Helgoboss Jam Pad vs SimpleTone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helgoboss Jam Pad
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Jam Pad helps musicians organize recordings and the moments inside them. Whether you're capturing improvisations, musical sketches, rehearsals or practice sessions, Jam Pad helps you turn growing recording collections into organized, searchable archives that remain accessible across phones, tablets and computers. Use markers, playlists, sheets, tags, musical properties and comments to capture the moments that matter, review recordings efficiently, and always find what you're looking for. Work entirely offline or optionally synchronize recordings across devices and collaborate with your band or team. Features: • Import and capture recordings (from mic/line-in, folders, handheld recorders and cloud shares) • Mark interesting moments (for example, interesting musical ideas or passages that need polishing) • Tag, annotate, review, rate and share (recordings & markers) • Write documents with embedded audio (for preparing gigs or sketching out ideas) • Arrange recordings & markers in playlists • Organize everything into spaces (for example, one space for each band or musical project) • Synchronize spaces peer-to-peer (across your own devices, end-to-end encrypted, optionally even over the internet) • Synchronize spaces via cloud (access your spaces anywhere, anytime, encryption in transit and at rest) • Collaborate with others in cloud spaces (collaborative editing and commenting that even works offline) • Export and import spaces (in a completely open data format that doesn't lock you in) • Amazing playback features (heatmap, coverage, trailer mode, speed adjustment, remembers last position) • Remote control and acoustic feedback (for screen-off usage and marking on the go) • Extremely cross-platform (a coherent user experience on mobile and desktop) • Built to be versatile (check out our usage examples) • Offline-first, privacy-first, security-first, EU-based Usage examples: • Solo musicians and bands (who want to archive and organize their recordings) • Composers and musicians (who want to keep track of their musical ideas) • Classical or jazz musicians (who want to review their practice sessions) • Ensembles and bands (who want to collaborately review recordings, musical ideas and plan gigs) • Sound artists (who want to mark and tag moments in field recordings) • Performers and street musicians (who want to create and optimize their playlists) • Music teachers (who want to show students relevant passages in recordings and comment on them) • Sound studios (who want to manage recordings and stems and collaborate on them together with clients and partners) • Journalists (who want to review interviews or audio notes) • Podcast or audio book listeners (who want to mark, annotate and comment on passages) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.helgoboss.org/terms
SimpleTone
This application provides a straightforward virtual tuning fork. Simply select your desired pitch to tune your instrument. It aims to offer a no-nonsense, ad-free experience for musicians.
- Virtual tuning fork
- Pitch selection
- Ad-free experience
- Simple interface
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It's a virtual tuning fork. Select the pitch you want to tune to. That's it. I got tired of all the BS tuning apps that have ads and purchases built in. C'mon, we're better than this.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Helgoboss Jam Pad at 15.6 against SimpleTone's 26.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Helgoboss Jam Pad | SimpleTone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Klum | Evan Brass |
In-app purchases
Helgoboss Jam Pad
No in-app purchases
SimpleTone
No in-app purchases









