Comparison

Tenuto vs Aural Wiz Plus

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

Head to head
About

Tenuto

Enhance your musicality with a comprehensive suite of 24 customizable theory exercises and six essential musical calculators. Practice note and chord identification, ear training, and construct musical elements. Tools include accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices.

Highlights
  • 24 customizable theory exercises
  • Note and chord identification
  • Ear training for intervals and scales
  • Musical construction exercises
  • Accidental calculator
  • Interval calculator
  • Chord calculator
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Tenuto is a collection of 24 highly-customizable exercises designed to enhance your musicality. From recognizing chords on a keyboard to identifying intervals by ear, it has an exercise for you. Tenuto also includes six musical calculators for accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices. A short description of the exercises and calculators follows. –––––– • Note Identification • Key Signature Identification • Interval Identification • Scale Identification • Chord Identification Tap the button corresponding to the written staff line. For example: if shown a C, E, and G with a sharp; tap the "Augmented Triad" button. –––––– • Note Construction • Key Signature Construction • Interval Construction • Scale Construction • Chord Construction Construct the specified label by moving notes and/or adding accidentals. For example: if shown a C and an "Augmented 4th" label, move the second note to F and add a sharp. –––––– • Keyboard Reverse Identification Tap the piano key corresponding to the written note on the staff. While similar to Note Identification, this exercise uses a piano keyboard rather than note name buttons. • Keyboard Note Identification • Keyboard Interval Identification • Keyboard Scale Identification • Keyboard Chord Identification Tap the button corresponding to the highlighted piano key(s). If the C and G keys are highlighted, tap the "P5" (Perfect 5th) button. –––––– • Fretboard Note Identification • Fretboard Interval Identification • Fretboard Scale Identification • Fretboard Chord Identification Tap the button corresponding to the marked fretboard position(s). If the 2nd fret of the D string is marked, tap the "E" button. –––––– • Keyboard Ear Training • Note Ear Training Listen to the played reference and question notes. Select the piano key or note button corresponding to the question note. • Interval Ear Training • Scale Ear Training • Chord Ear Training Tap the button corresponding to the played notes. If E and F are played, tap the "Minor 2nd" button. –––––– • Accidental Calculator Display the accidental for a note and key. • Interval Calculator Display the interval for a note, type, and key. • Chord Calculator Display the scale for a tonic and scale type. • Chord Calculator Display the chord for a note, type, and key. • Analysis Calculator Display the chord for a symbol and key. • Matrix Calculator Display the twelve-tone matrix for a specified tone row.

About

Aural Wiz Plus

Enhance your musical ear by learning to identify intervals, scales, chords, and cadences. This app offers two modes: Learn to hear and understand different musical elements, and Practice to test your recognition skills through melodic and harmonic patterns.

Highlights
  • Interval recognition
  • Scale identification
  • Chord training
  • Cadence learning
  • Learn mode
  • Practice mode
Features
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Learn to recognize intervals, scales, chords, ​and cadences with Aural Wiz. Whether you are a music student preparing for aural tests as part of your formal musical training or a musician just working towards improving your aural skills, Aural Wiz would be an indispensable companion for you. You can use Aural Wiz in two modes - Learn and Practice. In Learn mode, you can play back an interval, scale, chord or a cadence to understand how it sounds. In Practice mode, a melodic or harmonic pattern will be played and you'll be asked to identify the interval, scale, chord or cadence. Practicing this way has been a proven way to improve your aural skills. Make Aural Wiz part of your daily aural improvisation routine.

Screenshots

Tenuto4 screens
Aural Wiz Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tenuto and Aural Wiz Plus both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Tenuto's written reviews are positive against 48% of Aural Wiz Plus's. Tenuto also leads on chart position (#5 vs unranked) and ratings volume (665 vs 134). Aural Wiz Plus's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tenuto costs $4.99 and Aural Wiz Plus $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tenuto against 4.7 for Aural Wiz Plus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 665 and 134 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Tenuto's written reviews are positive against 48% of Aural Wiz Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, Aural Wiz Plus monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Tenuto versus Aural Wiz Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenutoAural Wiz Plus
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.7 (665 ratings) — better4.7 (134 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better47.8% of reviews
Number of ratings665 — better134
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#5 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.812.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermusictheory.netBijoy Thangaraj

Customer experience

Tenuto

All ratings652 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews354 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.8%

Aural Wiz Plus

All ratings131 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral26.1%
Negative26.1%

Bugs and requests

Tenuto

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Sound cuts out
  • Unresponsive at times
  • Freezes up
  • Doesn't work well for guitar
  • Incorrect chord/key associations

Requested features

20 requests
  • Cadences and inversions for ear training
  • Chord progressions for ear training
  • Melodic and harmonic minor modes for scale recognition
  • 6th, 9th, 11th and 13th chord extensions for chord recognition
  • Melodic dictation
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  • Rhythm exercises
  • Fretboard reverse identification
  • Chord inversions for chord identification
  • Scales written on staff using various clefs
  • Rhythm, melodic, and harmonic dictation exercises
  • Part writing exercises
  • Exercises for form, cadences, etc.
  • MIDI support
  • Autoplay function
  • Ability to input notes/chords on fretboard
  • Chord progression ear training
  • Inversion options for chord and interval identification
  • Melodic and harmonic minor scale identification
  • Extended chord identification
  • Rhythmic dictation

Aural Wiz Plus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tenuto

No in-app purchases

None

Aural Wiz Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tenuto free?
Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aural Wiz Plus free?
Aural Wiz Plus costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tenuto or Aural Wiz Plus?
Tenuto is rated higher. Tenuto averages 4.7 out of 5 from 665 ratings, while Aural Wiz Plus averages 4.7 from 134 ratings.
Do Tenuto or Aural Wiz Plus have ads?
Neither Tenuto nor Aural Wiz Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tenuto or Aural Wiz Plus?
Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, and Aural Wiz Plus monthly. Most recently, Tenuto was updated on October 23, 2026 and Aural Wiz Plus on October 22, 2026.

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