Suede Studio Muse vs KnowYourNeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Suede Studio Muse
Engage in conversations about music gear, tone, and technique with an AI companion. It remembers past discussions and provides direct, specific answers like a bandmate, focusing on your playing style and goals.
- Gear discussions (guitars, pedals, amps)
- Tone and technique advice
- AI-powered conversation partner
- Remembers conversation history
- Focuses on player goals
- Recording and practice tips
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Muse is the musician's companion — a conversation partner that knows gear cold and cares more about the person playing it. Talk guitars, pedals, amps, tone, and technique with something that actually listens. Muse remembers where the conversation has been, builds on what you said, and answers like a bandmate: direct, specific, and allergic to filler. WHAT MUSE KNOWS • Guitars — pickups, neck profiles, scale lengths, setups • Pedals — overdrive, fuzz, delay, reverb, and the boutique rabbit hole • Amps — clean headroom, break-up, wattage, speaker pairings • Recording — DAWs, mics, room sound, capturing a take • Technique and practice — voicings, tunings, habits that stick WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Muse doesn't lecture and doesn't gush. It asks the kind of questions a good bandmate asks: why you play, what you're chasing, what happened when you finally nailed the take. One question at a time. No homework unless you ask for it. Built by Suede Labs for players who'd rather talk shop than scroll.
KnowYourNeck
Explore the interconnectedness of musical scales and arpeggios on a guitar fretboard. Visualize chord tones, target notes, and practice with visual overlays for backing tracks. Offers tools for learning intervals, scales, and chords, with advanced features for Pro users.
- Overlay multiple arpeggios
- Identify target notes between chords
- Play along with visual fretboard overlay
- Visualize intervals and scales
- Display chord voicings and inversions
- Real-time pitch detection
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Most guitar apps show you one scale or arpeggio at a time. KnowYourNeck shows you how everything connects. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Multi Arp — Overlay up to three arpeggios simultaneously. See the chord tones for an entire progression on the neck at once, so you can practice connecting lines and navigating changes instead of just memorizing isolated shapes. • Target Notes — Identify which notes are safe landing points between chord changes. Overlaying a scale against an arpeggio shows you exactly which degrees work as target notes when you land on a new chord — the key to sounding musical instead of mechanical. • Play Along with Visual Overlay — Practice with backing tracks while the fretboard changes with every chord in your progression. A preview shows the upcoming scale or arpeggio before the change hits, so you can prepare your line in advance. Available in Jazz, Blues, Rock, Funk, Bossa, and Drone styles. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU GET • Intervals — Visualize the distance between any two notes across all six strings. • Scales — Every common scale and mode mapped across the full neck with color-coded degrees. • Chords — Triads, Drop 2, Drop 3, and Shell voicings with every inversion drawn as a grip across the neck. • Lick Builder (Pro) — Tap out note sequences on the fretboard and save your lines. • Quiz Mode (Pro) — Test intervals, chord tones, and scale mastery with detailed accuracy and speed stats. • Pitch Detection — Play a note and the app identifies it on the neck in real time. • Zen Mode — Full-screen fretboard with no chrome, for focused practice. BUILT FOR LEARNING Toggle note names or scale degrees. Switch sharps and flats. Show or hide open strings. Chromatic color mode to spot patterns fast. Whether you're working on your first pentatonic or learning to navigate a jazz progression, KnowYourNeck shows you the neck the way it actually works — as a connected system, not a collection of boxes. Free to explore. Upgrade to Pro for the Lick Builder, Quiz Mode, and Play Along.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Suede Studio Muse at none against KnowYourNeck's 2. KnowYourNeck's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. KnowYourNeck sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Suede Studio Muse asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Suede Studio Muse against 5.0 for KnowYourNeck. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Suede Studio Muse | KnowYourNeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jason colapietro | Adam Rhodes |
Customer experience
Suede Studio Muse
KnowYourNeck
In-app purchases
Suede Studio Muse
No in-app purchases
KnowYourNeck
- KnowYourNeck Pro$4.991 Month
- KnowYourNeck Pro$49.991 Year
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