# Fingering Strings vs Tenuto

The clearest difference is rating: Tenuto at 4.8 against Fingering Strings's 4.1. Tenuto also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 64%) and ratings volume (652 vs 23). Fingering Strings's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Fingering Strings costs $3.99 and Tenuto $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Tenuto holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tenuto has 652 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Fingering Strings's written reviews are positive against 94% of Tenuto's.

Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, Tenuto every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Fingering Strings | Tenuto |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **$3.99** | $4.99 |
| Rating | [4.1 (23 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fingering-strings/id375689184/reviews) | **[4.8 (652 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tenuto/id459313476/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 23 | **652** |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | **94.3% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | **Every 3 months** |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | **#4** |
| Size | 58 MB | 11 MB |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | **15.8** |
| Devices | iPhone | **iPhone, iPad, iPod** |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Patrick Q. Kelly](https://appshunter.io/developer/310068987) | [musictheory.net](https://appshunter.io/developer/459313479) |

## What reviewers say

### Fingering Strings

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fingering-strings/id375689184)

An interactive fingering guide for string instruments, offering detailed hand positions and visual aids for violin, viola, cello, and double bass. It helps users identify optimal fingerings for notes and intervals, with options to display beginner tapes and switch between written notes and piano keys.

**Highlights:** Comprehensive hand position guides, Double stop fingering, Beginner tape display, Switch between written note and piano key, Multiple clef support, Playable concert pitch audio

**In-app purchases:** none


### Tenuto

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tenuto/id459313476)

**Currently charting:** #4 Top Paid · Music, #21 Top Paid (US App Store)

Enhance your musicality with a comprehensive suite of 24 customizable theory exercises and six essential musical calculators. Practice note and chord identification, ear training, and construct musical elements. Tools include accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices.

**Highlights:** 24 customizable theory exercises, Note and chord identification, Ear training for intervals and scales, Musical construction exercises, Accidental calculator, Interval calculator, Chord calculator

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Essential for musicians
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Perfect app
- 👍 Wonderful app
- 👍 Highly recommend

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Wrong billing
- 🐛 Piano tone is so bad
- 🐛 Not good
- 🐛 Great but buggy
- 🐛 All sounds stopped working

**Reported bugs**

- Sound cuts out
- Unresponsive at times
- Freezes up
- Doesn't work well for guitar
- Incorrect chord/key associations

**Requested features**

- Cadences and inversions for ear training
- Chord progressions for ear training
- Melodic and harmonic minor modes for scale recognition
- 6th, 9th, 11th and 13th chord extensions for chord recognition
- Melodic dictation


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Fingering Strings free?

Fingering Strings costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Tenuto free?

Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Fingering Strings or Tenuto?

Tenuto is rated higher. Fingering Strings averages 4.1 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Tenuto averages 4.8 from 652 ratings.

### Do Fingering Strings or Tenuto have ads?

Neither Fingering Strings nor Tenuto shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Fingering Strings or Tenuto?

Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, and Tenuto every 3 months. Most recently, Fingering Strings was updated on October 1, 2026 and Tenuto on October 13, 2026.

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