Comparison

Scales Lexicon vs Gridplay

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 detailed notation and playback. It allows for transposition across various instruments and clefs, offering customizable rhythmic patterns and playback options. Users can generate printable PDF scores for practice and sharing.

Highlights
  • Over 100 musical scales
  • Interactive notation and playback
  • Transposition for multiple instruments
  • Customizable rhythmic patterns
  • PDF score generation
  • Multiple octaves and playback modes
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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 up, up and down, down, or down and up. • 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

Gridplay

Create dynamic, multi-clip music videos with an innovative grid interface. Combine and divide cells, adjust individual clips, and add music to produce unique visual content for social media.

Highlights
  • Multi-clip grid interface
  • Combine and divide cells
  • Independent clip sound control
  • Timeline editing
  • Clip rotation and scaling
  • Save to camera roll
  • Share to social media
Features
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Make quality quick-cut style music videos straight from your phone with Gridplay. Giving even the most experienced filmmakers a new experience, the innovative grid screen allows users to combine and divide cells at will in order to create dynamic videos. Add a song, trim clips, and adjust and scale each cell for extra flair. Turn your inspirational moments into the movie of your life with Gridplay. Features: 1. Takes up to 16 4x4 videoclips (These can be recorded or uploaded.) 2. Swipe to combine or divide the cells 3. Create and edit a timeline with multiple frames 4. Optimized for low-resolution (640p) on Instagram 5. Records up to 15 seconds. (5 minutes with extension) 6. Self-timer 7. Each clip has an independent sound control 8. Ability to save video to camera roll 9. Frame thickness and color settings 10. Automatically saves rough draft 11. Rotate, adjust, scale, and mirror each clip 12. Share to Vine Instructions: 1. Pick a cell and choose the camera mode. (Full screen vs. split screen, and back camera vs. front camera) 2. Swipe to combine cells, and swipe again to divide. 3. Press the "Film" button. 4. Set the timer up to 15 seconds. (If you have unlocked the extension, you can set the timer up to 5 minutes.) 5. When you finish with one frame, it will go to the next automatically. You need to set the timer for each frame. 6. If you don't like what you have recorded, tap to delete. If you don't want to fill up the other cells? No problem, just go to the next step. 7. Adjust the volume and position of each clip. 8. Trim the clips and add background music. 9. Save and share on Vine, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, and email.

Screenshots

Scales Lexicon4 screens
Gridplay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scales Lexicon at 86% against Gridplay's 36%. Scales Lexicon also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Gridplay's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (77 vs 6). On ads, monetization model and device support 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

Scales Lexicon costs $2.99 and Gridplay $1.99 up front. Gridplay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scales Lexicon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scales Lexicon holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gridplay has 77 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Scales Lexicon's written reviews are positive against 36% of Gridplay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scales Lexicon ships an update every 19 months, Gridplay monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Scales Lexicon versus Gridplay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScales LexiconGridplay
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better2.4 (77 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better35.9% of reviews
Number of ratings677 — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.511.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyPeta Vision

Customer experience

Scales Lexicon

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Gridplay

All ratings77 ratings
Positive31.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative62.3%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive35.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative52.7%

In-app purchases

None

Scales Lexicon

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Gridplay

One-time1
  • Expend video length to 5minute$0.99

Questions

Is Scales Lexicon free?
Scales Lexicon costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gridplay free?
Gridplay costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scales Lexicon or Gridplay?
Scales Lexicon is rated higher. Scales Lexicon averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Gridplay averages 2.4 from 77 ratings.
Do Scales Lexicon or Gridplay have ads?
Neither Scales Lexicon nor Gridplay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scales Lexicon or Gridplay?
Scales Lexicon ships an update every 19 months, and Gridplay monthly. Most recently, Scales Lexicon was updated on November 1, 2026 and Gridplay on November 11, 2026.

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