Beethoven All String Quartets vs Things
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beethoven All String Quartets
Experience classical music with synchronized sheet music that scrolls automatically. Enjoy high-quality recordings of Beethoven's complete string quartets with features like background playback and adjustable speed.
- Synchronized auto-scrolling sheet music
- Background playback
- Adjustable playback speed
- High-quality classical recordings
- AirPrint support
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Historic Recording with Flowing Sheet Music SyncScore provides a new way of enjoying classic compositions. You can listen to the music with the score flows in a synchronized timing. Carefully hand-picked, high quality classic recordings. FEATURES - Synchronized auto-scrolling with sheet music. - Background play. - AirPrint support. - Slow down play rate with 0.5X button. ALBUM INFO Beethoven Complete String Quartets Amadeus Quartet First violin - Norbert Brainin Second violin - Siegmund Nissel Viola - Peter Schidlof Cello - Martin Lovett 69 Tracks Play time: 8+ hours TRACKS INFO - String Quartet No.1 in F, Op.18 No.1 - String Quartet No.2 in G, Op.18 No.2 - String Quartet No.3 in D, Op.18 No.3 - String Quartet No.4 in C minor, Op.18 No.4 - String Quartet No.5 in A, Op.18 No.5 - String Quartet No.6 in B flat, Op.18 No.6 - String Quartet No.7 In F, Op.59 No.1 - "Rasumovsky No.1" - String Quartet No.8 in E minor, Op.59 No.2 -"Rasumovsky No. 2" - String Quartet No.9 in C, Op.59 No.3 - "Rasumovsky No. 3" - String Quartet No.10 in E flat, Op.74 - "Harp" - String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.95 - "Serioso" - String Quartet No.12 in E flat, Op.127 - String Quartet No.13 in B flat, Op.130 - Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op.133 - String Quartet No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.131 - String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132 - String Quartet No.16 in F, Op.135
Things
This app transforms sounds into ambient soundscapes or adds drone vibes to tracks using granular reverb, pitch shifting, and mid/side processing. It's inspired by sound design techniques from an award-winning indie game.
- Granular reverb
- Pitch shifting
- Mid/side mode
- AUv3 plugin
- Standalone app
- Soundscape creation
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Texture is an easy to use granular reverb with pitch shifting and mid/side mode available as AUv3 and Standalone. Texture can transform any sound into an ambient soundscape, or add that drone vibe to your tracks. This plugin was inspired by the techniques used in the soundtrack and sound design of the award-winning indie game The Swapper.
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Verdict
Beethoven All String Quartets and Things both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Things's written reviews are positive against 50% of Beethoven All String Quartets's. Things also leads on price ($6.99 vs $9.99) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Beethoven All String Quartets costs $9.99 and Things $6.99 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 Beethoven All String Quartets against 5.0 for Things. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Beethoven All String Quartets's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things's.
Beethoven All String Quartets ships an update every 28 months, Things every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beethoven All String Quartets | Things |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 660 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zininworks Inc. | AudioThing Ltd. |
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In-app purchases
Beethoven All String Quartets
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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