Pitch Pipe by Congregate vs Do Sol

The Congregate Pitch Pipe app brings your pitch pipe, metronome, and song list straight to your mobile device! Enter playable/tappable notes directly in your song lists, making it easy to have corresponding notes ready to pitch. With live pitch detection, you can see the note you’re singing on screen to confirm accuracy. With the visual metronome, ensure your timing is correct without having to hear a click. And with Apple Watch support, you can pitch songs right from your wrist! Your song lists/notes and pitch pipe are always visible on the same screen! FREE WITH NO ADS! There are no ads or in-app purchases. This app is brought to you free of charge from Congregate. Perfect for song and worship leaders at local churches, use the app to: • Play notes on a chromatic pitch pipe (C–C) • Adjust the note duration from 1–5 seconds • Create and view multiple song lists/custom text notes above the pitch pipe • Insert playable notes (e.g., Eb) into song lists/custom text notes • See the note you’re singing on screen with live pitch detection • Select or custom-set the BPM for the on-screen metronome • Adjust the font size, volume, and haptic feedback • Display flats vs. sharps and light vs. dark modes • Choose the app’s accent color to match your style • Apple Watch support (pitch, duration, and volume) This free app can be used by anyone; a Congregate subscription is NOT required.

Do Sol is a "pitch pipe" app for congregational song leaders that makes finding the starting pitch of a hymn fast and easy. Instead of trying to figure out which letter name to choose on your pitch pipe, you can simply count the number of sharps or flats in the key signature and tap either of the orange buttons that many times to "lock in" the correct DO pitch. Then, just tap the large gray tone pad to sound the DO. If you want the higher or lower octave, tap the top or bottom of the tone pad when an alternate octave DO appears. While the DO is sounding, if you like, you can drag your finger up and down to hear DO MI SOL, etc. This can be useful if you are still learning how to navigate from the DO pitch to the starting note of the hymn. If practicing at home, first set the key signature with the orange buttons, then tap and drag until the note sounding on the staff matches the starting note in your hymnal. There is also a "minor mode" in the top right corner. In minor mode, most of the tone pad will sound LA instead of DO. However, if you prefer to hear DO, the top left notch of the tone pad will sound DO, and you can drag down to hear DO-TI-LA. At any time, you can tap the treble clef to reset the app to C major. The pitch wheel in the center acts more like a traditional pitch pipe, although it has a much larger (virtual) two octave range. Finally, there are scrub bars on either edge of the screen for quickly moving through either key signatures (on the left) or pitches (on the right). You can use this app in whatever way makes the most sense for you: pitch by key signature, pitch by letter name, just tap for a quick DO sound, or tap-and-drag for DO-MI-SOL, etc. "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise" (Hebrews 13:15a, NIV)