Open Studio Jazz vs Guitar Cycles App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Studio Jazz
This platform offers guided jazz education for all skill levels, featuring weekly lessons on real jazz standards and pathways for practice. Learn from renowned jazz musicians and track your progress across devices.
- Weekly new jazz standard lessons
- Guided practice pathways
- Courses by legendary jazz musicians
- Progress tracking across devices
- Beginner to advanced levels
- Full library of technique, theory, and improvisation courses
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Living a musical life is not a finish line, it is something you build into your days. Open Studio is the jazz education platform for players who want to play better and enjoy the process, wherever they are: beginner, intermediate, or advanced, on any instrument. A clear home for wherever you are in your playing Open Studio gives beginner, intermediate, and advanced players their own dedicated learning dashboard. Instead of guessing where to start or what comes next, you open the app and see your path laid out in front of you. New piano lessons every week, built around real jazz standards - Our instructors add new lessons every week, built around the songs jazz musicians actually play. You are learning through real repertoire from day one, not abstract exercises disconnected from the music you love. Guided practice, without the overwhelm - Jazz has a lot to learn: theory, technique, repertoire, improvisation. Open Studio's guided pathways solve the question every player asks: "What should I practice next?" Each lesson connects to the next, so your practice time has direction instead of guesswork. Learn from real jazz musicians - Our courses are taught by professional jazz musicians and educators, covering everything from foundational technique to advanced improvisation, including Ron Carter (bass), Emmet Cohen (piano), Peter Martin (piano), Adam Maness (piano), Aaron Parks (piano), Larry Goldings (piano), Fred Hersch (piano), Sean Jones (trumpet), Dianne Reeves (vocals) and more. Practice on your schedule, wherever you are - The Open Studio app puts your lessons, courses, and practice pathways in your pocket. Pick up a session on the train, before a gig, or during a quiet ten minutes at home. Your progress travels with you. Built for the long term - We do not believe in shortcuts or overnight mastery. Jazz is a lifelong pursuit, and Open Studio is built to support you at every stage of it, from your first chord voicings to your first solo you are proud of. Open Studio membership includes: - Weekly new lessons built around real jazz standards - Guided Practice Sessions and Skill Pathways for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players - A full library of courses across technique, theory, and improvisation - Specialized courses taught by legendary jazz musicians - Progress that stays with you across devices Whether you are picking up an instrument for the first time or you have been playing for decades, Open Studio is here to help you live a musical life, one practice session at a time. START YOUR FREE TRIAL Start your 14-day free trial today and get full access to piano, bass, guitar, drums and more. Try it risk free. If Open Studio isn't right for you, you're covered by our 90-day satisfaction guarantee. Download the app and start today. Terms of Use: https://www.openstudiojazz.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.openstudiojazz.com/privacy-policy/
Guitar Cycles App
Explore chord voicings and inversions systematically across the entire guitar fretboard. This app visually guides you through harmonic cycles, helping you understand how chords transform without memorizing isolated shapes. Study offline and generate playable fingerings for various voicings.
- Explore harmonic cycles of any key
- Generate chord voicings (Drop 2, Drop 3, etc.)
- View chords on fretboard diagrams
- Calculate playable fingerings
- Offline study capability
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Guitar Cycles walks you through the guitar's harmonic cycles: a visual, systematic way to explore chord voicings, inversions across the entire fretboard, instead of memorizing shapes in isolation. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Explore the harmonic cycles of any key and see how chords transform as you move across the neck • Generate voicings (Drop 2, Drop 3, Drop 2&4, Drop 2&3, and more) with an engine that calculates playable fingerings • View every chord on a clear fretboard diagram, with notes highlighted • Study offline, anywhere WHO IT'S FOR Built for guitarists who want to understand how chords actually move across the fretboard, whether you're just discovering theory or you teach and need ready-made visual material. No account required, no ads interrupting your practice. Terms of Use: https://www.guitarcycles.com/tos.ios.html Privacy Policy: https://www.guitarcycles.com/privacy.ios.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Guitar Cycles App at 5.0 against Open Studio Jazz's 4.6. Open Studio Jazz's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Open Studio Jazz sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $39.00 per month and Guitar Cycles App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Guitar Cycles App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Open Studio Jazz has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Open Studio Jazz ships an update every 5 days, Guitar Cycles App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Studio Jazz | Guitar Cycles App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Open Studio Network LLC | ENRICO DELL'AQUILA |
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Open Studio Jazz
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In-app purchases
Open Studio Jazz
- Open Studio (Monthly)14 Days trial$39.001 Month
- Open Studio Pro (Monthly)$97.001 Month
- Open Studio (Annual)14 Days trial$390.001 Year
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- Open Studio Pro (Annual)$559.991 Year
Guitar Cycles App
- Annual Premium License$11.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium License$22.99
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