Comparison

Cantus vs Dico Pattern

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

Dico Pattern

Features
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Years of playing, but your picking hand still holds you back? Dico Pattern is a guitar teacher's method in your pocket: 150 technique patterns, worked from slow to fast, with your progress tracked pattern by pattern. WHAT YOU GET - 150 patterns graded by difficulty, with tab - Built-in metronome, 3 tempos per exercise (slow, medium, fast) - Guided mode: levels unlock as you master them - Practice journal and progress grid - Lab: build your own exercises - Works offline, no account needed HOW IT WORKS Pick a pattern. Play it slow until it is clean, then medium, then fast. Tick the box. The grid fills up, the next level opens. That is the whole method - the one a teacher would give you. WHO MADE IT Cedric, guitar teacher for 20 years and host of the "A la Loop" podcast, where guitar solos are analysed step by step. PRICING Free for 7 days, then a single one-time unlock. No subscription, ever.

Screenshots

Cantus3 screens
Dico Pattern4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cantus at none against Dico Pattern's 1. Cantus also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Dico Pattern sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cantus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cantus ships an update every 5 days, Dico Pattern every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cantus versus Dico Pattern: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCantusDico Pattern
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason ZachariahCEDRIC RAOU

In-app purchases

None

Cantus

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dico Pattern

One-time1
  • Déblocage complet$8.99

Questions

Is Cantus free?
Cantus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dico Pattern free?
Dico Pattern is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cantus or Dico Pattern have ads?
Neither Cantus nor Dico Pattern shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cantus or Dico Pattern?
Cantus ships an update every 5 days, and Dico Pattern every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cantus was updated on October 21, 2026 and Dico Pattern on October 25, 2026.

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