Comparison

Instruments vs Learn Musical Instruments

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

Head to head
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

Learn Musical Instruments

This educational app helps toddlers and preschoolers learn about various musical instruments through interactive games, colorful visuals, and audio. It aims to improve memory, focus, and motor skills in a fun, gamified learning environment.

Highlights
  • Learn instrument names with pictures and voice-overs
  • Memory matching game for instruments
  • Interactive spot game to test knowledge
  • Gamified learning for retention
  • Improves memory, focus, and motor skills
Features
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Learn Series Musical Instruments is the toddler application developed by Ajax Media Tech. The Musical Instruments for Kids app helps toddlers and preschoolers to learn different types of musical instruments such as African drum, guitar, piano, violin, drums, veena, etc. This app designed to teach musical instruments for kids in a fun and gamified way with colourful pictures, memory games, interactive games and audio. Features: 1) Learn - Names of musical instruments such as guitar, piano and more, along with pictures and voice-over. 2) Match Game - A memory game which makes your kids to remember all the musical instruments learnt. 3) Spot Game - An interactive game to check the knowledge. This free game on musical instruments for kids will keep your kids entertained with fun games and sound effects. Apart from the knowledge, the educational game will improve your kids’ memory, focus and motor skills. Download the Musical Instruments for Kids app and other educational games published by Ajax Media Tech. With the gamified education model, kids will be able to absorb and learn the fundamentals and basics minimal effort and maximum retention.

Screenshots

Instruments4 screens
Learn Musical Instruments4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Instruments at 100% against Learn Musical Instruments's 0%. Instruments also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Learn Musical Instruments's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Learn Musical Instruments is free to download; Instruments costs $1.99 up front. Learn Musical Instruments sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Instruments asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Instruments holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Instruments's written reviews are positive against 0% of Learn Musical Instruments's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Instruments ships an update every 6 months, Learn Musical Instruments every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Instruments versus Learn Musical Instruments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstrumentsLearn Musical Instruments
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristophe Burdinwww.ajaxmediatech.com

Customer experience

Instruments

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

Learn Musical Instruments

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Instruments

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn Musical Instruments

One-time1
  • Remove ad$0.99

Questions

Is Instruments free?
Instruments costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Learn Musical Instruments free?
Learn Musical Instruments is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Instruments or Learn Musical Instruments?
Instruments is rated higher. Instruments averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Learn Musical Instruments averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Instruments or Learn Musical Instruments have ads?
Neither Instruments nor Learn Musical Instruments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Instruments or Learn Musical Instruments?
Instruments ships an update every 6 months, and Learn Musical Instruments every 3 months. Most recently, Instruments was updated on September 18, 2026 and Learn Musical Instruments on September 23, 2026.

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