Jazz Improviser vs Walking Bass Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jazz Improviser
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Create new melodies based on your chosen chord progressions and edit the results in the piano roll. Use the rhythm and melodic contour curves to shape the structure, movement, and variation of your phrases. Features: • Well-known jazz and blues chord progressions • Automatically generated melodies • Control over rhythm and melodic movement • Editable piano roll • Support for different numbers of measures and tempos • Random seeds for creating new variations • Instant playback of melody and harmony
Walking Bass Trainer
This app helps double bass players master chord tones across the entire fingerboard. It presents chords, keeps time, and uses your microphone to provide real-time feedback on intonation and accuracy.
- Chord tone identification
- Real-time intonation feedback
- Microphone input for accuracy
- Progressive chord challenges
- Full fingerboard practice
- Tempo control
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Stop retreating to the easy part of the fingerboard. Walking Bass Trainer makes you find chord tones across the whole double bass — in time, in tune, and without falling back to the positions you already trust. I built it because I had exactly that problem. I play double bass, and I write software. I realized that when practicing walking lines I'd happily use the parts of the fingerboard I knew well, while the awkward positions stayed awkward. So I built something to break the habit of retreating to familiar positions. Walking Bass Trainer deals you a chord, keeps time, and listens through your microphone while you walk. Find a chord tone and it lights up. Play it sharp or flat and you see by exactly how many cents. Then the next chord arrives. A new puzzle every bar. You're walking at 120 BPM. Dm7 appears. G7 is already waiting underneath. You find F. It lights up. You reach for C higher up the neck. You're 17 cents sharp. Next bar. G7. Keep walking. It won't give you walking bass lines to memorize. That's deliberate. This isn't a walking-bass course. It's for players who understand chords but want the connection between chord symbol, sound and fingerboard to become automatic. Because on the stand, nobody waits while you work out where the 7th is.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Jazz Improviser at Free against Walking Bass Trainer's $2.99. Jazz Improviser also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Walking Bass Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Jazz Improviser is free to download; Walking Bass Trainer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Jazz Improviser ships an update every 3 weeks, Walking Bass Trainer every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Jazz Improviser | Walking Bass Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Atte Tenkanen | Joe Gass |
In-app purchases
Jazz Improviser
No in-app purchases
Walking Bass Trainer
No in-app purchases
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