Comparison

Jazzlore Scales vs Counterpoint Dojo

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

Head to head
About

Jazzlore Scales

Features
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The scales every jazz musician should know, drawn and played. Most scale apps are exhaustive โ€” every mode of every key, every exotic scale from every tradition, presented as a database to scroll through. Jazzlore Scales is the opposite: a focused reference for the scales that actually get played over jazz changes. Dorian, mixolydian, melodic minor, the bebop scales, the altered scale, the symmetric scales โ€” the vocabulary you need at your fingertips when you're soloing or comping. - Which scale, which chord. Every scale shows the chord context where it lives. Look up the scale to find the chord; look up the chord to find the scale. - Audio for every scale. Hear it played cleanly, in a register that lets you sing it back. Internalize the sound, not just the spelling. - Staff notation. See the scale written out, not just named. Reading the intervals matters. - Clean, distraction-free interface. Large, legible, dark by default. Made to sit on top of the piano while you work. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Open the app, look up the scale, hear it, close the app, go practice. Part of the Jazzlore family of jazz reference apps. Free, open source, ad-free, made for musicians.

About

Counterpoint Dojo

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Counterpoint Dojo is a learning app for studying the relationship between independent melodic lines through explanations, playable scores, and writing exercises. FEATURES - Introductory lessons and the five species of Fux-style counterpoint - Additional lessons on melodic writing, suspensions, minor mode, three voices, free counterpoint, imitation, and canon - Play every teaching example and listen to the voices together - Write notes into guided exercises and check the specified conditions - Save completed attempts and replay them later - Review rule violations in the five-species exercises VERSION 1.1 - Added seven advanced lessons with newly created teaching examples - Added twelve guided writing exercises - Added attempt history for reviewing past work PLEASE NOTE The app interface and lesson text are currently in Japanese. Exercise evaluation checks the stated conditions and rules; it does not judge the artistic quality of a composition.

Screenshots

Jazzlore Scales4 screens
Counterpoint Dojo3 screens

Verdict

The call

Jazzlore Scales and Counterpoint Dojo are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Jazzlore Scales versus Counterpoint Dojo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJazzlore ScalesCounterpoint Dojo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAurelien FontaineNaoki Chiba

In-app purchases

None

Jazzlore Scales

No in-app purchases

None

Counterpoint Dojo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jazzlore Scales free?
Jazzlore Scales is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Counterpoint Dojo free?
Counterpoint Dojo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jazzlore Scales or Counterpoint Dojo have ads?
Neither Jazzlore Scales nor Counterpoint Dojo shows ads.

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