Comparison

TEFview vs Pocket Lick

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

Head to head
About

TEFview

This app lets you view, print, and play musical tablatures and various music file formats on your iOS device. It supports MIDI playback with speed control, metronome, and file management features for easy organization and sharing.

Highlights
  • View tablatures and standard notation
  • MIDI playback with speed control
  • Assign volume and MIDI instrument per track
  • Metronome and countdown timer
  • File manager with WIFI sharing
  • PDF export for printing and sharing
Features
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TEFview for iOS is an app that allows you to view, print and play tablatures created in TablEdit Tablature Editor on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. TEFview allows you as well to view and listen to ASCII tabs, ABC tunes, MIDI, PowerTab, GuitarPro and musicXML files. Specifications: - Supported file formats: TablEdit, ASCII, ABC, MIDI, Music XML, PowerTab, GuitarPro - Tablature and/or Standard notation display, - MIDI Playback with full speed control, - Ability to assign the volume and the MIDI instrument for any track in real time, - Metronome and count down, - Embedded Help, - Emails file as attachment, - File manager. - WIFI file sharing, Files app support - Subdirectory management - Playlist - extract the compressed tef files from a zip file - pdf export: the pdf can be emailed, printed to a compatible AirPrint printer or opened in a third app,

About

Pocket Lick

Learn essential musical phrases with this app, offering over 30 banjo licks with tablature and video demonstrations. Practice anywhere with offline access and improve your playing quickly.

Highlights
  • Over 30 banjo licks
  • Tablature for each lick
  • Right/Left hand video
  • Fast audio recording
  • Video looping
  • Offline access
Features
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Any professional level player will tell you - licks are the building blocks of proficiently learning all styles of music, and they're essential for becoming a great musician. With PL2, you get: * Over 30 licks * Tab for every lick * Right/Left hand video * Fast audio recording of each lick to hear what it "actually" sounds like * Video looping * Information blurb about each lick * NO INTERNET NEEDED - learn licks anywhere and at any time You'll be surprised at how quickly you'll be able to memorize the licks and put them into your arrangements or repertoire. Our lick library includes licks from legendary players like Earl Scruggs, J.D. Crowe, Scott Vestal, Bela Fleck, Noam Pikelny, and more! Up your banjo game and blow away your friends in no time with Pocket Lick 2!

Screenshots

TEFview4 screens
Pocket Lick2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TEFview at Free against Pocket Lick's $0.99. TEFview also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 58 months) and ratings volume (316 vs 51). Pocket Lick's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

TEFview is free to download; Pocket Lick costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Lick holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEFview has 316 ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of TEFview's written reviews are positive against 95% of Pocket Lick's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TEFview ships an update every 5 months, Pocket Lick every 58 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TEFview versus Pocket Lick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEFviewPocket Lick
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (316 ratings)4.9 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews95.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings316 — better51
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 58 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB145 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperTablEditTunefox s.r.o.

Customer experience

TEFview

All ratings303 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.8%

Pocket Lick

All ratings51 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

Bugs and requests

TEFview

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Doesn't work with files in iCloud Drive
  • Crashes when opening MIDI files

Requested features

3 requests
  • Left-handed fretboard view
  • Chord name display
  • Ability to delete downloaded files

Pocket Lick

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TEFview

No in-app purchases

None

Pocket Lick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TEFview free?
TEFview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Lick free?
Pocket Lick costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TEFview or Pocket Lick?
Pocket Lick is rated higher. TEFview averages 4.7 out of 5 from 316 ratings, while Pocket Lick averages 4.9 from 51 ratings.
Do TEFview or Pocket Lick have ads?
Neither TEFview nor Pocket Lick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TEFview or Pocket Lick?
TEFview ships an update every 5 months, and Pocket Lick every 58 months. Most recently, TEFview was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pocket Lick on November 2, 2026.

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