Comparison

Tunebook vs DimChorus

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

Head to head
About

Tunebook

This app is a viewer for music written in the ABC format, a text-based notation popular for folk music. It allows users to import tunes from the web, organize them into collections, search by title, key, or time signature, and view them in musical notation. Users can also play the tunes with various voices.

Highlights
  • ABC music format viewer
  • Import tunes from websites
  • Search tunes by title, key, time signature
  • Display musical notation
  • Play tunes with various voices
  • Organize tunes into tunebooks
Features
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Tunebook is now identical to the Tunebook for iPad application - don't buy both! I keep both on the App Store because it's not possible to provide an upgrade path to a single app without forcing some users to pay twice. Tunebook is a viewer for music expressed in the ABC format. ABC is a simple text-based notation for music and many thousands of tunes are freely available in this format on the Web. ABC is also supported by many music applications. See http://abc.sourceforge.net/ for more details on the ABC format. The format is primarily geared towards traditional folk music where tunes fit on a single page. Tunebook allows you to import files in the ABC format from websites into its database. You can then list the tunes, search for tunes by words in the title, by key and by time signature. Selecting a tune will display it in musical notation and allow you to play it in a variety of voices. You can also create tunebooks to organize your tune collection. Tunebook is based on the well-known abc2ps and abc2midi applications, and licensed under the GPL. The source code is available from http://www.jhlabs.com/tunebook.

About

DimChorus

This audio effect plugin creates a stereo chorus "dimension" effect, inspired by classic 80s hardware. It offers three modes for varying intensity and an EQ to shape the chorused sound, enhancing dry or one-dimensional audio.

Highlights
  • Stereo chorus "dimension" effect
  • Inspired by vintage circuits
  • Three intensity modes
  • Adjustable EQ for chorused sound
  • AUv3 compatible plugin
  • Standalone operation
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Dimensional Chorus Plugin (AUv3) DimChorus is an audio effect plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host application such as Logic or GarageBand. Overview DimChorus is a stereo chorus "dimension" effect inspired by the simple button operated circuits found in a famous guitar pedal and a legendary analog synth from the 80's. While not intended to be an exact replica or emulation of either of these, DimChorus uses similar processing under the hood and embraces the vibe and simplicity of a bygone era! The chorus effect is achieved by modulating the time of a delayed version of the dry signal, and then mixing the two. Typically, these delay times are very short, between 5 and 20ms. The "dimension" effect is slightly different, in that it uses two stereo chorus effects in parallel, with different modulation rates and depths, which makes the periodic nature of the effect less obvious, and is often referred to as being three-dimensional! Simply add DimChorus to any sound that you feel is a little dry or one-dimensional, then set the Mode and EQ to taste. Parameters Active - Toggles the effect On or Off. Mode - Select one of the three modes, from subtle (I) to pronounced (III), or somewhere in between (II). EQ - Applies a high or low pass filter to the chorussed sound only, making the overall effect darker or brighter. In the Normal position, the EQ is "flat". If you are interested in other flavours of the chorus effect, please check out the OkChorale, LcrChorus and Wobulator plugins. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson

Screenshots

Tunebook3 screens
DimChorus2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DimChorus at 5.0 against Tunebook's 3.0. DimChorus also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). Tunebook's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DimChorus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Tunebook's written reviews are positive against 50% of DimChorus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tunebook versus DimChorus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTunebookDimChorus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB12 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJH LabsRob Jackson

Customer experience

Tunebook

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

DimChorus

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tunebook

No in-app purchases

None

DimChorus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tunebook free?
Tunebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DimChorus free?
DimChorus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tunebook or DimChorus?
DimChorus is rated higher. Tunebook averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while DimChorus averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Tunebook or DimChorus have ads?
Neither Tunebook nor DimChorus shows ads.

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