Comparison

Fingering Brass vs iFretless Brass

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

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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

iFretless Brass

This app allows string instrument players to create expressive music using a variety of brass and synth sounds. It features detailed sample libraries and advanced touch sensitivity for natural performance. Supports MIDI and Audio Unit integration for external devices and recording apps.

Highlights
  • Expressive brass and synth sounds
  • Detailed sample library
  • Advanced touch pressure detection
  • Natural vibrato and slides
  • MIDI input/output support
  • Audio Unit integration
Features
Currently charting
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iFretless Brass enables guitar and string instrument players to play expressive music with a variety of instruments. It includes a detailed library of samples from real brass instruments as well as a collection of classic synth sounds. Each note is sampled at nine different volume levels in order to capture the full range of tones produced by the original instrument. Key features: 1) Supports MIDI input and output for interface with external devices such as digital pianos and electronic wind instruments as well as virtual MIDI compatible iOS apps. 2) A patented algorithm uses the accelerometer accurately detects touch pressure on the screen and respond with dynamic selection of samples of the appropriate timbre and volume. 3) Responds to fretless vibrato and between-note slides in a natural way, making it one of the most expressive performance interfaces available anywhere. 4) MPE MIDI support 5) Audio Unit support allows you to use the app as a virtual instrument inside of audio recording and mixing apps such as GarageBand Sound library includes: Euphonium Trombone Trumpet Trumpet 2 Flugelhorn Tuba French Horn Muted Trumpet and a collection of classic synth samples

Screenshots

Fingering Brass4 screens
iFretless Brass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iFretless Brass at 68% against Fingering Brass's 17%. iFretless Brass also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Fingering Brass's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $9.99). On ratings volume, 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

Fingering Brass costs $1.99 and iFretless Brass $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iFretless Brass holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Fingering Brass's written reviews are positive against 68% of iFretless Brass's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering Brass ships an update every 9 months, iFretless Brass every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Fingering Brass versus iFretless Brass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingering BrassiFretless Brass
Price$1.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.6 (14 ratings)4.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews68.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#198 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB241 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyBlue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited

Customer experience

Fingering Brass

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

iFretless Brass

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative24.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fingering Brass

No in-app purchases

None

iFretless Brass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fingering Brass free?
Fingering Brass costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iFretless Brass free?
iFretless Brass costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fingering Brass or iFretless Brass?
iFretless Brass is rated higher. Fingering Brass averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while iFretless Brass averages 4.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Fingering Brass or iFretless Brass have ads?
Neither Fingering Brass nor iFretless Brass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fingering Brass or iFretless Brass?
Fingering Brass ships an update every 9 months, and iFretless Brass every 6 weeks. Most recently, Fingering Brass was updated on October 29, 2026 and iFretless Brass on October 26, 2026.

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