Comparison

360 Education vs Tonic Notes

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

Head to head
About

360 Education

This app facilitates goal-based learning between tutors and students. It allows educators to monitor student progress towards deadlines and provides a private messaging system for direct communication outside of sessions.

Highlights
  • Goal-based learning model
  • Student progress tracking
  • Deadline management
  • Private tutor-student messaging
  • Innovative educational approach
Features
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This app is designed to enhance the quality of education between tutor and student in 360 View of My Peers' innovative goal-based model. Teachers can track student progress towards their chosen goals, helping the student stay on track and reach their goals by their deadline. The app also features a private messaging section to allow students to connect with and ask questions to their teachers outside of scheduled meeting times.

About

Tonic Notes

Record, transcribe, and summarize music lessons to improve practice and track progress. Features AI assistance for questions, personalized practice plans, and a shared space for teachers, students, and parents.

Highlights
  • Unlimited transcriptions and summaries
  • AI music assistant for lesson queries
  • Personalized practice plans and tracking
  • Repertoire library and progress visualization
  • Built-in metronome and tuner
  • Shared pods for teachers, students, and parents
Features
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Get more out of your lessons and never forget a thing your teacher said. Tonic Notes records your music lesson, transcribes and summarizes it, and pulls out clips of your own playing. Then it helps you practice, follow your progress and keep everyone in the loop, so the whole lesson sticks with you long after it's done. Get: • UNLIMITED TRANSCRIPTIONS AND INTELLIGENT SUMMARIES Every word and note of your lesson, captured, with summaries to help you remember what to work on next. Record lessons up to 6 hours long, or import a recording you already have. • SUMMARIES IN YOUR LANGUAGE Summaries open in the language your lesson was taught in, and you can translate any summary with a tap. • CLIPS OF YOUR PLAYING, IDENTIFIED AND HIGHLIGHTED Music highlighted as audio clips with easy, organized playback. Replay a passage that needs work, or hear how far you've come. • YOUR OWN AI MUSIC ASSISTANT Ask anything about your lessons and practice. Answers take you to the exact moment in your recording so you can hear it for yourself. The assistant can also do things for you, like adding a piece to your library or checking off homework. • PRACTICE TRACKING AND PLANS DESIGNED JUST FOR YOU A bespoke plan drawn from your lesson. Time each session, check off tasks, record yourself as you play, and watch your stats grow over time. • YOUR REPERTOIRE IN ONE PLACE Build a library of the pieces you're working on. Search the catalog or add your own, tag lessons and practice with a piece, and see how much time each one has had. • METRONOME AND TUNER BUILT IN No more switching apps. Tune your instrument, set your tempo, and play all in one place. • TEACHERS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, ALL IN THE LOOP Create a shared pod for each teacher, student or group. Post notes, photos, videos and PDFs, comment on each other's lessons, share progress and celebrate milestones together. • ONE SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Give each musician at home their own profile, with their own pods, lessons and AI assistant, all on one subscription. • MADE FOR IPAD AND TABLETS Tonic Notes runs full-screen on tablets. Turn yours sideways to keep your AI assistant open in a side panel next to your lesson. • ALREADY USE TONIC MUSIC? Send your practice sessions from Tonic Music straight into Tonic Notes, or bring over your whole history in one go. ------------- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://www.tonicnotes.com/privacy

Screenshots

360 Education4 screens
Tonic Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 360 Education at none against Tonic Notes's 2. 360 Education also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Tonic Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (40 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Tonic Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. 360 Education asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

360 Education holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tonic Notes has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 360 Education's written reviews are positive against 95% of Tonic Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

360 Education ships an update every 3 months, Tonic Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
360 Education versus Tonic Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter360 EducationTonic Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (40 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better95.2% of reviews
Number of ratings140 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.516.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAiden KimPocket Conservatory, Inc

Customer experience

360 Education

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

Tonic Notes

All ratings40 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%

In-app purchases

None

360 Education

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Tonic Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Tonic Notes Premium (Monthly)1 Month trial$24.991 Month
  • Tonic Notes Premium (Annual)1 Month trial$239.991 Year

Questions

Is 360 Education free?
360 Education is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tonic Notes free?
Tonic Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 360 Education or Tonic Notes?
360 Education is rated higher. 360 Education averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tonic Notes averages 4.7 from 40 ratings.
Do 360 Education or Tonic Notes have ads?
Neither 360 Education nor Tonic Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 360 Education or Tonic Notes?
360 Education ships an update every 3 months, and Tonic Notes every 4 days. Most recently, 360 Education was updated on October 30, 2026 and Tonic Notes on November 5, 2026.

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