Comparison

String Theory vs ScaleJammer

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

Head to head
About

String Theory

This app helps guitarists explore scales and chords with an interactive fretboard. It allows users to compare scales, test custom tunings, and record riff ideas. The tool is designed for practicing improvisation, learning theory, and saving musical inspiration.

Highlights
  • Interactive guitar fretboard with scale mapping
  • Scale and Chord Finder tools
  • Custom tunings with octave control
  • Riff recording and vault organization
  • Left-handed mode
  • Scale comparison overlay
Features
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String Theory is a focused guitar tool for exploring scales, visualizing the fretboard, matching chords, and capturing riff ideas without clutter. Build better fretboard awareness with an interactive scales map, compare two scales at once, test custom tunings, and find compatible chords in seconds. When inspiration hits, record the idea and save it to your riff vault with notes and playback. Features: • Interactive guitar fretboard with scale mapping • Major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, and pentatonic scale families • Scale Finder and Chord Finder tools • Chords-to-scales matching • Add a second scale overlay for comparison • Custom tunings with per-string octave control • Left-handed fretboard mode • Fullscreen fretboard view • Riff recording, playback, rename, share, and vault organization • Light/dark mode, 3 color themes, haptics, and a polished liquid glass interface Whether you’re practicing improvisation, learning theory, or saving new ideas, String Theory keeps the essential guitar tools in one fast, modern app.

About

ScaleJammer

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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a responsive virtual guitar fretboard with ScaleJammer. Play notes with expressive synthesized tone, slide naturally across the neck, and explore scales and modes in a fluid, intuitive way. With Snap mode, your movement locks to the correct notes of the selected scale, so you can move freely across the fretboard and stay in key every time. ScaleJammer also includes a multi-layer looper, making it easy to build riffs, layer melodies, and jam over your own ideas. Whether you're warming up, practicing scales, studying theory, or sketching out a melody on the go, ScaleJammer puts the guitar neck at your fingertips. PLAY YOUR WAY - Play notes across a virtual guitar fretboard tuned to your chosen scale - Snap mode keeps your finger locked to scale tones, so every slide stays in key - Slide mode delivers smooth, continuous pitch movement - Pluck mode adds a more realistic pick-style attack and decay EXPLORE MUSIC THEORY - 13 scale types, including Major, Minor, Blues, Harmonic Minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, and more - Mode Explorer reveals all 7 diatonic modes that share the same notes - Color-coded intervals help you understand theory visually as you play - Instantly switch between all 12 root notes LOOP & JAM - Record ideas with the built-in looper - Overdub multiple layers to build riffs, textures, and melodic ideas - Solo over your own loops in real time - Export recordings as WAV files and share them easily MAKE IT YOURS - 6 tunings: Standard, Drop D, Open G, Open D, DADGAD, and Half Step Down - 4 tone presets: Warm Lead, Bright Lead, Bell, and Soft Pad - Adjust reverb, volume, and drone to shape your sound - Choose between 12 and 24 frets with zoom and scroll controls - Left-handed mode - Haptic feedback

Screenshots

String Theory4 screens
ScaleJammer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ScaleJammer at Free against String Theory's $1.99. ScaleJammer also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). String Theory's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ScaleJammer is free to download; String Theory costs $1.99 up front. ScaleJammer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. String Theory asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
String Theory versus ScaleJammer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterString TheoryScaleJammer
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDANIEL NIKOLAS SZTURMOrcun Keskin

In-app purchases

None

String Theory

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ScaleJammer

One-time1
  • ScaleJammer Pro$4.99

Questions

Is String Theory free?
String Theory costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScaleJammer free?
ScaleJammer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do String Theory or ScaleJammer have ads?
Neither String Theory nor ScaleJammer shows ads.

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