Comparison

Strings Conferences vs MetaPractice Teacher

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

Head to head
About

Strings Conferences

Explore two decades of String Theory progress through conference slides. Easily navigate presentations from 1998 to 2025 on your iPad.

Highlights
  • Access conference slides
  • Navigate presentations
  • String Theory content
  • Historical data (1998-2025)
  • iPad optimized
Features
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Twenty years of (non-)progress of String Theory on your iPad! With this app, you can easily navigate all the slides from the past Strings conferences, from 1998 to 2025.

About

MetaPractice Teacher

This app helps music teachers manage students, create lessons, assign practice goals, and evaluate progress. It offers features like organized lesson creation, customizable goal setting, and automated practice routine generation for students via a companion app.

Highlights
  • Student and lesson organization
  • Customizable goal assignment
  • Automated practice routine generation
  • Student progress tracking
  • In-app student communication
  • Media library and audio recording
Features
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FREE 30-Day Trial! Are you a music teacher in search of a comprehensive solution to manage your students and private lessons? Look no further. MetaPractice Teacher is your go-to platform to organize your students, create lessons, assign goals, evaluate progress, and much more. Students can practice lessons using our companion app - MetaPractice Student. Each lesson automatically generates a practice routine individually tailored for the student, making the entire process of music teaching and learning more efficient and interconnected. App Features: Lessons Seamlessly create and organize student lessons into goalbooks, forming the backbone of your private music teaching experience. Organize Like a Pro Utilize categories, subcategories, multimedia files, notes and more for limitless organization in each lesson. Assign Goals One-time tasks, repetitive drills, or recurring activities. Customize each goal further by marking it as Trouble or Bonus type or use the scoring capability to quantify the severity of each goal. Skill Levels Set skill levels for students as Beginner, Skilled, or Advanced to tailor a better practice experience for students. Feedback That Matters Each lesson is evaluated with a score based on the quality of the student's practice. Trouble goals serve as penalties, while bonus goals add positive points, providing clear and specific feedback for rapid student progression. Repertoire List Reuse students' completed pieces or manually add new ones to lessons. Set automatic rules to incorporate them in practice routines. Practice Routines Taking into account skill level, goals, repertoire, and other customizable settings for each lesson, MetaPractice automatically creates a practice routine that fits each student's unique needs. Chats Communicate with your students through chat, with the option to send multimedia files. Media Library Upload and organize your media assets in our cloud and use them at any time in lessons. Audio Scratchpad Capture audio recordings while giving lessons. Goal Memory MetaPractice keeps track of past musical goals, making your lessons more efficient the more you use it. Practice Stats Track the progress and time your students spend on assigned goals. Templates Save time in creating lessons by automating recurring assignments. Practice Simulation Test how the lesson transforms into the practice routine that students see in our companion app, MetaPractice Student. And Much More Discover a range of additional features designed to enrich your music teaching experience. Ready to transform your private music lessons? Download MetaPractice Teacher today. Privacy: https://metapractice.net/metapractice-privacy-policy/ Terms: https://metapractice.net/metapractice-terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Strings Conferences4 screens
MetaPractice Teacher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strings Conferences at none against MetaPractice Teacher's 10. Strings Conferences also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). MetaPractice Teacher's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). On price, rating, ads 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

Both are free to download. MetaPractice Teacher sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Strings Conferences asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Strings Conferences against 5.0 for MetaPractice Teacher. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strings Conferences ships an update every 11 months, MetaPractice Teacher monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Strings Conferences versus MetaPractice Teacher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrings ConferencesMetaPractice Teacher
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuji TachikawaOrangeNote LLC

Customer experience

Strings Conferences

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MetaPractice Teacher

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Strings Conferences

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

MetaPractice Teacher

Subscriptions10
  • 20 Student Slots$13.991 Month
  • 25 Student Slots$17.491 Month
  • 30 Student Slots$20.991 Month
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  • 35 Student Slots$24.491 Month
  • 40 Student Slots$27.991 Month
  • 20 Student Slots$139.991 Year
  • 25 Student Slots$174.991 Year
  • 30 Student Slots$209.991 Year
  • 35 Student Slots$244.991 Year
  • 40 Student Slots$279.991 Year

Questions

Is Strings Conferences free?
Strings Conferences is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MetaPractice Teacher free?
MetaPractice Teacher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strings Conferences or MetaPractice Teacher?
Strings Conferences and MetaPractice Teacher are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Strings Conferences or MetaPractice Teacher have ads?
Neither Strings Conferences nor MetaPractice Teacher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strings Conferences or MetaPractice Teacher?
Strings Conferences ships an update every 11 months, and MetaPractice Teacher monthly. Most recently, Strings Conferences was updated on October 10, 2026 and MetaPractice Teacher on October 6, 2026.

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