Comparison

Tenuto vs Basic

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

Basic

Features
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这是一款为音乐人量身打造的三合一练习APP,集节拍器、鼓打击板与倒计时器于一体,全面服务于您的日常创作与练习。当您需要稳定节奏时,节拍器以精准而持续的打点,成为您演奏中可靠的节奏基准;当灵感跃动时,鼓打击板让您自由触发多样节奏,轻松捕捉即兴中生动的律动火花;而在需要专注突破时,倒计时器通过合理的练习间歇,帮助您高效规划时间、保持持久专注。无论处于音乐准备的哪个阶段,它都是您身边的实用伙伴,让练习更投入,让创作更自由。 This is a 3-in-1 practice APP specifically designed for musicians, integrating a Hi-Hat Metronome, a Drum-Pad, and a Countdown Timer. It provides comprehensive support for your daily creation and practice. When you need a stable rhythm, the metronome, with its precise and continuous beats, becomes a reliable rhythm reference in your performance; when inspiration strikes, the Drum Pad allows you to freely trigger various rhythms and easily capture the lively rhythm sparks in improvisation; and when you need to focus on breakthroughs, the countdown timer helps you efficiently plan your time and maintain sustained concentration. No matter at which stage of music preparation you are, it is your practical companion by your side, making practice more engaged and allowing for freer creation.

Screenshots

Tenuto4 screens
Basic3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Basic at $0.99 against Tenuto's $4.99. Tenuto's advantage is chart position (#7 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 Basic $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Tenuto versus Basic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenutoBasic
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.7 (667 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings667 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.8 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermusictheory.net逸 屠

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

Basic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tenuto

No in-app purchases

None

Basic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tenuto free?
Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Basic free?
Basic costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tenuto or Basic have ads?
Neither Tenuto nor Basic shows ads.

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