Comparison

Honey Harmonica vs Harmonica Notes & Tablatures

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

Head to head
About

Honey Harmonica

Experience a realistic harmonica simulation with intuitive controls for both beginners and experts. Enjoy playing single notes, chords, and even advanced techniques like note bending. Access a songbook with lyrics and play-along options.

Highlights
  • Realistic harmonica sound
  • Single notes and chords
  • Loudness and breath control
  • Song book with play-along
  • Blues style note bending
  • Vibrato and wah wah effects
  • Tilt controls
Features
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The most realistic and full featured harmonica app available today for any digital platform, period. Expert harmonica players will enjoy Honey Harmonica's unique flexibility and expressiveness, but it's also a great instrument for beginners to just play around with and have fun. Best experience on the iPad. Also supports iPhone and iPod touch. Features of free version: - No ads! :) - Standard diatonic harmonica - Play single notes and chords - Easy loudness and breath/draw control - Song book with play along or demo mode - Song lyrics - perfect for campfires With "Expressive Mode" purchase: - Blues style note bending - Vibrato control - Cool "wah wah" effect - Tilt controls - Note names display - Instrument tuning or key selection A collection of fun songs are provided with the basic free app, and almost 200 additional songs are available for purchase. For our customers' convenience, we also offer an economical "Buy Everything" option - which includes all songs plus Expressive Mode (don't worry, it's really inexpensive, check it out). Note about auto-rotation: for about 30 seconds after startup the screen will auto-rotate to let you set how you want to hold the device. After that the app's screen rotation will stay locked in your selected orientation, in order to keep it from later flipping upside down when you least expect it during a spirited musical performance. :)

About

Harmonica Notes & Tablatures

Learn to play popular melodies on your harmonica with interactive sheet music and tablatures. Supports various harmonica types and tunings, with the ability to import your own music. Unlock all content and remove ads with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Interactive sheet music and tablatures
  • Multiple harmonica types and tunings
  • Import custom Music XML files
  • 130+ melodies included
  • Adjustable playback speed
  • Bookmark favorite melodies
Features
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Collection of sheet music with notes, tablatures, and interactive training for mouth harmonicas. This application helps to learn and practice playing popular, traditional melodies on your harmonica. Try it now, for free! Application features: - Different harmonica types and tunings: - 10-hole diatonic harmonica (Richter standard tuning, in keys from low-low F (F2) up to high G(G4)). - 12-hole chromatic harmonica in the key of C. - The Major Cross Tuning (by Tony Eyers). - The Paddy Richter Tuning (by Brendan Power). - More types in future releases. - Over 150 melodies to learn and practice; - Allows to import additional melodies from your own, local Music XML files (.mxl, .musicxml, .xml); - Interactive training modes (recognition and scoring of playing on a real world harmonica); - It can play every melody displaying the progress in the music sheet; - Optional countdown before melody playback; - Allows to print out music sheets; - Tuneable playback speed (tempo); - Allows custom transposition of melodies; - Allows to print out music sheets; - Allows to bookmark favorite melodies. ADVERTISEMENTS & SUBSCRIPTIONS By default, this application is supported by advertisements, and only a handful of melodies are accessible for free. Paid application subscriptions, available in the in-app store, unlock all melodies, and remove all advertisements. The profit from subscriptions supports application maintenance and further development, including bug fixes, new features, and new melodies. USER SUPPORT Any comments, ideas, suggestions are welcome to support@music-tabs.com TERMS OF USE: https://harmonica.music-tabs.com/legal-info

Screenshots

Honey Harmonica2 screens
Harmonica Notes & Tablatures4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Honey Harmonica at 67% against Harmonica Notes & Tablatures's 0%. Honey Harmonica also leads on rating (3.6 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Harmonica Notes & Tablatures's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Honey Harmonica sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Harmonica Notes & Tablatures sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Honey Harmonica holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Honey Harmonica has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Honey Harmonica's written reviews are positive against 0% of Harmonica Notes & Tablatures's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Honey Harmonica ships an update every 4 months, Harmonica Notes & Tablatures monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Honey Harmonica versus Harmonica Notes & Tablatures: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoney HarmonicaHarmonica Notes & Tablatures
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (32 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings32 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoney Run SoftwareSergey Pogodin

Customer experience

Honey Harmonica

All ratings32 ratings
Positive65.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative28.1%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%

Harmonica Notes & Tablatures

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral42.9%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Honey Harmonica

One-time11
  • Expressive Mode$0.99
  • Christmas 001$0.99
  • Christian 001$0.99
Show 8 more
  • American Civil War 001$0.99
  • Parlor Music 001$0.99
  • Parlor Music 002$0.99
  • Around the World 004$0.99
  • Spiritual 001$0.99
  • Western 001$0.99
  • Kids 001$0.99
  • Everything$1.99
4 purchases

Harmonica Notes & Tablatures

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription.$2.991 Month
  • Three-Months Subscription.$7.993 Months
  • Half-Year Subscription.$12.996 Months
Show 1 more
  • Annual Subscription.$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Honey Harmonica free?
Honey Harmonica is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Harmonica Notes & Tablatures free?
Harmonica Notes & Tablatures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Honey Harmonica or Harmonica Notes & Tablatures?
Honey Harmonica is rated higher. Honey Harmonica averages 3.6 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Harmonica Notes & Tablatures averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Honey Harmonica or Harmonica Notes & Tablatures have ads?
Harmonica Notes & Tablatures shows ads; Honey Harmonica does not.
Which is updated more often, Honey Harmonica or Harmonica Notes & Tablatures?
Honey Harmonica ships an update every 4 months, and Harmonica Notes & Tablatures monthly. Most recently, Honey Harmonica was updated on October 7, 2026 and Harmonica Notes & Tablatures on October 8, 2026.

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