Smilophone vs Rhythm Learning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smilophone
This app uses facial recognition to generate music based on your emotions. Express yourself through happy or sad sounds, and control the tone with your eyebrows. Create unique musical pieces simply by showing your face.
- Facial expression to music conversion
- Emotional intelligence powered by Affectiva
- Tone control via eyebrow movement
- Real-time music generation
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Smilophone - music is in your face! Using emotional intelligence powered by Affectiva, Smilophone converts your expressions into music. Hold your iPhone or iPad up so it can see your face, and the music will play. Happy faces make happy sounds, sad faces make sad sounds. Raise or lower your eyebrows to raise or lower the tone. Have fun and make music as beautiful as you are!
Rhythm Learning
Practice reading musical rhythms from sheet music. This application provides a tool for musicians to hone their sight-reading skills with various rhythmic patterns.
- Practice reading rhythms
- Sheet music integration
- Rhythmic pattern exercises
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This is an app for practicing reading rhythms from sheet music. You can practice 10 times for free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rhythm Learning at 75% against Smilophone's 0%. Rhythm Learning also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (323 vs 1). Smilophone's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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. Rhythm Learning sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Smilophone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smilophone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm Learning has 323 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Smilophone's written reviews are positive against 75% of Rhythm Learning's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smilophone ships an update every 11 months, Rhythm Learning every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smilophone | Rhythm Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (323 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 323 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Booth | Jumpei Adachi |
Customer experience
Smilophone
Rhythm Learning
Bugs and requests
Smilophone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rhythm Learning
Reported bugs
9 issues- No sound after purchasing paid version
- Cannot return after score display
- App freezes/becomes unresponsive
- Cannot play after Level 3 in 4/4 time
- Click sound doesn't start from beat 1
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- Metro sound continues after returning
- App not working on iOS 16.1.2
- App not working after initial install
- Screen doesn't enlarge in landscape mode
Requested features
16 requests- Add sextuplets and 32nd notes
- Simultaneous LH/RH polyrhythms
- Tap length judgment
- Audio delay adjustment
- MIDI support for piano connection
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- Customizable rhythm patterns
- More time signatures
- Smaller screen/more measures setting
- Manual input of ethnic rhythms
- Remove pre-phrase pauses
- Shuffle pattern implementation
- Change color at 100%
- Learning mode with sound/counting
- Add answer check for correct rhythm
- Metronome sound change in bonus mode
- Higher difficulty levels
In-app purchases
Smilophone
No in-app purchases
Rhythm Learning
- Paid Version$4.99
Questions
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