Fret Drill vs Crescendo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fret Drill
Learn guitar notes by playing your actual instrument. The app listens via your microphone and provides instant feedback, guiding you from basic exercises to mastering the entire fretboard. Turn memorization into muscle memory with focused daily practice.
- Practice with your real guitar
- Instant microphone note detection
- Step-by-step lessons
- Smart practice repeating weak spots
- Progress tracking
- Customizable lessons
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Stop hunting for notes. Build real fretboard muscle memory. Fret Drill helps you learn guitar notes by playing your actual guitar. The app shows you a note and a string. You play it. Fret Drill listens through your microphone and tells you when you got it right. Start simple with one string and a few notes. Then work up to all strings, all notes, and the full fretboard. The more you practice, the faster your fingers know where to go. Perfect for guitarists who want to: - Learn every note on the fretboard - Build faster note recall - Stop guessing during solos and practice - Improve confidence while improvising - Turn fretboard memorization into muscle memory Features: - Practice with your real guitar - Instant microphone note detection - Switching between different audio inputs - Simple step-by-step lessons - Smart practice that repeats weak spots - Progress tracking for each lesson - Helpful fret hints when you need them - Custom lessons for specific strings, notes, frets, and tunings A few focused minutes a day can make the fretboard feel much less random. Fret Drill turns guitar note memorization into simple, active practice. This app is provided under Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Crescendo
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Classical guitar is learned from sheet music, not tabs. Crescendo bridges the gap between the printed page and the fretboard, one note at a time. Use it alongside your teacher and your book. It is not a course. If you are beginning your journey with classical guitar, Crescendo can accompany you in the journey with it's 3 modes: - Explorer: Build a mental map of sheet and fretboard. Use it as a reference when learning a new piece, test your memory, filter by scales, or simply explore the instrument. - Trainer: Follow progressive lessons to become comfortable reading sheet music, learn anywhere in play mode. When at home, use the practice mode to reinforce what you learned on the instrument. - Tuner: We love nylon strings, but we also know they need constant care. Tune your guitar regularly to keep it sounding its best, and memorize the right pitch at every practice. - Light and dark modes with custom colors, designed for clarity and long practice sessions.
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Verdict
Fret Drill and Crescendo are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Fret Drill sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Crescendo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fret Drill against 5.0 for Crescendo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Fret Drill | Crescendo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrii Sievrikov | Costantino Fracas |
In-app purchases
Fret Drill
- Weekly Plan7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Yearly Plan$29.991 Year
Crescendo
- 15 Days TrialFree
- Lifetime Access$14.99
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