Comparison

Fingering Brass vs Metronome Tuner | Practice+

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

Head to head
About

Fingering Brass

Access interactive fingering charts for a wide range of brass instruments, including alternate fingerings. View notes on a piano interface and hear concert pitches. Supports multiple clefs and transpositions for various instruments.

Highlights
  • Interactive fingering charts
  • Alternate fingerings
  • Piano interface
  • Concert pitch playback
  • Multiple clef support
  • Transposition options
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Immediate access to fingerings (with alternates) 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. Instruments: 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. • Trombones include position guides for the different valve combinations. Common Clefs for Select Instruments: • 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, a button will allow you to navigate through them. • Use the 'Play Note' 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

Metronome Tuner | Practice+

This app is a comprehensive music practice and performance toolkit. It offers multiple modes including a tuner, metronome, recorder, setlist manager, and loop practice. All features can work simultaneously with the metronome, providing a versatile tool for musicians.

Highlights
  • Accurate tuner with large UI
  • Full-featured metronome
  • Pitch player for intonation checks
  • Record and share practice sessions
  • Create and save setlists
  • Loop difficult passages with tempo increase
Features
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--- Featured in Apple's TV commercial "Amazing Apps" --- Practice+ is a complete practice and performance toolkit for musicians with five modes: Tuner, Metronome, Recorder, Setlist and Loop. Every mode works alongside the metronome, which you control from the compact metronome bar that's always on screen. What people are saying about Practice+ "Practice+ Makes Perfect" - AppAdvice.com "Get your music right with Practice+" - Tom'sGuide.com "Beautiful flat UI design" - ModernJamming.com Practice+ Includes: Traditional Tuner - Accurate, instant tuner with a large edge-to-edge display that's easy to read. Tuner range A0-C8. Strobe Tuner - A precision strobe display with instant response for the finest tuning. Metronome - Full-featured metronome that works in every mode. Customize meters, accents, subdivisions, sounds and more. The dedicated metronome mode has a large edge-to-edge display that's easy to read. Pitch Player - Play reference tones to check your intonation. Choose sine, square or saw tones, now cleaner and click-free with smooth changes between notes. Pitch playback range A1-C8. Recorder - Record and share your practice sessions right from your device. Setlist - Create setlists and save all your settings with a single tap. Practice Mode - Loop difficult passages and raise the tempo automatically with each repetition. Additional features: Beautifully simple UI Portrait and landscape support Custom themes Multitasking Needle damping Transposition Fine tuning range 392-490Hz Terms of Use: https://dynamicappdesign.com/tos.html Privacy Policy: https://dynamicappdesign.com/privacy

Screenshots

Fingering Brass4 screens
Metronome Tuner | Practice+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Metronome Tuner | Practice+ at Free against Fingering Brass's $1.99. Metronome Tuner | Practice+ also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 17%) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 14). Fingering Brass's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

Metronome Tuner | Practice+ is free to download; Fingering Brass costs $1.99 up front. Metronome Tuner | Practice+ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Fingering Brass asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fingering Brass holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Metronome Tuner | Practice+ has 2.8K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Fingering Brass's written reviews are positive against 62% of Metronome Tuner | Practice+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering Brass ships an update every 9 months, Metronome Tuner | Practice+ every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Fingering Brass versus Metronome Tuner | Practice+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingering BrassMetronome Tuner | Practice+
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (14 ratings) — better4.4 (2.8K ratings)
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews61.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings142.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyDynamic App Design LLC

Customer experience

Fingering Brass

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%

Metronome Tuner | Practice+

All ratings2,832 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews289 reviews
Positive61.6%
Neutral7.6%
Negative30.8%

Bugs and requests

Fingering Brass

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Metronome Tuner | Practice+

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Recording function not working
  • Tuner not accurate
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More time signature options
  • Vocal counting option for metronome
  • Ability to adjust metronome volume
  • Haptic feedback for beats

In-app purchases

None

Fingering Brass

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Metronome Tuner | Practice+

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time8
  • Enable Themes$5.99
  • Save Unlimited Recordings$5.99
  • Unlimited Tuner Access$5.99
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  • Save Unlimited Setlist Items$5.99
  • Access All Settings$5.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
  • Unlock Practice Mode$6.99
  • Unlock Everything$19.99

Questions

Is Fingering Brass free?
Fingering Brass costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metronome Tuner | Practice+ free?
Metronome Tuner | Practice+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fingering Brass or Metronome Tuner | Practice+?
Fingering Brass is rated higher. Fingering Brass averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Metronome Tuner | Practice+ averages 4.4 from 2.8K ratings.
Do Fingering Brass or Metronome Tuner | Practice+ have ads?
Metronome Tuner | Practice+ shows ads; Fingering Brass does not.
Which is updated more often, Fingering Brass or Metronome Tuner | Practice+?
Fingering Brass ships an update every 9 months, and Metronome Tuner | Practice+ every 4 months. Most recently, Fingering Brass was updated on November 1, 2026 and Metronome Tuner | Practice+ on November 6, 2026.

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