The Modality vs Jam House
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Modality
Explore the emotional depth of music through scales, moods, and microtones. This app teaches music theory by ear, focusing on Turkish makams and modal jazz, and how they intersect. Discover iconic recordings, learn through guided lessons, and meet the composers behind the music.
- Turkish makam exploration
- Modal jazz scales
- Cross-tradition comparisons
- Composer biographies
- Iconic recordings and improvisations
- Guided lessons and quizzes
- Glossary of musical terms
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You've heard music from across the world and felt something move in you — without knowing why. The Modality is how you find out. Most apps teach music theory as rules to memorize. The Modality teaches it as something to hear — because every musical tradition is really a different way to turn sound into feeling. We start with two of the most beautiful, and we're adding more. TURKISH MAKAM 29 makams, from Rast to Ferahfeza — each drawn degree by degree, with its microtonal commas marked, its seyir, its mood, the hour it belongs to, and the ney to play it. MODAL JAZZ 14 modes across two scales: the seven modes of the major scale, and the seven of melodic minor — the language of tension and release, from Lydian dominant to the altered sound. WHERE THEY MEET The Crossroads is where the two traditions touch. Hicaz and the Phrygian dominant share one ancient interval — hear them side by side, ney against Rhodes piano. Saba and Locrian reach the same depth of feeling by the same turn. Two musical worlds, one tap apart. THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE MUSIC 64 composers and performers, from Itri and Dede Efendi to Miles Davis and Bill Evans — with portraits, lives, and every place in the app you can hear them. Tap any name on any recording and meet the person. HEAR IT EVERYWHERE - Iconic recordings and taksim improvisations for every major makam - Canonical tunes for every mode — So What, Maiden Voyage, Spain - Songs you already know, mapped to the makam they live in — classical, arabesk, Anatolian rock - Play any scale on the ney or Rhodes, from any root LEARN IT PROPERLY - A guided lesson path in each tradition, from "What is a makam?" up - Quizzes that unlock level by level - A glossary of both traditions' vocabulary — taksim, seyir, voicing, vamp - Usul rhythm patterns with audio For curious listeners, for Western musicians meeting microtones for the first time, and for Turkish speakers rediscovering their own tradition. Two ways of hearing, each one whole. More on the way.
Jam House
Experience a solo jazz jam session with a virtual band. Choose your instrument, pick a tune, and improvise solos. Enjoy realistic session flow with unique arrangements each time you play.
- Virtual jazz band accompaniment
- Choose your instrument
- Improvise solos
- Realistic session flow
- First-person stage video
- Randomized arrangements
- Variety of tunes
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The band is waiting. Step into the session. Jam House lets you enjoy a jazz jam session on your own, with a band of piano, bass, drums and sax. Just pick a tune and press PLAY. The head, the count-off, trading solos, hits and the ending all flow just like a real session. JOIN WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT Choose piano, guitar, bass, drums or horn (or just listen). When it is your turn to solo, the band cues you in. FEEL THE STAGE Piano and guitar come with first-person video from the stage, plus a count-off voice and an audience that claps and cheers. A NEW ARRANGEMENT EVERY TIME Each PLAY changes who solos, how many choruses, and how it ends. Seven endings. TUNES Jam House Blues and Jam House Rhythm (originals), ii-V-I in all 12 keys, a pop progression, bossa nova and ballad practice changes, Danny Boy, Jingle Bells, Happy Birthday to You (jazz waltz), When the Saints Go Marching In FREE, NO ADS Everything is free. If you enjoy it, you can buy the developer a coffee (it does not unlock anything). The app's screens are in Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Modality at none against Jam House's 3. On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. Jam House sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. The Modality asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | The Modality | Jam House |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mehmet Aydin | Shota Nakagawa |
Customer experience
The Modality
Jam House
In-app purchases
The Modality
No in-app purchases
Jam House
- A cup of coffee$2.99
- Coffee and cake$5.99
- Lunch$11.99
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