Comparison

Fingering vs DropSpin Metronome

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

Head to head
About

Fingering

Access interactive fingering charts for a wide range of woodwind and brass instruments, including alternate fingerings and trills. Features a piano interface to visualize notes and their notations across various clefs, with transposition options.

Highlights
  • Interactive fingering charts
  • Alternate fingerings and trills
  • Piano visualization
  • Multiple clef support
  • Transposition options
  • Instrument-specific guides
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“This is a must have app for every music teacher, students and enthusiast.” Immediate access to fingerings (with alternates and trills) for each instrument’s entire playable range. Get fingerings from the written or concert pitch. Support for Key Signatures to more easily find a fingering in the music you're working on. Woodwinds: Piccolo, Concert, Alto and Bass Flutes, Oboe and Cor Anglais, Soprano, Alto, Bass and Contrabass Clarinets, Bassoon and Contrabassoon, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones Brass: F/Bb Double French Horn, A, Bb, C and D Trumpets (Cornet, Flugelhorn), Bb/F Tenorbass and Bb/F/Gb/D Bass Trombones, Euphonium and Baritone, BBb, CC, Eb and F Tubas The 'Piano' instrument simultaneously displays the note names, the locations on the piano, and the musical notations of up to 5 pitches in either Treble, Alto, Tenor or Bass clef. The Notation can be transposed for most all instrumental transpositions. • All woodwinds have trill fingerings for minor 2nd and major 2nd intervals. • Flutes and Saxophones have additional fingerings for minor 3rd and major 3rd trills. • Alto and Tenor Sax include altissimo fingerings up to written F, two octaves above the top line F of the treble clef. • All Woodwinds include visual guides to the key names and locations on the instrument to understand the fingering charts better. • Trombones include position guides for the different valve combinations. Common Clefs for Select Instruments: • Bassoon and Contrabassoon include Treble, Tenor and Bass clefs. • Bb/F Tenorbass Trombone, Bb/F/Gb/D Bass Trombone, Euphonium and Baritone include Treble, Tenor and Bass clefs. • F/Bb Double French Horn, BBb Tuba, CC Tuba, Eb Tuba, and F Tuba include Treble and Bass clefs. Treble clef on the brass instruments follow British Band tradition of being in transposing notation for non-transposing instruments. Affects Bb/F Tenorbass and Bb/F/Gb/D Bass Trombones, Euphonium, Baritone, and BBb, Eb and F Tubas. How to Use: Pick a written note (touch the staff) and have the fingering displayed and concert pitch played. Touch a button and reveal the note on the piano. Play a concert pitch on the piano, and have that pitch's fingering displayed. Touch a button and reveal the transposed note written on the staff. • If there are alternate fingerings available for a note or trill, a button will allow you to navigate through them. • Use the 'Play Note' or 'Play Trill' button to repeatedly hear what's being displayed. • Use the mute button to access the fingerings without hearing the pitches. Selecting a Pitch: Using the Staff (transposed for the current instrument): Simply touch and slide up and down on the staff to select the note, slide to the right or left of the note for sharps and flats. Using the Piano (concert pitch): drag in the area below the keyboard to move the keyboard, touch to play notes, touch & slide to change the pitch. When you glissando up the keyboard, notes will be notated as a raised value (sharps), when you glissando down, notes will be notated as lowered values (flats). Use the up and down arrows to move chromatically up and down without touching the music staff or piano keyboard.

About

DropSpin Metronome

A versatile metronome app designed for musicians, offering advanced features like custom count-ins, speed adjustments from 10% to 1000%, and loopable segments. It integrates with a suite of rehearsal products for comprehensive practice sessions.

Highlights
  • Customizable count-ins
  • Speed control (10%-1000%)
  • Loopable segments
  • "Last Time" auto-stop
  • MIDI playback
  • In-depth rehearsal analytics
Features
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DropSpin can be used as a standalone metronome or as a partner to our full suite of rehearsal products including bluetooth modules, score-reading software, rehearsal analytics tools, and much more. In depth rehearsal analytics Custom count-ins Rehearse from 10%-1000% speed "Last Time" auto-stop Halftime and other custom behaviors Loopable segments MIDI playback

Screenshots

Fingering4 screens
DropSpin Metronome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DropSpin Metronome at Free against Fingering's $4.99. DropSpin Metronome also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

DropSpin Metronome is free to download; Fingering costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Fingering against 4.8 for DropSpin Metronome. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 66 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Fingering's written reviews are positive against 82% of DropSpin Metronome's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering ships an update every 7 months, DropSpin Metronome every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fingering versus DropSpin Metronome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingeringDropSpin Metronome
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (157 ratings) — better4.8 (66 ratings)
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings157 — better66
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyAlex Crowley

Customer experience

Fingering

All ratings157 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive84.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative12.1%

DropSpin Metronome

All ratings66 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Fingering

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Contra fingerings are wrong after E natural
  • Huge battery drain
  • Cannot hear saxophone sounds, only piano
  • No sound at all
  • Sound not working
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  • No sound

Requested features

10 requests
  • Option to switch to light mode
  • Create own fingering option with notes
  • Fix piccolo fingering chart
  • Incorporate extended range fingerings
  • Add recorder charts (Baroque and German)
Show 5 more
  • Option to see pitch rather than concert pitch
  • Include more alternate woodwind fingerings
  • Add Eb and F tuba fingerings
  • Allow user to choose between transposed or concert pitch display
  • Allow user to choose between sounding or muting displayed notes

DropSpin Metronome

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fingering

No in-app purchases

None

DropSpin Metronome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fingering free?
Fingering costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DropSpin Metronome free?
DropSpin Metronome is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fingering or DropSpin Metronome?
Fingering is rated higher. Fingering averages 4.8 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while DropSpin Metronome averages 4.8 from 66 ratings.
Do Fingering or DropSpin Metronome have ads?
Neither Fingering nor DropSpin Metronome shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fingering or DropSpin Metronome?
Fingering ships an update every 7 months, and DropSpin Metronome every 2 months. Most recently, Fingering was updated on November 6, 2026 and DropSpin Metronome on November 3, 2026.

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