ScaleJammer vs RiffAlly Scales
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
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
RiffAlly Scales
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See the scale. Hear its character. Find it on the guitar. RiffAlly Scales is a focused visual and listening companion for guitarists. Explore 56 scales across seven musical families, transpose them to any of 12 roots, and connect their sound with the notes on your fretboard. SCALE ATLAS ⢠Browse essentials, major modes, minor systems, pentatonic and blues, symmetrical, bebop, and world or historical scales ⢠Search by name, alias, musical character, or interval formula ⢠Open a scale directly on the fretboard SEE AND HEAR THE SCALE ⢠Hear a scale ascend and descend with one tap ⢠Follow a white ring as it highlights the exact string and fret being sounded ⢠Hear a playable octave near your current neck position ⢠Swipe directly along the neck from open strings through fret 24, with six fret positions visible at a time ⢠Swipe left for higher frets and right for lower frets, or use position shortcuts ⢠Switch between note names and scale degrees ⢠Find root notes by their distinctive diamond shape GUIDED LESSONS ⢠Start with From minor to blues: compare minor, pentatonic, and blues while keeping A as home ⢠See removed notes and the added blue note, then hear the difference ⢠Explore how C major and A minor share notes but have different home notes ⢠Keep your neck position while comparing lesson stages ⢠Open lesson notes and practice suggestions when you want more guidance MOOD LAB ⢠Compare D Dorian and D Aeolian ⢠Watch B natural become B-flat while the other scale tones stay fixed ⢠Hear the change and try both sounds over a D minor chord YOUR FRETBOARD ⢠Choose Light maple, Medium walnut, or Dark ebony ⢠One saved appearance setting updates the fretboards throughout the app ⢠New installations start with Dark ebony; existing saved choices are preserved All scale-learning and listening features work offline. No RiffAlly account is required. There are no ads or analytics. Optional, repeatable one-time tips support development and unlock no features; they are not subscriptions. Apple handles purchases, which require an App Store connection. The optional RiffAlly app-discovery and support links also use the internet.
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Verdict
ScaleJammer and RiffAlly Scales are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters ā price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ScaleJammer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RiffAlly Scales sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | ScaleJammer | RiffAlly Scales |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Orcun Keskin | Fernando Lanner Cardoso |
In-app purchases
ScaleJammer
- ScaleJammer Pro$4.99
RiffAlly Scales
- Small tip$1.99
- Supporter tip$4.99
- Generous tip$9.99
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