Comparison

Resna vs Jazz Catalog

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

Head to head
About

Resna

Features
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Resna - The Stage Is Yours Resna is the platform built for independent musicians and live music venues to connect, book, and get paid, all in one place. For Artists: Stop chasing down gigs. Resna puts opportunities directly in front of you. Browse venues near you, send booking requests, and manage your entire performance schedule from your phone. Get paid automatically once your gig is complete, no invoices, no follow-ups, no waiting. For Venues: Finding live talent has never been easier. Search artists by genre and location, view profiles and reviews, and book performers with confidence. Resna handles the payment side so you can focus on running your space. What You Get: A searchable network of artists and venues. Simple booking requests and confirmations. Built-in payments powered by Stripe. Automatic payouts after gig completion. Reviews and ratings to build your reputation. Real-time schedule management. Waitlist support for high-demand bookings. Transparent Pricing: Resna charges a small platform fee per booking. For gigs under $50, the fee is covered entirely by the venue, so artists keep every dollar they earn on smaller shows. No subscriptions, no hidden charges. Whether you are playing your first show or booking your hundredth, Resna keeps it simple. The stage is yours.

About

Jazz Catalog

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The jazz canon, organized. JazzCatalog is a chart reader built for working musicians. Browse thousands of standards across every canonical fake book, drop in your own charts, build setlists for the night, and practice with a built-in metronome, MIDI chord recognition, annotations, and YouTube playback — all on your iPad or iPhone. WHAT'S INSIDE • 3,500+ standards. Search the entire jazz canon by title or book. Filter to playable tunes or your bookmarked favorites. • Add your own charts. Drop in any single-song PDF and it joins the catalog right alongside the standards. Or override a tune's book version with your own arrangement — the app will use your PDF for that song while keeping the book for everything else. • Setlists. Build the night in your own order. Tap Next on the bandstand and you move to the next tune in the list, not the next page in the book. • Practice metronome. Visual click with time signatures and accents. Per-song BPM is saved automatically the moment you change it. • MIDI chord display. Plug in a keyboard and the chord you're holding shows on screen — inversions, slashes, and extensions resolved correctly. • Annotations. Mark up charts with pen, marker, or pencil. Use a finger or Apple Pencil. Annotations stay locked to each tune across launches. • YouTube reference tracks. Listen to a canonical recording of any tune while reading the chart. The player floats — drag it anywhere that doesn't cover the staff. • Your library, your way. Import legally-acquired PDFs of full fake books, or drop in single-song charts. Everything stays on your device — no cloud, no account, no subscription. BUILT FOR THE BANDSTAND JazzCatalog isn't a beginner app or a notation editor. It's a tool for the working musician who already plays the music and needs the chart, the chord reference, the click, and the recording all in one place. PRIVACY Your library, bookmarks, custom charts, and setlists stay on your device. There's no account to create. There's nothing to sync.

Screenshots

Resna3 screens
Jazz Catalog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Resna at 15.1 against Jazz Catalog's 26.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Resna versus Jazz Catalog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterResnaJazz Catalog
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB82 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperZachary PulichinoNicolas Tejera

In-app purchases

None

Resna

No in-app purchases

None

Jazz Catalog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Resna free?
Resna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jazz Catalog free?
Jazz Catalog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Resna or Jazz Catalog have ads?
Neither Resna nor Jazz Catalog shows ads.

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