Music Routine vs GearKeeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Routine
Establish a consistent daily practice schedule for your musical instrument. Create personalized exercise lists with specified durations and speeds, enhanced by notes and images. Track your progress with a built-in metronome and detailed statistics.
- Personalized exercise lists
- Customizable duration and speed
- Notes, pictures, and PDF support
- Built-in metronome
- Practice session tracking
- Progress statistics
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If you're serious about improving your instrument skills, establishing a daily practice routine is essential. With MusicRoutine you can create a personalized list of exercises and specify duration and speed for each of them. You can also add notes and pictures to make your routine more engaging and effective. Once created, play your routine with the built-in metronome and track your progress. Whether you play piano, guitar, drums, saxophone or any other instrument, the application lets you create a routine to suit your needs. MusicRoutine is user-friendly and doesn't require any account signup. You can start using it right away and benefit from its many useful features. Key Features: - No signup, no subscription - Create personalised list of exercises (unlimited for pro version, 6 in the standard version) - Metronome - Notes, pictures and pdf for each exercise - Archives for keeping a backlog of old exercises - Statistics on your sessions and average practice time - Import/export (pro version)
GearKeeper
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Dead strings kill your tone. GearKeeper tracks every instrument in your rack — electric, acoustic, bass, drums — and tells you exactly how many days you've been on the current set. • Per-instrument change history with brand & gauge • "Logged a fresh set" one-tap reset • Freshness badges so you can see the whole rack at a glance • Reminders tuned to how hard you play GearKeeper Pro ($11.99/yr): unlimited instruments, string-life stats by brand, per-instrument gauge presets. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://gearkeeper-app.web.app/eula Privacy Policy: https://gearkeeper-app.web.app/privacy
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Verdict
Music Routine and GearKeeper are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Music Routine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GearKeeper sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Music Routine | GearKeeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quentin Houben | Safak Tamses |
In-app purchases
Music Routine
- Pro features$3.99
GearKeeper
- GearKeeper Pro (Yearly)$11.991 Year









