Comparison

TEFview vs Banjo Licks

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

Banjo Licks

Learn bluegrass music by ear for banjo and guitar. This app offers a comprehensive system with lick packs, song experiences, and structured programs to develop musical confidence and improvisation skills. New content is added monthly, with lessons taught by a professional musician.

Highlights
  • Learn by ear, not just tabs
  • Lick packs for musical vocabulary
  • Song experiences for full tunes
  • Structured learning programs
  • 500+ lessons with monthly updates
  • Community feedback and support
Features
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Most banjo players spend years memorizing tabs and practicing isolated licks — and still freeze up the moment someone calls a tune they don't know. The problem usually isn't effort. It's the method. Banjo Licks teaches you the way musicians actually learn: by ear, in context, in real musical situations. It's a complete system built to take you from "stuck" to jam-ready. NOW MORE THAN BANJO Banjo Licks is growing into a full bluegrass-by-ear platform. Guitar content is now included under the same roof, with the same ear-first method and the same step-by-step system — so you can build real musical confidence on the instrument you love, or more than one. WHAT YOU GET Lick Packs — build a real musical vocabulary one phrase at a time, and learn how each one fits so you can drop it into any song. Song Experiences — play full tunes by ear, step by step: melody, backup, and improvisation. Programs — day-by-day structure for the fundamentals that make everything click, like timing, tone, and backup. 500+ lessons, with new content added every month. Plus a community where you can post videos and get feedback. WHY BY EAR When you train your ear alongside your technique, the instrument stops feeling like memorization and starts feeling like music. You hear chord changes coming, recognize melodies faster, improvise with intention, and finally build your own sound. LEARN FROM A PRO Every lesson is taught by Bennett Sullivan, a working banjo player who's shared the stage with Steve Martin, Billy Strings, and Del McCoury, and whose playing appears in Poker Face, The Greatest Showman, and Bright Star on Broadway. He's helped 11,000+ students worldwide improve their timing, backup, and improvisation. Just $39/month for All Access — every banjo and guitar lesson, program, and song experience in one membership. One private lesson usually costs more than a whole month of this. Cancel anytime. -- ▷ Already a Member? Sign-In to access your subscription. ▷ New? Subscribe in the app to get instant access. Banjo Licks offers auto-renewing subscriptions. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your Account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. Subscription automatically renews each month unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period, or the trial period (when offered). Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://banjolicks.com/terms -Privacy Policy: https://banjolicks.com/privacy

Screenshots

TEFview4 screens
Banjo Licks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TEFview at none against Banjo Licks's 1. TEFview also leads on ratings volume (322 vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.1 vs 16.0). Banjo Licks's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Banjo Licks sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $38.99 per month. TEFview asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Banjo Licks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TEFview has 322 ratings behind it against 4, 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 100% of Banjo Licks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TEFview ships an update every 5 months, Banjo Licks every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
TEFview versus Banjo Licks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEFviewBanjo Licks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (322 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings322 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTablEditDaily Banjo Licks, LLC

Customer experience

TEFview

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

Banjo Licks

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Banjo Licks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TEFview

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Banjo Licks

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly All Access7 Days trial$38.991 Month

Questions

Is TEFview free?
TEFview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Banjo Licks free?
Banjo Licks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TEFview or Banjo Licks?
Banjo Licks is rated higher. TEFview averages 4.7 out of 5 from 322 ratings, while Banjo Licks averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do TEFview or Banjo Licks have ads?
Neither TEFview nor Banjo Licks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TEFview or Banjo Licks?
TEFview ships an update every 5 months, and Banjo Licks every 6 weeks. Most recently, TEFview was updated on November 10, 2026 and Banjo Licks on October 31, 2026.

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