Comparison

TuneWave vs Complete Rhythm Trainer

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

Head to head
About

TuneWave

A minimalist and efficient instrument tuner that offers quick and easy tuning with a focus on visibility and glanceable feedback. It allows for transposition and base frequency adjustments, along with input volume control for optimal sound.

Highlights
  • Sleek, minimalist design
  • Quick and easy tuning
  • Glanceable feedback
  • Transposition feature
  • Adjustable base frequency
  • Adjustable input volume
Features
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Sleek, efficient, and responsive, TuneWave is the no-nonsense utility that lets you tune your instrument quickly and easily. TuneWave puts everything you need front and center for optimal visibility and glanceable feedback. It can transpose if you’re using an instrument that requires it, and it can even adjust the base frequency to fit your needs. You can even adjust the input volume based on your instrument or surroundings for the best possible results. Forget big dials and fake wood, just get in, get ready, and then get back to your music. "the design is modern and the app has few distracting bells and whistles...minimalist and speedy." - The New York Times

About

Complete Rhythm Trainer

Master musical rhythm with this comprehensive training app. It offers progressive drills, diverse rhythm exercises, and interactive modes designed to make learning enjoyable. Track your progress and compete with others.

Highlights
  • 252 progressive drills
  • Multiple time signatures and note values
  • 5 drill types (imitation, reading, dictation)
  • Arcade and polyrhythm modes
  • Custom drill creation
  • Teacher-student program features
  • Cloud sync
Features
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The ultimate rhythm training app for musicians. Learn to read, recognize, tap and write rhythms from simplest to most advanced. Rhythm is one of the most important aspects of music and one that every musician should become proficient with. Designed like a video game and with strong pedagogical concepts in mind, this app will make you master rhythm while rendering the learning process enjoyable. Features • 252 progressive drills arranged over 4 levels / 30 chapters • Extensive content: from simple time signatures to compound and asymmetric time signatures, from half notes and quarter notes to thirty-second notes, triplets, swing eighths, double dotted notes, quintuplets, ... • 5 drill types: rhythm imitation drills, rhythm reading drills, rhythm dictations, two-voice reading drills and two-voice dictations • Play a selection of 11 drills in arcade mode • Play and practice polyrhythms in a dedicated polyrhythm section • Most of the drills are randomly generated, enabling you to practice the studied rhythms as many times as needed • 23 instrument sound banks with actual recorded sounds: piano, guitar, pizzicato violin, conga, bongo, djembe, darabuka, woodblock, ... • Designed like a video game: earn 3 stars in each drill of a chapter to complete it. Or will you be able to obtain perfect 5-star scores? • Don't want to follow the preestablished path of progression? Create and save your own custom drills and rehearse them at your own convenience • Create full custom training programs and invite friends or students to join them. If for example you're a teacher you can create custom programs for your students, add drills every week and view their scores on private leaderboards • Never lose any progress: cloud sync across your various devices • 25 achievements to unlock • Leaderboards to compare arcade mode scores with other players worldwide • Nice and clean user interface with 2 display themes: light and dark • 4 sheet music display styles: modern, classic, handwritten and jazz • Designed by a musician and music teacher with a Royal Conservatory master's degree Full Version • Download the app and try out the first two chapters for free • One-time in-app purchase to unlock the full version on all your devices Having a problem? Got a suggestion? You can reach us at hello@completerhythmtrainer.com Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TuneWave2 screens
Complete Rhythm Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Complete Rhythm Trainer at Free against TuneWave's $0.99. Complete Rhythm Trainer also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 44%) and rating (4.7 vs 2.5). TuneWave's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (5 vs 2). On ads 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

Complete Rhythm Trainer is free to download; TuneWave costs $0.99 up front. Complete Rhythm Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. TuneWave asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Complete Rhythm Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Complete Rhythm Trainer has 105 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of TuneWave's written reviews are positive against 88% of Complete Rhythm Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TuneWave ships an update every 5 months, Complete Rhythm Trainer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
TuneWave versus Complete Rhythm Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuneWaveComplete Rhythm Trainer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (4 ratings)4.7 (105 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews88.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4105 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforScore LLCBinary Guilt

Customer experience

TuneWave

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral16.7%
Negative38.9%

Complete Rhythm Trainer

All ratings105 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative5.1%

In-app purchases

None

TuneWave

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Complete Rhythm Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$0.991 Month
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version$6.99

Questions

Is TuneWave free?
TuneWave costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Complete Rhythm Trainer free?
Complete Rhythm Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TuneWave or Complete Rhythm Trainer?
Complete Rhythm Trainer is rated higher. TuneWave averages 2.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Complete Rhythm Trainer averages 4.7 from 105 ratings.
Do TuneWave or Complete Rhythm Trainer have ads?
Neither TuneWave nor Complete Rhythm Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TuneWave or Complete Rhythm Trainer?
TuneWave ships an update every 5 months, and Complete Rhythm Trainer every 2 weeks. Most recently, TuneWave was updated on October 8, 2026 and Complete Rhythm Trainer on October 21, 2026.

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