Comparison

Cantus vs MusGo

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

Head to head
About

Cantus

This interactive tool helps musicians explore harmony and chord voicings on a virtual piano. It allows users to visualize how notes move within chords, understand modal relationships, and develop a feel for harmony through focused practice.

Highlights
  • Interactive chord and voicing exploration
  • Piano keyboard visualization
  • Modal and scale-based harmony practice
  • Voice-leading movement analysis
  • Tone.js audio playback
  • Account-free operation
Features
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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.

About

MusGo

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Essential guitar tools, one tap away. MusGo for iPhone is the native companion to the MusGo web toolkit. Open the tool you need and use its bundled music resources without creating an account. • Metronome: tempo, accents, subdivisions, rhythm patterns, polyrhythms, background playback, and Live Activity controls. • Chord Dictionary: search chord names and symbols, explore chord shapes, and hear guitar playback. • Chord Identifier: select notes on the fretboard and compare chord matches. • Scales and Arpeggios: explore notes and degrees with 4–8 string fretboards and alternative tunings. • Ear Trainer: practice intervals, scales, chords, notes, and progressions. • Focus Mode: optionally limit selected distractions using Apple's Screen Time controls during a timed session. Choose your language in Settings or follow your iPhone's language. Music symbols such as C, C#, Bb, maj, and m use international notation. The app keeps preferences locally. It does not synchronize web Workspace projects. Focus Mode and Live Activities require compatible system settings and permissions. Privacy Policy: https://gumeo.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://gumeo.app/terms

Screenshots

Cantus3 screens
MusGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cantus at Free against MusGo's $5.00. Cantus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cantus is free to download; MusGo costs $5.00 up front. MusGo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Cantus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cantus ships an update every 5 days, MusGo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Cantus versus MusGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCantusMusGo
PriceFree — better$5.00
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason ZachariahHoi Fung Wong

In-app purchases

None

Cantus

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MusGo

Subscriptions3
  • Gumeo Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Gumeo Premium Special Offer$24.991 Year
  • Gumeo Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Cantus free?
Cantus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MusGo free?
MusGo costs $5.00, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Cantus or MusGo have ads?
Neither Cantus nor MusGo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cantus or MusGo?
Cantus ships an update every 5 days, and MusGo every 5 weeks. Most recently, Cantus was updated on October 21, 2026 and MusGo on October 25, 2026.

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