Comparison

Scales Lexicon vs VocalTeam

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

Head to head
About

Scales Lexicon

This app provides a comprehensive library of musical scales with notation and audio playback. It offers transposition for various instruments and clefs, customizable rhythmic patterns, and the ability to export notation as PDFs. Practice scales with visual feedback on highlighted notes and piano keys.

Highlights
  • Over 100 musical scales
  • Audio playback with visual note highlighting
  • Transposition for multiple instruments and clefs
  • Customizable rhythmic patterns and octaves
  • PDF export of notation
  • Forward and backward scale playback
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Over 100 scales notated and played for you, including note names, diatonic and melodic intervals. Transposition for instruments in Ab, Eb, Bb, F, C, G, D, A, and E. Play along! Create a pdf of the notation and piano key markings for sharing or printing. Listen and watch the notes and piano keys highlight as it plays. Notation in treble, alto, tenor or bass clef. See the scale notated correctly, with double sharps and flats as needed. For example, Gb minor has a B double flat, not an A. Concert key signatures are supported to the common seven sharps or flats. Transposing key signatures can contain twelve sharps or flats or if selected, use the preferred enharmonic equivalent. Have the scale played in a wide variety of ways. • Choose from 11 rhythmic patterns. • Choose 1, 2 or 3 octaves. • Loop continuously, or play just once through. • Select the space between each loop. • Choose if you want the scale played forward and backward (up and down), or just forward. • Includes an optional 2 or 4 beat count-off. Drive your own software or hardware synth via MIDI to hear what you want, or use the app's own acoustic piano. A quick and easy reference tool for practicing your instrument. Broaden your knowledge and technique. Included scales: • Common: Major Natural Minor Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor - Up & Down Whole-Half Diminished Half-Whole Diminished Whole-tone Chromatic • Modes: Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian • Jazz: Major Pentatonic Minor Pentatonic Blues Blues Modified Blues Phrygian Blues Diminished Bebop Bebop Major Bebop Dominant Bebop Minor Bebop Minor 2 Harmonic Major Phrygian Dominant Lydian Dominant (Overtone) Lydian Augmented Augmented Half Diminished 1 Half Diminished 2 Diminished Whole Tone 6th Mode of Harmonic Minor Neapolitan Major Neapolitan Minor Harmonic Neapolitan Minor Prometheus • Hindustani Thaats: Bilawal Kalyan Khamaj Bhairav Poorvi Marwa Kafi Asavari Bhairavi Todi • World: Algerian Arabian Byzantine Hawaiian Hindu Hungarian or Egyptian Indian Indian Minor Jewish or Spanish Oriental Persian Romanian Bocovia Romanian Major Romanian Minor • China: Bi Yu Chaio Kung Youlan • Japan: Han-kumoi Hira-joshi Honchoshi Plagal Form Iwato Kokin-joshi, Miyakobushi Nohkan Ritsu Sakura Pentatonic Sansagari Taishikicho, Ryo • Composers: Prokofiev Scriabin Shostakovich Verdi Enigmatic Verdi Enigmatic - Up & Down • Messiaen Modes: Mode 1 - Whole Tone Mode 2 - Half-Whole Diminished Mode 3 Mode 3 Inverse Mode 4 Mode 4 Inverse Mode 5 Mode 5 Inverse Mode 6 Mode 6 Inverse Mode 7 Mode 7 Inverse Truncated Mode 2 Truncated Mode 3 Truncated Mode 3 Inverse Truncated Mode 5 Truncated Mode 5 Inverse Truncated Mode 6 Truncated Mode 6 Inverse

About

VocalTeam

Features
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VocalTeam connects the members of your chorus or vocal team and is the tool for communication, song archive and rehersal planning. - Keep track of your members, chat within the team or within each section. - Store and keep track of the team sheet music and learning tracks. Play the audio in the built in audio player at the same time as you look at the sheet music, all within the app that on top of it all will cache the files you choose locally on the device so you have immediate access to them. - Plan your event (rehersals, meetings and performances) where the invited team members can reply if they are joining or not. Simple overview for e.g. the director with summary of each section. Activities for an event points to the songs of the archive and makes the sheet music and learning tracks available from the event view.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: VocalTeam at Free against Scales Lexicon's $2.99. VocalTeam also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 24 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

VocalTeam is free to download; Scales Lexicon costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scales Lexicon ships an update every 24 months, VocalTeam every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scales Lexicon versus VocalTeam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScales LexiconVocalTeam
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyILLOM

In-app purchases

None

Scales Lexicon

No in-app purchases

None

VocalTeam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scales Lexicon free?
Scales Lexicon costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is VocalTeam free?
VocalTeam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scales Lexicon or VocalTeam have ads?
Neither Scales Lexicon nor VocalTeam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scales Lexicon or VocalTeam?
Scales Lexicon ships an update every 24 months, and VocalTeam every 4 weeks. Most recently, Scales Lexicon was updated on October 23, 2026 and VocalTeam on October 27, 2026.

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