Tapping Music vs ContraBee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tapping Music
A rhythm game where you repeat and shift basic patterns to achieve high scores. Customize tempo, tap sounds, and repetitions to enhance your gameplay experience.
- Rhythm game mechanics
- Pattern shifting gameplay
- High score challenges
- Customizable tempo
- Adjustable tap sounds
- Adjustable repetitions
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Tapping Music is a rhythm game inspired by Steve Reich’s Clapping Music, where a basic rhythm pattern repeats with a portion of that pattern shifted over time. This rhythm game allows the player to try to reach a high score, allowing them to change the tempo, the sound of the taps, the number of repetitions, and more.
ContraBee
This app offers a daily word puzzle using the same letter hive as the New York Times Spelling Bee. It challenges players to find words without using the required center letter, encouraging a different approach to word discovery.
- Daily word puzzles
- Uses NYT Spelling Bee letter hive
- Excludes center letter
- Encourages alternative word finding
- Unique puzzle twist
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ContraBee is a complement to each day’s official New York Times Spelling Bee. It uses the same hive as each day’s Spelling Bee, but with a twist: Instead of requiring the center letter, Contra Bee excludes it. You’ll be surprised at how many words you can find if you turn your mind upside down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tapping Music at 5.0 against ContraBee's 4.0. ContraBee's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tapping Music holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | Tapping Music | ContraBee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick HWANG | Lexi Games LLC |
Customer experience
Tapping Music
ContraBee
In-app purchases
Tapping Music
No in-app purchases
ContraBee
No in-app purchases
