Comparison

Rhythm Lab vs con.sol.la

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

Head to head
About

Rhythm Lab

This music tool helps users improve rhythmic accuracy and explore complex musical patterns. It offers features for creating, importing, and exporting rhythms, along with a metronome and playback controls. Ideal for musicians and educators, it supports external MIDI devices and Audiobus for expanded functionality.

Highlights
  • Rhythm accuracy testing
  • On-screen and MIDI keyboard support
  • Metronome and playback controls
  • Rhythm creation and import/export
  • Customizable rhythm patterns
  • Worksheet generation for teachers
  • Audiobus 3.0 integration
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Rhythm Lab 4.0 is the best rhythm trainer and rhythm tool for the iPad! New! On-screen keyboard. Play and improvise tunes and chords without being restricted to single tap notes. Integrates seamlessly with any external MIDI keyboard. Simple. Test, Playback, Metronome, Loop, and Audio controls are easy to access on the main screen. Flexible. Use Rhythm Lab to improve rhythmic accuracy, listen to new rhythms, create, copy, and import new rhythms, export rhythms, create rhythm worksheets, group rhythms into custom sets, and more! Use the iPad tap buttons or an external MIDI device to practice and test your accuracy. Many user features are highly customizable. Teachers can create customized student groups and import or export student results. Compatible with Audiobus 3.0 for expanded sound and recording possibilities. Comprehensive. Rhythm Lab patterns are not limited to single patterns, but also include double patterns, drum patterns (left/right snare exercises), or three-part drumkit patterns (hi hat, snare, kick). Patterns can range from very simple, such as whole notes, half notes, quarter notes in simple meters, to very complex - with nested tuplets, mixed and irregular time signatures. Rhythm Lab also allows incomplete (pick-up) measures. Worksheets. The worksheet feature is great for teachers who want to create printable, customized worksheets for students. You have the option of hiding time signatures and barlines, and including open space within measures. Files. Rhythm Lab allows you to import or export patterns and users in JSON format, a standard data format. Worksheets can be exported in PDF format. Individual rhythm patterns can be imported from MusicXML files. Soundfonts can be imported in .sf2 format. Documentation. Help documentation is now web-based, and will continue to expand to include video tutorials, FAQs and other documentation as needed.

About

con.sol.la

Features
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select a piece -> mute the part you want to play -> start recording -> play and enjoy a rich sound -> save the recording in your librarycon.sol.la is the application which helps the self-dependent musicians with composing wherever they want. The application provides tracks of two- and more part pieces (e.g. a melodic line of a certain piece and its accompaniment, or all the parts of chamber pieces). Muting the part you want to play allows you to practice / perform the pieces with all the instruments without the need to meet other musicians. Every time you practise you can record and save the piece – it enables you to compare different versions and interpretations and to observe your progress. The saved files can be shared. con.sol.la contains the pieces of various levels of difficulty – it can be used by the complete beginners as well as the professionals. The list of the pieces includes the works from different periods, from Baroque to contemporary music, educational and orchestral pieces. New works are continuously being added to the catalogue. It includes chamber pieces for different instruments: strings, winds, keyboard, and percussion. They can be looked up very easily by choosing the selected instrument or category. Every title contains basic information about the piece and its composer. Functional layout and a transparent design of con.sol.la make it a convenient and user-friendly tool for perfecting musical skills and playing online. select a piece -> mute the part you want to play -> start recording -> play and enjoy a rich sound -> save the recording in your library

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: con.sol.la at Free against Rhythm Lab's $5.99. con.sol.la also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Rhythm Lab's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

con.sol.la is free to download; Rhythm Lab costs $5.99 up front. con.sol.la sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Rhythm Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rhythm Lab ships an update every 10 days, con.sol.la every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rhythm Lab versus con.sol.la: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythm Labcon.sol.la
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan EnsmingerPOLSKIE WYDAWNICTWO MUZYCZNE

In-app purchases

None

Rhythm Lab

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

con.sol.la

One-time3
  • Duo$0.99
  • Trio$1.99
  • Quartet$2.99

Questions

Is Rhythm Lab free?
Rhythm Lab costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is con.sol.la free?
con.sol.la is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rhythm Lab or con.sol.la have ads?
Neither Rhythm Lab nor con.sol.la shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rhythm Lab or con.sol.la?
Rhythm Lab ships an update every 10 days, and con.sol.la every 5 weeks. Most recently, Rhythm Lab was updated on October 5, 2026 and con.sol.la on October 7, 2026.

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