Comparison

Banjo Rolls Trainer vs Banjo Mountain

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

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About

Banjo Rolls Trainer

Learn and practice essential banjo rolls with a backing band. This app offers over 30 built-in rolls, variations, and exercises with video demonstrations and text explanations. Master speed with the "Speed Up" function and create custom exercises for a fresh, authentic sound.

Highlights
  • Library of essential banjo rolls
  • Practice with a backing band
  • "Speed Up" metronome function
  • Over 30 built-in rolls and exercises
  • Video demonstrations and text explanations
  • Create custom exercises
Features
Currently charting
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The Banjo Rolls Trainer is a library of essential banjo rolls which will help make your playing sound fresh, authentic, and professional. "So if you’re working on learning the rolls and how they relate to what the rest of the band does, or looking for an audio tool to help plug away at the right hand exercise, this could be a great tool for you." -Kyle Tuttle, Banjo Newsletter Magazine With this app, you can hear and practice your rolls with a backing band! The "Speed Up" function automatically increases the speed of the metronome after a set number of bars. You can master speed without even blinking an eye. Banjo Rolls Trainer features more than 30 built-in banjo rolls, variations, and exercises. Video demonstrations and text explanations help provide an in-depth understanding of all the right hand techniques. Clawhammer Bum-Ditty and ¾ rolls are included! Create your own exercises for spicing-up your practice routine. This is a must have for any beginner/intermediate student of the banjo, and can be a great practice aid for any level, so get it now!

About

Banjo Mountain

Access all your videos in one convenient app. Receive the latest news and updates via push notifications. Save favorite posts for quick retrieval and enjoy password-free access to your content.

Highlights
  • Unified video access
  • Push notifications
  • Password-free login
  • Save favorite posts
  • Content aggregation
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Step-by-step banjo lessons, a practice tracker that keeps your streak alive, and the tools you need to practice well: tuner, metronome, tabs and Song Review. Learn bluegrass, clawhammer or both, from your very first note to confident player. Banjo Mountain gives you everything in one place: well-crafted video courses, the tools for great practice sessions, and a community of banjo players who cheer you on. A CLEAR PATH UP THE MOUNTAIN No guesswork. Every step is laid out for you, from zero musical experience to confident 5-string banjo player. Your level and your next lesson are always on your Home screen, so you always know what's next. LEARN BLUEGRASS, CLAWHAMMER OR BOTH Video courses take you from beginner to advanced in either style: three-finger bluegrass picking (rolls, licks and songs) and old-time clawhammer. Pick one, or learn both side by side. Every lesson comes with printable tablature, and your progress is saved lesson by lesson. KEEP YOUR PRACTICE CONSISTENT Most players stall when life gets busy. Daily streaks, a daily goal, a weekly practice challenge and milestone celebrations keep you coming back, so you climb from one peak to the next. YOUR STREAK ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the Banjo Mountain widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen and see your streak, today's practice and this week's total at a glance. Start a timed session from the widget, with Siri ("Start banjo practice in Banjo Mountain"), or from the app, and watch the live timer in the Dynamic Island. WATCH YOUR PRACTICE GROW A built-in practice timer logs every session. See your minutes add up by week, month and year, and keep your chain of practice days going. MEMORIZE SONGS WITH EASE Song Review tells you which songs to play today and brings each one back on a proven spaced-repetition schedule (the Leitner method), so tunes stick for good. THE BANJO TOOLS YOU NEED A banjo tuner (Open G, Double C and G Modal), a metronome, chord and tab references, plus focus areas and practice notes, right where you practice. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Open iPhone Duo and your practice tools sit beside your lessons. Prop it up like a laptop on your music stand and the lesson video plays on top while the controls sit below: back 10 seconds, slow it down, and loop the passage you're learning until it's in your fingers. PRACTICE LIVE EVERY DAY It's hard to make yourself practice. It's easy when others are playing too. Members join the Daily Practice Room every morning at 9am Pacific: say hello, mute, and practice alongside banjo players from around the world. YOU'RE NOT LEARNING ALONE Learning online can feel lonely, and many people quit. Inside the Banjo Mountain community, players share wins, ask questions and support one another, so you look forward to every practice. Start your climb today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.banjomountain.io/branded-mobile-privacy-notice

Screenshots

Banjo Rolls Trainer4 screens
Banjo Mountain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Banjo Mountain at Free against Banjo Rolls Trainer's $4.99. Banjo Mountain also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Banjo Rolls Trainer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads 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

Banjo Mountain is free to download; Banjo Rolls Trainer costs $4.99 up front. Banjo Mountain sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $29.00 per month. Banjo Rolls Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Banjo Mountain holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Banjo Rolls Trainer's written reviews are positive against 94% of Banjo Mountain's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Banjo Rolls Trainer ships an update every 4 months, Banjo Mountain every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Banjo Rolls Trainer versus Banjo Mountain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBanjo Rolls TrainerBanjo Mountain
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (22 ratings)4.8 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2225 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiri MarkalousBanjo Mountain

Customer experience

Banjo Rolls Trainer

All ratings22 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative28.6%

Banjo Mountain

All ratings23 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

In-app purchases

None

Banjo Rolls Trainer

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Banjo Mountain

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Membership$29.001 Month
  • Monthly Membership1 Month trial$29.001 Month
  • Banjo Mountain Membership1 Month trial$29.001 Month
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  • Banjo Mountain Membership$139.001 Year
  • Yearly Membership$179.001 Year

Questions

Is Banjo Rolls Trainer free?
Banjo Rolls Trainer costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Banjo Mountain free?
Banjo Mountain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Banjo Rolls Trainer or Banjo Mountain?
Banjo Mountain is rated higher. Banjo Rolls Trainer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Banjo Mountain averages 4.8 from 25 ratings.
Do Banjo Rolls Trainer or Banjo Mountain have ads?
Neither Banjo Rolls Trainer nor Banjo Mountain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Banjo Rolls Trainer or Banjo Mountain?
Banjo Rolls Trainer ships an update every 4 months, and Banjo Mountain every 2 weeks. Most recently, Banjo Rolls Trainer was updated on November 6, 2026 and Banjo Mountain on November 5, 2026.

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