ToneWright vs Scale Tale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToneWright
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ToneWright is a music workshop in your pocket: warm wooden rooms, one instrument in each, and everything plays the moment you touch it. NINE REAL INSTRUMENTS Every one is built from recordings of the real thing, and laid out the way the real thing is played. Resize the keys, retune the strings, make it fit your hands. • Piano, with pedal, scales and arpeggios • Drums, a full kit with hi-hat pedal and cymbal choke • Guitar, strum or pick, bend the strings and let them ring • Kalimba, 17 or 21 clear singing tines • Handpan, hammered steel tuned to gentle scales • Violin, four bowed strings • Xylophone, with rolls and glissandos • Guzheng, 21 strings you can press and bend • Accordion, three reed voices and breathing bellows LEAD A BAND The Percussion Band puts a small animated rhythm section on stage. Samba, salsa, folk and toybox kits, and the players really strike what you hear. Draw a groove on the grid, press play, watch them work. CONDUCT AN ORCHESTRA Raise the baton and lead winds, brass, strings and timpani through real conducting patterns. Your hand keeps the time. The orchestra follows it, faster or slower, louder or softer. LEARN A SONG A hundred folk tunes and classics, taught note by falling note: the song streams toward you and you play what arrives. Short parts, a gentle pace, and it remembers where you stopped. MAKE A SONG Draw a melody over a beat in the Song Maker. Keep it on the shelf, hand it to any instrument, or export it as audio. KEEP EVERY TAKE Whatever you play can be saved, replayed on the turntable, and exported as MP3 or WAV. Love one take? Make it your ringtone. TAKE IT ANYWHERE • Works offline, on phones and tablets • A few optional extra sound banks download once, if you ask for them • Available in 21 languages Bring an instrument wherever you go. Support: https://tonewright.app/support Privacy policy: https://tonewright.app/privacy Terms: https://tonewright.app/terms Support email: contact@tonewright.app
Scale Tale
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Tap the notes to play the drum. There are no wrong notes here. Anyone can play. Even if you have never played music in your life. Or if you've been playing for years and want to explore the scales. 26 SCALES A scale is a set of notes with its own feeling. One is happy. One is dreamy. One is sad and sweet. Tap the arrow to try the next one. There are 26 to explore. A DRUM ON YOUR SCREEN The drum fills your screen. Each scale gives it a new colour. It is lovely to look at. FEELS REAL The notes are warm and ring like bells. Press a few tongues together to make a chord. Tap a ringing note again to make it quiet. Slide your finger up to bend a note. PLAY ANYWHERE No internet needed. No ads. No account. Just open it and play. At the Airport. In bed. In the park. PLAY WITH THE SOUND Turn the dials to add echo, space and shimmer. Each dial has a little picture that moves. Find a sound you love and save it. PIANO, GUITAR AND BASS Open a piano, guitar or bass on the screen. See which keys light up as you play. Then play the same thing on your own instrument. LEARN AS YOU GO Turn on chord mode and see which notes go together. Every scale has a short story. A little tour shows you around the first time. A real instrument in your pocket. Come and play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: ToneWright at 3 against Scale Tale's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | ToneWright | Scale Tale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vu Duong | Dan Maccaba |
In-app purchases
ToneWright
No in-app purchases
Scale Tale
No in-app purchases





