Comparison

Hummingbrrd vs Intonalogy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Backing audio track
  • Rehearsal tool
  • Start at rehearsal numbers
  • Sheet music integration
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

Screenshots

Hummingbrrd2 screens
Intonalogy4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Hummingbrrd costs $0.99 and Intonalogy $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hummingbrrd versus Intonalogy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHummingbrrdIntonalogy
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#119 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperR Steven BryantThomas Verrier

Customer experience

Hummingbrrd

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Intonalogy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hummingbrrd

No in-app purchases

None

Intonalogy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hummingbrrd free?
Hummingbrrd costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intonalogy free?
Intonalogy costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hummingbrrd or Intonalogy?
Hummingbrrd and Intonalogy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Hummingbrrd or Intonalogy have ads?
Neither Hummingbrrd nor Intonalogy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hummingbrrd or Intonalogy?
Hummingbrrd ships an update every 38 months, and Intonalogy every 6 months. Most recently, Hummingbrrd was updated on October 5, 2026 and Intonalogy on October 29, 2026.

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