# Maestro vs Tenuto

Maestro and Tenuto both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Tenuto's written reviews are positive against 77% of Maestro's. Tenuto also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (667 vs 57). Maestro's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Maestro costs $2.99 and Tenuto $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Maestro against 4.7 for Tenuto. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tenuto has 667 ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Maestro's written reviews are positive against 94% of Tenuto's.

Maestro ships an update every 10 months, Tenuto every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Maestro | Tenuto |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **$2.99** | $4.99 |
| Rating | **[4.8 (57 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maestro/id310068984/reviews)** | [4.7 (667 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tenuto/id459313476/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | 57 | **667** |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | **94.1% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | **Every 3 months** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | **#7** |
| Size | 13 MB | 11 MB |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | **15.8** |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Patrick Q. Kelly](https://appshunter.io/developer/310068987) | [musictheory.net](https://appshunter.io/developer/459313479) |

## What reviewers say

### Maestro

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maestro/id310068984)

This app offers a visually engaging metronome designed for musicians and conductors. It provides animated beat patterns that mimic traditional conducting gestures, helping users maintain tempo and understand musical phrasing without relying solely on auditory cues. Practice with or without sound, and gain a deeper understanding of rhythmic structure.

**Highlights:** Animated beat patterns, Conductor's Point of View, Performer's Point of View, Adjustable tempo (16-256 bpm), 48 beat patterns, Optional beat subdivisions, Pick-up beats

**Features:** Apple Watch app

**In-app purchases:** none


### Tenuto

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tenuto/id459313476)

**Currently charting:** #7 Top Paid · Music, #41 Top Paid (US App Store)

Enhance your musicality with a comprehensive suite of 24 customizable theory exercises and six essential musical calculators. Practice note and chord identification, ear training, and construct musical elements. Tools include accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices.

**Highlights:** 24 customizable theory exercises, Note and chord identification, Ear training for intervals and scales, Musical construction exercises, Accidental calculator, Interval calculator, Chord calculator

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Essential for musicians
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Perfect app
- 👍 Wonderful app
- 👍 Highly recommend

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Wrong billing
- 🐛 Piano tone is so bad
- 🐛 Not good
- 🐛 Great but buggy
- 🐛 All sounds stopped working

**Reported bugs**

- Sound cuts out
- Unresponsive at times
- Freezes up
- Doesn't work well for guitar
- Incorrect chord/key associations

**Requested features**

- Cadences and inversions for ear training
- Chord progressions for ear training
- Melodic and harmonic minor modes for scale recognition
- 6th, 9th, 11th and 13th chord extensions for chord recognition
- Melodic dictation


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Maestro free?

Maestro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Tenuto free?

Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Maestro or Tenuto?

Maestro is rated higher. Maestro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while Tenuto averages 4.7 from 667 ratings.

### Do Maestro or Tenuto have ads?

Neither Maestro nor Tenuto shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Maestro or Tenuto?

Maestro ships an update every 10 months, and Tenuto every 3 months. Most recently, Maestro was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tenuto on November 1, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*