Comparison

Fingering Strings vs Easy MIDI Player

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

Head to head
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.

About

Easy MIDI Player

Features
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The player you know from Easy MP3 Player, now as an app made just for MIDI. Same screens, same controls: pick a song and press play. The only difference is that it plays MIDI files. A built-in GM sound set does the playing, so there is no separate sound module to set up. What makes it different 1. Open it and it plays Pick a MIDI file (.mid, .midi, .smf, .kar) and it starts. No sound setup, no converting. 2. Choose your folder once Point the app at the folder holding your songs, one time. From then on they are waiting the moment you open the app. No walking through the Files app again. You can register as many folders as you like. 3. Reorder with your finger Press and hold a song, then drag it up or down. Remove the ones you no longer want, right there. 4. A playlist for each occasion Make playlists with names that suit you: Practice, Recital, Before Sleep. Switching between them does not interrupt playback. 5. Ten-band equalizer Adjust from low to high across ten bands. Your settings are still there next time you open the app. 6. A sleep timer that stops for you Choose 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes. When the time is up, playback stops on its own. 7. Control it from the lock screen Play, pause, skip and seek from the lock screen or Control Center. Unlocked with a one-time purchase - Playback speed From 0.5x to 2x. The pitch stays where it is; only the speed changes. Useful when you want to slow a fast piece down and hear what is happening. - Key (transpose) Up to twelve semitones up or down. The drum part is left alone. - Part mixer Mute a part, change its volume, or swap its instrument. Mute the part you are practising and play along with the rest. - No ads The banner at the bottom of the screen goes away. - Export and import playlists Save the playlists you made to a file, and load them back. One payment. Nothing further to pay. Supported files Standard MIDI File format 0 and 1 (.mid, .midi, .smf, .kar) Supported devices iPhone and iPad Open-source software MIDI playback uses TinySoundFont. Copyright (C) 2017-2023 Bernhard Schelling (Based on SFZero, Copyright (C) 2012 Steve Folta) MIT License Sounds: GeneralUser GS by S. Christian Collins. Contact https://tenmais.jp/contact/

Screenshots

Fingering Strings4 screens
Easy MIDI Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Easy MIDI Player at Free against Fingering Strings's $3.99. Easy MIDI Player also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 10 months) and device support (4 vs 1). Fingering Strings's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Easy MIDI Player is free to download; Fingering Strings costs $3.99 up front. Easy MIDI Player sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fingering Strings asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, Easy MIDI Player every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fingering Strings versus Easy MIDI Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingering StringsEasy MIDI Player
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyKenichi Ando

In-app purchases

None

Fingering Strings

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Easy MIDI Player

One-time1
  • Speed, Key & Part Mixer$2.99

Questions

Is Fingering Strings free?
Fingering Strings costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy MIDI Player free?
Easy MIDI Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fingering Strings or Easy MIDI Player have ads?
Easy MIDI Player shows ads; Fingering Strings does not.
Which is updated more often, Fingering Strings or Easy MIDI Player?
Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, and Easy MIDI Player every 5 weeks. Most recently, Fingering Strings was updated on October 29, 2026 and Easy MIDI Player on October 31, 2026.

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