Instruments Free vs Music World +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instruments Free
Explore a vibrant sound picture book with a collection of musical instruments. Tap images to hear their authentic sounds and see their names spoken in one of 78 languages. Ideal for early learning and language development.
- Interactive sound picture book
- Real instrument sounds
- Spoken instrument names
- Supports 78 languages
- Adjustable slideshow mode
- Offline functionality
- Parental gate
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Instruments is the best interactive sound picture book featuring a lot of musical instruments: tap the image to hear the instrument and see its name in your chosen language (78 languages). Large images, real sounds, spoken names. Who is it for? Ages 1–5 for the picture-book experience. Ages 3–15 for language learning and instrument vocabulary. How it works The interface lets a child, alone or with an adult, discover each instrument and its sound. Images can advance automatically like a slideshow (adjustable speed) or manually by swiping the screen. The display order is configurable (random or sequential). A long-press on the instrument name lets you choose another display/spoken language. Multilingual (78 languages) Spoken names and interface available in your language of choice, to build vocabulary and train the ear from an early age. Tip: in your device settings, download Apple’s premium voices (higher-quality voices provided by iOS). Why you’ll love Instruments? Clear, reassuring musical discovery for young children. Natural pronunciations and authentic sounds. Multilingual (78) to support early learning, vocabulary, and listening. Works anywhere Works offline and in airplane mode: all images and sounds are stored on device No connection required. Orientation Portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad. Parents and schools – Parental gate (settings protected by a random math question). Supported languages (displayed and spoken) Afrikaans, Albanian, German, Amharic, English, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Belarusian, Burmese, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Croatian, Danish, Spanish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, Galician, Welsh, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Uzbek, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Czech, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba, Zulu Contact us contact@iburgerapps.com
Music World +
Explore and play over 200 virtual musical instruments with interactive fingerings and sounds. This app allows you to zoom, switch displays, and even invite others to play music together, making learning and creating music accessible and fun.
- Play over 200 virtual instruments
- Interactive fingering and sound exploration
- Adjustable zoom and display modes
- Simplified fingering diagram display
- Note names and auxiliary symbols
- Multiplayer music sessions with friends
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► Play live on the virtual instrument ► Explore how the instruments work ► Try out fingerings and their sounds. ► Zoom to the ideal size for playing ► Switch to the simplified display as a fingering diagram. ► Display note names and auxiliary symbols ► Invite friends, students, classes to play music together. Music World provides access to a vast collection of over 200 instruments. From guitar and recorder to drums and bagpipes, you have everything at your fingertips. Music World is easy and intuitive to use. Change options such as transposition or right/left-handed, and adjust your model.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Music World + at 3.9 against Instruments Free's 1.0. Music World + also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 19 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 2). Instruments Free's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, ads and device support 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. Music World + sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Instruments Free asks for nothing beyond the download.
Music World + holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Music World + has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Instruments Free ships an update every 19 months, Music World + every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instruments Free | Music World + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 3.9 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christophe Burdin | VivaVocals |
Customer experience
Instruments Free
Music World +
In-app purchases
Instruments Free
No in-app purchases
Music World +
- Music World – Instruments3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Music World – Instruments3 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Tip S$2.99
- Tip M$3.99
- Tip L$11.99
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- Tip XL$17.99
- Music World – Instruments$29.99
- Tip XXL$44.99
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