Basic Pitch vs Cantoria
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Pitch
This app makes music education engaging for all skill levels. It offers a gamified approach to ear training and sight-singing, essential skills for musicians. Learn to identify pitches, intervals, scales, chords, and rhythms through interactive exercises.
- Gamified music education
- Ear training exercises
- Sight-singing practice
- Learn music theory concepts
- Identify pitches and intervals
- Chord and rhythm recognition
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Basic Pitch builds internal pitch awareness through simple, game-like listening, matching, and singing.
Cantoria
This app is a virtual pipe organ that uses physical modeling and additive synthesis to emulate a Baroque-style instrument. It offers a dynamic sound range, expression pedal control, and built-in effects, functioning as both a standalone application and an audio plugin.
- Physical modeling engine (no samples)
- Full polyphony (61 notes, 776 pipes)
- 9 organ stops
- 3 couplers
- Tremulant motor
- Swell pedal
- Built-in stereo reverb
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GSi Cantoria is a physical modeling emulation of a Baroque-style Pipe Organ. INSTRUMENT BACKGROUND A pipe organ is not something you see every day, there are thousands of different pipe organs that differ by the number of stops, the number of manuals, the number and the type of pipes, their size, their position, etc. Cantoria is a Baroque-style organ based on a single manual and 9 stops plus 3 couplers and the classic "tremulant" effect. This type of organ has "only" 776 pipes, which Cantoria simulates one by one. It doesn't sound "massive" like bigger organs, but is very dynamic and can vary from a soft delicate flute sound to a loud and majestic. vibrant full organ. This synth engine works as an hybrid synthesizer, uses additive synthesis and physical modeling together, there are no samples involved. The expression pedal responds naturally and varies the amount of air that passes through the pipes. About the name: the name we chose for this plugin "CANTORIA" is the italian name of the place, inside a Church, where the organ and the choir are located. Main features: - Physical Modeling engine (no samples) - Full Polyphony (61 notes, 776 pipes) - 9 Organ Stops - 3 Couplers - Tremulant Motor - Swell Pedal - Built-in Stereo Reverb effect - Built-in programmer with unlimited Programs - Embedded user's manual - Available as Stand-alone application and audio plugin - Very low CPU and RAM usage Works as AUv3 plugin.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cantoria at Free against Basic Pitch's $1.99. Cantoria also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (94% vs 67%). Basic Pitch's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Cantoria is free to download; Basic Pitch costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic Pitch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 23 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Basic Pitch's written reviews are positive against 94% of Cantoria's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Basic Pitch ships an update every 5 weeks, Cantoria every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Pitch | Cantoria |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | 4.8 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos DeSoto | Genuine Soundware |
Customer experience
Basic Pitch
Cantoria
In-app purchases
Basic Pitch
No in-app purchases
Cantoria
No in-app purchases








