Tenuto vs Modus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Modus
This stylish and accurate metronome offers audible and visual timing cues. Set tempos easily via typing, dial, or tap, and save custom presets for quick access. It supports multitasking and works even in silent mode.
- Audible and visual metronome modes
- Multiple tempo setting methods
- Customizable presets
- Multitasking support
- Silent mode operation
- Intuitive interface
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Never miss a beat with this stylish and amazingly accurate metronome: it balances the functionality you need with the precision you expect, all in an intuitive interface that's designed to get you playing as quickly as possible. Introducing Modus, from the creators of forScore. Use audible mode for a more traditional experience, use visual mode to see the timing instead, or use both for even more flexibility. Set the tempo by typing it in, using the adjustment dial, or by tapping twice in the center of the screen. Create and switch between as many presets as you like for quick access to your most frequently-used settings. Modus lets you work with your other apps, supporting both Split View and Slide Over on the iPad, and it uses multitasking to continue playing even when it's not on screen. It also works when your device is in silent mode so you can avoid interruptions. Plain, simple, and spot on every time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tenuto at 4.7 against Modus's 3.6. Tenuto also leads on ratings volume (667 vs 5) and review sentiment (94% vs 71%). Modus's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Tenuto costs $4.99 and Modus $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tenuto holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tenuto has 667 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Tenuto's written reviews are positive against 71% of Modus's.
Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, Modus every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Tenuto | Modus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (667 ratings) — better | 3.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 667 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.8 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | musictheory.net | forScore LLC |
Customer experience
Tenuto
Modus
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
Modus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tenuto
No in-app purchases
Modus
No in-app purchases









