Comparison

Fingering vs Pyware 3DX

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

Pyware 3DX

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.

Highlights
  • Marching show routine development
  • Drill design
  • Cross-device license access
  • Used for major events
  • Available in 3 editions
Features
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Pyware 3DX brings the most trusted name in drill design to every device you own. Design, animate, and teach your marching show anywhere — on a tablet at rehearsal, a laptop on the road, or a desktop in the studio — with one license and settings that sync across all of your devices. Since 1982, Pyware has been recognized as the leader in drill design software. It is a staple for high school and collegiate marching bands, and it has been used for major events including Super Bowl halftime shows, Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. DESIGN • A full catalog of professional drill design tools: blocks, curves, shapes, and freehand sketching • Sequence multiple shapes at once, with a hand-picked leader for each • Morph, mirror, resize, and warp formations • Fine-grained snapping, splitting, and path editing • Label performers with symbols, colors, and auto-positioned labels VISUALIZE • Smooth real-time 3D animation of your entire show • Uniforms, instruments, equipment, and props — including flags with realistic cloth physics • Layered visuals with labeled tabs on the count track • Sync animation to your show audio, with metronome support REHEARSE & TEACH • Interactive Reference Tool: spotlight performers and measure distances and intervals right on the field • Print complete drill books, coordinate sheets, and production sheets • Import, merge, and export cast lists • Record video of your drill to share with staff and students WORK ANYWHERE • One license across desktop, laptop, and mobile • Your settings follow you to every device • Securely upload and share your drill online Available in three editions, Pyware 3D can be used by ensembles of any size or skill level.

Screenshots

Fingering4 screens
Pyware 3DX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fingering at 85% against Pyware 3DX's 0%. Pyware 3DX's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pyware 3DX is free to download; Fingering costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering ships an update every 7 months, Pyware 3DX every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fingering versus Pyware 3DX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingeringPyware 3DX
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (157 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings157 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB474 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyPygraphics, Inc.

Customer experience

Fingering

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

Pyware 3DX

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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)
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  • 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

Pyware 3DX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fingering

No in-app purchases

None

Pyware 3DX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fingering free?
Fingering costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pyware 3DX free?
Pyware 3DX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fingering or Pyware 3DX have ads?
Neither Fingering nor Pyware 3DX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fingering or Pyware 3DX?
Fingering ships an update every 7 months, and Pyware 3DX every 6 months. Most recently, Fingering was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pyware 3DX on October 22, 2026.

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