Comparison

CarillonSS vs Gradation Piano

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

Head to head
About

CarillonSS

Experience the grandeur of a carillon on your mobile device. Play a wide range of notes, record your performances, and even play along with your favorite music.

Highlights
  • Play a virtual carillon
  • Record audio performances
  • Play along with other music apps
  • Select audio file format
  • Email recorded audio
  • iTunes file sharing support
Features
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Carillon is a musical instrument that is typically housed in a tower, either as part of some other building, or as a separate structure built specifically to house the bells. It consists of at least 23 cast bronze bells with 2 octaves. Carillon is distinguished by chimes or bells. CarillonSS is designed to easily play a grand carillon on your iPad/iPhone. The actual carillon has foot pedals to move the heavy clappers but CarillonSS doesn't feature them since it's not required any strength to play. A musician who plays the carillon is called the carillonneur. With CarillonSS, you can be a carillonneur as well! Added the recording function! It picks the surrounding sounds as well, and you can use it in many different ways such as recording your vocals or creating a voice memo. You can also send the recorded data via email. Note that the maximum attachment size of an email depends on the iOS device you are using. Please contact your cell phone service provider for further information. - A 10 seconds recording is around 450 kB. - Support iTunes file sharing(http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4094?viewlocale=en_US) Added the play with other music app button on the right side of the record button (however, this disables the recording). For example, you can play along with your favorite songs on Music app. Now you can select the audio file format when recording. If you want to send a file via email, record at "22kHz / 8 bit" to reduce the file size. - Users who have a problem with the musical instrument app that doesn't make any sound. (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5137?viewlocale=en_US) Range: C3-C6 3 octaves (37 keys) - iPad, iPad mini Range: C4-C6 2 octaves (25 keys) - iPhone, iPod Touch - Display scale on keyboard - Support orientation - Record button / Play button / Stop button / Send the sound data via Email button - Support iTunes file sharing - Play with other music app button

About

Gradation Piano

Features
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Play the piano and watch your music come alive. Gradation Piano turns every note into a burst of color. Press a key and vibrant fluid — unique to that pitch — erupts from the keyboard and swirls across the display in real time, powered by a Metal-based fluid simulation. Features Full 88-key range — scroll freely from A0 to C8 Color-coded keys — each of the 12 pitches has its own hue, making it easy to recognize notes by sight Live fluid visuals — Metal GPU simulation reacts instantly to every touch, blending colors as you play chords Adjustable keyboard width — zoom in for larger keys or zoom out to see more of the keyboard at once Multi-touch — play full chords and let the colors mix

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gradation Piano at Free against CarillonSS's $2.99. CarillonSS's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Gradation Piano is free to download; CarillonSS costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CarillonSS versus Gradation Piano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarillonSSGradation Piano
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYUJI HASEBEMASATO MISAWA

In-app purchases

None

CarillonSS

No in-app purchases

None

Gradation Piano

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CarillonSS free?
CarillonSS costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gradation Piano free?
Gradation Piano is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CarillonSS or Gradation Piano have ads?
Neither CarillonSS nor Gradation Piano shows ads.

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