The Liszt Sonata vs Schubert String Quartets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Liszt Sonata
Experience a complex piano masterpiece through a virtuoso performance captured from multiple angles. Explore the music's intricacies with an innovative visualizer and uncover the historical context and personal stories behind the composition.
- Multi-perspective performance capture
- NoteFall graphical music visualization
- Historical and structural analysis
- Liszt's life and musical context
- Interactive exploration of motives
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Stephen Hough performs one of the most complex pieces of piano music ever written, and helps you uncover its subtle elegance with a multi-perspective performance and the innovative NoteFall visualisation. “It‘s like a personal guided tour of a great castle, keys to every room, access to every secret.” – Stephen Hough Features of The Liszt Sonata include: • Witness a masterpiece: Hough’s virtuoso performance has been exquisitely captured on multiple cameras, allowing the music to be experienced from any perspective. • The NoteFall: A hypnotic graphical visualisation of the music highlights the intricacy and complexity of the piece and the subtleties of its interpretation. • Uncover the backstory: Delve into the soap opera that was Liszt’s life, explore the history and structure of the piece, and learn about the interplay of motives and themes that make the Piano Sonata such an important work. Our classical music apps – The Orchestra, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and The Liszt Sonata – have won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Music Award for Creative Communication. If you enjoy The Liszt Sonata, don’t forget to share the app, rate it and leave a review.
Schubert String Quartets
Experience classical music with synchronized sheet music that scrolls automatically. Enjoy high-quality recordings of complete string quartets, with features like background playback and adjustable speed.
- Synchronized auto-scrolling sheet music
- Background playback
- AirPrint support
- Adjustable playback speed
- Complete string quartets
- High-quality recordings
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Historic Recording with Flowing Sheet Music SyncScore provides a new way of enjoying classic compositions. You can listen to the music with the score flows in a synchronized timing. Carefully hand-picked, high quality classic recordings. FEATURES - Synchronized auto-scrolling with sheet music. - Background play. - AirPrint support. - Slow down play rate with 0.5X button. ALBUM INFORMATİON Schubert Complete String Quartets Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet - Anton Kamper, 1st violin - Karl Maria Titze, 2nd violin - Erich Weiss, viola - Franz Kvarda, cello 53 tracks 6 hours 19 minutes TRACKS - String Quartet No.1, D.18 - String Quartet No.2, D.32 - String Quartet No.3, D.36 - String Quartet No.4, D.46 - String Quartet No.5, D.68 - String Quartet No.6, D.74 - String Quartet No.7, D.94 - String Quartet No.8, D.112 - String Quartet No.9, D.173 - String Quartet No.10, D.87 - String Quartet No.11, D.353 - String Quartet No.12, D.703 - "Rosamunde" String Quartet No.13, D.804 - "Death and the Maiden" String Quartet No.14, D.810 - String Quartet No.15, D.887
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Liszt Sonata at every 7 months against Schubert String Quartets's every 38 months. The Liszt Sonata also leads on ratings volume (90 vs 1). Schubert String Quartets's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%) and price ($6.99 vs $9.99). On rating, 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
The Liszt Sonata costs $9.99 and Schubert String Quartets $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The Liszt Sonata against 5.0 for Schubert String Quartets. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Liszt Sonata has 90 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of The Liszt Sonata's written reviews are positive against 100% of Schubert String Quartets's.
The Liszt Sonata ships an update every 7 months, Schubert String Quartets every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Liszt Sonata | Schubert String Quartets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (90 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 617 MB | 639 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NatureGuides Ltd. | Zininworks Inc. |
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The Liszt Sonata
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In-app purchases
The Liszt Sonata
No in-app purchases
Schubert String Quartets
No in-app purchases
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