Kasane vs Crank. Guitar Practice Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kasane
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Turn Invisible Effort into Confidence. The minimalist practice tracker for all musicians. Kasane is a simple, beautiful app designed to track and "stack" your music practice. Whether you are a pianist, violinist, or a brass/wind player, Kasane helps you visualize those invisible hours of effort using elegant graphs and numbers. Say goodbye to paper practice journals. Turn your daily discipline into a visible asset right on your phone. 【Key Features】 Track by Piece or Technique: Create specific timers for your routine—like "Scales," "Hanon," "Long Tones," or "Repertoire." No complicated setup. Just tap to start tracking your session. Visualize Your Growth: See your daily totals and monthly accumulation at a glance. Visual feedback like "Look how much I've stacked up this month!" keeps your motivation high. Distraction-Free Design: A clean, minimalist interface that respects your focus. Concentrate on your sheet music, not your phone. 【Recommended For】 Instrument Players: Piano, violin, guitar, flute, and more. Brass & Woodwinds: Perfect for tracking daily brass routines like trumpet or horn. Students & Professionals: Ideal for balancing basics (arpeggios/etudes) with exam or recital pieces. Goal-Oriented Musicians: Anyone who wants to turn "aimless practicing" into efficient, measurable progress. There are no shortcuts in music. Only the daily "stacking" (Kasane) of small efforts leads to great results. Start building your musical confidence today with Kasane.
Crank. Guitar Practice Log
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Crank. is a practice log for guitarists. Pick an exercise, play it against the click, and log the fastest tempo you got through it clean. Week by week the number goes up, and you can see the day it happened. WHAT TO PRACTISE, ALREADY WRITTEN • 116 exercises across guitar, bass, drums, piano, strings and winds • Written rhythm tab for every guitar exercise, on screen while you play • Tap Hear it and the loop plays back at the tempo you set • Or write your own exercise in ten seconds and track that instead PRACTISE LIKE A WORKOUT • A session is a list of exercises, and each one keeps a table of rounds • Every round records the tempo, the time and how it felt • Last session's tempos are already filled in, so you finish a round and move up • Turn the phone sideways to keep the tab open while you play SEE THE NUMBER MOVE • Every exercise gets its own chart with your target line on it • Pass the target and the exercise goes into OVERDRIVE • Records board: fastest exercises, biggest jumps, longest sessions • Practice heatmap, streaks, weekly stats, and ten ranks as the hours stack up FREE METRONOME AND TUNER • Precise metronome with subdivisions, sounds and tap tempo • Chromatic tuner, one tap away • Both free, forever Dark interface built for late nights. Start practising straight away, with no account. Sign in free when you want your log on every device. Finish a session without a signal and it waits for you, then syncs when you are back. FREE: 5 tracked exercises, practice sessions, progress charts, metronome, tuner, daily reminder. CRANK PRO: unlimited exercises, 3 deadline goals, full stats and highlights, collections, smart reminders, weekly review, circles of up to 10 friends, video recording. Track the grind. Watch the number go up. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Crank. Guitar Practice Log at none against Kasane's shown. Kasane's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Kasane sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Crank. Guitar Practice Log sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kasane ships an update every 4 weeks, Crank. Guitar Practice Log every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kasane | Crank. Guitar Practice Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Isystems Inc., | Ho Sing Chan |
In-app purchases
Kasane
- Premium Plan (Monthly)$1.99
Crank. Guitar Practice Log
- Crank. Pro$3.991 Month
- Crank. Pro$29.991 Year
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