Comparison

Alto vs TwistedWave Remote

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

Head to head
About

Alto

A comprehensive guide to musical instruments, detailing their registers, transpositions, playability, and sound characteristics. Explore dozens of instruments by family, alphabetically, or by score order, with highlighted registers and simple transposition features.

Highlights
  • Instrument registers and transpositions
  • Playability and sound characteristics
  • Explore by family, alphabet, or score
  • Registers highlighted by difficulty/timbre
  • Simple transposition feature
  • Includes woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion, vocals, and more
Features
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This is the ultimate instruments guide for musicians, composers, songwriters, conductors, students and educators. It includes the registers, transpositions, playability, and sound characteristics of dozens of instruments. With this app, you can: - Explore by family, alphabetically, or by score order - See registers highlighted by difficulty and timbre - Transpose with a simple tap - See open strings, vocal ranges, timpani tunings for different sizes of drums, and more. In this version: - Woodwinds: Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Eb Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, A Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Chromatic Harmonica, Diatonic Harmonica, Ocarina, Bassoon, Contrabassoon - Brass: French Horn, Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet in D, Trumpet in C, Trumpet in Bb, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Tuba - Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass - Keyboard and Percussion: Piano, Celesta, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Vibraphone, Fender Rhodes, Xylophone, Timpani - Choral: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass - Operatic: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass - Harp - Guitar, Bass Guitar

About

TwistedWave Remote

Control audio playback and recording on your Mac from your iOS device. Start/stop playback and recording, and place markers remotely over WiFi.

Highlights
  • Remote playback control
  • Remote recording control
  • Place markers remotely
  • WiFi connectivity
  • Control Mac audio software
Features
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This application is a remote control for the TwistedWave application for mac. Connect to a running TwistedWave application on the local WiFi network, and you can: - Start and stop playback. - Start and stop recording. - Place markers when recording or playing back audio.

Screenshots

Alto4 screens
TwistedWave Remote1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TwistedWave Remote at Free against Alto's $4.99. TwistedWave Remote also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Alto's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 90 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TwistedWave Remote is free to download; Alto costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TwistedWave Remote holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Alto's written reviews are positive against 100% of TwistedWave Remote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alto ships an update every 2 months, TwistedWave Remote every 90 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Alto versus TwistedWave Remote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAltoTwistedWave Remote
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 90 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik LeeTwistedWave Software Ltd.

Customer experience

Alto

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

TwistedWave Remote

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Alto

No in-app purchases

None

TwistedWave Remote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alto free?
Alto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TwistedWave Remote free?
TwistedWave Remote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alto or TwistedWave Remote?
TwistedWave Remote is rated higher. Alto averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while TwistedWave Remote averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Alto or TwistedWave Remote have ads?
Neither Alto nor TwistedWave Remote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alto or TwistedWave Remote?
Alto ships an update every 2 months, and TwistedWave Remote every 90 months. Most recently, Alto was updated on October 23, 2026 and TwistedWave Remote on October 5, 2026.

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