Comparison

Fingering Strings vs Jazz Tune List

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

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About

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.

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
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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.

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Jazz Tune List

Features
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Track your tune list and practice sessions with Jazz Tune List! Features: - Import a list of tunes to get you started, and mark the ones you've learned, want to learn, or are currently working on - Create custom lists or set lists - Create or import "experiments" for practice ideas to try over tunes you're working on - Track your practice, with suggestions for tunes you haven't practiced in a while, keys or experiments you had trouble with

Screenshots

Fingering Strings4 screens
Jazz Tune List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Jazz Tune List at every 4 days against Fingering Strings's every 10 months. Jazz Tune List also leads on iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). Fingering Strings's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, Jazz Tune List every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fingering Strings versus Jazz Tune List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingering StringsJazz Tune List
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.1 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.018.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyPaul Cohn

In-app purchases

None

Fingering Strings

No in-app purchases

None

Jazz Tune List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fingering Strings free?
Fingering Strings costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jazz Tune List free?
Jazz Tune List costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fingering Strings or Jazz Tune List have ads?
Neither Fingering Strings nor Jazz Tune List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fingering Strings or Jazz Tune List?
Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, and Jazz Tune List every 4 days. Most recently, Fingering Strings was updated on October 29, 2026 and Jazz Tune List on October 25, 2026.

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