Comparison

Sightreading Exercises vs Viola Tuner

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

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About

Sightreading Exercises

Master sight-reading on any instrument with 60 progressive levels and songs. Practice with your real instrument, receive instant feedback, and improve your musical fluency. Supports a wide range of instruments, clefs, and key signatures.

Highlights
  • 60 progressive levels
  • Instrument-specific customization
  • Built-in tuner
  • Supports all modern clefs
  • Wide range of key and time signatures
  • Real instrument input detection
  • Pitch meter for accuracy
Features
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Customized for instruments, including full orchestra settings: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass, Clarinet (Bb and A), Oboe, Bassoon, Flute, Piccolo, French Horn (double horn setting F / Bb), Trumpet (C / Bb), Saxophone (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone), Trombone (Tenor and Bass), Tuba, Harp. Complete your entire music learning journey by practicing in different modes: Flash Cards, Music Theory, Full Flow Sheet Music, and Practice Real Songs. Features available in all modes: - The app shows sheet music, listens to your playing, and provides feedback. Even on grand stave with multiple notes at a time. This is called polyphonic detection system. - Melodic Randomness: control how random the generated notes are - Hints (instrument-specific) - Keyboard (Piano) - Fingerboard chart (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) - Fretboard chart (Guitar, Bass) - Fingering (Clarinet, Flute; more coming soon) - Pitch meter for intonation (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Trombone) - Intonation accuracy check for microtonal instruments: - Green tick: perfect intonation - Yellow tick: Acceptable hit but slightly out of tune - Voice Control: restart the exercise without touching the screen 1. Flash Cards - Levels 1 to 20 (beginner) - Levels 21 to 40 (intermediate) - Levels 41 to 60 (advanced) - Custom levels (12 keys, all accidentals including double-sharp and double-flat) 2. Music Theory - Scales - Major scales (12 keys, up to 3 octaves) - Harmonic minor and melodic minor scales (12 keys, up to 3 octaves) - Chromatic scales (adjustable range) - Chords (up to 3 octaves) - Major Triad, Minor Triad, Major Seventh, Minor Seventh, Dominant Seventh, Diminished Seventh, Augmented Triad, Diminished Triad, Suspended Seventh, Suspended Second, Suspended Fourth, Major Ninth, Minor Ninth, Dominant Ninth, Added Ninth, Major Eleventh, Minor Eleventh, Dominant Eleventh - Rhythms - Note types - Semibreve (Whole) - Minim (Half) - Crotchet (Quarter) - Quaver (Eighth) - Semiquaver (Sixteenth) - Rests - Dotted notes - Triplets - Time signatures 4/4, 2/4, 3/4, 6/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 - Intervals - Exercises for faster recognition of any chromatic intervals in any keys - Aural Training - Rhythm & Metre - Melody & Memory - Intervals & Pitch - Chords & Harmony 3. Full Flow Sheet Music (practice sight-reading with real sheet music. Hit the right note, or practice playing in rhythm with the metronome) - Levels 1 to 20 (beginner) - Levels 21 to 40 (intermediate) - Levels 41 to 60 (advanced) - Custom levels (12 keys, 8 time signatures, 10+ note types, all accidentals including double-sharp and double-flat) 4. Practice Real Songs (over 170 famous songs by different composers) - Songs organized by - Albums (13 music books) - Composers (Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Handel, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Bizet, Brahms, Vivaldi, Johann Strauss, Paganini, Pachelbel, Czerny, Rachmaninoff, Scott Joplin, Clementi, Edvard Grieg, Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber, Sibelius, Saint-Saëns, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Erik Satie, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Antonín Dvořák, Edward Elgar, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner, and more) - Grades (Grade 1 to 7) Tools for day-to-day practice are also available: - Tuners - Full-range chromatic tuner: A0 to C8 - Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass, and tuners for transposing instruments, such as Clarinet, French Horn, Trumpet, and Saxophone - Metronome (classic metronome that lets you adjust BPM by sliding the pendulum weight up and down)

About

Viola Tuner

This application offers a precise and user-friendly way to tune your viola. It features professional sound recordings and advanced algorithms for accurate pitch recognition, with multiple tuning modes available. The app works offline and provides advanced settings for musicians.

Highlights
  • Professional viola sound recordings
  • Offline tuning capabilities
  • Auto tune, manual, and chromatic modes
  • Adjustable concert pitch (Hz)
  • Deviation display in cents
  • Custom tuning and presets
Features
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Viola Tuner – XTuner PRO is an easy-to-use free mobile application with which you will be able to tune your viola quickly. The sounds for our application were recorded by professional musicians. Sounds that cannot be generated by a musician have been created synthetically. App works offline. What is the most important: it is a free tuner. The algorithm in the viola tuner offline app has been prepared for the most effective recognition of instrument sounds. To get the auto tune result, play the sound several times. Viola Tuner – XTuner PRO app for instruments has three modes: auto tune, manual and pro - chromatic tuner mode. App works offline. - Auto Tune – automatic tuning – examined the frequency of the signal is interpreted to the next clear sound of the specific frequencies of pure sound. - Manual – sound tuning - select a specific sound that will be tuned. Features in the tuning app: - recordings of real sounds of viola - the ability to set the frequency of sound "a" (concert pitch) in Hz (herz), - the ability to determine the deviation from the base frequency in cents, - instrument head view, - ability to set frequency filter - custom tuning - presets for your music instrument - chromatic tuner mode – you can practise diapason using it - auto tune and manual mode - professional frequency settings – choose the concert pitch in Hz and transposition - viola tuner offline - it is a free pro tuner; you don’t have to pay. If you would like to have version of the free tuner with no ads, you can buy premium forever or subscription. If you will have any problems with Viola Tuner – XTuner PRO app, please feel free to contact us: mobile@netigen.eu. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://netigen.eu/privacy/ More information: https://xtunerpro.com/viola

Screenshots

Sightreading Exercises4 screens
Viola Tuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sightreading Exercises at 100% against Viola Tuner's 25%. Sightreading Exercises also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.1) and ads (none vs shown). Viola Tuner's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.8). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Sightreading Exercises sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Viola Tuner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sightreading Exercises holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Sightreading Exercises's written reviews are positive against 25% of Viola Tuner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sightreading Exercises ships an update every 5 days, Viola Tuner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sightreading Exercises versus Viola Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSightreading ExercisesViola Tuner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (23 ratings) — better3.1 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.812.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size335 MB54 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperRC GameNETIGEN Kluzowicz sp. j.

Customer experience

Sightreading Exercises

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral17.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Viola Tuner

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sightreading Exercises

One-time1
  • Buy Full Version$12.99
2 purchases

Viola Tuner

Subscriptions1
  • 1 week subscription + trial3 Days trial$2.997 Days
One-time1
  • Forever one-time payment$19.99

Questions

Is Sightreading Exercises free?
Sightreading Exercises is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Viola Tuner free?
Viola Tuner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sightreading Exercises or Viola Tuner?
Sightreading Exercises is rated higher. Sightreading Exercises averages 4.4 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Viola Tuner averages 3.1 from 9 ratings.
Do Sightreading Exercises or Viola Tuner have ads?
Viola Tuner shows ads; Sightreading Exercises does not.
Which is updated more often, Sightreading Exercises or Viola Tuner?
Sightreading Exercises ships an update every 5 days, and Viola Tuner every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sightreading Exercises was updated on October 9, 2026 and Viola Tuner on October 10, 2026.

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