Sanshin vs FreeSong 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sanshin
Learn to play the traditional Okinawan Sanshin instrument with this app. It displays finger positions and corresponds to "Kun-Kun-Shi" musical scores in Kanji, making it accessible even for beginners.
- Learn Sanshin finger positions
- Kanji score display
- Beginner-friendly interface
- Okinawan music exploration
- Interactive learning tool
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The "Sanshin" (Sanxian,三線) is a traditional and very popular musical instrument in Okinawa. Okinawa is beautiful islands located on the end of the southwest of Japan. The Sanshin is indispensable to life of people in Okinawa with traditional "Shima-Uta" that means song of islands. The Sanshin looks like the shamisen that is the tradition musical instrument of Japan similarly. But, the performance method of the Sanshin is farther simpler than the Shamisen,and is friendly musical instrument. In this application, proper finger positions will be displayed on the screen with Kanji. These also correspond to scores that is called "Kun-Kun-Shi" written in Kanji. We hope you will enjoy playing the Sanshin even if you have not played a Sanshin. Please try and enjoy it!
FreeSong 2
Create soothing melodies with 11 enchanting tones. This app blends ambient sounds and intelligently generates music to help you relax. It's perfect for all ages, from children to music therapy professionals.
- 11 enchanting tones
- Ambient background sound mixing
- Intelligent tone generation
- Adjustable volume per tone
- Random tone patterns with tempo control
- Save favorite loop configurations
- Key shifting
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Freesong 2 melds all of the sounds and functionality of Freesong, Freesong Bamboo, and Freesong Koto in one beautiful universal app. 11 enchanting tones to soothe and relax you. Easily create enchanting melodies with no skill at all. Mix ambient background sounds and melt into your zen place while Freesong intelligently generates tones to ease into or out of your day. Tiny fingers love it as well as mothers and music therapy professionals. New features include the ability to rearrange the tones, volume variation on each tone, random tone patterns with tempo control, and the ability to save favorite loop configurations, and key shifting!
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Verdict
Sanshin and FreeSong 2 both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of FreeSong 2's written reviews are positive against 25% of Sanshin's. FreeSong 2 also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 16 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Sanshin's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, 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
Sanshin costs $1.99 and FreeSong 2 $0.99 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 — 5.0 for Sanshin against 5.0 for FreeSong 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Sanshin's written reviews are positive against 100% of FreeSong 2's.
Sanshin ships an update every 16 months, FreeSong 2 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sanshin | FreeSong 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CRIMSON TECHNOLOGY, Inc | Kory Fluckiger |
Customer experience
Sanshin
FreeSong 2
In-app purchases
Sanshin
No in-app purchases
FreeSong 2
No in-app purchases
