Comparison

Tune Librarian vs Banjo Licks

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

Head to head
About

Tune Librarian

Organize and manage your purchased music from various Transported Productions apps. Create medleys of your favorite tunes. Instructions and support are available online.

Highlights
  • Collect purchased tunes
  • Support for ECDTunes, A Little Couple Dance Musik, CDSS Gems
  • Medley creation
  • Instructions available online
  • Screen capture restriction
Features
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Use this app to collect the tunes you purchased in ECDTunes, A Little Couple Dance Musik, CDSS Gems, and other Transported Productions apps. Medley creation is also featured in this app. You can find instructions for this app at http://www.TransportedProductions.com/iDeas As with other tune apps from Transported Productions, taking screen captures of protected content is not allowed.

About

Banjo Licks

Learn bluegrass music by ear for banjo and guitar. This app offers a comprehensive system with lick packs, song experiences, and structured programs to develop musical confidence and improvisation skills. New content is added monthly, with lessons taught by a professional musician.

Highlights
  • Learn by ear, not just tabs
  • Lick packs for musical vocabulary
  • Song experiences for full tunes
  • Structured learning programs
  • 500+ lessons with monthly updates
  • Community feedback and support
Features
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Most banjo players spend years memorizing tabs and practicing isolated licks — and still freeze up the moment someone calls a tune they don't know. The problem usually isn't effort. It's the method. Banjo Licks teaches you the way musicians actually learn: by ear, in context, in real musical situations. It's a complete system built to take you from "stuck" to jam-ready. NOW MORE THAN BANJO Banjo Licks is growing into a full bluegrass-by-ear platform. Guitar content is now included under the same roof, with the same ear-first method and the same step-by-step system — so you can build real musical confidence on the instrument you love, or more than one. WHAT YOU GET Lick Packs — build a real musical vocabulary one phrase at a time, and learn how each one fits so you can drop it into any song. Song Experiences — play full tunes by ear, step by step: melody, backup, and improvisation. Programs — day-by-day structure for the fundamentals that make everything click, like timing, tone, and backup. 500+ lessons, with new content added every month. Plus a community where you can post videos and get feedback. WHY BY EAR When you train your ear alongside your technique, the instrument stops feeling like memorization and starts feeling like music. You hear chord changes coming, recognize melodies faster, improvise with intention, and finally build your own sound. LEARN FROM A PRO Every lesson is taught by Bennett Sullivan, a working banjo player who's shared the stage with Steve Martin, Billy Strings, and Del McCoury, and whose playing appears in Poker Face, The Greatest Showman, and Bright Star on Broadway. He's helped 11,000+ students worldwide improve their timing, backup, and improvisation. Just $39/month for All Access — every banjo and guitar lesson, program, and song experience in one membership. One private lesson usually costs more than a whole month of this. Cancel anytime. -- ▷ Already a Member? Sign-In to access your subscription. ▷ New? Subscribe in the app to get instant access. Banjo Licks offers auto-renewing subscriptions. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your Account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. Subscription automatically renews each month unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period, or the trial period (when offered). Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://banjolicks.com/terms -Privacy Policy: https://banjolicks.com/privacy

Screenshots

Banjo Licks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Banjo Licks at 100% against Tune Librarian's 20%. Banjo Licks also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 1.9). Tune Librarian's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (13 vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Banjo Licks is free to download; Tune Librarian costs $4.99 up front. Banjo Licks sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $38.99 per month. Tune Librarian asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Banjo Licks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Tune Librarian's written reviews are positive against 100% of Banjo Licks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tune Librarian ships an update every 7 months, Banjo Licks every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tune Librarian versus Banjo Licks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTune LibrarianBanjo Licks
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating1.9 (13 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTransported ProductionsDaily Banjo Licks, LLC

Customer experience

Tune Librarian

All ratings13 ratings
Positive23.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative76.9%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Banjo Licks

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tune Librarian

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Banjo Licks

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly All Access7 Days trial$38.991 Month

Questions

Is Tune Librarian free?
Tune Librarian costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Banjo Licks free?
Banjo Licks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tune Librarian or Banjo Licks?
Banjo Licks is rated higher. Tune Librarian averages 1.9 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Banjo Licks averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Tune Librarian or Banjo Licks have ads?
Neither Tune Librarian nor Banjo Licks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tune Librarian or Banjo Licks?
Tune Librarian ships an update every 7 months, and Banjo Licks every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tune Librarian was updated on November 1, 2026 and Banjo Licks on October 31, 2026.

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