Comparison

Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro vs Communication Buttons

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

Head to head
About

Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro

This comprehensive music theory tool helps musicians analyze, reharmonize, and create music. It offers AI-powered harmonic analysis, play-along practice, and score printing. Ideal for students, performers, composers, and teachers.

Highlights
  • AI Harmonic Analysis
  • Reharmonize Songs
  • Play-along Practice
  • Create Harmonic Progressions
  • Print/Export Scores
  • Study Tonal Harmony Concepts
Features
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Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro is the most INNOVATIVE and EXTENSIVE music tool for musicians out there. This app is invaluable for students of all levels, as well as professional performers, composers, arrangers, and teachers. There are plenty video tutorials and an online manual accessible within the app. The ANALYZER ADD-ON is here! An A.I. tool like no other. The Analyzer can do an entire harmonic analysis of any song/piece from a text file. Finds key centers, pivot chords, secondary dominants, modulations, etc. Import MusicXml files directly from iReal Pro Play-along, Practice Improvisation. Reharmonize any song with the tap of a button. Create 12-keys workouts to practice. Study Target Notes and Upper Structures. Print Scores with Full Harmonic Analysis, or just as the chord changes or Export as MIDI. Play-along in different styles with the option to personalize chord voicings, styles including several piano comping, bass lines and rhythm variations to choose from. The only play-along that uses functions and chord-chordscales pairings to create the accompaniment track. Map templates with different styles from Jazz to Traditional Harmony and Contemporary Harmony. The app comes loaded with jazz workouts, jazz harmony, traditional harmony and jazz standard progressions. Also available on mDecks.com ready to import into the app: 1000+ Jazz Standards Progressions, 1000+ Jazz Standards Reharmonized and The complete Bird Bebop Progressions. All fully analyzed by savvy musicians with tons of experience. Study Tonal Harmony like never before! Learn all functions and cadences in all keys. Write your own music using a map that reveals the secrets of tonality. Use it as a Fake Book on your gig or Practice Improvisation. You can do all this and much more with Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro. You will not find anything like this on the market today. This app is a no-brainer for musicians and music teachers. Some reviews of Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro: "...This app wins our strongest recommendation for an app so far." - Berklee Groove "...an app that blew my mind." NoteTreble "If only Brian Wilson had this music app when he ..." - FeedmyApp "I've been looking for a harmony/chords/tonal app that is functional, deep enough, and with a great interface. Well, I'm not looking any further. This app just blew me away... " - KVR "...an App I’d never teach high school (or college) music theory without!" "An innovation beneficial to students, teachers, and composers alike..." - NoBrainerAppReviews So, what can you do in Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro? • Create Harmonic Progressions and Songs. • Load Chord Progressions, Songs & Jazz Standards. • Study Harmony from the Beginning, to the most Advanced concepts used by Bach, Beethoven, Bill Evans and John Coltrane. • Practice Ear Training and Learn Functions in every Key • Practice Improvisation using it as a Play Along • Study Jazz Standards • Study Classical Pieces • Learn Classical Functional Notation • Learn Jazz Functional Notation and Arrows and Brackets Analysis • Study Modulations: Common Tone, Common Chord & Direct • Learn ALL harmonic functions and cadences in ALL Keys in Major and Minor • Chord-Scales for every function • Learn classical concepts such as the Neapolitan 6, the German augmented six, secondary dominants, etc • Learn jazz concepts such as the SubV7, the related IIm7, the passing half diminished, etc • Create and Print Scores & Workout Sheets in any key, notated as Chord Progression and/or Functionally • Transpose the Map to fit your instrument’s transposition • Balance voices independently and concentrate in the study of Bass-Lines, Inner-Lines and any other combinations • Work in THREE different modes: Browse Mode, Progression Mode, Audio Mode • Create Progressions using Song Structure with Section, Repeats, Intros, First Endings and Exits • Teach your Harmony Class with ease using your favorite audio tracks, performers and composers

About

Communication Buttons

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Communication Buttons - Video is THE app for simple augmentative communication. Choose sets of 1, 2, 4, and 6 to use for touch communication. Each button can be customized with a picture and will accommodate video – and just like that you’re spontaneously communicating and demonstrating cause and effect. State “yes,” or “no,” sing a song or tell a story. Keep a lookout for additional versions with special options.

Screenshots

Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro4 screens
Communication Buttons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Communication Buttons at $4.99 against Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro's $14.99. Communication Buttons also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro's advantage is device support.

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

Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro costs $14.99 and Communication Buttons $4.99 up front. Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Communication Buttons asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro versus Communication Buttons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapping Tonal Harmony ProCommunication Buttons
Price$14.99$4.99 — better
Rating4.1 (65 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings65 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size280 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMDECKS MUSIC, LLCPreferred Mobile Applications, LLC

Bugs and requests

Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes on play button press
  • Crashes when touching chords on map or staff
  • Voicing keyboard not showing during playback
  • Transposition not working properly
  • Repeat signs non-functional on iOS
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  • Reharmonize feature crashes the app
  • Settings not saving between sessions
  • Chord edits not persisting after saving
  • Audio output distorted or missing
  • Import analysis creates single-line songs
  • Analyzer feature requires repurchase
  • Background activity causing excessive battery drain
  • MIDI out crashes the application
  • Restore purchases not working
  • App freezes on startup or during use
  • Slash chords not functioning properly
  • Chords disappearing in secondary dominant mode
  • Modulation entry causing error messages
  • Audio playback not syncing with visual elements
  • Tiny play button difficult to activate

Requested features

20 requests
  • Simpler, more intuitive user interface redesign
  • In-app written manual and better documentation
  • Pause button in playback controls
  • Easier loop and measure selection functionality
  • Support for more time signatures beyond 4/4 and 3/4
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  • Ability to import XML files from iRealPro
  • Metronome integrated into play-along
  • Drum volume control
  • Virtual MIDI output for inter-app communication
  • Ability to edit and customize jazz standards
  • Export to PDF and image formats
  • Split-screen iPad support
  • Sync between iPhone and iPad via iCloud
  • More rhythm styles and variations
  • Rootless chords information
  • Simple chord input panel like iRealPro
  • Better guitar fretboard and voicings
  • Ukulele chords and custom tunings
  • Melody line addition capability
  • Lead-in bar customization

Communication Buttons

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro

One-time5
  • The Analyzer$5.99
  • Target Notes$6.99
  • Upper Structures$6.99
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  • 1000+ Jazz Standards$9.99
  • Bird Bebop Progressions$9.99
None

Communication Buttons

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro free?
Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro costs $14.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Communication Buttons free?
Communication Buttons costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.

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