Melodist Composer vs FileAudioPlayer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Melodist Composer
This app allows you to write and edit tablature for guitar, bass, drums, and synths on your mobile device. It features a unique version history for all edits and includes advanced music analysis tools to understand your compositions.
- Tablature writing for guitar, bass, drums, synth
- Unlimited undo/redo history for edits
- Harmonic and rhythmic analysis
- Dynamic and motivic analysis
- Pattern and style analysis
- Import Guitar Pro, MIDI, and MusicXML files
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Melodist Composer is a mobile tablature editor. Open a Guitar Pro, MIDI, MusicXML, or mdst file, hear it play, change it, and keep every version of it. IMPORT WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE Guitar Pro 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. MusicXML. MIDI. Open a file straight from Files, Mail, or any app that can share one. It lands in your library ready to play. HEAR IT PROPERLY Playback runs on a real soundfont synthesiser, not beeps. Every General MIDI instrument, per track. Bring your own .sf2 or .sf3 and set a different one for each composition. EDIT ON THE STAFF Notes, bends, slides, hammer-ons, palm mutes, repeats and time signatures, placed on the tab where you're already looking. Build a chord and drop it in, or let the arpeggiator spell it out. Loop a section until it's right. Connect a keyboard and move the cursor without touching the screen. NEVER LOSE A VERSION Every edit is recorded, so you can step back through the history of a piece and see exactly what each change did, note by note. Branch an idea, try it, keep both. Nothing is overwritten and nothing is thrown away. TAKE IT WITH YOU. Export as MIDI or MusicXML for whatever else you use. Or export a .mdst; An open, documented format that carries the whole piece and its history. WORKS ON A PLANE No account, no sign-in, no connection. Your compositions live on your device. FREE, THEN UNLIMITED Keep up to five compositions for free, with every feature unlocked. Nothing is held back behind the subscription except the count. Melodist Unlimited removes the limit. Terms of Use: https://melodist.studio/terms Privacy Policy: https://melodist.studio/privacy
FileAudioPlayer
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■ Play the audio files you keep — comfortably, to the end. FileAudioPlayer is for playing the audio files you already have — especially the long ones — picking up where you left off, changing the speed, and remembering the spots you marked, all the way to the end. It's made for everyday use: getting through long audio over several sittings, or repeating the same section while you practice. In an age of streaming, there are fewer and fewer good places to sit with the audio files you actually own. ■ Good for - Recordings of old radio programs - Audio transferred from old cassette tapes - Instrument practice from a pocket recorder - Language-learning audio - Re-listening to web meeting recordings - Lectures and seminars on video (plays the audio) ■ Importing — mainly through the Files app The main way is through the iOS Files app: iCloud Drive, SMB shares, and other cloud services visible in Files all become import sources. Bring in a whole folder at once, and receive audio shared from other apps. You can also connect directly to Amazon S3 to download. It can also pull just the audio out of a video file — handy for listening to a recorded lecture as audio. ■ Remember where you were It records the position whenever you stop, pause, or start playback. If your earbuds get bumped in your pocket and playback runs ahead, you can jump back to a recorded spot. Marks sit on the bar, colored by the time of day they were made, and you can step to the previous or next one with a single button. It also resumes from where you last stopped. ■ For repeating and practicing Play from 1.0x to 2.0x, with one tap back to normal speed. Skip back and forward with four buttons whose durations you set yourself — so a small step back is easy during language study or practice. ■ Keeps playing with the screen off Background playback, lock-screen and Control Center controls, and AirPlay. ■ Organize and undo Arrange things in nested folders, and move files or folders later. Deletes go to a trash first, so mistakes can be undone. Imported audio is also visible in the Files app. Available in Japanese and English (switchable in the app).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FileAudioPlayer at none against Melodist Composer's 2. FileAudioPlayer also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). Melodist Composer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Melodist Composer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. FileAudioPlayer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Melodist Composer ships an update every 7 months, FileAudioPlayer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Melodist Composer | FileAudioPlayer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New World Code Ltd | Tatsuo Watanabe |
In-app purchases
Melodist Composer
- Composer Unlimited Monthly$6.991 Month
- Composer Unlimited Yearly$79.991 Year
FileAudioPlayer
No in-app purchases
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