StringMaster vs CubeStation NEW
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StringMaster
This comprehensive music learning app offers tools for chord building, scale visualization, songwriting, and instrument tuning. It supports a wide range of instruments and provides features for both beginners and seasoned musicians.
- Chord building and detection
- Scale visualization and playback
- Songwriting tools
- Chromatic tuner and metronome
- Fretboard learning
- Alternate tuning and capo support
- Piano keyboard mapping
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Introducing StringMaster, the original heart of the StringMaster family of applications that represent the pinnacle of advanced music applications for iPad and Mac, tailored for musicians ranging from relative beginners to seasoned guitarists. The StringMaster family has five versions catering to diverse needs with StringMaster providing most of the features of the Pro version, with the exception of Fretlight Guitar support and the Jam/MIDI capability, though in app upgrades are available for these features. Unlock a world of possibilities with support for chord building and detection, chord tones, scales, and songwriting, backed by a chromatic tuner, metronome, fretboard learning, flexible alternate tuning and capo support for any instrument in any orientation, and more. The StringMaster family boasts over 150,000 users and having held the #1 Music App position in 34 countries. It supports an array of instruments, from acoustic and electric guitars to bass guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, pianos, and even balalaikas. Dive into a rich sound library with distortion, reverb, or piano options for any instrument. Whether you're a guitarist, bassist, or multi-instrumentalist, StringMaster has you covered. Key features include chord building and detection, a comprehensive fretboard learning system, advanced songwriting tools, and flexible alternate tuning and capo support for any instrument in any orientation. StringMaster 4 introduces piano keyboard support, allowing seamless mapping of guitar chords to the piano keyboard. Explore the robust capabilities of StringMaster: * Play and discover chords and fingering with natural tones. * Display and play scales, including scale runs up the fretboard. * Visualize chord notes, suggested fingering, and Chord Tones. * Utilize the unique Note Finding capability to learn notes and their relative positions on the fretboard. * Benefit from the integrated Chromatic Tuner and Metronome, playable in the background. * Leverage StringMaster's chord-naming algorithms based on finger positions. * Unleash your creativity with the Song Writer, recommending chord progressions and facilitating songwriting. * Master instruments by comparing chords, patterns, and fingerings across a variety of instruments. * Output MIDI from played notes. Experience the next level of musical exploration and education with StringMaster – where versatility meets excellence. Join the global community of musicians who have made StringMaster their go-to app for musical innovation. Download StringMaster now and elevate your musical journey to new heights! Note that the App Purchase of StringMaster Pro includes full Fretlight Wireless support as well as the "Jam" capability.
CubeStation NEW
This app offers a comprehensive platform for cubing enthusiasts of all levels. It provides training tools, interactive tutorials, and opportunities to connect with a global community for practice and competition. Engage in various solving methods, track progress, and participate in tournaments for prizes.
- AI Tutorial for step-by-step solving
- Camera Sync for cube state recognition
- Progress tracking and advanced analytics
- Online battles and competitions
- Video tutorials by speed-cubing champions
- Global cuber community interaction
- Time Trial and grand competitions
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CubeStation, an awesome place for all cubers! CubeStation, perfectly customized for smart cubes, was built by a leading brand of cubes named GANCUBE. Here, you can meet cubers from all over the world and enjoy new and exciting ways of cubing. Experience the enchanting world in CubeStation: -Enjoying Features: From beginners to speedcubers, there always comes a strong support that is set for all levels in teaching, training and battling. -Finding Partners: Here gathers hundreds of thousands of cubers globally with thousands of active cubers everyday and enables to interact with other players online anytime anywhere. -Having Fun: Various ways of solving cubes, such as AI Tutorial, Time Trial, grand competitions and teaming up with others. -Attending competitions: Numerous kind of competitions including entertaining competition, college league, youth competition, national competition and so on. Hit the weekly rankings and attend the monthly competitions for great prizes. For beginners: -Cannot solve the scrambled cube? Camera Sync, intelligently recognize the state of cube, and help solve the cube within 30 steps. -Have no idea how to choose the tutorial and where to find it? Join CubeStation Academy for fun and interactive tutorials including the video tutorial recorded by the speed-cubing champion. -Barely understand the tutorial and always forget the algorithms? AI Tutorial helps you solve the cube step by step. For intermediates: -Hard to make progress? We monitor your progress with advanced stats and analytics and recommend algorithms that are fit for you. We also break the complex solving process into small steps to help you make progress everyday. -Lost interest in training? Compete with other players at the same level and improve your speed cubing time in exciting battles! -Learn from the famous speedcubers? Watch the real-time breathtaking battles among the masters and even view the replay to acquire some terrific skills. For pros: -Work too hard for cutting a sec off your time to solve a cube? We offer precise acquisition and all-round analytics to help you make a breakthrough. -Too hard to find an opponent at the same high level? Freely compete with players at the same level and even with GAN GURUS here! Enjoy a breathtaking experience! -Few offline competitions? Always held in places that are far from where you are? Come and attend the high bonus, high spec online competitions that are frequently held in CubeStation! Contact us: Website:https://cubestation.com E-mail:cubestation.help@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StringMaster at 80% against CubeStation NEW's 28%. StringMaster also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). CubeStation NEW's advantage is price (Free vs $14.99) and ratings volume (305 vs 24). On ads, 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
CubeStation NEW is free to download; StringMaster costs $14.99 up front. StringMaster sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and CubeStation NEW sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StringMaster holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CubeStation NEW has 305 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of StringMaster's written reviews are positive against 28% of CubeStation NEW's.
StringMaster ships an update every 3 months, CubeStation NEW every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StringMaster | CubeStation NEW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better | 2.8 (305 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 27.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 305 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 471 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Great Apptitude Pty Ltd | Celestigem Tech Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
StringMaster
CubeStation NEW
Bugs and requests
StringMaster
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CubeStation NEW
Reported bugs
5 issues- Incorrect cube color detection
- Gyroscope not working
- Lost all previous solve data
- Inspection time cannot be disabled
- Cube not visible during solves
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode
- More features for regular cubes
- Restore previous app version
- Customizable algorithms
- Better language support
In-app purchases
StringMaster
- Fretlight Support$4.99
- StringMaster Pro Upgrade$7.99
CubeStation NEW
- Crystal *10$0.29
- Crystal *60$0.99
- Crystal *120$1.99
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- Crystal *300$3.99
- Crystal *480$6.99
- Crystal *680$9.99
- Crystal *980$14.99
- Crystal *1180$17.99
- Crystal *1980$29.99
- Crystal *3480$49.99
Questions
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