Caternome vs AWSOM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Caternome
This app offers a unique metronome experience with a visual caterpillar that moves to the rhythm. Customize tempo, division types, and beat division levels to suit your practice needs.
- Visual caterpillar animation
- Customizable tempo
- Duple or triple division types
- Adjustable beat division levels
- Pulse, division, and subdivision visualization
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Feel the beat as you move along with the caterpillar in this fun metronome alternative. Choose your: - tempo - division type (duple or triple) - beat division level (pulse, division, subdivision) The caterpillar sways with the pulse (macrobeat), stomps to the duple or triple beat division (microbeat), and pulses to the subdivision.
AWSOM
This music app motivates students to practice daily with gamified features like streaks and rewards. Teachers gain live insights into student progress, manage studios, and communicate with parents.
- Daily practice streaks and XP
- Sight reading and rhythm training
- Vocal warm-ups and diction checker
- Guitar chord drills
- Student practice tracking
- Lesson scheduling and billing
- Parent messaging
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The music app that students love to open and teachers can't run their studio without. AWSOM gives every student a daily reason to practice — streaks, XP, rewards, and a full toolkit of drills — and gives every teacher live visibility into who's practicing, what they're working on, and when to step in. FOR STUDENTS - Daily streaks and XP that turn practice into a habit - Sight reading, rhythm training, ear-training flashcards, and a metronome - Vocal warm-ups, Messa di Voce, and a diction checker for singers - Guitar chord drills and progressions for every level - Coins to spend on pets, stickers, and real-world rewards from your teacher - Custom warm-ups and assignments your teacher built for you - Practice schedules with reminders that fit your routine FOR TEACHERS - See every student's practice time, streak, and tool usage at a glance - Run enrollments, lesson schedules, and billing from one place - Message parents directly — no extra apps - Build custom warm-up patterns and assign them to individual students - Take new students through built-in trial requests and reviews - Watch your studio fill up with consistent, motivated practicers FOR EVERY INSTRUMENT Piano, voice, guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass, drums, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, ukulele, music production, and more. SAFE FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS COPPA-compliant signup with guardian email and parent-approval workflows for prizes and purchases. START FREE Sign up with email, Google, or Apple. No credit card required. Students can start practicing today; teachers can have their studio set up in minutes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AWSOM at Free against Caternome's $0.99. AWSOM also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Caternome's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, ads, 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
AWSOM is free to download; Caternome costs $0.99 up front. AWSOM sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Caternome asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Caternome against 5.0 for AWSOM. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AWSOM has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Caternome | AWSOM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Laura Gabrielson | Nathan Straub |
Customer experience
Caternome
AWSOM
In-app purchases
Caternome
No in-app purchases
AWSOM
- Heart Refill$0.99
- AWSOM Teacher$8.99









