Idiotic vs GUIDO Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idiotic
Create silly music with this sound recording and pitch-changing keyboard. Features built-in sounds, the ability to record your own voice, and a unique pitch control for hilarious effects. It's designed to be the world's silliest instrument for fun and experimentation.
- Sound recording
- Pitch changing
- Built-in sound banks
- Record your own voice
- Pitch control slider
- Silly instrument
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Idiotic is a fun, sound recording, pitch changing music keyboard for the iPhone and iPad. With lots of crazy built-in sounds and the ability to record your own, start making Idiotic music today! Slide the Pitch Control to make the sounds higher and lower and truly Idiotic! There are 20 sound banks built-in. From chickens to pianos, to your own voice, Idiotic makes music fun. There are just 8 colourful keys - with Idiotic, there's no such thing as a wrong note. Unless you press the Idiotic button, then all the notes get a bit wrong! Try sliding the pitch control up and down whilst playing for extra annoying, extra Idiotic sounds, or wipe over the key to get some bendy sonics! Record a different sound onto each key, reverse them, perform them, record your Idiotic-ness and send it to your friends! Hold a key and hit record and enter MULTI mode. You can make whole sentences for your friends to enjoy! Idiotic is truly the world's silliest instrument. For more fun nonsense and some fantastic catchy songs, visit www.djeurope.com. DJ Europe is the world's number two DJ, he makes songs about home appliances, love, holidays and more. Take the incredible Washing Machine app for a spin!
GUIDO Creator
Create music scores and write notation on your iPad. Use the on-screen keyboard to generate music notation code and share your compositions via email or social media. The app is designed for intuitive creation of small musical pieces and sketches.
- Write music notation
- Create music scores
- Virtual on-screen keyboard
- Generate GUIDO Music Notation code
- Share scores via email/social media
- Import and edit Music-XML files
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Write music notation and create music scores with your iPad. Use the virtual on-screen keyboard to create GUIDO Music Notation code. Share your score via email, Twitter or Facebook. Import and view and edit Music-XML files. The focus of the app is on intuitive creation of small scores and sketches.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Idiotic at 92% against GUIDO Creator's 0%. Idiotic also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). GUIDO Creator's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). 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
Both are free to download. Idiotic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GUIDO Creator sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idiotic holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idiotic has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Idiotic's written reviews are positive against 0% of GUIDO Creator's.
Idiotic ships an update every 8 months, GUIDO Creator every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idiotic | GUIDO Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wimbledon Sound | Kilian IT-Consulting |
Customer experience
Idiotic
GUIDO Creator
In-app purchases
Idiotic
- Remove Ads$0.99
GUIDO Creator
- Native Score Rendering$0.99
- Save and load scores$0.99
- iTunes File Sharing$0.99
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- Playback support$0.99
- Fullscreen Portrait View$0.99
- MusicXML Import$0.99
