Music Tutor Plus vs Shshuk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Tutor Plus
Master sheet music and enhance your sight-reading abilities. Practice identifying musical notes across various clefs with timed or untimed sessions. Review your performance to track progress and correct mistakes.
- Learn sheet music identification
- Improve speed and accuracy
- Practice treble, bass, and alto clefs
- Timed and untimed sessions
- Mistake review and progress tracking
- Customizable note practice range
- MIDI keyboard support
- Companion Apple Watch app
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Learn to read sheet music and improve your sight-reading skills with Music Tutor. Develop your speed and accuracy in reading sheet music by identifying music notes in timed sessions. Choose to practice with notes in treble, bass and alto clefs in timed or untimed sessions. After each test, you can review your mistakes and see your progress. Other features of Music Tutor include: • Custom Practice Range - Set your own range of notes that you want to practice with. • Supports notes up to 4 ledger lines above or below the staff on any of the clefs. • Notes Reference Charts - For Treble, Bass and Alto clefs. • MIDI Support - Connect your keyboard or digital piano using Lightning to USB Camera Adapter and respond directly from your instrument. • Companion Apple Watch app using which you can practice recognising music notes on the go.
Shshuk
Explore authentic audio from various locations in Armenia through an interactive map. Each soundscape is paired with an image and a story, allowing users to immerse themselves in the unique sounds and rich culture of the country. Enjoy a user-friendly player for easy navigation and playback of favorite sounds.
- Interactive map of Armenia
- Authentic audio soundscapes
- Location-based images and stories
- User-friendly audio player
- Shuffle and favorite soundscapes
- Browse by card list
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Designed to touch the hearts of those longing for a sense of home. Explore an interactive map to uncover authentic audio from various locations, each accompanied by an image and a descriptive story. Whether using the intuitive map or browsing the horizontal card list, immerse yourself in the unique sounds of Armenia. With a user-friendly player, you can easily play, shuffle, and like your favorite soundscapes. Perfect for those longing for a piece of Armenia or curious about its rich culture."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shshuk at Free against Music Tutor Plus's $2.99. Shshuk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Music Tutor Plus's advantage is ratings volume (240 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Shshuk is free to download; Music Tutor Plus costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shshuk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Music Tutor Plus has 240 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Music Tutor Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shshuk's.
Music Tutor Plus ships an update every 2 months, Shshuk every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Music Tutor Plus | Shshuk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (240 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 240 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #180 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bijoy Thangaraj | Alex Lazarian |
Customer experience
Music Tutor Plus
Shshuk
Bugs and requests
Music Tutor Plus
Reported bugs
2 issues- Sound sometimes stops working
- Ads still present in paid 'Pro' version
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for chords and chord recognition
- Implement a landscape mode with larger keyboard
- Allow MIDI input from connected instruments
- Provide more detailed progress tracking and statistics
Shshuk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Music Tutor Plus
No in-app purchases
Shshuk
No in-app purchases
