Pitea vs Harmony & Counterpoint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pitea
Play the Piteå School of Music pipe organ sample set on your iOS or macOS device using MIDI keyboards and pedals. This app provides access to a high-quality, large sample set for musicians.
- Pipe organ sample set
- MIDI keyboard support
- MIDI pedal support
- iOS and macOS compatible
- Large sample download
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This app makes the Piteå School of Music pipe organ sample set available for playing with MIDI keyboards and a MIDI pedal connected to your iOS or macOS device. The sample set was released by Lars Palo under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license, see http://www.familjenpalo.se/vpo/download . For more information about the app and the underlying Napo framework, please visit the support page http://polaron.de/Pitea/ , the Napo documentation at http://polaron.de/Napo/ and in particular the user manual at http://polaron.de/Napo/manual . *** For your attention *** This app is a huge download of about 1.5 GB. Make sure there is enough free SSD space on your device.
Harmony & Counterpoint
Learn music theory with a personalized study plan. This app offers daily practice, goal setting, and efficient note entry to make studying harmony and counterpoint engaging and natural.
- Personalized study plans
- Daily practice questions
- Goal setting
- Efficient note entry
- Level assessment
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Harmony & Counterpoint is a comprehensive music theory learning app designed to connect theoretical knowledge with practical musical writing. Study harmony, counterpoint, voice leading, solfège, ear training, instrumentation, orchestration, and jazz arranging through structured lessons and notation-based exercises. Rather than simply reading explanations, you can enter notes, solve musical problems, and receive immediate feedback. The Learning Guide and Note Input Guide help you understand how to progress through each subject and use the notation tools effectively. Whether you are studying composition, arranging, music theory, or preparing for formal music education, Harmony & Counterpoint provides a structured path from fundamental concepts to more advanced writing techniques. Main areas of study include: • Harmony and voice leading • Species counterpoint • Music theory and notation • Solfège and ear training • Instrumentation • Orchestration • Jazz harmony and arranging • Practical notation exercises • Immediate feedback and learning progress
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Harmony & Counterpoint at $4.99 against Pitea's $29.00. Harmony & Counterpoint also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Pitea's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Pitea costs $29.00 and Harmony & Counterpoint $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pitea holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pitea has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Pitea's written reviews are positive against 100% of Harmony & Counterpoint's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pitea ships an update every 7 months, Harmony & Counterpoint every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pitea | Harmony & Counterpoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.00 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.5.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.2 GB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Markus Sigg | Hiroshi Kojima |
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Pitea
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In-app purchases
Pitea
No in-app purchases
Harmony & Counterpoint
No in-app purchases
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