Easy Xylophone vs Harp Real
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy Xylophone
Experience the joy of playing a xylophone on your iPhone or iPad with high-quality sounds and responsive controls. Perfect for aspiring musicians, professionals, or anyone looking for a fun way to create melodies.
- 11 high-quality xylophone notes
- Multitouch and sliding support
- Professionally recorded sounds
- Low latency for precise playing
- Play along with your own music
- Universal app for iPhone and iPad
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Simple and straightforward: Easy Xylophone lets you play this beautiful instrument on your iPhone and iPad at any time! These 11 pure high quality sounds will make you forget that this is just an app on your iPhone! If you are a professional musician, want to become a one or just want to play your favorite melodies for fun: you should get this app! Features: ▶ A complete xylophone with 11 high quality notes ▶ Supports multitouch & sliding between bars ▶ Professionally recorded & mastered sounds ▶ No latency for fast and exact playing! ▶ Optimized for iPhone / iPad speakers, headphones and external speakers ▶ Supports multitasking: Play along with your own music ▶ HD Retina Graphics for iPhone, iPod touch and the new iPad ▶ 2 Apps in 1: Universal App for iPhone and iPad To play along with your own music, start the music on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and start the app. Important: If you can't hear anything on your device, please make sure, you turned up the ringtone volume and enabled application sounds in the iPhone settings menu. --------- Make sure to leave a comment with ideas and wishes for future versions in your review! Visit our homepage: http://www.skunkbrothers.com
Harp Real
This app simulates a 27-string lever harp, offering a realistic playing experience with a wide frequency range. Practice songs with adjustable speed and transposition, or play in real-time. Record and share your music.
- 27-string lever harp simulation
- Frequency range C3 to A6#
- Offline and online song practice
- Adjustable song speed and transposition
- Reverb effect
- Normal and RealTime play modes
- Autoplay option
- Record, playback, and share functionality
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The Harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps have been known since antiquity in Asia, Africa and Europe, dating back at least as early as 3500 BC. The instrument had great popularity in Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, where it evolved into a wide range of variants with new technologies, and was disseminated to Europe's colonies, finding particular popularity in Latin America. Although some ancient members of the harp family died out in the Near East and South Asia, descendants of early harps are still played in Myanmar and parts of Africa, and other defunct variants in Europe and Asia have been utilized by musicians in the modern era. Harps vary globally in many ways. In terms of size, many smaller harps can be played on the lap, whereas larger harps are quite heavy and rest on the floor. Different harps may use strings of catgut, nylon, metal, or some combination. While all harps have a neck, resonator, and strings, frame harps have a pillar at their long end to support the strings, while open harps, such as arch harps and bow harps, do not. Modern harps also vary in techniques used to extend the range and chromaticism (e.g., adding sharps and flats) of the strings, such as adjusting a string's note mid-performance with levers or pedals which modify the pitch. The pedal harp is a standard instrument in the orchestra of the Romantic music era (ca. 1800–1910) and the contemporary music era. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp) The Harp Real is Lever Harp (Celtic Harp) 27 strings simulation app with lever feature. Frequency range: C3 -> A6#. More offline and online songs for practice (With the ability to change speed, transpose, reverb). Play with 2 modes: - Normal - RealTime You can choose autoplay for listening songs. Record feature: record, play back and share to your friends. ** Songs is updated regularly
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Harp Real at none against Easy Xylophone's 1. Harp Real also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Easy Xylophone's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 635). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Easy Xylophone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Harp Real asks for nothing beyond the download.
Harp Real holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.9K and 635 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Easy Xylophone's written reviews are positive against 68% of Harp Real's.
Easy Xylophone ships an update every 6 months, Harp Real every 15 months. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Easy Xylophone | Harp Real |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.9K ratings) | 4.7 (635 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.5% of reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 635 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skunk Brothers GmbH | Son Truong Ngoc |
Customer experience
Easy Xylophone
Harp Real
User reviews
Easy Xylophone
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🎶 Good sound quality
- 🎓 Helpful for music practice
- 💫 Fun and entertaining
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional sound issues
- 🔍 Limited range/notes
- 📢 Intrusive ads
- 🔄 Repetitive rating prompts
Harp Real
From 635 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎵 Realistic harp sound quality
- 💰 Free app with premium features
- 🎛️ Adjustable parameters (reverb, room size, tuning levers)
- 🎼 Built-in songs included
- 😌 Relaxing and enjoyable to play
Room to improve
- 📢 Unexpected ads during gameplay
- 📖 Lack of instruction manual/documentation
- 🔊 Sound issues for some users
- 🎵 Pitch accuracy problems reported
- ❌ Missing second hand notes for some songs
Bugs and requests
Easy Xylophone
Reported bugs
3 issues- No sound output
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
- Purchased upgrades not working across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Record and playback functionality
- More advanced features like sharps/flats
- Ability to load and play songs
- Integration with music learning resources
Harp Real
Reported bugs
4 issues- No sound output for some users
- Volume control not easily accessible
- Incorrect pitches in some instances
- App not functioning properly on some devices
Requested features
4 requests- Background play functionality
- Transpose button
- Second hand notes for all songs
- Better documentation/tutorial
In-app purchases
Easy Xylophone
- Ad free$0.99
Harp Real
No in-app purchases
Questions
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