Comparison

Tenuto vs Music Tutor Plus

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

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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

Music Tutor Plus

Master sheet music and enhance your sight-reading abilities. Practice identifying musical notes across various clefs with timed or untimed sessions. Review your performance to track progress and correct mistakes.

Highlights
  • Learn sheet music identification
  • Improve speed and accuracy
  • Practice treble, bass, and alto clefs
  • Timed and untimed sessions
  • Mistake review and progress tracking
  • Customizable note practice range
  • MIDI keyboard support
  • Companion Apple Watch app
Features
Currently charting
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Learn to read sheet music and improve your sight-reading skills with Music Tutor. Develop your speed and accuracy in reading sheet music by identifying music notes in timed sessions. Choose to practice with notes in treble, bass and alto clefs in timed or untimed sessions. After each test, you can review your mistakes and see your progress. Other features of Music Tutor include: • Custom Practice Range - Set your own range of notes that you want to practice with. • Supports notes up to 4 ledger lines above or below the staff on any of the clefs. • Notes Reference Charts - For Treble, Bass and Alto clefs. • MIDI Support - Connect your keyboard or digital piano using Lightning to USB Camera Adapter and respond directly from your instrument. • Companion Apple Watch app using which you can practice recognising music notes on the go.

Screenshots

Tenuto4 screens
Music Tutor Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tenuto at 4.7 against Music Tutor Plus's 4.5. Tenuto also leads on chart position (#6 vs #182) and review sentiment (94% vs 82%). Music Tutor Plus's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.8). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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 Music Tutor Plus $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tenuto holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 667 and 248 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Tenuto's written reviews are positive against 82% of Music Tutor Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, Music Tutor Plus every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Tenuto versus Music Tutor Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenutoMusic Tutor Plus
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.7 (667 ratings) — better4.5 (248 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better82.3% of reviews
Number of ratings667 — better248
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#6 — better#182
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.812.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB17 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%

Music Tutor Plus

All ratings240 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative11.3%

User reviews

Tenuto

From 667 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Essential for musicians
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Perfect app
  • 👍 Wonderful app
  • 👍 Highly recommend

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Wrong billing
  • 🐛 Piano tone is so bad
  • 🐛 Not good
  • 🐛 Great but buggy
  • 🐛 All sounds stopped working

Music Tutor Plus

From 248 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helps improve sight reading quickly
  • 🎓 Great for learning and practicing notes
  • 💡 Customizable note ranges
  • 🎮 Fun and addictive

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Note sounds don't match the displayed notes
  • 🔍 Lacks tutorial or progressive learning
  • 🔍 Not suitable for complete beginners
  • 🔍 Limited to note recognition, no rhythm training

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

Music Tutor Plus

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sound sometimes stops working
  • Ads still present in paid 'Pro' version

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for chords and chord recognition
  • Implement a landscape mode with larger keyboard
  • Allow MIDI input from connected instruments
  • Provide more detailed progress tracking and statistics

In-app purchases

None

Tenuto

No in-app purchases

None

Music Tutor Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tenuto free?
Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Music Tutor Plus free?
Music Tutor Plus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tenuto or Music Tutor Plus?
Tenuto is rated higher. Tenuto averages 4.7 out of 5 from 667 ratings, while Music Tutor Plus averages 4.5 from 248 ratings.
Do Tenuto or Music Tutor Plus have ads?
Neither Tenuto nor Music Tutor Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tenuto or Music Tutor Plus?
Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, and Music Tutor Plus every 2 months. Most recently, Tenuto was updated on November 1, 2026 and Music Tutor Plus on November 1, 2026.
Which is more popular, Tenuto or Music Tutor Plus?
Tenuto currently peaks at #6 in the App Store charts, and Music Tutor Plus at #182. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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