Comparison

Studiolab vs Gradation Piano

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

Head to head
About

Studiolab

This app helps you write songs by providing tools for composition, arrangement, and lyric writing. You can experiment with musical patterns, chord progressions, and melodies, and even collaborate with others. Export your creations as PDF scores, MIDI, or audio files.

Highlights
  • Songwriting tools
  • Musical pattern integration
  • Chord progression experimentation
  • Melody and arrangement editing
  • Lyric writing support
  • Collaboration features
  • PDF, MIDI, and audio export
Features
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Unlike great musical productions, great songs do not depend on amazing sounds and effects. You can write one on a beach, using a guitar, pen and paper. Studiolab is a tool for writing songs. Start with an empty composition or with a known song. Use musical patterns for filling the song with music, so you can make major changes with a few, small edits. Experiment with the structure, chord progressions, musical patterns, melodies, arrangements and lyrics until you are satisfied. You can even collaborate with friends. You can export PDF scores, MIDI and audio. Create and share your own sounds and composition templates. Almost all Studiolab features can be used offline. The iPhone and iPad versions have the same features, but the iPad is naturally easier to use. Studiolab is a huge, evolving project for composing music. Most features are described in the in-app documentation.

About

Gradation Piano

Features
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Play the piano and watch your music come alive. Gradation Piano turns every note into a burst of color. Press a key and vibrant fluid — unique to that pitch — erupts from the keyboard and swirls across the display in real time, powered by a Metal-based fluid simulation. Features Full 88-key range — scroll freely from A0 to C8 Color-coded keys — each of the 12 pitches has its own hue, making it easy to recognize notes by sight Live fluid visuals — Metal GPU simulation reacts instantly to every touch, blending colors as you play chords Adjustable keyboard width — zoom in for larger keys or zoom out to see more of the keyboard at once Multi-touch — play full chords and let the colors mix

Screenshots

Studiolab4 screens
Gradation Piano1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gradation Piano at none against Studiolab's 1. Studiolab's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). On price and ads 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. Studiolab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gradation Piano asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Studiolab versus Gradation Piano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudiolabGradation Piano
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDemagic ABMASATO MISAWA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Studiolab

One-time1
  • 400 Studiolab Points$1.99
None

Gradation Piano

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Studiolab free?
Studiolab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gradation Piano free?
Gradation Piano is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Studiolab or Gradation Piano have ads?
Neither Studiolab nor Gradation Piano shows ads.

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