# Tenuto vs Pitch Kit

The clearest difference is price: Pitch Kit at Free against Tenuto's $4.99. Pitch Kit also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Tenuto's advantage is ratings volume (667 vs 9) and chart position (#7 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Pitch Kit is free to download; Tenuto costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Pitch Kit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tenuto has 667 ratings behind it against 9, 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 100% of Pitch Kit's.

Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, Pitch Kit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Tenuto | Pitch Kit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $4.99 | **Free** |
| Rating | [4.7 (667 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tenuto/id459313476/reviews) | **[5.0 (9 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pitch-kit/id6756742075/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **667** | 9 |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | **100.0% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | **Every 2 weeks** |
| Monetization | Paid | **Free** |
| Best chart rank | **#7** | — |
| Size | 11 MB | 77 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.8 | **12.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [musictheory.net](https://appshunter.io/developer/459313479) | [Wave Technology Group Incorporated](https://appshunter.io/developer/1862601439) |

## What reviewers say

### Tenuto

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tenuto/id459313476)

**Currently charting:** #7 Top Paid · Music, #41 Top Paid (US App Store)

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

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

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

**What reviewers complain about**

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

**Reported bugs**

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

**Requested features**

- 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


### Pitch Kit

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pitch-kit/id6756742075)

Explore and understand music harmony with this compositional tool. Visualize scales and chords as sheet music, transpose them, and discover their properties. Offers intuitive input, playback, and advanced tools for musicians of all levels.

**Highlights:** Visualize scales and chords as sheet music, Intuitive input with virtual keyboard, Playback and manipulation of musical creations, Advanced pitch-class set theory tools, Customizable instrument playback, Built-in glossary of music theory terms

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Tenuto free?

Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Pitch Kit free?

Pitch Kit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Tenuto or Pitch Kit?

Pitch Kit is rated higher. Tenuto averages 4.7 out of 5 from 667 ratings, while Pitch Kit averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.

### Do Tenuto or Pitch Kit have ads?

Neither Tenuto nor Pitch Kit shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Tenuto or Pitch Kit?

Tenuto ships an update every 3 months, and Pitch Kit every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tenuto was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pitch Kit on October 30, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*