OddTunes vs PANet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OddTunes
Experience the authentic sound of a steel percussion instrument on your device. Play along with recorded loops, explore numerous tunings, and create your own musical compositions. Perfect for musicians and enthusiasts alike.
- Authentic steel instrument sounds
- Loop recording and playback
- 45 tunings including microtonal
- Audiobus 2 support
- D3 central note with A3-A4 tone loop
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Been saving up for that Hang, but don't have quite enough yet? You can get busy on our version of the infamous steel instrument. Start it up, bang away, even record your own loop to play along with. So authentic, your friends will think yours has already arrived. Fill them in on the secret, and they too can download and record their own creations. Do I hear a "Hang out"??? Features include: * Audiobus 2 support including state saving * 45 tunings including microtonal tunings * Sounds sampled from actual instrument * Loop recording and playback Little bit of information about the Hang ... The Hang is a steel percussion instrument that is typically played using the hands and fingers while it rests in the musician's lap. It was developed in Switzerland in 2000 by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer. There are currently 5 generation models. Ours is a first generation Hang that defaults to the Aeolian tuning with a D3 central note and a A3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 tone loop. The eight notes are arranged in a 'Tone Circle' that zig-zag from low to high and are harmonically tuned around the low 'Ding' note in the center. Select from 45 tunings including microtonal tunings. These various tunings can be mixed into loops that are being constructed. Many thanks and kudos to Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer for creating such a unique, elegant, and fun instrument. For more information about the origin of the Hang, to hear some sound samples, or just to see someone kickin' it, visit one of the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_(instrument) http://www.hangdrum.info The loop recording in all of the OddTunes apps is roughly modelled after the Gibson / Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro. While there are only a few buttons, there is much more functionality there than meets the eye. For more information on the operation of the looper, please visit our Web site at the following address: http://www.avacata.com/iphone/oddtunes/hang/ OddTunes:Hang is one of the many fine instruments coming your way from the Avacata iPhone development team. Stay tuned for new upcoming OddTunes releases and additions to the loop recording capabilities. From one musician to another ... it's Hang time. Ding, Ding, Ding. ======================== Coming soon: - Save your loops. Share your loops. Amaze your friends. - New tuning packs (we've kept track of all of your requests and have a few of our own) - MIDI support (in and out) ======================== Also, check out Avacata's game: Bishook. On the app store now!
PANet
Learn to play the handpan with this intuitive app. It offers interactive lessons, step-by-step songs, and free play modes for beginners to explore calming melodies and understand musical notes.
- Interactive lessons
- Step-by-step songs
- Free play mode
- Learn musical notes
- Understand rhythm and notation
- Beginner-friendly interface
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PANet is a handpan learning app for learning, playing, and exploring handpan, hang drum, and pantam music. Whether you are completely new to the instrument or already play handpan, PANet gives you practical tools to learn songs, practice, explore scales, and improve your playing. Learn handpan step by step with the PANet Way Course. Learn practical techniques, understand handpan notation, and build the skills you need to play songs with more confidence. Explore a large collection of handpan songs with easy-to-follow numeric notation. Adjust playback speed, practice at your own pace, and use the notation editor to create, save, and work with your own patterns. Use Game Mode to practice your timing and accuracy while playing along with notes on screen. Track your performance and make practice more interactive. Explore handpan scales and discover different note layouts to better understand your instrument. PANet also includes Magic PAN, a digital handpan experience for playing and exploring musical ideas. Discover handpans and makers through the PANet marketplace, where you can explore available instruments and handpan makers. Whether you call it a handpan, hang drum, or pantam, PANet brings learning, songs, practice tools, scales, notation, and handpan discovery together in one app.
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The clearest difference is price: PANet at Free against OddTunes's $0.99. PANet also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). OddTunes's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, 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
PANet is free to download; OddTunes costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PANet holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 177 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of OddTunes's written reviews are positive against 63% of PANet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OddTunes ships an update every 4 months, PANet weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OddTunes | PANet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (39 ratings) | 4.7 (177 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.0% of reviews — better | 63.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 | 177 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 125 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avacata | Hossein Mehrabani |
Customer experience
OddTunes
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In-app purchases
OddTunes
No in-app purchases
PANet
No in-app purchases







