Basic Pitch vs Hum To Notes
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.
Hum To Notes
This app listens to your humming and instantly converts it into musical notation, supporting both Indian Sargam and Western scales. It features on-device processing for privacy and a clear timeline view of your melody.
- Humming to Indian Sargam notation
- Humming to Western notation
- Automatic Sa/key detection
- Time vs. pitch timeline view
- On-device audio analysis
- Minimalist UI
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HumToNotes listens to your humming and turns it into musical notes—both Indian Sargam (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni) and Western notation (A–G with sharps/flats)—in a clean, Apple‑inspired interface. * Hum → Notes in seconds Record a short phrase and see a timeline of notes mapped over time, with pitch and duration for each segment. * Indian & Western, side by side Choose Indian mode for Sargam syllables, or Western mode for note names and octaves, all derived from the same recording. * Smart Sa / key detection Let the app auto‑detect your Sa or key from your humming, or set a fixed Sa/key (C, C#, D…) before you sing. * Beautiful timeline view A minimalist chart shows your melody as points over time (x‑axis) and pitch (y‑axis), so you can literally see how you moved through the scale. * On‑device, privacy‑first Audio is analyzed entirely on your device using lightweight DSP—your recordings are not sent to any server. * Designed for musicians & learners Whether you’re exploring ragas, checking your intonation, or translating ideas into Western notes, HumToNotes gives you instant visual feedback. Keywords (comma‑separated) hum to notes, humming to notes, indian classical, sargam, raga, swara, western notation, pitch detector, vocal trainer, ear training, music practice, scale finder, key detection, singing app What’s New (for 1.0 release notes) * First release of HumToNotes. * Convert your humming into Indian Sargam and Western notes with an on‑device pitch engine. * Auto‑detect or set your Sa / key, and view a time vs pitch timeline plus detailed note list. * Apple‑inspired, minimal UI with a glassy record button and a reference panel explaining your current scale.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Basic Pitch at 67% against Hum To Notes's 0%. Basic Pitch also leads on price ($1.99 vs $14.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.0). Hum To Notes's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Basic Pitch costs $1.99 and Hum To Notes $14.99 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 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic Pitch has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Basic Pitch's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hum To Notes's.
Basic Pitch ships an update every 5 weeks, Hum To Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Pitch | Hum To Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlos DeSoto | Abhisar Mohapatra |
Customer experience
Basic Pitch
Hum To Notes
In-app purchases
Basic Pitch
No in-app purchases
Hum To Notes
No in-app purchases









