ShakeGuitar vs SimpleTone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShakeGuitar
Experience simulated guitar playing on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Adjust melody difficulty in real-time by shaking your device, or fine-tune levels via the control panel. Ideal for musical novices seeking an interactive music experience.
- Simulated guitar playing experience
- Motion-based difficulty adjustment
- Real-time melody morphing
- Interactive control panel
- Suitable for musical novices
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The ShakeGuitar is an interactive music system for use with iPhone/iTouch that enables users to enjoy the simulated experience of guitar playing, even if they are musical novices. Shaking the iPhone/iTouch with varying degrees of strength influences the level of guitar-melody difficulty, which smoothly changes in real-time from soft backing to heavy soloing. You can set each level thoughout the music by touching or draging on the level control panel. The ShakeGuitar is based on a melody morphing method developed by Masatoshi Hamanaka. Further information can be found at http://gttm.jp/hamanaka/en/shakeguitar/
SimpleTone
This application provides a straightforward virtual tuning fork. Simply select your desired pitch to tune your instrument. It aims to offer a no-nonsense, ad-free experience for musicians.
- Virtual tuning fork
- Pitch selection
- Ad-free experience
- Simple interface
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It's a virtual tuning fork. Select the pitch you want to tune to. That's it. I got tired of all the BS tuning apps that have ads and purchases built in. C'mon, we're better than this.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SimpleTone at 5.0 against ShakeGuitar's 2.1. ShakeGuitar's advantage is ratings volume (167 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SimpleTone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShakeGuitar has 167 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ShakeGuitar | SimpleTone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (167 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 167 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 62 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | newforestar co,.ltd | Evan Brass |
Customer experience
ShakeGuitar
SimpleTone
In-app purchases
ShakeGuitar
No in-app purchases
SimpleTone
No in-app purchases
