SONOCA Player vs Soyobue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SONOCA Player
This music player allows you to play audio downloaded from a special music media card, as well as music already stored on your smartphone. It offers features like video content playback, iCloud backup, and PC transfer via iTunes. Customize your experience with three theme color options.
- Play music from SONOCA cards
- Play local smartphone music
- Download and play video content
- iCloud backup for downloaded files
- Transfer files to PC via iTunes
- Choose from 3 theme colors
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Simpler and easier SONOCA Player SONOCA Player is a music player for the music download card “SONOCA.” You can play music downloaded from SONOCA, and also the music already in your smartphone. -Download/Play video contents -Save downloaded files on iCloud as backup -Transfer downloaded files to your PC (using iTunes) -You can choose from 3 theme colors *About SONOCA SONOCA is a music media card which can download music onto smartphone. It is a new solution for the creators, a crossover of a sense of ownership as an object and convenience by downloading service.
Soyobue
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Soyobue helps you practice a 12-hole alto C ocarina with the score, sound, and fingering together. Choose a familiar melody, slow it down, and learn which holes to cover next. FOLLOW THE MUSIC Animated note highlights and a scrolling score follow playback while fingering diagrams show which holes to cover for the current note. The next note is shown alongside. Tap a note to preview it or start practicing from that position. PRACTICE 61 MELODIES FOR FREE Explore traditional and classical melodies, including Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Ode to Joy, Amazing Grace, and the theme from Pomp and Circumstance. Search the library, filter classical pieces, and return to favorites or recent tunes. Some pieces are themes, excerpts, or shortened versions. Sources and editions are listed in Settings. LEARN AT YOUR PACE Adjust playback speed, use a count-in or metronome, repeat an A–B section, and move one note at a time. Explore individual notes in the fingering chart. Practice audio is synthesized on your device. BRING YOUR OWN FINISHED SCORES Import JSON or supported MusicXML scores for free read-only practice. Export scores and backups as JSON files. MusicXML import supports uncompressed, single-part melodies; compressed MXL, multiple parts, and chords are not supported. CREATE AND EDIT WITH A ONE-TIME PURCHASE Creating new scores, editing, and saving score drafts require a one-time in-app purchase. Once unlocked, you can create multiple scores and reopen saved scores from the library to edit them. This is not a per-song charge or a subscription. The purchase screen displays your local price. Restore purchases from Settings or the purchase screen. BEFORE YOU PLAY Requires an iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Designed for a 12-hole alto C ocarina. Fingering varies by instrument, so also consult your instrument's own fingering chart. Soyobue does not record, grade, or tune your playing with the microphone. No app account or advertising. Scores and settings are stored on your device. Purchases, restoration, and opening external links require an internet connection. The interface supports 20 languages; included song titles are provided in English and Japanese. Support and privacy policy https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QapOutdbo66kW1x2P59fosjnT45jRcKLfW0b54XE14Q/preview
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SONOCA Player at none against Soyobue's 1. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Soyobue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SONOCA Player asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SONOCA Player | Soyobue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crypton Future Media, Inc. Apps | Yusuke Teranishi |
In-app purchases
SONOCA Player
No in-app purchases
Soyobue
- Unlock Score Creator$2.99









