Singing Tutor vs Pitchbird

Singing Tutor is a real-time pitch training tool that shows you exactly where your voice lands as you sing - note by note, with instant visual feedback on a scrolling piano-roll display. Whether you're a vocal coach running lessons, a student working through exercises, or someone who loves karaoke night, Singing Tutor turns your device into a precise vocal practice studio. REAL-TIME PITCH FEEDBACK - Sing along to MIDI or karaoke (.kar) while watching your pitch accuracy in real time. The app draws your voice as a continuous line over the reference melody, so you can see exactly where you're sharp, flat, or right on target. No guesswork - just clear, visual feedback that helps you improve faster than listening alone. FULL KARAOKE LYRICS DISPLAY- Load any .kar karaoke file and see synchronized lyrics scroll across the screen as the music plays. Customize every aspect of the lyrics display: font size, highlight and base colors, animation timing, line opacity, number of visible lines, text alignment, and more. Supports a wide range of text encodings - including Japanese (Shift-JIS, EUC-JP), Chinese (GBK, Big5), Korean (EUC-KR), Cyrillic, and many others - so your international karaoke library works out of the box. The active syllable highlights in real time, giving you a true karaoke experience with pitch training on top. AUDIO DEVICE & MIXER CONTROLS - Choose exactly which audio output device and input microphone to use. The built-in mixer gives you independent volume control over four output tracks - Background, Melody, Accompaniment, and Voice Reference . So you can dial in the perfect practice mix. Mute or solo any track instantly. On the input side, configure your microphone and enable or disable mic loopback to hear yourself through your speakers while you sing. VISUAL REFERENCE TRACKS - Load a MIDI or karaoke file and see the target melody displayed as note blocks on the piano-roll. You can also load previously recorded voice files (.stf) as a visual reference - great for comparing today's attempt against your personal best. Follow the melody visually while you sing, and watch your voice line track against the target notes. BACKING TRACK PLAYBACK - Load any MP3 as a backing track to sing along with during practice. MP3 tracks play as audio only — no visual reference on the piano-roll — making them ideal when you know the melody and just need accompaniment. Use the built-in mixer to set the backing track volume exactly where you want it. CUSTOMIZABLE PRACTICE SESSIONS - Toggle individual tracks on or off during playback or recording. Turn off the melody line to test yourself, keep the accompaniment for context, or solo the voice reference to study phrasing. Every combination is available for both Play and Record modes, so you can structure sessions around exactly what you're working on. RECORDING, PLAYBACK & EXPORT - Record your singing sessions and save them as .stf voice files for later review. Replay any recording with the reference track to see how your pitch compared. When you're ready to share, export your recording - including the background track - as an MP3 file. LATENCY COMPENSATION - On some systems, audio input and output can be slightly out of sync. The Latency Compensate setting lets you adjust the voice line and cursor offset in milliseconds, so what you see on screen accurately reflects when you actually sang each note. Dial it in once and every session stays aligned. VOLUME INDICATOR - A real-time volume meter sits next to the piano keyboard, showing your current input level at a glance. In Duet mode, two independent meters are displayed - one per singer. Singing Tutor works with the files you already have. Load MIDI files for melody and accompaniment, .kar files for karaoke with lyrics, or MP3s for backing tracks. No built-in song library required - use any song you want. Start singing. See exactly how you sound.

Learn to sing in tune, a few minutes a day, with Coach Pip. Sing a note and Pitchbird shows you instantly whether you're sharp, flat or right on. Then Pip, your little songbird coach, tells you the one thing to fix next, out loud. Beginners find their voice. Trained singers keep their ear sharp. YOUR FIRST LESSON IS FREE • Three-minute singing lessons on what matters: listening first, clean starts, steady notes, sharp or flat, and steps and skips. • Pip explains, sings it for you, listens to you try, then gives you one specific fix. A VOCAL WARM-UP EVERY DAY • Daily warm-up: breathe, hum, a gentle siren, and an echo game with Pip. • Daily challenge: note runs, scales, long tones and range checks, sung for real. • Gentle reminders only on days you haven't sung yet. Streaks, levels and XP keep you coming back. SEE YOUR PITCH, HEAR YOUR PROGRESS • Live Tuner: your note and exactly how sharp or flat you are, as you sing. • Pitch Match: hear a note and match it by ear. • Scale Trainer: twelve scales and modes in any key. • Range Test: find your lowest and highest notes. • Progress: how in tune you are over time, which way you lean, your range and your streak. FEEDBACK AFTER EVERY SESSION Pip tells you how in tune you were, which way you lean, and which note gave you trouble. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, that feedback is written right on your device. BUILT FOR IPHONE DUO Open it up and Pip coaches from one screen while you sing on the other. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Pitch detection runs on your iPhone, and your voice is never recorded. No ads, no trackers, and no account needed to sing. On iPhones without Apple Intelligence, signed-in subscribers get feedback written with AI (Anthropic's Claude); only short session stats are sent, never audio. PITCHBIRD PRO: $4.99, ONCE Unlimited exercises, every scale and mode, and your full progress history. Pay once, yours forever. COACH PIP SUBSCRIPTION Everything in Pro, plus every Coach Pip lesson and Pip's feedback after every session. $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Purchases ask you to create a free account so they follow you across devices. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/