Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro vs Aether Morse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- AI Harmonic Analysis
- Reharmonize Songs
- Play-along Practice
- Create Harmonic Progressions
- Print/Export Scores
- Study Tonal Harmony Concepts
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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
Aether Morse
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Master Morse code with Aether Morse — the ultimate learning and communication tool for ham radio operators, survivalists, and enthusiasts. LEARN • Tap-rhythm lessons for letters, numbers, and symbols • Visual waveform display with real-time signal highlighting • Track mastery progress for every character • Adjustable WPM speed from beginner to expert SIGNAL STUDIO • Type any message and instantly see its Morse waveform • Decode incoming Morse code by tapping along • Haptic feedback vibrates each dit and dah FLASHLIGHT • Send Morse code via your iPhone's LED flash • Communicate silently over long distances with light HAPTIC MESSENGER • Feel Morse code through vibration — truly hands-free • Perfect for discreet communication All features are free. Remove banner ads for just $0.99.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Aether Morse at Free against Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro's $14.99. Aether Morse also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Aether Morse is free to download; Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro costs $14.99 up front. Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Aether Morse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro ships an update every 10 days, Aether Morse every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro | Aether Morse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (65 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 49.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 280 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MDECKS MUSIC, LLC | Sui Fai Law |
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
Aether Morse
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro
- 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
Aether Morse
- Remove Ads$0.99
Questions
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