Comparison

Vocal Dojo vs The Riff Master

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

Head to head
About

Vocal Dojo

Features
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Vocal Dojo is a vocal warmup app with 30+ exercise patterns and piano accompaniment. Set your range, pick your tempo, and build routines that fit your voice. EXERCISES Scales, arpeggios, intervals, slides, chromatics, and more. Triads, five-tone scales, octave arpeggios, Rossini scales, dominant 7ths, sustained runs โ€” enough variety to keep your warmups fresh and target different parts of your technique. CUSTOM WORKOUTS Group exercises into routines โ€” a gentle morning warmup, a pre-show routine, a recovery day. Reorder, adjust, and swap exercises whenever you want. Share workouts with friends via a link so they can import your routines directly. YOUR RANGE, YOUR WAY Set your lowest and highest notes to match exactly where your voice is today. Narrow the range on recovery days, push the edges when you're feeling strong. FULL CONTROL Tempo from 40-200 BPM. Key steps from half steps to fifths. Metronome with adjustable volume. Repeat modes. Slow it down to nail a tricky passage or speed it up when you're ready. PROGRESS TRACKING Every session is logged automatically. See your streak grow, track total practice time, and watch your consistency build over weeks and months with a practice heatmap. WORKS OFFLINE Everything runs on your device. No account needed, no internet required. Your data never leaves your phone. One-time purchase. No subscription. No ads.

About

The Riff Master

Features
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Riff Master turns your Apple Music or Spotify favorites into a practice tool. Pick any song, set a start and end point, and loop just that section while you learn to play it. Save your riffs and never waste time scrubbing through a song to find that section you were working on. Just tap and you're right back where you left off, ready to practice. Slow it down to 25% speed and work your way up. When you're ready, search YouTube for live performances and walkthroughs without leaving the app. Features: โ€ข Loop any section of any song in your Apple Music library or from Spotify โ€ข Adjustable playback speed from 25% to 100% if using Apple Music โ€ข Drag markers or type exact times to set your loop โ€ข Save unlimited riffs with a one-time upgrade โ€ข Search YouTube for tutorials and live performances โ€ข Clean, simple interface

Screenshots

Vocal Dojo3 screens
The Riff Master3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Riff Master at none against Vocal Dojo's 1. Vocal Dojo's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Vocal Dojo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Riff Master asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vocal Dojo ships an update every 2 weeks, The Riff Master every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Vocal Dojo versus The Riff Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVocal DojoThe Riff Master
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size31 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLUKE DAVID MELNIKVoast

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vocal Dojo

One-time1
  • Full Access$4.99
None

The Riff Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vocal Dojo free?
Vocal Dojo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Riff Master free?
The Riff Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vocal Dojo or The Riff Master have ads?
Neither Vocal Dojo nor The Riff Master shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vocal Dojo or The Riff Master?
Vocal Dojo ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Riff Master every 9 days. Most recently, Vocal Dojo was updated on November 9, 2026 and The Riff Master on November 9, 2026.

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