Jazz ScaleHelper vs Cresc Flow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Cresc Flow
This app transforms music practice into a rewarding experience through gamified tracking and analytics. It helps users set goals, visualize progress, and unlock historical composers while offering a metronome and tuner.
- Gamified session tracking
- Unlockable historical composers
- Built-in metronome and tuner
- Progress analytics
- Repertoire management
- Audio recording and notes
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Music practice is hard. Cresc Flow makes showing up feel worth it. Cresc Flow is a beautifully crafted music practice tracker that elegantly gamifies your daily routine. No more dry logs or mindless repetition. Cresc Flow turns your journey into a rewarding, collection-driven experience. Track every session, set smart goals, visualize your progress with deep analytics, and stay sharp with a built-in metronome and tuner. As you log your hours, you’ll unlock 54 historical composers, build a unique connection with them, and pick up genuine music knowledge along the way. Every minute of practice moves you forward! GOAL-DRIVEN SESSION TRACKING - Track by Goal: Tie every session to a specific goal so you always play with a purpose. - Countdown or Stopwatch: A countdown for time-boxed sessions, or the stopwatch for open-ended runs. - Actionable Sub-Tasks: Break complex pieces into bite-sized sub-tasks you can check off as you go. - Session Freedom: Edit or manually log any session anytime to keep your history clean. - Rate, Record & Reflect: Grade your performance 1 to 5 stars, record audio, and add structured notes, all tied to the session. UNLOCK 54 HISTORICAL COMPOSERS - Earn Reference Letters: Start with Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. Practice consistently to earn letters and unlock more famous composers. - Grow Your Affinity: Practicing raises your Affinity with composers. It only ever goes up. Zero decay, zero guilt. - Post-Session Inspiration: Composers occasionally appear at the end of your sessions with a word of wisdom, unique inspiration, or a creative spark. - Personalized Hub: Favorite composers, add custom tags, view historical timelines, and link external music, videos, or texts to track your learning. FREE METRONOME & TUNER - Precise Metronome: Steady beats with adjustable BPM, time signatures, and traditional tempo terms from Largo to Presto. - Microphone Tuner: Highly responsive tuning with a flexible reference pitch from 430 Hz to 450 Hz. - Reference Drone: Hold a steady reference tone hands-free, so you can tune or play along. - Quick Presets: Save custom note presets to tune your instrument in seconds. ALL-IN-ONE PRACTICE TOOLS - Repertoire: Build a library of the pieces you’re learning, each with a status. Search the IMSLP catalog for scores, or add your own PDFs to read full-screen. - Recorder & Notes: Record audio with scrubbable waveforms, standalone or attached to sessions. Write notes in grid or list layouts. - Practice Compass (Strategy & Ideas): Map out your session before you play. Pick the facets and moves for the day so you always know how to tackle hard passages. - Chords Lib: Explore chords in any key and scale, hear each as a block or arpeggio, and see its tension on a piano. - Music Glossary: A searchable dictionary of terms, filterable by category and difficulty. Track mastery across languages. SEE YOUR PROGRESS VISUALLY - Running Totals: Keep score of your all-time sessions, time, recordings, and notes. - Heat Maps: See your practice intensity at a glance with an interactive calendar heat map. - Comprehensive Charts: Clean bar charts for total practice time and rating trends by day, month, or year, plus a detailed pie chart breaking down sessions by goal. FREE PLAN - Full access to the built-in Metronome, Tuner, Audio Recorder, Notes, and Practice Compass. - Track up to 20 sessions and 1 active goal. - Unlock up to 2 historical composers. - 7 days of full statistics history. PREMIUM PLAN - Unlimited Everything: Unlimited composers, goals, and session tracking. - Full History: 30-day, 12-month, and custom-range analytics. - Cloud Sync: Seamless cloud synchronization across all your iOS devices. - Cloud Storage: 10 GB of secure recording storage. Monthly or yearly subscriptions. Bring clarity to your routine and history’s masters to your side. Download Cresc Flow and start your first session today! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cresc Flow at Free against Jazz ScaleHelper's $5.99. Cresc Flow also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Jazz ScaleHelper's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Cresc Flow is free to download; Jazz ScaleHelper costs $5.99 up front. Jazz ScaleHelper sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Cresc Flow sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Jazz ScaleHelper ships an update every 6 weeks, Cresc Flow weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jazz ScaleHelper | Cresc Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Williams | Tiny Cresc Interactive Inc. |
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In-app purchases
Jazz ScaleHelper
- 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
Cresc Flow
- Monthly Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- 1 Reference Letter$1.99
- Full Composer Pass$39.99
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