Comparison

MandoFlow vs Mandoland

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

Head to head
About

MandoFlow

Practice mandolin chord changes with visual diagrams that flow in time with the music. Focus on improving your fretting hand reflexes without needing an account or microphone. Offers a variety of musical progressions and tempo control for effective practice.

Highlights
  • Chord change trainer
  • Visual fretboard diagrams
  • Musical progressions
  • Tempo control
  • Offline functionality
  • Landscape mode
Features
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MandoFlow is a chord change trainer for mandolin players. Pick a course, hit play, and chord diagrams flow by in time with the beat while you strum along on your real instrument. No microphone, no account, no lessons to unlock. Just steady, focused practice that makes your chord changes automatic. WHY MANDOFLOW - Made for mandolin: 48 real chord shapes (major, minor, 7th, m7) shown as clear fretboard diagrams - Musical progressions: courses built from real harmony, including I-V-vi-IV, 12-bar blues, bluegrass standards, waltzes and jazz turnarounds - See what is coming: the current chord and the next one are always on screen, so your fretting hand is ready before the beat arrives - Reference audio: hear each progression with a clean plucked mandolin sound - Tempo control: slow it down to nail the shapes, speed it up to build reflexes - Landscape mode: put the phone on a music stand and read it like a chart - Works offline and everything stays on your device 87 COURSES ACROSS 10 SECTIONS Basics, classic progressions, blues, bluegrass and country, folk and Celtic, waltz time, minor keys, jazz, all 12 keys, and speed workouts. FREE AND PRO The basics section is free. A single one-time purchase of MandoFlow Pro unlocks all courses, saved progressions and practice history. No subscription, no recurring charges.

About

Mandoland

Features
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Mandoland is a mandolin chord finder that stays out of your way. Type a chord like Cmaj7, F#m or Bb7, or tap a root note and a chord type, and Mandoland shows you three ways to play it: - A two-finger shape, for when the change is coming up fast - The common shape players actually reach for - A movable barre you can slide up the neck unchanged Major, minor and dominant-7 chords across all twelve roots use hand-curated voicings taken from standard mandolin chord references, so what you see is a fingering a mandolin player would recognise. Everything else is worked out by a playability engine that prefers low positions, small stretches, open strings and a root in the bass. CHORD TYPES Major, minor, 7, maj7, m7, 6, m6, sus2 and sus4 are shown by default. Flip on Advanced for dim, aug, dim7, m7b5, add9 and 9. SCALES Switch to Scales to see the major, natural minor, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic and blues scales laid out across the full twelve-fret neck, with every root note highlighted. BUILT FOR PLAYING, NOT BROWSING Standard G-D-A-E tuning. Big buttons you can hit without looking. Diagrams that tell you which strings to leave open and which to skip. Mandoland works entirely offline. There is no account to make, no sign-in, and nothing to subscribe to. It collects no data about you at all.

Screenshots

MandoFlow4 screens
Mandoland4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mandoland at none against MandoFlow's 1. MandoFlow's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MandoFlow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mandoland asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
MandoFlow versus Mandoland: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMandoFlowMandoland
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKENYA MASUKOGreg Harned

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MandoFlow

One-time1
  • MandoFlow Pro$1.99
None

Mandoland

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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