Comparison

soundbite vs ScaleDice

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

Head to head
About

soundbite

Enhance your musical understanding with interactive exercises on notes, intervals, scales, and chords. Learn to identify harmonies and progress your skills in music theory. Ideal for beginners and intermediate musicians seeking to improve their ear.

Highlights
  • Interval, scale, and chord identification
  • Harmony and progression analysis
  • Interactive music theory exercises
  • Progress tracking and scoring
  • Beginner to intermediate focus
  • Develop perfect pitch skills
Features
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Embark on a journey of musical exploration with our ear training app – a comprehensive tool designed to enhance your understanding of music theory, harmonies, and scales. Dive into the fundamental elements of music, starting with single notes, intervals, scales, and chords. Learn to understand their concepts and work through hearing the harmony within each progression. Our app provides interactive exercises and constructive feedback to guide you through this foundational aspect of musical theory. This app is meant for beginners and intermediate musicians looking to level up. If you've ever heard a tune and want to be able to say, "mom, that's a D diminished resolving to a A minor sixth chord", or if you want to annoy your partner with your excellence in hearing harmony, this app is for you! Getting there is definitely a journey, but we try to make it easy for you to start. Start with hearing the distance between notes. And end with knowing what chord a musician is playing when you listen to a tune. Develop each skills such as perfect pitch, scale and voicing identification; each time scoring higher in the practice sessions. Our app offers a practical and engaging approach to harmony, ensuring you can confidently navigate a tune. You can see how you've progressed over time and how consistent you've been in your journey through our app. Start learning today with the free version. And please try the full version with the free trial. Start your journey today! #EarTraining #MusicalDiscovery #Voicings #Music #MusicTheory #Harmony #Scales #Chords #Intervals #PerfectPitch #RelativePitch #AbsolutePitch #Musician

About

ScaleDice

This app generates random major scales for music practice and testing. Users can select the number of scales, difficulty, and their instrument to receive scales tailored to their needs. It's useful for students and music teachers alike.

Highlights
  • Random major scale generation
  • Selectable number of scales
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Instrument-specific scale notation
  • Lock and re-roll functionality
  • View key signatures and staff notation
  • Ideal for music teachers and students
Features
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Tired of practicing the same scales in the same order? ScaleDice picks your major scales at random, so every practice session starts fresh. Tap Roll Dice and get a new set of major scales. Practice them in order, quizz yourself, or use them to test student knowledge. HOW MANY, AND HOW HARD • Roll anywhere from 1 to all 12 major scales at once. • Choose Easy, Medium, or Hard. Easy includes 2 scales from the friendly band keys (F, Bb, Eb, Ab at concert pitch), Medium includes 1, and Hard includes none. MADE FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT • Pick your instrument and every scale is written the way you read it. Clarinet, trumpet, and tenor sax players see their own keys, and alto sax, bari sax, and horn players do too. • Supports flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax, trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, and a generic "Other" setting. LOCK AND RE-ROLL • Tap a scale to lock it, then roll again to shuffle only the rest. Keep the one you need to work on and swap out the others. SEE THE KEY SIGNATURE • Press and hold any scale to see its key signature on a staff, with the right clef for your instrument, plus the notes of the scale from tonic to tonic. GREAT FOR MUSIC TEACHERS • Mock auditions: roll a fresh set of scales for each student, just like an audition where you never know which keys you will get. • Classroom playing tests: choose the difficulty for your group, set the instrument, and roll. Lock a scale everyone should play, then roll the rest. • Switch instruments in a tap and the same roll is rewritten in each player's keys, so a mixed band can be tested on the same set of scales. DESIGNED TO BE QUICK • Set your options on the Home screen and roll. Change them any time from Settings. • Your choices are remembered between sessions. • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with a layout that grows to fill the window. • No account needed. Whether you are a student looking for a different warm-up, a teacher running mock auditions and playing tests, or a player who wants to stop picking the same keys, Scale Dice gives you a new set every time you roll.

Screenshots

soundbite4 screens
ScaleDice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScaleDice at none against soundbite's 4. soundbite's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. soundbite sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ScaleDice asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for soundbite against 5.0 for ScaleDice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
soundbite versus ScaleDice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersoundbiteScaleDice
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCandid Code LLCBRENT LEE HARRIS

In-app purchases

4 purchases

soundbite

One-time4
  • Chord Levels$5.99
  • Scale Levels$5.99
  • Handsfree Mode$6.99
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  • Full Version$14.99
None

ScaleDice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is soundbite free?
soundbite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScaleDice free?
ScaleDice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, soundbite or ScaleDice?
soundbite and ScaleDice are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do soundbite or ScaleDice have ads?
Neither soundbite nor ScaleDice shows ads.

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