iGuzheng⁺ vs Mr. Qin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iGuzheng⁺
This app allows users to play the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, with ease. Its innovative "Follow Play" feature provides real-time prompts, making it accessible for beginners to perform professional pieces. It supports a wide range of playing techniques and offers additional instrument sounds.
- Follow Play real-time prompts
- Supports 21 strings
- Record and playback songs
- High-quality stereo samples
- Additional instrument sounds
- Customizable tuning
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iGuzheng's innovative "Follow Play" feature allows even complete beginners to effortlessly play professional Guzheng pieces! Guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither that dates back to 500 B.C. It is rich in playing techniques. The performer plucks the strings with his right-hand fingernails, while his left-hand fingers apply pressure to the strings to execute vibratos, slides, and other embellishments , as well as occasional plucking techniques. iGuzheng supports many playing techniques, like an acoustic Guzheng: · Playing techniques for Right Hand: Pluck, Glissando, Tremolo (Shake/摇指), Automatic Tremolo, Overtone · Playing techniques for Left Hand: Pitch Slide, Small Vibrato, Big Vibrato, Tap Pitch (Dian Yin – 点音) Main Features: √ Follow Play: iGuzheng's original "Follow Play" feature combines Guzheng playing symbols with string positions to provide real-time playing prompts, allowing even complete beginners to effortlessly play professional Guzheng pieces! ** Supports setting to follow only the right-hand part or both hands! ** When following only the right-hand part, iGuzheng will automatically play the left-hand part for you! ** Can be set to automatically play left-hand pressing actions: pressed notes, glissando, vibrato, etc. [Appendix] Meanings of various lines in Follow Play: Vertical line – Represents a "chord line," commonly used for major plucks, minor plucks, and chords. Wavy line – Represents a "glissando line," commonly used for ornamental notes, glissando, double thumb, heavy thumb, etc. Fine dashed line – Represents a "note group." All notes connected by fine dashed lines form a note group, which may consist of common fingering combinations (alternating thumb and middle finger, four-note patterns, etc.), grace notes, triplets, arpeggiated chords, rhythmic patterns, etc. Horizontal thick dashed line – Represents a "tremolo line," indicating the start and end times of the tremolo. √ Flexible Guzheng View — easy scrolling and zooming with drag/pinch gestures on the Pitch Slider Bar. √ Record your songs, and songs can be played back with animations. √ You can share your songs (*.igz or *.m4a) √ High-quality stereo samples from Guzheng. √ Additional instrument sounds: Harp, Marimba, Pipa, Ruan , Dulcimer √ Full 21 strings. √ Automatically play "Shake" technique (自动摇指) when you move your touch on the string horizontally. √ Smart snapping to the correct pitch grid when moving the pitch slider. √ Portamento / Vibrato. √ Overtone : use two fingers to tap strings at the same time. √ "Dian Yin" Effect (点音/Tap Pitch) : tap the pitch slider after plucking a string to create the "Dian Yin" sound effect. √ Tuning as standard Guzheng tunings or custom tuning. √ Transpose control .
Mr. Qin
Experience the calming sounds of a Chinese Guqin (zither) by interacting with tones through intuitive screen swipes. Explore two serene scenes, Daylight with bamboos and Night with fireworks, while playing a selection of classical and traditional songs.
- Interactive tone manipulation
- Customizable tempo and amplitude
- Two atmospheric scenes
- Selection of classical songs
- Traditional Chinese melodies
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Play with your mood. The user can interact with tones by swiping on the screen with arbitrary tempo, amplitude and tone colors. There are currently 2 scenes: Daylight with bamboos, and Night with fireworks. Hope you like it. Songs list: - Für Elise - Ode to Joy - Carmen - Turkish March - Lullaby - Dream of Love - Swan Lake - From the New World - 阳关三叠 - 梅花三弄 - 平沙落雁 - 春江花月夜 - 秋风词 - 满江红 - 凤求凰 etc...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mr. Qin at Free against iGuzheng⁺'s $2.99. Mr. Qin also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). iGuzheng⁺'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Mr. Qin is free to download; iGuzheng⁺ costs $2.99 up front. Mr. Qin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iGuzheng⁺ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mr. Qin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iGuzheng⁺ has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of iGuzheng⁺'s written reviews are positive against 70% of Mr. Qin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iGuzheng⁺ ships an update every 4 weeks, Mr. Qin monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iGuzheng⁺ | Mr. Qin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Supertintin Co., Ltd | 哲 盛 |
Customer experience
iGuzheng⁺
Mr. Qin
Bugs and requests
iGuzheng⁺
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes when selecting song directory
- No sound after update (on tablet)
- Cannot change tuning after update (on tablet)
- Yao-Zhi pops up too often
- No sound after download (historically)
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- App crashes on iOS 7 (historically)
- No sound on iPad Mini with iOS 7 (historically)
- Latency issues
- Pitch bend sounds artificial
- Fixed repeat rate for note repetition gesture
- No sound on third run
- Glitches causing no sound
Requested features
25 requests- Export music sheets/tabs
- Download music files/videos
- Print music sheets
- Song suggestion system
- Gesture practice modules
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- More popular/trending songs
- More traditional Guzheng songs
- AUv3/Audiobus compatibility
- MIDI support
- Zoom gesture lock toggle
- Customizable string count (21-13)
- User-customizable backgrounds
- Add specific songs (e.g., Jay Chou's, The Untamed OST, 'Ren Jian Yan Huo', 'Xue Shan Chun Xiao', 'Yu Zhou Chang Wan', 'Wo Yuan Yi')
- Practice mode with metronome
- Ability to record oneself playing along
- More beginner-friendly tutorials/lessons
- Explanation of complex fingerings/techniques
- Ability to control string selection range during follow-play
- Left-hand string pressure control
- Add Chinese names for songs
- Integrated audio tracks for practice
- Adjustable string distance
- More realistic 'Yaozhi' sound
- Option to change general pitch/sound quality
- Santoor app
Mr. Qin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iGuzheng⁺
No in-app purchases
Mr. Qin
- Remove Ads & Restrictions$1.99









