Rhythmic Dictation vs Viola Sight Reading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rhythmic Dictation
Practice dictation skills by arranging rhythmic musical elements. Choose from various tempos and beat lengths, and challenge yourself with limited plays per example.
- Rhythmic block arrangement
- Customizable tempos
- Adjustable beat lengths (4, 8, 16)
- Limited play challenges
- Variety of rhythmic elements
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Test and work your dictation skills by arranging randomly generated rhythmic blocks (Quarter Rest, Quarter Note, Eighth Notes, Triplet, Sixteenth Notes, Rest \ Eighth, Eighth-Sixteenth & Sixteenth-Eighth). Choose from three different tempos and beat lengths of 4, 8 or 16. Challenge yourself by limiting the number of time you can play each example.
Viola Sight Reading
Develop your ability to read musical notation and play by ear. This app uses an innovative method to help you internalize notes and their sounds, enabling you to sight-read and play music more intuitively. It focuses on imagining sounds before playing, fostering musical literacy.
- Learn to read musical notes
- Develop ear training skills
- Practice alto clef instruments
- Improve sight-reading ability
- Learn through auditory imagination
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Learn to read and play notes easily on your instrument. Learn to hear the notes when you see them on the staff and be able to play them by hearing their sound in your head. This builds upon our revolutionary method of learning instruments by ear, allowing you to become musically literate in the way that is much more effective as is done through imagining sounds that you are going to play when you see a note - not mere mechanical playing. And all that without too much thinking - you just will learn to sight-read and play with our app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rhythmic Dictation at $0.99 against Viola Sight Reading's $12.99. Rhythmic Dictation also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Rhythmic Dictation costs $0.99 and Viola Sight Reading $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rhythmic Dictation holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
| Parameter | Rhythmic Dictation | Viola Sight Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TMI Media, LLC | Oleg Sokolov |
Customer experience
Rhythmic Dictation
Viola Sight Reading
In-app purchases
Rhythmic Dictation
No in-app purchases
Viola Sight Reading
No in-app purchases
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