Comparison

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer vs Tenuto

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

Head to head
About

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

Master rhythmic accuracy with instant feedback and graduated levels. Practice diverse rhythms, from beginner to professional, with customizable exercises and multiple input methods. Improve your musicality faster than traditional practice.

Highlights
  • Instant feedback on timing accuracy
  • Graduated levels from beginner to professional
  • Diverse exercises with common and rare rhythms
  • Thousands of random and fixed exercises
  • Rhythm editor for customization
  • Practice and test modes
  • Microphone and MIDI input support
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Accelerate your sight reading skills with instant feedback on timing accuracy. Our carefully graduated levels, from beginner to professional, allow you to start at your optimal skill level and progress at your own pace. You'll improve more rapidly than practicing solely on your instrument. Practice anytime and anywhere. Many advanced features. KEY FEATURES DIVERSE EXERCISES - Explore common and rare rhythms from 2 to 12 beats per bar (2/2, 3/2, 4/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8). - More than 200 fixed exercises (100 (longer ones) on iPad). - Thousands of random exercises. - Suitable for absolute beginners as well as professionals. - Challenge yourself with exercises involving rests, ties, syncopations, duplets, triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. - Add swing to quarter note meter exercises with varying degrees of swing intensity. - Automatic count-off with one or two bars. - Longer (random) exercises in landscape orientation. PRACTICE & TEST MODE - Practice mode: listen or tap along while the rhythm is played. - Test mode: hear the metronome and read/tap the rhythm. - Visual feedback instantly displays accuracy with each tap (color and position). - Easily adjust metronome tempo by sliding or keypad. - Two tap buttons for higher tempos or tapping with alternating fingers. RHYTHM EDITOR - Edit any exercise to suit your preferences. - Intuitive editor with minimal taps. - Includes an editor for ties. - Unlimited undo. - Add your exercises to favorites. - Share exercises with others. EXTRA CHALLENGES - Expert mode: higher default tempo and more accuracy required. - Endurance test (continuous reading). - Speeding-up tests. - Left- and right-hand independence: tap the beat and rhythm with two buttons. - Note duration test. - Count 6/8 in two (dotted quarter as the beat). - Ear training function for rhythmic dictation. - Maintain rhythm focus while notes from a chord progression are played. REPORTING - View a frequency chart of your tap results. - Access progress reports for fixed and random exercises. - Share your results, such as a 100% score graphic or progress reports, via email. SOUNDS - Choose from various percussive instruments for app player, metronome, and taps. - Play chord progressions with guitar, e-piano, marimba, or bass. - Optional stereo sound with taps in the right ear and metronome/player in the left ear. - Optional beat-counting voice function. MICROPHONE - Utilize the microphone for an alternative to tap buttons. - Play rhythms with hand claps, finger-snaps, or an instrument. - Adjust sensitivity settings. - Supports external microphones. MIDI - Receive taps from a Midi device connected via Apple USB camera adapter or USB-C (e.g., keyboard, guitar, drum kit). - Automatic device detection. - Touch-sensitivity support. - Export any exercise as a MIDI file. OTHER FEATURES - Experience very low latency with instant response. - Support for left-handed tapping. - Choose between classical and flat interface themes. - Support for dark mode (iOS13+). - Universal app (iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad). - Supports all screen sizes. - Tested on iOS and iPadOS 27.

