Comparison

Tenuto vs PracticeOS

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

PracticeOS

Transform your guitar practice with structured lessons, interactive games, and personalized paths. Learn chords, scales, and songs with AR features and detailed technique guides. Track your progress and improve your playing systematically.

Highlights
  • AR Practice Room for interactive learning
  • Personalized practice paths based on instrument and level
  • Extensive library of chords, scales, and songs
  • Demo videos for visual learning
  • Technique and speed training exercises
  • Progress tracking and daily reminders
  • Metronome and tuner tools
Features
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Become the guitarist you already hear in your head. PracticeOS turns aimless practice into a real system, so every minute with your guitar moves you forward. Choose your goal, follow your roadmap, and watch yourself improve. 13 ROADMAPS, ONE GOAL Level by level, with points, streaks and Pico, your practice buddy. Tell us your goal and your first level starts right away. • Chords, melodies, scales, notes on the neck • Music theory and ear training • Electric & acoustic: alternate picking, Speed Burst, Advanced • Classical: right hand, left hand, speed, accuracy CHORDS, PROGRESSIONS, SONGS • Chapter 1: learn the chords and where they live, from blues to flamenco • Chapter 2: progressions from pop, rock, country, flamenco, blues and jazz • Chapter 3: 20 songs with strum patterns and a metronome • Pico listens as you play and closes each chapter with a quiz MUSIC THEORY 12 units from the musical alphabet to modes: short lessons, and after each unit a quiz that explains why an answer is right. SEE IT, THEN PLAY IT Many levels show you in a demo video which finger goes where and how it should sound. Then you practise right there on the same screen. SCORE SCANNER • Scan sheet music with your camera, or import a PDF or photo • Write on it with your finger or Apple Pencil: fingerings, p-i-m-a, string numbers and tabs • Export your marked-up score as a PDF to print or share AR PRACTICE ROOM Chords and notes float around your room. Aim, pick the right name, and beat the clock. 21 levels, up to three stars. LIBRARY • 130+ chord shapes and 60+ progressions • 50 scales: major, minor, pentatonic, blues, modes and more • 20+ famous melodies in tab, as slow as you like • Improvise: solo over a loop where nothing is wrong • Giuliani studies, tremolo, campanella and filmed technique lessons PRACTICE SYSTEM • Your own practice blocks with time goals and 30-day progress • Practice History with medals, streaks and all your roadmaps • Reminders, a practice journal and a widget • Metronome and tuner • Apple Watch: chord shapes on your wrist, with sound FOR TEACHERS Free for teachers: with one code, see what your students practise and send them assignments. FREE & PREMIUM The start of every roadmap and your first 3 scores are free. Premium unlocks every level, exercise, scale and study, plus unlimited practice blocks and scores. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION PracticeOS Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription with a free trial. Your local price is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. You can cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of the free trial is forfeited when you subscribe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.velto.at/en/practiceOS/privacy Support: https://www.velto.at/en/practiceOS/support Start today. Play better tomorrow.

Screenshots

Tenuto4 screens
PracticeOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PracticeOS at Free against Tenuto's $4.99. PracticeOS also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Tenuto's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#7 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

PracticeOS is free to download; Tenuto costs $4.99 up front. PracticeOS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tenuto asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, PracticeOS weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Tenuto versus PracticeOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenutoPracticeOS
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (667 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings667 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.8 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermusictheory.netMEHDI KHOSRAVANI BIDZARDI

Customer experience

Tenuto

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

PracticeOS

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

PracticeOS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tenuto

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PracticeOS

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • PracticeOS Premium Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Tenuto free?
Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PracticeOS free?
PracticeOS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tenuto or PracticeOS have ads?
Neither Tenuto nor PracticeOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tenuto or PracticeOS?
Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, and PracticeOS weekly. Most recently, Tenuto was updated on November 1, 2026 and PracticeOS on November 4, 2026.

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