Comparison

Anytune vs Kotoren

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

Head to head
About

Anytune

This app helps musicians learn, practice, and teach music by allowing them to adjust tempo and pitch, repeat sections, and analyze their performance. It offers tools to make practicing songs easier and more efficient.

Highlights
  • Adjust tempo without affecting pitch
  • Adjust pitch of music
  • Repeat song sections with marks
  • Organize tracks into playlists
  • Record and analyze performance
  • Import from Apple Music Library
  • Display lyrics or TABs
Features
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Transform Your Music Journey with Anytune! Discover a new way to learn, practice, and teach music with Anytune™ – the ultimate music practice app. Learn faster, transcribe easier, and play along at your pace to make practice more fun. A complete suite of tools to practice better. For over a decade, Anytune has been changing the lives of musical artists worldwide. With tons of user-requested features, Anytune gives you unparalleled power over your practice sessions, making it easier than ever to learn new songs, perfect challenging pieces, and enhance your musical skills. Anytune is perfect for singers, dancers, and musicians of all kinds. Adjust the tempo, choose the perfect pitch, repeat loops, and set marks to master every note. HEAR IT FROM MUSICIANS • “Anytune takes you right to the music, it is a game changer … moves everything out of your way … makes you a much better musician.” - Peter Martin • “Anytune is my priceless personal trainer, helping me practice parts, songs, or an entire setlist. It organizes my playlists, slows down tricky sections while remembering detune settings, and with LiveMix I can learn Anything, Anytime, Anywhere.” - Phil Soussan ***** “Great App - Anytune Pro is the most-used app on my iPad. It's the best thing for learning tunes that would be too fast or too out of tune to learn easily. Saves me a lot of time. I love it!” ***** The Best!!! - Worth absolutely every penny. Other similar apps don't come close to the quality of this one! It will slow things down to a crawl without a loss of quality. Looping and pitch adjusting at the touch of a finger. If you're looking for better you won't find it!" GET STARTED FOR FREE Download Anytune today and discover why it’s a game-changer for musicians worldwide. The free version is fully functional with options for advanced features. FREE FEATURES Discover what makes Anytune the top-rated music practice app: • Practice at your pace by easily adjusting tempo without affecting pitch • Adjust the pitch of your music to your instrument or transcribe directly into a different key • Use marks to break down the song into sections for focussed efficient practice • Visualize your song to find the part you want quickly and easily • Organize tracks into playlists for efficient practice sessions • Record and analyze your performance to correct mistakes before they become habits. • Play songs directly from your Apple Music Library or import directly • Display lyrics or textual TABs, … Add serious tools for serious musicians and elevate your music practice: PRO FEATURES
 Download Anytune Pro+ or incrementally add only Pro Feature Packs you need through in-app purchases. BASIC PACK Removes ads, and adds Custom Skins, in-app Lyric editing and Auto Scrolling, and Autoloop between marks. PRO PACK Adds the Audible and Visual Count-In, Step-it-Up Loop Interval Trainer, Transcribe Mode, Gain and Pan Control, and Unlimited Audio Marks. STUDIO PACK Adds professional tools including; ReFrame™ Audio Isolation to solo and mute vocals or instruments, Amazing HQ audio quality down to 0.05x, Pitch up or down by 24.0 semi, Pinpoint your instrument in the song with FineTouch™ EQ, Feel as though you’re playing in the band with LiveMix™, Queue up a mark for playback with Play Next, and Fade-In or Fade-Out music when playing or pausing. IMPORT PACK
 Import your music from the Files app, Dropbox, WiFi, Paste from AudioCopy and Open-In. 
 Need a little more? Additional EXPORT AND "REMOTE CONTROL & WATCH APP" Add-ons available for Anytune Free or Anytune Pro+ CONNECT WITH US See us on YouTube: AnytuneApp Like us on Facebook: /Anytune Follow us on X (formallyTwitter) or Instagram: @AnytuneApp Contact us with your questions and suggestions! Anytune is a Universal App. Buy it once for all your iOS devices. Anytune (Mac) is available separately from the Mac App Store. Learn new songs and perfect your technique faster and more efficiently.

About

Kotoren

This audio player is designed for language learning and music practice, allowing users to easily repeat specific sections of audio. It visualizes audio as a graph for precise selection and offers adjustable playback speeds and repeat modes.

Highlights
  • Graph visualization of audio
  • Phrase splitting and interval setting
  • A-B repeat functionality
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Playback mode customization
  • Silence skipping
Features
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Kotoren is an audio/podcast player. It is designed for language learning and music practice, but it can also be used to listen to music. Audio is displayed as a graph, so you can touch or swipe to select and listen to any point. This makes it easy to repeatedly listen to parts of the audio. ■ Main Features - Automatically split audio into phrases and display as a graph - Set an interval after the playback of a phrase. It can be set in seconds or as a ratio to the phrase’s playback time. - Skip silence between phrases (manually or automatically) - Support A-B repeat - Change playback speed from 0.2x to 2.0x - Change playback mode: Normal, Repeat one, Repeat all, Pause (Pause at the end of the current track. This is useful for listening to the last part repeatedly) - Rewind or Fast Forward 1/2/3/4/5 seconds - Text input field for dictation - Learning record: Title, Playback time, Learning days, etc. ■ Notes - This app does not include language teaching materials. - If there is no silence between phrases, silence/phrase skip and related features are not available. - Some files cannot be played (ex. Apple Music, iCloud, DRM protected files).

Screenshots

Anytune4 screens
Kotoren4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Anytune at 8.6K against Kotoren's 4. Kotoren's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (95% vs 82%). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Anytune sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Kotoren sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kotoren holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anytune has 8.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Anytune's written reviews are positive against 95% of Kotoren's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Anytune versus Kotoren: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnytuneKotoren
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8.6K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews94.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8.6K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnytune Inc.Masato Murata

Customer experience

Anytune

All ratings8,454 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews799 reviews
Positive81.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative12.3%

Kotoren

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%

Bugs and requests

Anytune

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Songs not playing at correct speed or pitch
  • Imported tracks not recognized or playable
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between songs

Requested features

5 requests
  • More flexible pitch control (e.g., microtonal adjustments)
  • Ability to save and export custom edits
  • Integration with more music streaming services
  • Improved organization and playlist management
  • Metronome or tempo visualization features

Kotoren

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Anytune

One-time10
  • PromoFree
  • Pro Plus P1Free
  • Pro PromoFree
Show 7 more
  • Remote PromoFree
  • Basic Pack$1.99
  • Import Pack: Dropbox, Wi-Fi and Open-In$2.99
  • Studio Pack$4.99
  • Pro Pack: Pro Audio Quality, Unlimited Marks, Interval Trainer$4.99
  • Export Tuned Tracks$4.99
  • Remote Control & Watch app$4.99
1 purchases

Kotoren

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Anytune free?
Anytune is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kotoren free?
Kotoren is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anytune or Kotoren?
Kotoren is rated higher. Anytune averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8.6K ratings, while Kotoren averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Anytune or Kotoren have ads?
Both Anytune and Kotoren show ads.
Which is updated more often, Anytune or Kotoren?
Anytune ships an update every 5 weeks, and Kotoren every 5 weeks. Most recently, Anytune was updated on November 4, 2026 and Kotoren on November 3, 2026.

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