Tunepal vs Cor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tunepal
Identify traditional Irish, Scots, Welsh, and Breton tunes by playing them into your device. Search a vast database, download and view notation, edit staves, and share your findings. Enjoy high-quality playback of identified melodies.
- Identify tunes by playing them
- Searchable database of 22,000+ tunes
- Download and view musical notation
- Edit tune staves
- High-quality playback engine
- Share tunes via email and Facebook
Read full descriptionHide full description
Listed in the top 500 apps of all times by the Sunday Times (6 February 2012) Listed in the top twenty cultural apps for iPhone by the Sunday Times (28 March 2010). Winner of the best overall invention 2010 in the Dublin Institute of Technology. Tunepal was in the top 25 grossing apps on the app store (17-18 July 2010). The essential tool for all musicians playing traditional Irish, Scots, Welsh and Breton music! Ever sat in a trad session and wondered what was the name of that great tune someone just played? Well now you can search a database of over 22,000 tunes from your iPhone/iPod BY PLAYING! Hold your device up to a melody instrument such as the tin-whistle, flute, concertina, uilleann pipes, accordion or banjo, hit record and the melody will be extracted and submitted to the tunepal.org search engine for matching. Matching tunes are downloaded to your device, where you can view and edit the notation or the stave, email the tune, post it to facebook or play it back using the high quality playback engine based on ABC2MIDI and FMOD.
Cor
Access a library of new Irish dance music tracks from popular artists. Designed for dancers and teachers to enhance practice sessions and classes with easy-to-use features. Enjoy a fun and engaging musical experience for your training.
- Hundreds of new tracks
- Music for major organizations
- Designed for dancers and teachers
- Enhances practice and classes
- Easy and enjoyable to use
Read full descriptionHide full description
Cor is the latest tool for Irish dancers & teachers. Unlock hundreds of brand new tracks from Declan Wilson, Colm Keogh and Ronan Wadsworth for the biggest organisations. Cor was designed with you in mind to make your practice or dance class fun, easy and enjoyable. Thanks for your support and happy practicing!
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cor at 100% against Tunepal's 56%. Cor also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free vs paid). Tunepal's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 3) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tunepal has 45 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Tunepal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cor's.
Tunepal ships an update every 2 months, Cor every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tunepal | Cor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (45 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Duggan | Daniel Moore |
Customer experience
Tunepal
Cor
In-app purchases
Tunepal
No in-app purchases
Cor
No in-app purchases
