Comparison

Improvy vs Bark Music

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

Head to head
About

Improvy

Features
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You want to improvise without thinking about it. Not scales. Not the licks you already own. The line you actually hear, played the moment you hear it. Your ear is not what is stopping you. You can hear where the phrase wants to go. What stops you is the half second in between: the one where you work out that the note you want is the flat three, while the chord underneath has already moved on. Fluency is not knowledge. It is speed. And speed only comes from repeating exactly the right thing, thousands of times. That is all Improvy is. A degree appears, you tap the note. Two seconds. Again. Until the number, the sound and the note stop being three thoughts and become one. It works in all 12 major keys, and it spells every one of them the way a musician actually writes it. In Eb the flat two is Fb, not E. Most apps quietly get that wrong, and the habit you build on top of it is wrong too. Train it in both directions, because they are two different skills. Number to note. Note to number. Then the one that turns a melody into changes: this note is the sharp eleven, so what is the chord? There is a Daily Challenge every morning, and Pocket Mode runs with the screen off, so a walk counts as practice. This is not for beginners. It is for players who already know the theory and are tired of being a beat behind it. No ads. No account. Pro is a one-time payment. Stop counting. Start playing!

About

Bark Music

Features
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Bark Music turns your phone into a playful recording studio for kids โ€” with a cartoon pug as your co-star. RECORD YOUR OWN SOUNDS Tap the big record button to capture anything โ€” a silly bark, a song, a story. Trim it, name it, pick a color, and it lands in your colorful grid of recordings, ready to play back anytime. RAINBOW BARK PIANO Play a full keyboard of colorful keys that bark real musical notes โ€” a full octave, black keys and all. Switch to a normal piano tone with one tap, or import your own bark sound and hear it pitched across every key. Record what you play and save it right alongside your other recordings. A FRIENDLY PUG ALONG FOR THE RIDE Our pug greets you when you open the app, listens with headphones on while you record, and dances along when your songs play back. SAFE FOR KIDS, BY DESIGN Bark Music works completely offline. There are no ads, no accounts, no in-app purchases, and no data collection of any kind โ€” everything you record stays on your device. Perfect for curious kids, silly families, and anyone who's ever wanted their dog to carry a tune.

Screenshots

Improvy4 screens
Bark Music4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bark Music at none against Improvy's 2. Improvy's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Improvy sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Bark Music asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Improvy versus Bark Music: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImprovyBark Music
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size61 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLorenzo BallestrazziMatteo Cirami

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Improvy

One-time2
  • Improvy Pro Creator$14.99
  • Improvy Pro$17.99
None

Bark Music

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Improvy free?
Improvy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bark Music free?
Bark Music is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Improvy or Bark Music have ads?
Neither Improvy nor Bark Music shows ads.

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