Comparison

iGuzheng⁺ vs 懂音律

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Follow Play real-time prompts
  • Supports 21 strings
  • Record and playback songs
  • High-quality stereo samples
  • Additional instrument sounds
  • Customizable tuning
Features
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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 .

About

懂音律

Discover and practice a vast library of music scores for various instruments. Engage with a community of musicians, access AI-powered accompaniment with real-time feedback, and learn from professional teaching videos. Enhance your musical skills through interactive features and tools.

Highlights
  • Vast music score library
  • AI intelligent accompaniment
  • Real-time feedback on practice
  • Professional teaching videos
  • Community interaction and sharing
  • Music theory knowledge
  • Metronome and annotation tools
Features
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A comprehensive platform for music score searching, instrument practice, and learning exchange, specifically designed for music enthusiasts. Through the interaction of millions of influencer users in the community, high-quality music scores are uploaded and shared, making it easy to find scores for practice. [All Instrument Music Scores] It includes a wide range of Chinese and foreign orchestral and percussion instruments such as piano, guitar, ukulele, violin, drum set, guzheng, pipa, and erhu. [Intelligent Accompaniment Practice] The AI music scores can be played. The audio accompaniment practice provides real-time feedback on wrong notes during practice. Segmented playback helps you correct mistakes. [Playing Instruction] Professional teachers' high-quality teaching videos are synchronized with courseware, enabling you to learn and practice simultaneously for rapid improvement. [Community Interaction] Online music learning, creative sharing, and comment interaction allow you to communicate with global musicians and enhance your skills. [Rich Functions] It offers functions such as converting staff notation to numbered musical notation, a built-in metronome, music score annotation, playing recording, automatic page turning, and music theory knowledge. ---- Privacy Policy:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/privacy.html?appPackage=rhythm_ios&appChannel=AppStore Membership Agreement:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/vip.html?appPackage=rhythm_ios&appChannel=AppStore Renewal Agreement:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/auto_renewal.html?appPackage=rhythm_ios&appChannel=AppStore

Screenshots

iGuzheng⁺4 screens
懂音律4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 懂音律 at Free against iGuzheng⁺'s $2.99. 懂音律 also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (242 vs 23). iGuzheng⁺'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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

懂音律 is free to download; iGuzheng⁺ costs $2.99 up front. 懂音律 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. iGuzheng⁺ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for iGuzheng⁺ against 4.9 for 懂音律. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 懂音律 has 242 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of iGuzheng⁺'s written reviews are positive against 96% of 懂音律's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iGuzheng⁺ ships an update every 4 weeks, 懂音律 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
iGuzheng⁺ versus 懂音律: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriGuzheng⁺懂音律
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (23 ratings)4.9 (242 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews95.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23242 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB241 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSupertintin Co., Ltd梦莹 张

Customer experience

iGuzheng⁺

All ratings23 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.9%

懂音律

All ratings242 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.1%

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

懂音律

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iGuzheng⁺

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

懂音律

Subscriptions2
  • 月会员$3.991 Month
  • 年会员$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • 2年会员$29.99

Questions

Is iGuzheng⁺ free?
iGuzheng⁺ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 懂音律 free?
懂音律 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iGuzheng⁺ or 懂音律?
懂音律 is rated higher. iGuzheng⁺ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while 懂音律 averages 4.9 from 242 ratings.
Do iGuzheng⁺ or 懂音律 have ads?
懂音律 shows ads; iGuzheng⁺ does not.
Which is updated more often, iGuzheng⁺ or 懂音律?
iGuzheng⁺ ships an update every 4 weeks, and 懂音律 every 10 days. Most recently, iGuzheng⁺ was updated on October 24, 2026 and 懂音律 on October 25, 2026.

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