Comparison

Only Practice vs Practice Log

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

Head to head
About

Only Practice

This app helps musicians meticulously log their daily practice sessions, allowing them to attach audio recordings for review. It provides visual progress tracking and a gallery to showcase achievements, fostering motivation and growth for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • Track practice sessions
  • Attach audio recordings
  • Visualize progress charts
  • Organize completed pieces
  • Daily streaks for motivation
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Only Practice — a music practice journal, one session at a time. For musicians who play piano, violin, cello, guitar, and more. Choose a piece, start the timer, capture an idea, or record a passage to listen to later. Keep a record of your practice, whether you are just starting or refining your repertoire. Record each practice session Use a stopwatch or countdown to track your time and follow your practice streaks. Tap a recently practiced piece on the home screen to pick up where you left off. Give every piece its own cover Create square covers using symbols, emoji, composer illustrations, or your photos. Choose soft background colors, gradients, and symbol colors, or crop a photo. Your cover appears across the list, home screen, and piece details. Keep notes within reach Write, read, and edit notes during practice. Pin useful reminders to the side of the screen and find them again the next time you open that piece. The timer keeps running while you use your notes. Set the beat Open the metronome popover on the practice screen to adjust tempo, beats, and sound, or save a preset. Tuck the panel away when you are ready to focus. Listen back and see your progress Save recordings and notes with your pieces, then revisit them in piece details and the timeline. Explore your practice time in Statistics and organize completed pieces into achievements and collections. Continue across your devices Made for iPhone and iPad, with iCloud sync. Supports iOS 18 and later, with glass effects that adapt to your system version. Only Practice offers free features, monthly and yearly subscriptions, and a lifetime purchase. Pro unlocks unlimited piece management. Current prices are shown in the app, and Restore Purchases is available. Turn your love of music into a lasting practice habit with Only Practice. Review and share your practice See weekly and monthly practice charts for each piece. Browse recordings and notes with the timeline calendar. Turn notes into images or animated Live Photos, choose a style and edit the sharing text separately. A Home Screen widget shows a piece’s cover and saved practice hours. Listen to reference performances Save multiple reference performances for each piece. Search Apple Music or paste a song link and audition available previews before adding. You can also extract audio from a video you choose. Listen from piece details or during practice, with speed controls for video audio. Full Apple Music playback requires an eligible subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://github.com/shawnchenxmu/Practice_Privacy_Policy/tree/main

About

Practice Log

This app helps musicians build consistent practice habits with focused, organized, and measurable sessions. It supports intentional practice for any instrument, encouraging reflection on progress over time.

Highlights
  • Focused practice session timer
  • Built-in metronome
  • Accurate instrument tuner
  • Practice history and progress tracking
  • Weekly practice summaries
Features
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Practice Log is a practice journal for musicians: start the timer, record yourself, then listen back. • Session timer and recording Start with one tap. Record the whole session, then play it back on a waveform — drag to the part that went wrong and hear it again. Recordings stay on your device. • Metronome and tuner A metronome with custom accents, subdivisions, and progressive tempo training. A tuner for guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, viola and more, plus a chromatic mode. • Sheet music Add MusicXML scores to any exercise and pull them up while you play. • Spaced repetition Built on FSRS — suggestions are based on how memory actually fades, not just how long ago you practised something. • Practice videos Turn a recording into a vertical video with waveform and beat grid, ready to share. Or share the original audio when your teacher needs to hear the whole piece. • Progress you can see Practice time and streaks are tracked automatically, with weekly and monthly reviews. Export everything at any time — your data is yours. For anyone building a daily practice habit, and for players who want to look back seriously. • PracticeLog Pro Advanced metronome, audio editor, practice video export, share links and full-history insights. Yearly subscription $9.99 (14-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase $24.99, with Family Sharing; the App Store shows the exact price for your region. Recording, sheet music, tuner, basic metronome and data export stay free forever — your data is always yours. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://practicelog.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://practicelog.io/privacy

Screenshots

Only Practice4 screens
Practice Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Practice Log at none against Only Practice's 3. Practice Log also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. Only Practice sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Practice Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Only Practice against 4.8 for Practice Log. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Only Practice's written reviews are positive against 100% of Practice Log's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Only Practice ships an update every 2 weeks, Practice Log every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Only Practice versus Practice Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnly PracticePractice Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昇 陈Tao Hong

Customer experience

Only Practice

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Practice Log

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Only Practice

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime access$17.99
None

Practice Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Only Practice free?
Only Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Practice Log free?
Practice Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Only Practice or Practice Log?
Practice Log is rated higher. Only Practice averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Practice Log averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Only Practice or Practice Log have ads?
Neither Only Practice nor Practice Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Only Practice or Practice Log?
Only Practice ships an update every 2 weeks, and Practice Log every 5 days. Most recently, Only Practice was updated on October 8, 2026 and Practice Log on October 19, 2026.

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