About

Tenuto

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
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Tenuto is a collection of 24 highly-customizable exercises designed to enhance your musicality. From recognizing chords on a keyboard to identifying intervals by ear, it has an exercise for you. Tenuto also includes six musical calculators for accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices. A short description of the exercises and calculators follows. –––––– • Note Identification • Key Signature Identification • Interval Identification • Scale Identification • Chord Identification Tap the button corresponding to the written staff line. For example: if shown a C, E, and G with a sharp; tap the "Augmented Triad" button. –––––– • Note Construction • Key Signature Construction • Interval Construction • Scale Construction • Chord Construction Construct the specified label by moving notes and/or adding accidentals. For example: if shown a C and an "Augmented 4th" label, move the second note to F and add a sharp. –––––– • Keyboard Reverse Identification Tap the piano key corresponding to the written note on the staff. While similar to Note Identification, this exercise uses a piano keyboard rather than note name buttons. • Keyboard Note Identification • Keyboard Interval Identification • Keyboard Scale Identification • Keyboard Chord Identification Tap the button corresponding to the highlighted piano key(s). If the C and G keys are highlighted, tap the "P5" (Perfect 5th) button. –––––– • Fretboard Note Identification • Fretboard Interval Identification • Fretboard Scale Identification • Fretboard Chord Identification Tap the button corresponding to the marked fretboard position(s). If the 2nd fret of the D string is marked, tap the "E" button. –––––– • Keyboard Ear Training • Note Ear Training Listen to the played reference and question notes. Select the piano key or note button corresponding to the question note. • Interval Ear Training • Scale Ear Training • Chord Ear Training Tap the button corresponding to the played notes. If E and F are played, tap the "Minor 2nd" button. –––––– • Accidental Calculator Display the accidental for a note and key. • Interval Calculator Display the interval for a note, type, and key. • Chord Calculator Display the scale for a tonic and scale type. • Chord Calculator Display the chord for a note, type, and key. • Analysis Calculator Display the chord for a symbol and key. • Matrix Calculator Display the twelve-tone matrix for a specified tone row.

Screenshots

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer4 screens
Tenuto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer at fortnightly against Tenuto's every 3 months. Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer also leads on price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Tenuto's advantage is chart position (#5 vs unranked) and ratings volume (652 vs 125). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer costs $3.99 and Tenuto $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer against 4.8 for Tenuto. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tenuto has 652 ratings behind it against 125, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 94% of Tenuto's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer ships an update fortnightly, Tenuto every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer versus Tenuto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythm Sight Reading TrainerTenuto
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (125 ratings)4.8 (652 ratings)
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings125652 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#5 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.615.8 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRolfs Appsmusictheory.net

Customer experience

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

All ratings125 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews279 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.6%

Tenuto

All ratings652 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews354 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.8%

User reviews

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

From 125 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for improving rhythm and timing
  • 🚀 Customizable with many features
  • 💡 Allows creating custom exercises
  • 👍 Great for beginners and advanced musicians
  • 👍 Provides accurate feedback on timing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional issues with MIDI support
  • 👎 Navigation and interface could be improved
  • 👎 Lack of ability to review previous practice exercises

Tenuto

From 652 App Store ratings

What we love

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

Room to improve

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

Bugs and requests

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when tapping the 'i' button for info
  • Metronome beep timing not intuitive

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to practice on headphones
  • Increase size of tapping area
  • Add more options for time signatures beyond even meters
  • Implement side-scrolling mode for sight-reading practice
  • Allow creating longer, multi-measure exercises

Tenuto

Reported bugs

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

Requested features

20 requests
  • 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
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  • Rhythm exercises
  • Fretboard reverse identification
  • Chord inversions for chord identification
  • Scales written on staff using various clefs
  • Rhythm, melodic, and harmonic dictation exercises
  • Part writing exercises
  • Exercises for form, cadences, etc.
  • MIDI support
  • Autoplay function
  • Ability to input notes/chords on fretboard
  • Chord progression ear training
  • Inversion options for chord and interval identification
  • Melodic and harmonic minor scale identification
  • Extended chord identification
  • Rhythmic dictation

In-app purchases

None

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

Tenuto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer free?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tenuto free?
Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Tenuto?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer and Tenuto are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 125 and 652 ratings respectively.
Do Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Tenuto have ads?
Neither Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer nor Tenuto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Tenuto?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer ships an update fortnightly, and Tenuto every 3 months. Most recently, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer was updated on October 15, 2026 and Tenuto on October 17, 2026.

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