Comparison

NightCore Player vs Bravo Nota

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

Head to head
About

NightCore Player

Features
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Play your favorite songs at the tempo you want. No downloads required. Have you ever thought, "This song would be perfect if it were just a little faster"? Most playback speed apps can only change the speed of songs stored on your device. NightCore Player connects directly to Apple Music, so you can enjoy over 100 million songs at the pace that feels right to you. You can also play your Apple Music playlists at a custom speed. Enjoy your favorite playlists in a full Nightcore-style session, or slow things down for practice and focus. Key features: - Fine-grained playback speed control in 0.01x steps - Supports fast Nightcore-style playback and slower listening - Play Apple Music playlists at custom speed - Song search, playback queue, and play history - Shuffle and repeat support Great for: - Nightcore fans who want to hear any song faster - Focus sessions with more energetic background music - Language study, dance practice, and timing exercises - Rediscovering your favorite tracks at a new tempo Turn the songs you already love into a new listening experience. Apple Music subscription required.

About

Bravo Nota

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Bravo Nota is a free, on-device music toolkit for guitarists, pianists, songwriters and music students. CHORD RECOGNITION FROM ANY AUDIO Drop in an MP3 (or any audio file) - or hit Record - and Bravo Nota lays out the chord progression on a scrubbable timeline. Switch between the Original, synthesized Chords, and a crossfade. Handles 7ths, sus, slash and altered chords, not just major / minor. Tap any chord to jump straight to it. Quiet recordings are automatically loudness-normalized on playback; a live mic-level meter while you record helps you nail the right input level. PITCH-PERFECT TUNER Chromatic plus dozens of instruments and alternate tunings: Standard / Drop D / Open G / Open D / Open E / Open C / DADGAD / Half-Step-Down guitar; baritone & re-entrant ukulele; banjo Open G & Double-C; mandolin, mandola, viola, cello, double bass; 4/5/6-string bass. A4 calibration from 415 Hz to 466 Hz. The pitch detector is accurate to one cent, stable on bowed strings and decaying piano notes alike. ADVANCED MODE - LIVE SPECTROGRAM A waterfall spectrogram for when you need to see every harmonic. Two-finger pinch to zoom into any frequency band, drag to pan; one-finger tap drops a crosshair with note / Hz / dB readout. Optional "peak at this time" overlay marks the loudest tone instantly. Switchable frequency grids (scientific notes, raw Hz, classical Helmholtz), two orientations, optional dB SPL with Apple-ResearchKit calibration. METRONOME THAT WON'T DRIFT Well under 1 ms drift over a 5-minute click. Time signatures from 2/4 through 12/8 plus custom; 1/4, 1/8, 1/6 triplets, 1/16 subdivisions; per-beat accents (loud / normal / mute); tap-tempo; Italian tempo markings (Grave through Prestissimo); five built-in click sounds including a real vintage pyramid metronome. Plays in the background - leave it running with the screen off. FULL CHORD LIBRARY A browsable reference with every triad, 7th, extension, sus and slash chord across all twelve roots. Each chord ships with a piano keyboard view (highlighted notes) and a guitar fingerboard that names every note of the voicing - with the chord root highlighted - plus recommended fingerings. PRIVACY Bravo Nota processes everything on your device. No microphone audio, no imported file, no usage data ever leaves your iPhone. There is no analytics SDK, no advertising and no account. REQUIREMENTS iOS 26 or later, iPhone only. Free, no in-app purchases, no ads.

Screenshots

NightCore Player4 screens
Bravo Nota4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bravo Nota at none against NightCore Player's shown. Bravo Nota also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 months). NightCore Player's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NightCore Player ships an update every 5 months, Bravo Nota every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
NightCore Player versus Bravo Nota: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNightCore PlayerBravo Nota
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyuichiro MizutaniYahor Zaleski

In-app purchases

None

NightCore Player

No in-app purchases

None

Bravo Nota

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NightCore Player free?
NightCore Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bravo Nota free?
Bravo Nota is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NightCore Player or Bravo Nota have ads?
NightCore Player shows ads; Bravo Nota does not.
Which is updated more often, NightCore Player or Bravo Nota?
NightCore Player ships an update every 5 months, and Bravo Nota every 4 days. Most recently, NightCore Player was updated on November 13, 2026 and Bravo Nota on October 31, 2026.

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