Fingering vs Pyware 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Pyware 3D
This application is a leading tool for creating marching band drill routines. It's used by ensembles globally, from high schools to major professional events. Design shows on the go with cross-device license access.
- Marching show routine development
- Drill design
- Cross-device license access
- Used for major events
- Available in 3 editions
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Pyware 3D, the most trusted, utilized, and dynamic name in drill design, is used by ensembles across the world to develop marching show routines. Since inception in 1982, Pyware has been recognized as the leader in drill design software. The software is not only a staple for high school and collegiate marching bands, but also used for major events like the Super Bowl halftime shows, Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Available in 3 editions, Pyware 3D can be used for ensembles of any size or skill. Access your Pyware license on a desktop, laptop, or mobile device to design drill on the go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fingering at 85% against Pyware 3D's 0%. Fingering also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (157 vs 5). Pyware 3D's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). On 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
Pyware 3D is free to download; Fingering costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fingering holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fingering has 157 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Fingering's written reviews are positive against 0% of Pyware 3D's.
Fingering ships an update every 7 months, Pyware 3D fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fingering | Pyware 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (157 ratings) — better | 1.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 357 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Q. Kelly | Pygraphics, Inc. |
Customer experience
Fingering
Pyware 3D
In-app purchases
Fingering
No in-app purchases
Pyware 3D
No in-app purchases
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