Comparison

KQ Audio Player vs PrivateLessonsApp

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

Head to head
About

KQ Audio Player

A music player designed for practice and everyday listening. Offers advanced playback controls like speed and pitch adjustment, along with library management and custom settings for individual tracks. Supports various audio file formats.

Highlights
  • Music playback
  • Library folders
  • Playlist creation
  • Playback speed control
  • Pitch adjustment
  • Marker Function
  • A-B Repeat Between Markers
  • Equalizer function
Features
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KQ Audio Player is a simple yet feature-rich music player, designed to provide greater comfort in your music life. The app is also good for practice. You can change the playback rate and pitch. How about using this app as your everyday music player? Key Features - Music playback: Enjoy smooth and seamless playback of your favorite songs - Shake to change the playback speed. - Library folders: You can freely specify folders for song libraries. - Playlist creation: Easily create and manage your own playlists - Playback speed control: Adjust the tempo of tracks as needed - Pitch adjustment (Available when not using the system default engine) - Marker Function: Set markers at any point in a track (Available when not using the system default engine) - A-B Repeat Between Markers (Available when not using the system default engine) - Equalizer function (Available when not using the system default engine) - Play Audio Files: Supports playback of .m4a, .mp3, .flac, .wav, .mid files (Available when not using the system default engine). - MIDI file playback (Available when not using the system default engine) - Single-track playback mode: Automatically stops after playing one song - Per-song custom settings: Save individual equalizer and playback speed settings (Globe/3-Sliders Icon) - The volume in this app is independent from the device's volume (Only when not using the system default engine) - Hi-res support: Up to 192kHz (Only when not using the system default engine) Settings: - Playback Rate - Pitch Adjustment* - Repeat Mode - Volume (Independent from Device Settings*) - Song Libraries* (Specify folders) - Equalizer* - Motion* - Reduce Stereo Width* - Time Interval between Songs* - Start Delay* - Sample Rate* - Ping before Playing* - Keep Audio Session Active* - Prevent Sleep - Skip Time - Sort Order - Show Wave View* - Use File Name as Title* - Detect Infinite Loop* (for MIDI files) - Use System Engine *Available when not using system engine. Important Notes - Using the system default engine allows playback of DRM-protected and online music, but some features will be restricted. By default, the system engine is disabled. - Changing the playback speed, changing the pitch, using the equalizer, or MIDI file playback will increase battery consumption. - Settings cannot be fully restored from backups, and exporting playlists to other devices is not supported. I recommend that you use the system music app's playlists. This app and its description contain automatically generated text. This app does not contain any songs.

About

PrivateLessonsApp

Organize student progress for private music lessons. Track assignments, grades, and performance notes by semester. Create reusable technique templates and share progress reports with students. Sync notes to Google Drive for easy sharing and collaboration.

Highlights
  • Student information management
  • Semester-based lesson tracking
  • Technique and exercise templates
  • Progress reports for students
  • Google Drive sync for notes
  • Audio recording for lesson notes
  • Data backup and restore
Features
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PrivateLessons is for music teachers who want to track the progress of their students taking private lessons. Student information may be organized by semester including weekly lesson assignments, grades, and notes about student performances, accompanists, and ensemble participation. Technique and exercise assignments may be created and saved as templates for use with other students. Points may be used if desired for assessing student progress. Teachers can send progress reports to students to remind them of assignments. Notes may be synced to Google Drive for sharing with students. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Features include: - Maintain a list of private students, including contact information. - Track student lesson assignments, organized by semester, including technique assignments, notes about performances, accompanists, ensemble participation, lesson notes, and lesson grades. - Share progress with students through the iOS share sheet. - If you subscribe or purchase a lifetime license, you can save your lesson notes and recordings to your Google Drive. Your lesson notes will automatically stay up-to-date in Google Drive. From Google Drive, you can share these folders with your students. - Record audio into lesson notes to share musical examples with students. - Backup data and restore from local storage.

Screenshots

KQ Audio Player3 screens
PrivateLessonsApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PrivateLessonsApp at Free against KQ Audio Player's $4.99. KQ Audio Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (17 vs 26.0). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

PrivateLessonsApp is free to download; KQ Audio Player costs $4.99 up front. PrivateLessonsApp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. KQ Audio Player 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 KQ Audio Player against 5.0 for PrivateLessonsApp. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KQ Audio Player ships an update every 5 days, PrivateLessonsApp weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KQ Audio Player versus PrivateLessonsApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKQ Audio PlayerPrivateLessonsApp
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB25 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRyouta KiraAdam Ballif

Customer experience

KQ Audio Player

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PrivateLessonsApp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

KQ Audio Player

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PrivateLessonsApp

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock All Features - 1 Month$0.991 Month
  • Unlock All Features - 1 Year$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime-Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is KQ Audio Player free?
KQ Audio Player costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrivateLessonsApp free?
PrivateLessonsApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KQ Audio Player or PrivateLessonsApp?
KQ Audio Player and PrivateLessonsApp are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do KQ Audio Player or PrivateLessonsApp have ads?
Neither KQ Audio Player nor PrivateLessonsApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KQ Audio Player or PrivateLessonsApp?
KQ Audio Player ships an update every 5 days, and PrivateLessonsApp weekly. Most recently, KQ Audio Player was updated on September 5, 2026 and PrivateLessonsApp on September 7, 2026.

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