Comparison

Fingering vs Simple Transposer

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
Currently charting
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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

Simple Transposer

This music utility allows for quick transposition between various instruments like C, Bb, and Eb. It's designed for immediate response in performance, learning, or teaching scenarios, serving as a simple study tool for musicians of all ages.

Highlights
  • Transpose between C, Bb, and Eb instruments
  • Supports saxophones, clarinets, guitars, trumpets, and pianos
  • Switch between sharps and flats
  • Designed for performance, learning, and teaching
  • Simple study tool for musicians
Features
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Simple Transposer is a musical utility allowing quick transposition between C, Bb & Eb instruments. Designed for immediate response in any musical situation: performing, learning, teaching, etc. A simple study tool to help educate musicians of all ages. Easily transpose between all the basic instruments such as saxophones, clarinets, guitars, trumpets and pianos. Use the top-left control to choose which instrument type to transpose from and use the top-right control to choose which instrument type to transpose to. Tap Letters to change from Sharps to Flats.

Screenshots

Fingering4 screens
Simple Transposer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fingering at 4.8 against Simple Transposer's 2.7. Fingering also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 50%) and ratings volume (157 vs 3). Simple Transposer's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Fingering costs $4.99 and Simple Transposer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fingering holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fingering has 157 ratings behind it against 3, 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 50% of Simple Transposer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering ships an update every 7 months, Simple Transposer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Fingering versus Simple Transposer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingeringSimple Transposer
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (157 ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings157 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#178 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyJeff Taboloff

Customer experience

Fingering

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

Simple Transposer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fingering

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Transposer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fingering free?
Fingering costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Transposer free?
Simple Transposer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fingering or Simple Transposer?
Fingering is rated higher. Fingering averages 4.8 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while Simple Transposer averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Fingering or Simple Transposer have ads?
Neither Fingering nor Simple Transposer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fingering or Simple Transposer?
Fingering ships an update every 7 months, and Simple Transposer every 8 months. Most recently, Fingering was updated on October 10, 2026 and Simple Transposer on October 9, 2026.

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