Hummingbrrd vs Intonalogy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hummingbrrd
This app provides the backing audio track for a specific musical piece, allowing users to easily rehearse it. It offers the functionality to start playback at any rehearsal number indicated on the sheet music.
- Backing audio track
- Rehearsal tool
- Start at rehearsal numbers
- Sheet music integration
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The Hummingbrrd iOS app provides the backing audio track for performance of the various versions of Steven Bryant's piece, Hummingbrrd. This app also provides the ability to easily rehearse the piece by starting at any of the rehearsal numbers on the sheet music.
Intonalogy
Hone your ear for music by training to precisely tune pitches in chords, scales, and melodies. Offers customizable practice modes and challenging tests with scoring. Includes features for educators to create and distribute assignments to students.
- Tune pitches in chords, scales, and melodies
- Customizable training mode
- Challenge mode with scoring
- Classroom features for teachers and students
- Support for equal temperament and just intonation
- Detailed about page on just intonation
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Learn to precisely tune pitches in randomly generated chords, scales and melodies, using equal temperament or just intonation! Hone your skills in the fully customizable Training Mode, or test yourself and go for a high score at one of three preset difficulty levels in Challenge Mode. Now with brand new instrument sounds! Key features: - 18 intervals, 9 chords, and 21 scales to tune in equal temperament or just intonation - Fully customizable training mode which tracks your average error - Challenge mode which generates 10 exercises at one of three preset difficulty levels and provides a total score out of 1000 - Timed exercise mode available for an extra challenge - 36 high scores categorized by difficulty, exercise type, tuning system, and timed/free play mode - 20 general settings including concert pitch, chord voicing and relative volumes, and a choice of three instrument samples - Dozens of difficulty settings including full customization of the available scales, intervals, chords, and inversions - Detailed About page describing the just intonation system and listing the ratios used - Assignments: custom challenges which can be created by instructors and distributed to students - Create a student or teacher account - As a teacher, create classes and assignments and fully customize difficulty, number of exercises, number of attempts allowed and more - As a student, join classes and complete assignments, submitting your best score - Teachers can see each student's assignments, scores and total/average error
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Intonalogy at every 6 months against Hummingbrrd's every 38 months. Intonalogy also leads on chart position (#119 vs unranked) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Hummingbrrd's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On rating, 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
Hummingbrrd costs $0.99 and Intonalogy $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hummingbrrd against 5.0 for Intonalogy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Hummingbrrd ships an update every 38 months, Intonalogy every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hummingbrrd | Intonalogy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #119 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | R Steven Bryant | Thomas Verrier |
Customer experience
Hummingbrrd
Intonalogy
In-app purchases
Hummingbrrd
No in-app purchases
Intonalogy
No in-app purchases









