Comparison

PrivateLessonsApp vs GigLog

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

Head to head
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.

About

GigLog

This app helps musicians and freelancers manage their bookings, track income and expenses, and estimate taxes. It also allows for gear inventory, venue details, and analytics on earnings and trends.

Highlights
  • Calendar and booking management
  • Income and expense tracking
  • Tax estimation tools
  • Gear inventory with photos
  • Venue details and drive times
  • Earnings and booking analytics
  • Contractor and band organization
Features
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GigLog is the gig tracking and income app for musicians, performers, and freelancers—bookings, money, and taxes in one place. CALENDAR & BOOKINGS Month and year views, recurring gigs, and full schedule detail: call times, sound checks, and run-of-show so nothing slips through. INCOME & EXPENSES Track pay, tips, mileage, and business deductions. Mark paid or unpaid, tie expenses to gigs, and see totals without juggling spreadsheets. TAX ESTIMATES Ongoing estimates for self-employment tax, Social Security, Medicare, and state income tax from your profile and location—fewer surprises at filing time. GEAR Inventory with photos, specs, purchase dates, and values. Link gear to gigs and browse a large equipment catalog for guitars, amps, drums, keys, mics, and more. VENUES Save addresses, contacts, tech specs, stage and sound details, load-in notes, and more. Geocoding and traffic-aware drive times help you plan when to leave. ANALYTICS Earnings and booking trends with stats by month, year, venue, contractor, or band. CONTRACTORS & BANDS Organize contractors and bands—including band promo photos—see earnings per relationship, and keep your network in one place. REHEARSALS Track rehearsals alongside gigs: dates, locations, pay, and notes. LIVE ACTIVITIES Lock Screen and Dynamic Island countdowns so you always know what’s next on show day. CALENDARS Publish your GigLog calendar as a feed and subscribe to external .ics calendars (for example a shared band Google Calendar) so your master schedule stays aligned. SYNC & DEVICES Keep gigs, contacts, venues, and gear in sync across iPhone and iPad. Data lives on your device and is securely backed up to GigLog’s servers. CUSTOMIZATION & PRIVACY Format currency, dates, and times; color-code the calendar by band or pay status. Privacy mode hides real pay amounts, with options that reduce sensitive info on screen. Whether you tour, session, or play weekends, GigLog replaces scattered notes with one focused tool. Download GigLog and run your gig business with confidence.

Screenshots

PrivateLessonsApp4 screens
GigLog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GigLog at none against PrivateLessonsApp's 3. GigLog also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. PrivateLessonsApp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. GigLog 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 PrivateLessonsApp against 5.0 for GigLog. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PrivateLessonsApp versus GigLog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivateLessonsAppGigLog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB43 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperAdam BallifRyan Skiles

Customer experience

PrivateLessonsApp

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

GigLog

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

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
None

GigLog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PrivateLessonsApp free?
PrivateLessonsApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GigLog free?
GigLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PrivateLessonsApp or GigLog?
PrivateLessonsApp and GigLog are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PrivateLessonsApp or GigLog have ads?
Neither PrivateLessonsApp nor GigLog shows ads.

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