Tenuto vs TruePitch Vocal
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.
TruePitch Vocal
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TruePitch is a pitch trainer for singers who practice scales. Your teacher says you're flat — but you can't hear it. TruePitch shows you. Play a scale on a piano (or have your teacher play it), sing along, and TruePitch listens and tells you — in real time — whether each note is flat, sharp, or in tune, and by exactly how many cents. NO GUESSWORK • A live readout shows your current note and how far off you are (e.g. "D4 −15¢ flat"). • A scrolling pitch graph traces your voice against the notes of your scale, colored blue when you're flat, green when you're in tune, orange when you're sharp. A REAL DIAGNOSTIC, NOT JUST A SCORE When you finish, TruePitch breaks down your run: • Cents off for every note in your range. • Ascending vs descending — see if you sag on the way down or push sharp climbing up. • A steadiness measure for how much your pitch wobbled. • A plain-English summary: "On average you sang 12¢ flat. Worst on the descending run around G4." TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Every session is saved. See whether you're getting closer to centre week over week — the honest feedback loop that actually moves your intonation. PRACTICE THE WAY YOU REHEARSE • Choose your key, scale type (major, minor, chromatic), and range. • Set the octaves to match your voice. TruePitch makes no sound — it just listens — so it works alongside any piano, app, or teacher. PRIVACY TruePitch processes audio on your device to detect pitch. It does not record, store, or transmit your audio, and collects no personal data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TruePitch Vocal at $1.99 against Tenuto's $4.99. Tenuto's advantage is chart position (#7 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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
Tenuto costs $4.99 and TruePitch Vocal $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tenuto | TruePitch Vocal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (665 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 665 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #7 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.8 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | musictheory.net | Don Nguyen |
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
TruePitch Vocal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tenuto
No in-app purchases
TruePitch Vocal
No in-app purchases









