Comparison

Jazz ScaleHelper vs rythmic

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

Head to head
About

Jazz ScaleHelper

Improve your musical instrument playing with interactive exercises and real-time feedback. Practice scales, modes, and arpeggios with scoring and performance analysis. Ideal for exam preparation and general skill enhancement.

Highlights
  • Interactive scale and arpeggio practice
  • Real-time performance scoring
  • Multiple practice modes (play any, choose, challenge)
  • Supports Trinity Guildhall and ABRSM syllabuses
  • Wide range of scales, modes, and arpeggios
  • Supports multiple instruments
  • Multi-user support with saved history
Features
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Choose an exercise: see the notes and hear them played Play the exercise: get a score, see the notes you played and listen to your performance Jazz ScaleHelper is the fast way to improve your playing. With actual feedback based on what you played, Jazz ScaleHelper enables you to concentrate on the aspects of your playing that will help the most. Jazz ScaleHelper has 3 modes: 1. Play any scale: Jazz ScaleHelper determines the exercise you have played and scores your performance. Ideal for impromptu practise sessions. 2. Choose a scale: Choose the exercise you want to play and Jazz ScaleHelper listens and gives you a score. Ideal to improve a specific musical exercise. 3. Challenge me: Jazz ScaleHelper will ask you to play exercises from your challenge list that is based on your chosen syllabus. Jazz ScaleHelper will identify what you need to practise and make sure you get exam ready while having fun on the way. Ideal for practising a range of exercises. Jazz ScaleHelper contains everything you need for the instruments covered by the Jazz syllabuses from Trinity Guildhall and ABRSM examining boards. Jazz ScaleHelper will be there for you every step of the way as you grow as a musician. Jazz ScaleHelper allows you to create your own syllabus from the exercises it supports: major scales; dorian modes; lydian modes; lydian flat 7 modes; mixolydian modes; melodic minor scales; jazz melodic minor scales; harmonic minor scales; pentatonic major scales; pentatonic minor scales; blues scales; diminished scales; chromatic scales; whole-tone scales; phrygian modes; locrian modes; altered modes; aeolian modes; major arpeggios; minor arpeggios; augmented arpeggios; major sevenths; minor sevenths; diminished sevenths; half-diminished sevenths; major/minor sevenths; and minor/major sevenths. All exercises are available starting from every tonic over 1 octave, 1 twelfth, 2 octaves, 2.5 octaves and 3 octaves. There is a range of exercise lists for popular music exams available for download. (Jazz ScaleHelper Lite only supports major scales, blues scales and major arpeggios over 1 octave) Instruments supported include Violin, Viola, Cello, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Saxophone, Bassoon, Recorder, Trumpet, Cornet, Trombone and Horn. A full list is available at www.jazz.ScaleHelper.com along with details of the rich feature set Jazz ScaleHelper has to offer. At less than the price of a single music lesson the guidance that Jazz ScaleHelper provides between your lessons builds on that teaching. You can dispense with the need to review scales by playing them in your lessons and instead reuse the time you gain to learn technique and perfect your pieces. Jazz ScaleHelper supports multiple users, keeping each user's history for each of their instruments. You can save recordings to study later or to show and play to your teacher and friends. You can also email recordings to share them with others. Have fun competing with your friends to see who can get the highest score or who can maintain the highest average.

About

rythmic

This music utility app offers a minimalist metronome with polyrhythmic capabilities and a chromatic tuner. It features interchangeable sounds, a beautiful design, and premium options like dark mode and background playback.

Highlights
  • Polyrhythmic metronome
  • Chromatic and standard guitar tuner
  • 9 interchangeable metronome sounds
  • Minimalist and beautiful design
  • Dark mode
  • Background metronome playback
Features
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Rythmic is the best looking, minimalist (polyrhythmic) metronome and a tuner on the AppStore. Features: - Metronome with a tap tempo functionality - Tuner with chromatic and guitar modes - 9 sounds - Ad-free clean design inspired by sheet music - Tap on parts of sheet music to edit them Premium Features (accessible via in-app purchase): - Dark mode - Polyrhythmic metronome - Accent first note - Play in the background - Change app icon

Screenshots

Jazz ScaleHelper4 screens
rythmic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: rythmic at 100% against Jazz ScaleHelper's 50%. rythmic also leads on price (Free vs $5.99). Jazz ScaleHelper's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

rythmic is free to download; Jazz ScaleHelper costs $5.99 up front. Jazz ScaleHelper sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and rythmic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jazz ScaleHelper ships an update every 6 weeks, rythmic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Jazz ScaleHelper versus rythmic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJazz ScaleHelperrythmic
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating—4.8 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard WilliamsQuassum MB

Customer experience

Jazz ScaleHelper

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

rythmic

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Jazz ScaleHelper

One-time11
  • Saxophone TRINITY G4$0.99
  • Saxophone TRINITY G7$0.99
  • Saxophone ABRSM G1 to G3$0.99
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  • Saxophone ABRSM G4$0.99
  • Saxophone ABRSM G5$0.99
  • Trumpet ABRSM G1 to G3$0.99
  • Trumpet ABRSM G4$0.99
  • Trumpet ABRSM G5$0.99
  • Clarinet TRINITY G1 to G8$2.99
  • Flute TRINITY G1 to G8$2.99
  • Saxophone TRINITY G1 to G8$2.99
1 purchases

rythmic

One-time1
  • Premium Features$14.99

Questions

Is Jazz ScaleHelper free?
Jazz ScaleHelper costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is rythmic free?
rythmic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jazz ScaleHelper or rythmic have ads?
Neither Jazz ScaleHelper nor rythmic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jazz ScaleHelper or rythmic?
Jazz ScaleHelper ships an update every 6 weeks, and rythmic every 3 months. Most recently, Jazz ScaleHelper was updated on September 21, 2026 and rythmic on June 4, 2026.

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