Tunebook vs Violibration Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Violibration Studio
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Violibration Studio lets you create, organise, save, and perform in-app haptic patterns on iPhone. Use the Haptic Board to play patterns directly. Build and edit ideas in the Composer Canvas. Save your work in the Library, then reuse, manage, import, or export patterns when needed. Features include: • Haptic Board • Composer Canvas • Library • Import and Export • Performance Mode • Chain Sequencing • Comfort Mode Performance Mode provides a simplified playback view for live use. Chain Sequencing lets you arrange multiple patterns into a longer playback flow. Comfort Mode reduces intensity for a gentler in-app experience. Violibration Studio is designed for creating and playing haptic content inside the app. It does not provide system-wide vibration control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tunebook at Free against Violibration Studio's $9.99. Tunebook also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). Violibration Studio's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads and device support 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
Tunebook is free to download; Violibration Studio costs $9.99 up front. Violibration Studio sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Tunebook asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tunebook ships an update every 2 months, Violibration Studio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tunebook | Violibration Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JH Labs | Thomas Richardson |
In-app purchases
Tunebook
No in-app purchases
Violibration Studio
- Deep Focus$0.29
- Breath Arc$0.29
- Rainglass$0.29
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- Sunset Drift$0.29
- Grounding Grid$0.29
- Stride Signal$0.29
- Pulse Lab$0.29
- Unlock Everything$1.99
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