The Hanon Method vs Cantus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Hanon Method
This app provides a structured approach to practicing piano exercises. It measures your precision, timing, and tempo during sessions, offering detailed post-session reviews to identify areas for improvement. Access initial exercises for free, with premium options for more content.
- Measured practice sessions
- Tempo and hand mode settings
- Bluetooth MIDI keyboard support
- Precision and timing review
- Practice history tracking
- Structured course progression
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The Hanon Method is a focused practice tool for serious piano technique work on iPhone and iPad. Choose a Hanon exercise, set tempo and hand mode, connect a Bluetooth MIDI keyboard, and run a measured session. After each pass, review precision, timing stability, reliable tempo, and practice history. The app is built for disciplined repetition, not game-like practice. It helps you work through Hanon as a structured course, compare repeated sessions over time, and identify unevenness, missed notes, and difficult sections with clear post-session review. You can browse the course and review notation without MIDI. Measured practice, scoring, and session history require MIDI input. Exercises 1 through 10 are included in the free tier. Additional exercises are available with premium access. Accounts are optional. If enabled in the release build, account sign-in keeps progress recoverable across devices. Terms of Use: https://thehanonmethod.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thehanonmethod.com/privacy
Cantus
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Cantus - Voicing Lab is an interactive harmony and chord-voicing tool by Nathaniel School of Music for pianists, composers, producers, and music theory students. Explore how notes move inside chords, hear voicings in context, and study color, tension, and modal relationships from the keyboard. Cantus is designed as a focused practice lab: pick a sound, inspect the voice leading, and build intuition for how harmony feels under your hands. FEATURES * Interactive chord and voicing explorer * Piano keyboard visualization * Modal and scale-based harmony practice * Voice-leading movement and pinboard-style comparison * Tone.js audio playback * Self-hosted fonts and bundled web assets * Works without an account BY NATHANIEL SCHOOL OF MUSIC Built for practical harmony learning, composition practice, and deeper chord fluency.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cantus at none against The Hanon Method's 2. Cantus also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. The Hanon Method sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Cantus asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Hanon Method ships an update every 4 days, Cantus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Hanon Method | Cantus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gray Reinhard | Jason Zachariah |
In-app purchases
The Hanon Method
- Hanon Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
- Hanon Premium Annual$59.991 Year
Cantus
No in-app purchases
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