Comparison

Fingering Strings vs Windy

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

Windy

This app transforms your device into a playable musical instrument. Learn to play songs interactively by blowing into your device's microphone and using its tilt controls for different notes and octaves. Enjoy playing along with guided songs or improvising freely.

Highlights
  • Play like a real instrument
  • Interactive song playback
  • Tilt controls for notes
  • Octave control
  • Guided songs
  • Device microphone input
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Windy is a fully functioning musical instrument. Play Happy Birthday and other songs in a fully interactive way on your iPhone and iPad—no musical experience or talent necessary! To play, simply hold down the keys on the screen and blow lightly into the microphone at the same time. - Tilt your device to the left to play flat notes - Tilt your device to the right to play sharp notes - Tilt your device up and down to play across three successive octaves Play through the list of guided songs, or whatever you want! Make sure to unmute your iPhone or iPad and turn up the volume. Play over your device's speakers, wireless headphones, regular headphones, or REALLY LOUD over wireless Bluetooth-enabled speakers! Enjoy!

Screenshots

Fingering Strings4 screens
Windy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Windy at Free against Fingering Strings's $3.99. Windy also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Fingering Strings's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (64% vs 52%). On rating, ratings volume and ads 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fingering Strings holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Fingering Strings's written reviews are positive against 52% of Windy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, Windy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Fingering Strings versus Windy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingering StringsWindy
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (23 ratings) — better3.9 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews — better51.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2338 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.011.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyKindred, Inc.

Customer experience

Fingering Strings

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Windy

All ratings38 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive51.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative40.4%

Bugs and requests

Fingering Strings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Windy

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes after update
  • App stops working after first minute
  • App closes when phone is tilted
  • No sound output from the app
  • Sound not working at all
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  • App does not work as intended
  • Notes do not prolong
  • Notes play randomly or not at all
  • Poor recognition of microphone input
  • App not set up for iPad, defaults to iPhone position

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more instruments (harmonica, clarinet, oboe, french horn)
  • Allow resizing and moving buttons on screen
  • Add dynamic range (volume) for each note
  • Add reverb
  • Prevent sound dropout when changing fingers
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  • Add chromatids
  • Compress buttons on iPad display
  • Make sounds better
  • Make app less complicated
  • Add ability to play eighth notes on one note

In-app purchases

None

Fingering Strings

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Windy

One-time1
  • Windy Plus$1.99

Questions

Is Fingering Strings free?
Fingering Strings costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Windy free?
Windy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fingering Strings or Windy?
Fingering Strings is rated higher. Fingering Strings averages 4.1 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Windy averages 3.9 from 38 ratings.
Do Fingering Strings or Windy have ads?
Neither Fingering Strings nor Windy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fingering Strings or Windy?
Fingering Strings ships an update every 10 months, and Windy monthly. Most recently, Fingering Strings was updated on October 1, 2026 and Windy on October 15, 2026.

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