Comparison

PracTrack Timer vs FretDaily

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

Head to head
About

PracTrack Timer

Features
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PracTrack measures how much you actually practice. Start a session, then just play. It listens for your instrument and counts the time you spend really playing, separating it from pauses, talking, and background noise, so you get an honest picture without watching a clock. At the end of each session you get a clear summary: how long you practiced, how much of that was active playing, and a timeline of the whole session. Over time, a calendar shows every day you practiced, shaded by how much you put in, so your progress is easy to see. Set a daily goal in minutes and watch a ring fill as you play. Reach it and the ring turns gold. Practice on consecutive days to build a streak, a simple way to stay motivated week after week. Add a profile for each person or instrument, each with its own goal, streak, and history. It works well for a family, a studio, or one player across several instruments. Want to share how it's going? Email a session report straight from the app. You can also back up all your data to a file and restore it whenever you need. Your privacy comes first. Audio is analyzed on your device in real time and is never recorded, saved, or sent anywhere. Nothing leaves your phone. Just play. PracTrack keeps track of the rest. Features • Automatic practice tracking that listens for your instrument • Tells real playing from silence, talking, and background noise • Daily goals with a progress ring and a goal reached celebration • Practice streaks to keep you going • Session summaries with active time and efficiency • A calendar view of your practice history • Multiple profiles for different people or instruments • Email a practice report whenever you want to share your progress • Back up and restore your data

About

FretDaily

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FretDaily is a practice tracker and reference for guitar players who want every session to count. Build a routine, run the metronome, test your chord changes, and watch your streak and practice time grow. No account, no ads. Everything lives on your device and in your private iCloud, and syncs across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. ROUTINES THAT MAKE PRACTICE COUNT Build a routine from timed steps, each tagged with a focus area: warm-up, chords, scales, technique, songs, rhythm, theory, or ear training. Start it as a checklist and the session timer tracks your time. Two ready-made routines are built in to start you off. A METRONOME AND A CHORD-CHANGE SPEED TEST A real metronome with tap tempo, an accented downbeat, adjustable beats per measure, and Italian tempo markings from Largo to Presto. The chord-change speed test times you switching between any two chords and scores your changes per minute, then keeps your record and charts the trend so you can see the improvement. A REAL CHORD AND SCALE LIBRARY Not placeholder rows: real fingered chord diagrams for open majors and minors, dominant, major, and minor 7ths, and movable barre shapes, each with the notes and a playing tip. Twelve scales, from the major and minor pentatonics to the modes and harmonic minor, spelled correctly for any of twelve roots, with the interval formula and the whole-and-half-step pattern. STREAKS AND STATS THAT ADD UP Log every session and FretDaily tracks your current and longest streak, total practice time, minutes per week, and a breakdown of your time by focus area. The more you practice, the more your history is worth. A REPERTOIRE THAT TRACKS ITSELF Add the songs you are learning and move each one from Learning through Working and Polishing to Performance-ready with a readiness percent, key, target tempo, and the chords it uses. ON EVERY DEVICE YOU OWN FretDaily syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. The iPad and Mac layouts use a sidebar and fill the extra width with your charts and library, not a stretched phone screen. FREE VS PRO Free includes 2 routines, 3 saved drills, and 5 songs, plus the full metronome, speed test, streaks, stats, and the entire chord and scale library. Pro unlocks unlimited routines, drills, and repertoire, and exports: a one-page practice report PDF and a CSV practice log you can hand to a teacher. Monthly $3.99 USD, yearly $24.99 USD, or a one-time lifetime unlock for $59.99 USD. Pick up the guitar, follow the plan, and let the streak do the rest. Pro subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions; cancellation applies at the end of the current period. Terms: Apple Standard EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PracTrack Timer4 screens
FretDaily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PracTrack Timer at none against FretDaily's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. FretDaily sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PracTrack Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
PracTrack Timer versus FretDaily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPracTrack TimerFretDaily
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDANDAN LIUInnovaLabWorks

In-app purchases

None

PracTrack Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FretDaily

Subscriptions2
  • FretDaily Pro$3.991 Month
  • FretDaily Pro$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • FretDaily Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is PracTrack Timer free?
PracTrack Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FretDaily free?
FretDaily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PracTrack Timer or FretDaily have ads?
Neither PracTrack Timer nor FretDaily shows ads.

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