Comparison

Bass Guitar Tutor vs Melodeon

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

Head to head
About

Bass Guitar Tutor

Learn to play your favorite bass lines, scales, and patterns with realistic sounds and responsive playing. This app offers a configurable fretboard, jam tracks, and exercises for all skill levels, from beginner to advanced.

Highlights
  • Learn bass lines from over 600 songs
  • Practice scales and jam to backing tracks
  • Master typical bass patterns
  • Configurable and resizable fretboard
  • Realistic bass sounds with low latency
  • Left-handed support
Features
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• Learn To Play Your Favorite Bass Lines on the Bass Guitar. • Learn Scales and Jam to a Click/Backing Tracks. Save Riffs. • Learn typical patterns (e.g. reggae, walking bass, hard rock). • Highly configurable. Resizeable fretboard suitable for all devices and tablets. Choose between acoustic, fingered or slap electric guitar bass. • For beginners to advanced bass players, this app combines high-quality realistic bass sounds with low-latency, responsive playing. • Use on the go as a simulator or with your Real Bass Guitar. • With over 1 million downloads it is one of the most popular apps of Bass Guitarists. *****Features***** Choose between Precision Bass, Jazz Bass or Slap Bass. 5 String Bass Option Left Handed Support. Focus on sections of the song to master those bass lines, patterns and scales. Adjust the speed and volume for playing along. Highlight notes on/off to play by ear. Adjust the width or height of the fretboard to suit your playing style or device. Go smaller to see the whole fretboard or go larger for a real life size. *****Bass Lines***** Over 600 Songs that cover all genres: Rock, Indie, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Naughties, Modern, Latin, Classical, Film Themes, TV Themes, Traditional. The always expanding catalog of bass lines which include: ACDC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Axel F...and more *****Scales***** Select a scale from the extensive list. Listen and watch the notes being played through highlights and then try to play it back. Check your answers. Start with just a few notes and then work up until you've mastered the notes in the scale. Change the position. Repeat scales ascending or descending. View scale patterns as a reference. *****Jam***** Select the scale in which you wish to solo in. This will highlight all the right notes within the selected key on the whole fretboard. Then jam to it by aiming to play from the highlighted keys. You'll be surprised how good you'll sound just by hitting a few of the right notes! Record and Save your favorite jam sessions. Play along to a click or backing track. *****Bass Patterns***** Learn to provide the bass in any key for any genre. Patterns include: Alternative Rock, Barrelhouse, Blues Boogie Woogie ...and more. *****Scales Game***** Exercises to test your knowledge of scales and view your progress over time. ***** Notes Game ***** Interactive exercise to learn the notes on the fretboard. Choose which strings, frets and keys to focus on. See how you are progressing over time. ***** Learn Chords ***** Learn all the main chords including intervals and which fingers to use.

About

Melodeon

Explore a collection of diatonic accordions with authentic sound and appearance. Practice with a built-in songbook featuring hundreds of songs and scale tutorials.

Highlights
  • Diatonic accordion collection
  • Authentic look and sound
  • 12 accordion sounds
  • Built-in songbook
  • Hundreds of song titles
  • Scale tutorials
Features
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A collection of diatonic accordions for practice and play. Authentic look and sound. Includes multiple accordion sounds. Built-in songbook with hundreds of titles and scale tutorials.

Screenshots

Bass Guitar Tutor4 screens
Melodeon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bass Guitar Tutor at Free against Melodeon's $9.99. Bass Guitar Tutor also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (46% vs 20%). Melodeon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Bass Guitar Tutor is free to download; Melodeon costs $9.99 up front. Bass Guitar Tutor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Melodeon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bass Guitar Tutor holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bass Guitar Tutor has 181 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Bass Guitar Tutor's written reviews are positive against 20% of Melodeon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bass Guitar Tutor ships an update every 5 weeks, Melodeon every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Bass Guitar Tutor versus Melodeon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBass Guitar TutorMelodeon
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.0 (181 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings181 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#198 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearn To Master LtdEgert-Olger Lattemaa

Customer experience

Bass Guitar Tutor

All ratings181 ratings
Positive70.7%
Neutral13.8%
Negative15.5%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral8.4%
Negative45.8%

Melodeon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Bugs and requests

Bass Guitar Tutor

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App crashes
  • Audio input issues
  • Won't output audio through AirPods
  • Premium version not restoring
  • Support link defunct
Show 14 more
  • App is unresponsive
  • Black screen on launch
  • Restore button not working
  • Bug to open solitaire game
  • Autorotate does not work
  • App appears upside down
  • Crashes when changing root note
  • No sound
  • Sound is very bad
  • App crashes a lot
  • Freezing up and shutting down
  • Audio does not work
  • Won't make a sound half the time
  • App always crashes

Requested features

11 requests
  • Support audio input from external sound devices
  • Option to lock fretboard
  • Bass patterns broken down
  • Left-handed fretboard option
  • Better range of sounds
Show 6 more
  • Tuning option
  • Support for 5 and 6 string basses
  • Option to slow down notes
  • More songs
  • Chord trainer
  • Dark mode

Melodeon

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bass Guitar Tutor

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Version$3.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Version7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Melodeon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bass Guitar Tutor free?
Bass Guitar Tutor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Melodeon free?
Melodeon costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bass Guitar Tutor or Melodeon?
Bass Guitar Tutor is rated higher. Bass Guitar Tutor averages 4.0 out of 5 from 181 ratings, while Melodeon averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bass Guitar Tutor or Melodeon have ads?
Bass Guitar Tutor shows ads; Melodeon does not.
Which is updated more often, Bass Guitar Tutor or Melodeon?
Bass Guitar Tutor ships an update every 5 weeks, and Melodeon every 5 months. Most recently, Bass Guitar Tutor was updated on October 23, 2026 and Melodeon on October 23, 2026.

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