Comparison

TEFview vs Podium Sheet Music

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

Podium Sheet Music

Features
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Podium is a PDF sheet-music reader built for the stage. It cares about two things: how fast a page turns, and how closely ink follows the pen. ■ Made for performing · Pages never make you wait. Neighbouring pages render ahead of time in the background. Turn by gesture, tap or arrow key (external keyboard, or a Bluetooth pedal that sends arrow keys). · Performance mode: the interface disappears, the screen can stay awake, and a setlist turns straight into the next piece. · Night mode: the score inverts onto warm paper, for the pit, the wings and stage lighting. · Single page or two-page spread. Margins can be turned off. Pages rotate. · Fully usable offline — a whole concert with no network at all. ■ Apple Pencil annotation · The system low-latency path: ink appears under the tip, pressure follows your hand. · Five pens — fountain, ballpoint, pencil, marker, highlighter — three colour slots, any colour each, three widths. · Two erasers: wipe a whole stroke, or erase by area. Double-tap the Pencil to switch to the eraser. · Type text in place; stamp the full set of musical symbols — dynamics, articulations, slurs, fingerings. · Annotations live outside the PDF: your original file is never modified; the layer hides with one tap. · Strokes are an append-only log, so annotations don't get lost in sync. ■ Library · Folders nest without limit. A score and all its parts stack into one pile that fans open in place. · Long-press to drag; select several at once to move, export or delete. · Setlists put a concert in order, then start performance mode. · Page editing: thumbnail overview, jump, drag to reorder, delete. The PDF stays untouched and annotations follow their page. · Trash keeps deleted items for seven days. · Practice log: opening a score starts the timer, so you see how long you really practised. ■ Getting music in · Import PDFs from the file picker, by drag and drop, or shared from another app. Stored by content, so one score is kept once on disk. · Scan paper music with the camera: flattened, de-shadowed, and a detected two-page spread can be split in two. · Search 260,000 public-domain works from IMSLP in-app. You download on IMSLP's own pages and the file lands in your library. ■ Practice tools · Metronome: time signature, subdivisions, per-beat accents and mutes, three timbres. · Tuner: live note name and cent deviation, a reference pitch, adjustable A4. · A piano keyboard for checking a note. ■ Sync and privacy · Library and annotations sync through your own private iCloud database. We run no server and cannot read any of it. · No analytics, no advertising, no tracking. · Camera only for scanning, on device. Microphone only for the tuner; audio is never recorded or uploaded. · The app ships no sheet music of its own — import PDFs you have the right to use — and users cannot share scores with each other. ■ Podium Pro subscription Without a subscription you can still open the scores you already have, turn pages, zoom, see annotations you already drew, use performance mode, and export an annotated PDF. What is yours stays reachable. A subscription unlocks annotation, page editing, library organisation, import, scanning, IMSLP, multi-device sync, and the metronome, tuner and piano. · Podium Pro Monthly — CN¥18 per month · Podium Pro Quarterly — CN¥48 per three months · Podium Pro Yearly — CN¥168 per year · A 3-day free trial with your first subscription; cancel during the trial and you are not charged. The subscription renews automatically. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase and again within 24 hours before each period ends. Turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://michaelzhao9.github.io/yuepu-support/privacy.html Interface languages: English and Simplified Chinese.

Screenshots

TEFview4 screens
Podium Sheet Music3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TEFview at none against Podium Sheet Music's 4. TEFview also leads on iOS requirement (11.1 vs 18.0). 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. Podium Sheet Music sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TEFview asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TEFview versus Podium Sheet Music: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTEFviewPodium Sheet Music
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (319 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings319 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB39 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTablEdit宏嘉 赵

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

Podium Sheet Music

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TEFview

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Podium Sheet Music

Subscriptions3
  • Podium Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Podium Pro Quarterly3 Days trial$6.993 Months
  • Podium Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Podium Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is TEFview free?
TEFview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Podium Sheet Music free?
Podium Sheet Music is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TEFview or Podium Sheet Music have ads?
Neither TEFview nor Podium Sheet Music shows ads.

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