Comparison

ShedLab vs Jazz Progression Trainer

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

Head to head
About

ShedLab

This app helps musicians improve their jazz symbol recall and fluency. It uses adaptive scheduling to focus practice on areas needing the most improvement, enhancing speed and consistency.

Highlights
  • Practice jazz symbols
  • Adaptive scheduling
  • Target weak areas
  • Improve speed and consistency
  • Track progress
  • Build vocabulary
Features
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ShedLab is a practice app for musicians who want faster recall and better fluency with jazz symbols. Train chords, voicings, keys, and inversions with adaptive scheduling that focuses your time where it matters most. Instead of repeating everything equally, ShedLab responds to your actual performance and prioritizes the material that needs work. Use ShedLab to: - Practice jazz symbols with focused repetition - Target or discover weak areas across keys, qualities, and inversions - Improve speed and consistency over time - Track progress with detailed performance stats - Build a stronger working vocabulary at the instrument ShedLab is designed for serious, data-driven practice. Whether you are internalizing chord vocabulary, sharpening recognition, or improving response speed, the app helps you spend more time on the material that will move you forward.

About

Jazz Progression Trainer

Features
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Jazz Progression Trainer is a practice tool designed for jazz musicians who want to internalize chord progressions by ear. Play along with a full rhythm section Listen to a real piano, walking bass, and drums as you practice. Each progression is performed at your chosen tempo, looping continuously so you can focus on your instrument. Progressions included Major II-V-I Minor II-V-I Jazz Blues (12-bar) Minor Blues (12-bar) Rhythm Changes (AABA, 32-bar) All 12 keys Transpose any progression instantly to any key. Build fluency across the entire harmonic universe. Adjustable tempo Set the BPM anywhere from 60 to 300. Start slow, build confidence, then push the speed. Visual chord guide The current chord is highlighted on screen as the progression plays, so you can always see where you are in the form. Whether you're a beginner learning your first turnaround or an advanced player drilling changes at 240 BPM, Jazz Progression Trainer keeps up with you.

Screenshots

ShedLab4 screens
Jazz Progression Trainer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Jazz Progression Trainer at $2.99 against ShedLab's $12.99. ShedLab's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

ShedLab costs $12.99 and Jazz Progression Trainer $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
ShedLab versus Jazz Progression Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShedLabJazz Progression Trainer
Price$12.99$2.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStirling Cartertabito ozaki

In-app purchases

None

ShedLab

No in-app purchases

None

Jazz Progression Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShedLab free?
ShedLab costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jazz Progression Trainer free?
Jazz Progression Trainer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShedLab or Jazz Progression Trainer have ads?
Neither ShedLab nor Jazz Progression Trainer shows ads.

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