TEFview vs Pocket Lick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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,
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.
- Over 30 banjo licks
- Tablature for each lick
- Right/Left hand video
- Fast audio recording
- Video looping
- Offline access
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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!
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | TEFview | Pocket Lick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (316 ratings) | 4.9 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.1% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 316 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 58 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | TablEdit | Tunefox s.r.o. |
Customer experience
TEFview
Pocket Lick
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
TEFview
No in-app purchases
Pocket Lick
No in-app purchases
Questions
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