispensable.
CC Harp
This app simulates a 10-hole diatonic harmonica, offering expressive sound capabilities with intuitive touch controls. It allows for pitch bends, tremolo effects, and even chord play. Additional features like multiple keys, a tuner, and various sound effects are available through in-app purchases.
- 10-hole diatonic harmonica simulation
- Independent and adjacent sound touches
- Smart chord play with two fingers
- Pitch bends and sound muffling
- Adjustable tremolo effect
- Left-handed screen reversal
- Dark mode support
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10-hole diatonic harmonica (sometimes called "blues harp") is a small but powerful instrument with great expressiveness. CC Harp is a musical instrument application designed to take full advantage of the deep characteristics of harmonica, and is also pursued for rich usability in live. Since it uses a synthetic sound source method, it can handle various sounds with a small footprint of memory. Features - Interface is modeled after the harmonica holes. - Make sound with up to two independent touches. - Make adjacent sounds with a single touch. - Easy chord play with two finger by smart chord feature. - Various splitting performances with 2 fingers touch. - Pitch bends based on actual harmonicas are possible. - You can muffle the sound just as you would with a harmonica. - You can apply a tremolo effect with variable speed. - The screen can be reversed for left-handed people. - Change the screen color to your liking. - Supports dark mode. - A detailed user guide is built-in and ready to use. The following features are added with in-app purchases: - All 12 harmonica keys are available. - Built-in pitch tuner. - Lower the pitch by one octave is available. - Various harmonica tunings are built-in. - Reverb effect is available. - Adjustable airy noise that is unique with harmonica playing. - Touch vibrato with adjustable sensitivity. - Volume expression can be made by tilting the device. - Accurate pitch bend is possible. - You can make bends that are impossible with a real harmonica. - Slide operation like a chromatic harmonica is possible. - Note name and interval display that is convenient for playing. - Concise banner shows the settings at a glance. - Preset settings like a pocket with several different harmonica in it. - Several built-in synthetic sounds including harmonica-like tones, flute, stringed, etc. - Simple sound synthesizer where you can create new sound. - You can Play-along with a song in your iPod library. - Sound data can be exported and imported via the device clipboard. - You can design your own harmonica tuning and import it. You can try out extra features for two weeks by purchasing the "Free Trial" in-app purchases. Any interworking functions such as Inter-App Audio, AUv3, and MIDI, and function for recording and playback the performance are currently not supported. Detailed features and usage of CC Harp are explained in the User Guide on the web below. https://chord-city.com/cc_harp/user_guide/ If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at support@chord-city.comIf you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at support@chord-city.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CC Harp at Free against Harmonica's $0.99. CC Harp also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Harmonica's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (67 vs 1). On update cadence, 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
CC Harp is free to download; Harmonica costs $0.99 up front. CC Harp sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Harmonica asks for nothing beyond the download.
CC Harp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harmonica has 67 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Harmonica ships an update every 5 months, CC Harp every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harmonica | CC Harp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pocketglow LLC | Kazuo Kamata |
Customer experience
Harmonica
CC Harp
Bugs and requests
Harmonica
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes
- Unresponsive at times
Requested features
6 requests- Add auto replay feature for easy repetition
- Allow changing song playback speed
- Add more song options beyond public domain and gospel songs
- Add ability to change key/tuning
- Add vibrato and bending effects
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- Allow recording and saving custom songs
CC Harp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harmonica
No in-app purchases
CC Harp
- Extra Features TrialFree
- Extra Features$3.99
Questions
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