Harmony Cloud Pro vs Bandstand Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harmony Cloud Pro
This app helps musicians of all levels develop their ear for harmony and improvisation. It generates endless, unpredictable chord progressions based on user-selected chords, allowing for personalized learning and exploration of musical concepts.
- Ear training for musicians
- Improvisation exploration
- Generates unpredictable chord progressions
- Customizable tempo, volume, and key
- Tailorable to all skill levels
- Patented harmonic algorithm
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Understanding harmony is an essential skill for any musician. Harmony is the springboard that elevates melodies to their full emotional potential. Harmony Cloud™ is a revolutionary step forward in the world of ear training created by world renowned jazz vibraphonist and music educator Stefon Harris, and software engineer and jazz trombonist Kate Jiang. It is designed to help all musicians, from beginner to professional, expand their ears, deepen their understanding of harmony, and fearlessly explore the world of improvisation. Its underlying patented harmonic algorithm stitches together chords you select into an unending source of unpredictable, yet musical, chord progressions. Harmony Cloud can be tailored to any musician's or teacher’s needs. Chord progressions can range from very simple I, IV, V to progressions that include hundreds of chords. This makes it easy to learn and grow at your own pace. You have control of all aspects of the music including tempo, volume, sounds, key signature, and much more. Privacy Policy: https://harmonycloudmusic.com/privacy Terms & Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bandstand Live
Discover live jazz performances across Chicago with a human-curated daily list of shows, set times, and venue information. Features include editor's picks, artist previews, and calendar syncing.
- Daily curated list of live jazz shows
- Editor's pick for daily featured show
- Precise set times
- Detailed venue guides
- Artist biographies with music links
- Save shows and sync to calendar
- Push alerts for upcoming shows
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Chicago's live jazz scene is deep — 30 to 100 shows on any given night, spread across the Green Mill, the Jazz Showcase, Andy's, Constellation, Winter's, Fulton Street Collective, and rooms all over the city. Until now, there was nowhere to see it all in one place. Bandstand fixes that. Every show is reviewed by a human, every venue is verified, and one show per day gets the editor's pick. No auto-listed cover bands, no aggregator noise, no filler. WHY BANDSTAND Chicago has one of the deepest jazz scenes in the country. But if you've ever tried to find out who's playing tonight, you know the standard tools don't cut it — venue calendars scattered across a dozen websites, aggregators that treat a Marquis Hill album release the same as a wedding-band happy hour. Bandstand is built by someone who actually goes to the shows and knows the difference. WHAT'S INSIDE • Tonight's shows, city-wide — a single, human-curated list of every live jazz set in Chicago, updated daily • The editor's pick — one show per day flagged as the one to catch • Precise set times — two-set, three-set, and late-night shows called out down to the minute • Venue guides — the Green Mill, Andy's, the Jazz Showcase, Constellation, Winter's, and every room in between, with maps, cover, and phone number • Artist pages — short, grounded biographies plus Spotify and Apple Music links so you can preview before you go • My Nights — save shows, sync them to your calendar with one tap, never lose a night • Editor's Pick and Week Ahead push alerts — opt in for the shows you'd hate to miss WHO IT'S FOR Chicago jazz regulars who want to spend less time researching and more time listening. Visitors who want to hit the real rooms, not the tourist traps. Anyone who cares that the trumpet player on the bandstand tonight came out of the Von Freeman lineage — and wants an app that knows it too. HOW WE STAY INDEPENDENT Bandstand is free. No ads. No paywall. No data resold to marketers. Sign in with Apple, Google, or a one-time email code — that's it. If you want to help keep the app running, you can leave a one-time tip. Tips don't unlock anything in the app — they just keep the lights on. WHAT WE DON'T DO No cross-app tracking. No location tracking. No microphone or camera access. No selling your data to anyone, ever. Download Bandstand and see what's happening in Chicago tonight.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bandstand Live at none against Harmony Cloud Pro's 2. Harmony Cloud Pro's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Harmony Cloud Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Bandstand Live asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Harmony Cloud Pro against 5.0 for Bandstand Live. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harmony Cloud Pro has 69 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Harmony Cloud Pro ships an update weekly, Bandstand Live every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Harmony Cloud Pro | Bandstand Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (69 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Melodic Progression Institute LLC | Culture Notes LLC |
In-app purchases
Harmony Cloud Pro
- Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Bandstand Live
No in-app purchases
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