Fingering Strings vs Bach Cello Suites
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fingering Strings
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.
- Comprehensive hand position guides
- Double stop fingering
- Beginner tape display
- Switch between written note and piano key
- Multiple clef support
- Playable concert pitch audio
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The highest rated and most comprehensive fingering guide available for Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (Simandl and Rabbath positions). Includes double stops! Decide which hand position would be best for the interval or passage. Instantly switch between written note and piano key at the touch of a button. Support for Key Signatures to more easily find a fingering in the music you're working on. • Hand Positions: 15 positions on the Violin, 15 positions on the Viola, 16 positions on the Cello, and 12 Simandl positions or 6 Rabbath positions on the Double Bass. • Display "beginner tape" on the fingerboard as well as string names and colors. • Notate one or two notes in Treble, Alto, Tenor or Bass clef. 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. Written and concert pitches are the same for all but the double bass, which transposes, sounding an octave below what is written. • Use the ‘Play' button to repeatedly hear the note or interval being displayed. 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.
Bach Cello Suites
Experience classical music with synchronized sheet music. Listen to high-quality recordings of Bach's Cello Suites while following along with the score as it flows in perfect timing. Features iconic performances and detailed track information.
- Synchronized sheet music and audio
- High-quality classic recordings
- Detailed track and movement information
- Flowing score visualization
- Includes all six Bach Cello Suites
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Historic Recording with Flowing Sheet Music SyncScore provides a new way of enjoying classic compositions. You can listen to the music with the score flows in a synchronized timing. Carefully hand-picked, high quality classic recordings. Album Information Bach Cello Suites BWV 1007 ~ BWV 1012 Artist: Pablo Casals 36 tracks 2 hours 10 minutes Track Information Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010 Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 Each suite has six movements I. Prelude II. Allemande III. Courante IV. Sarabande V. Galanteries – (Minuets for Suites 1 and 2, Bourrées for 3 and 4, Gavottes for 5 and 6) VI. Gigue
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fingering Strings at 4.1 against Bach Cello Suites's 3.7. Fingering Strings also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 3) and price ($3.99 vs $5.99). Bach Cello Suites's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 64%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Fingering Strings costs $3.99 and Bach Cello Suites $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fingering Strings holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fingering Strings has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Fingering Strings's written reviews are positive against 88% of Bach Cello Suites's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, Bach Cello Suites every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fingering Strings | Bach Cello Suites |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (23 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Q. Kelly | Zininworks Inc. |
Customer experience
Fingering Strings
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In-app purchases
Fingering Strings
No in-app purchases
Bach Cello Suites
No in-app purchases
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