Comparison

Thelonious vs VI

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

Head to head
About

Thelonious

This app simplifies music theory with visual aids for keys, chords, and scales. It helps users understand harmony and apply concepts to real playing, including guitar-specific features.

Highlights
  • Visual layouts for keys, chords, and scales
  • Diatonic chord and key relationship study
  • Chord progressions and harmonic movement
  • Guitar mode charts
  • CAGED system material
  • Relative minor and dominant chord learning
Features
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Thelonious is a music theory app designed to help you understand keys, chords, scales, and harmony through clear, visual layouts. Explore major keys, review scale notes, and study diatonic chords in a format built for both learning and quick reference. Thelonious connects theory to real playing with chord progressions, guitar mode charts, and CAGED system material. Use Thelonious to: • Explore major keys and their scale notes • Understand diatonic chords and key relationships • Learn relative minor and dominant chords • Study chord progressions and harmonic movement • View guitar modes and CAGED chord charts Whether you’re learning the fundamentals or deepening your understanding of harmony, Thelonious makes music theory easier to read, understand, and apply.

About

VI

Features
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VI-Stage Performer is a score and prompter app for musicians, bands, and live performers. Create your song library, organize setlists, and keep scores, lyrics, chords, notes, and prompts ready on stage. In Standalone Mode, you can create songs and setlists directly on your device, making VI-Stage Performer useful for rehearsals, practice, and live shows even without the desktop app. When used with the VI-Stage desktop app, simply choose your performer role and your content is synced automatically, so each musician gets the right scores and prompts for the show. Built for concerts, worship, theatre, bands, and any performance where everyone needs to stay prepared and in sync.

Screenshots

Thelonious4 screens
VI4 screens

Verdict

The call

Thelonious and VI are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Thelonious versus VI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTheloniousVI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert NataleAlvaro Herrero

In-app purchases

None

Thelonious

No in-app purchases

None

VI

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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