Comparison

KeyJaan! vs Scale Runner

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

Head to head
About

KeyJaan!

Features
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Your songs become the game. KeyJaan! is a chord-progression rhythm game that analyzes songs from your own music library — right on your device. Pick a song, and its tempo, beats, bars and chord progression become a playable chart in seconds. No sheet music, no chart downloads. ā–  Three ways to play Plug in a MIDI keyboard and your real playing becomes the score Use the microphone to play with a piano or your voice (experimental) No instrument? Tap the beat and swipe the chords ā–  Music theory scores points 7th chords, slash chords, modulations, voice leading — the more musical your playing, the higher the score. Harder songs multiply your points. Left hand rides the beat, right hand sings the melody. ā–  The crowd goes wild Ten audience characters react to your playing in real time. Nail a 7th and they'll actually hear it. ā–  Records that stack up Achievements, daily streaks, per-song best scores and rankings. Chase that S rank — it's reserved for near-perfect play. ā–  6 demo songs included Original demo tracks are bundled and pre-analyzed, so you can play the moment you download. ā–  Private by design Analysis and scoring happen entirely on your device. Your songs never leave it. No data collection, no ads. FREE: 6 demo songs + analyze up to 5 of your own songs, with a 7-day full-feature trial (1-minute mode stays available afterwards). KEYJAAN PRO (one-time purchase): unlimited analysis + all play lengths. No subscription. Works with: MIDI keyboards (USB/Bluetooth) / your music library / audio files (mp3, m4a, wav and more) Note: DRM-protected streaming tracks (e.g. Apple Music subscription songs) cannot be analyzed.

About

Scale Runner

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Scale Runner turns music theory into something you play, not something you read. Pick a mode and the app names a scale or a chord. You answer on a MIDI keyboard or the on-screen keys, and every note is checked as you play it. In the timed modes it checks when you played, too, against a metronome that never drifts. SIX WAYS TO PRACTICE • Scales: play scales from a random key, note by note • Chords: build the named chord, holding all the notes at once • Voicings: capture a shape you like, then play it in all 12 keys • Scale Running: hold chords and run their modes in time, key by key • Inversion Running: walk a chord up its inversions an octave and back down • Jam Mode: comp diatonic chords in time, one per bar, in a single key VOICINGS: YOUR SHAPES, IN EVERY KEY Play a voicing you want to own, say a drop 2, a rootless 13th or a stack of fourths. Tap its root and Scale Runner spells the shape out in degrees from the bass up. Name it, then drill it around all 12 keys. It is judged by shape rather than exact pitches, so you can play it wherever it falls under your hands, in any octave. Keep a library in order with folders, colour tags, text tags, search and drag-to-reorder. Three saved voicings free, unlimited with Pro. INVERSION RUNNING: ONE CHORD, TOP TO BOTTOM Walk a chord up through every inversion to the octave and back down, so your hand moves through the positions instead of jumping between them. The keyboard transposes to each new root, so the shape stays where you can see it. Run it untimed to build the map, or start the metronome and be judged a position per beat. JAM MODE: COMPING IN TIME Stay in one key and comp its diatonic chords against the click, one per bar. Follow the changes the app calls, or switch to freestyle and pick your own way through the key while it scores what you land on. Loosen it with "any chord tones", which accepts any voicing of three or more notes with the root in the bass, so the way you actually comp counts, not just textbook triads. Sessions run for as many bars as you set, after a counted-in start. SCALE RUNNING: CHORDS AND MODES AT ONCE Hold the diatonic chord in one hand and run its mode in the other, one note per beat, bar after bar, through a progression and around the keys. Set the progression, triads or sevenths, passes per key, and whether keys move chromatically or by fifths. WHAT'S COVERED • 25 scales: all 21 modes of the major, harmonic minor and melodic minor scales, plus both pentatonics, blues and chromatic • 13 chord types: triads, sixths, sevenths, sus and diminished • All 12 keys, cycled chromatically or by fifths • 5 progression presets, including 12-bar blues, as triads or sevenths PLAY IT YOUR WAY Connect any class-compliant MIDI keyboard over USB or Bluetooth and the app remembers it, reconnecting on its own next time. No keyboard? The on-screen keys do everything. TIMING YOU CAN TRUST The metronome runs on absolute time, so it stays honest from 40 to 240 BPM. A quick calibration measures your audio and Bluetooth latency and subtracts it, so an on-beat press reads as on-beat. Set the windows to Easy, Normal or Strict. KEEP THE HABIT Daily streaks with milestones, reminders at a time you choose, and per-key, per-chord and per-mode stats that show what you have actually drilled. PRACTICE WITH FRIENDS (OPTIONAL) Sign in to back up your streak, invite friends, applaud their practice and compare streaks. Only your display name, avatar and streak are shared, and only with friends you invite. Everything else works signed out and offline. SCALE RUNNER PRO A one-time unlock, yours forever on all your devices: • Scale Running, Inversion Running and Jam Mode, unlimited • Full progression presets, sevenths and key cycles • Unlimited saved voicings • Streak protection: one missed day a week is repaired automatically Every timed mode is free to try three times before you decide.

Screenshots

KeyJaan!4 screens
Scale Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Scale Runner at 15.0 against KeyJaan!'s 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. KeyJaan! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Scale Runner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
KeyJaan! versus Scale Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeyJaan!Scale Runner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMamiko TsukamotoC1GNUS STUD1O

In-app purchases

1 purchases

KeyJaan!

One-time1
  • KeyJaan Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Scale Runner

One-time1
  • Scale Runner Pro$14.99

Questions

Is KeyJaan! free?
KeyJaan! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scale Runner free?
Scale Runner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KeyJaan! or Scale Runner have ads?
Neither KeyJaan! nor Scale Runner shows ads.

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