Comparison

Instruments vs Xylophone Plus

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

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About

Instruments

Explore a vibrant collection of 55 musical instruments with interactive sound and visuals. Learn instrument names and sounds in 78 languages, perfect for young children and language learners. This offline app offers a safe, ad-free, and engaging musical discovery experience.

Highlights
  • 55 interactive musical instruments
  • Real sounds and spoken names
  • Supports 78 languages
  • Offline functionality
  • Adjustable slideshow mode
  • Parental gate for settings
Features
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Instruments is the best interactive sound picture book featuring 55 musical instruments: tap the image to hear the instrument and see its name in your chosen language (78 languages). Large images, real sounds, spoken names. Who is it for? Ages 1–5 for the picture-book experience. Ages 3–15 for language learning and instrument vocabulary. How it works The interface lets a child, alone or with an adult, discover each instrument and its sound. Images can advance automatically like a slideshow (adjustable speed) or manually by swiping the screen. The display order is configurable (random or sequential). A long-press on the instrument name lets you choose another display/spoken language. Multilingual (78 languages) Spoken names and interface available in your language of choice, to build vocabulary and train the ear from an early age. Tip: in your device settings, download Apple’s premium voices (higher-quality voices provided by iOS). Why you’ll love Instruments? Clear, reassuring musical discovery for young children. Natural pronunciations and authentic sounds. Multilingual (78) to support early learning, vocabulary, and listening. Works anywhere Works offline and in airplane mode: all images and sounds are stored on device No connection required. Orientation Portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad. Parents and schools – Parental gate (settings protected by a random math question). – Schools reminder: 50% off via Apple School Manager. Privacy – No ads – No in-app purchases – No tracking – No data collection – No analytics – Privacy Nutrition Label: “No data collected” Contact us contact@iburgerapps.com Instruments accordion, acoustic guitar, bagpipes, balalaika, bandoneon, banjo, barrel organ, bass drum, bass guitar, bassoon, bugle, castanets, cello, clarinet, claves, congas, crash cymbal, didgeridoo, djembe, double bass, drum kit, duduk, electric guitar, flute, french horn, gong, grand piano, handbell, harmonica, harp, harpsichord, lute, mandolin, maracas, oboe, pan flute, piccolo, pipe organ, recorder, saxophone, sitar, snare drum, synthesizer, tambourine, tenor drum, timpani, triangle, trombone, trumpet, ukulele, upright piano, viola, violin, xylophone Supported languages (displayed and spoken) Afrikaans, Albanian, German, Amharic, English, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Belarusian, Burmese, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Croatian, Danish, Spanish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, Galician, Welsh, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Uzbek, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Czech, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba, Zulu

About

Xylophone Plus

This app provides a simple and fun way to learn music fundamentals with a virtual xylophone. It features high-quality sounds, animations, and includes popular children's songs for easy play and composition.

Highlights
  • Basic 8 notes for easy learning
  • High-quality sounds and animations
  • Includes 3 popular children's songs
  • Record and playback compositions
  • Save and share composed music
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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Xylophone Plus application for all ages beginners. It comes with 5 music notes which all can play along and learn. It helps build up the music foundation and available for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. Features: • Basic 8 nodes easy to learn. • High quality sounds. • Beautiful graphic. • Highly detailed animation with note vibrate animation. • White bar note indicator for easy follow up. • New and Noteworthy featured app. • Playable for everybody and fun for all ages. • Able to record and playback. • Able to save compose music. • The music note can be share with other. 3 popular, easy kids learning songs. - Do a Deer - Happy Birthday - Row Row Row Your Boat Note: • Compose music data is saved to internal storage and available for external reach [access files via iTunes or Files App]. • You can share/receive compose music data to/from other device via Airdrop. • After editing/compose, save the compose music data with original name will replace the original file. Save it into new name will create a new compose music data. Enjoy Xylophone with your family/kids and have fun. Thanks for your support and do visit nitrio.com for more apps for your iOS devices.

Screenshots

Instruments4 screens
Xylophone Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Instruments at every 6 months against Xylophone Plus's every 37 months. Instruments also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Xylophone Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Instruments costs $1.99 and Xylophone Plus $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Instruments against 5.0 for Xylophone Plus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Instruments ships an update every 6 months, Xylophone Plus every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Instruments versus Xylophone Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstrumentsXylophone Plus
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 37 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristophe BurdinHeng Jia Liang

Customer experience

Instruments

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Xylophone Plus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Instruments

No in-app purchases

None

Xylophone Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Instruments free?
Instruments costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Xylophone Plus free?
Xylophone Plus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Instruments or Xylophone Plus?
Instruments and Xylophone Plus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Instruments or Xylophone Plus have ads?
Neither Instruments nor Xylophone Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Instruments or Xylophone Plus?
Instruments ships an update every 6 months, and Xylophone Plus every 37 months. Most recently, Instruments was updated on September 18, 2026 and Xylophone Plus on June 12, 2026.

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