Comparison

Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion vs Stand Partner

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

Head to head
About

Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion

This app emulates the sound of a legendary vintage distortion pedal, offering a violin-like sustaining tone. It functions as a standalone application, an AudioUnit v3 effect, or an Inter-App Audio effect for versatile music production.

Highlights
  • Vintage distortion emulation
  • Sustaining violin-like tone
  • Standalone app functionality
  • AudioUnit v3 effect
  • Inter-App Audio effect
Features
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Nembrini Audio Big Stuff is modeled on a Electro Harmonix Big Muff* The Big Stuff will give you a sweet violin-like sustaining sound. It's the same legendary created by Jimi Hendrix. Works as a standalone app, AudioUnit v3 effect, or Inter-App Audio effect Legal Disclaimer: *All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Nembrini Audio SRL. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Nembrini Audio’s sound design process.

About

Stand Partner

This music app analyzes your instrumental or vocal performances, displaying pitch, timing, and accuracy note by note. It also functions as a digital music stand for reading, marking up, and playing sheet music.

Highlights
  • Note-by-note performance analysis
  • Digital music stand
  • Chromatic tuner
  • Recording and review
  • Score annotation and transposition
  • Metronome with subdivisions
  • Library for takes and scores
Features
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Record a take on any instrument, or sing one, and the app draws it out note by note: the pitch of each one, how far it sat from centre, and where the pulse pushed or dragged. And the Score tab is a music stand: put your part on it and read it full screen, mark it up, and play from it. WHAT IS IN IT • Tuner: a fast, steady chromatic tuner for any instrument or voice, with the A adjustable from 400 to 450 Hz. • Record: a count-in, a take, and a review of every note in it. Takes are kept the moment they finish. • Score: photograph your part, or import a PDF or MusicXML, and read it full screen. Turn pages with a tap, a swipe or a pedal, half a page at a time if you like, or let them turn by themselves; lock the page for a performance. Annotate with a pencil or a finger — nibs, widths, colours, lasso, undo — and transpose an engraved part to any key. Record a take without leaving the page. • Coach: what has improved since the last take, and what has not. • Metronome: subdivisions, accents, tempo ramps. • Library: every take and every score, in folders and setlists. FOR EVERY INSTRUMENT Strings, winds, brass, voice, piano: if it plays a pitch, Stand Partner can hear it. Choose your instrument once and the tuner, the ranges and the review fit it. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE There is no account, no server, and no analytics. Recordings, photographs of your music and everything the app works out from them are stored on this device only. After the app has loaded it makes no network requests at all. The app is open source, so that claim can be checked.

Screenshots

Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion1 screens
Stand Partner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stand Partner at every 3 weeks against Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion's every 40 months. Stand Partner also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion against 5.0 for Stand Partner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion ships an update every 40 months, Stand Partner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion versus Stand Partner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBig Stuff Harmonic DistortionStand Partner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1515.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNembrini AudioIan Karoly

Customer experience

Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stand Partner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion

No in-app purchases

None

Stand Partner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion free?
Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stand Partner free?
Stand Partner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion or Stand Partner?
Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion and Stand Partner are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion or Stand Partner have ads?
Neither Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion nor Stand Partner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion or Stand Partner?
Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion ships an update every 40 months, and Stand Partner every 3 weeks. Most recently, Big Stuff Harmonic Distortion was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stand Partner on October 31, 2026.

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