Endless A vs Fretcetera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Endless A
Easily generate a consistent A-440 pitch for tuning instruments. Select from various instrument sounds to play the reference tone endlessly until you tap to stop. Ideal for musicians needing a reliable tuning reference.
- Endless A-440 pitch generation
- Multiple instrument sound options
- Simple tap-to-play interface
- Reference tone for tuning
- Piano, violin, french horn, sine wave sounds
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A concert A, whenever you need one. Endless A-440 plays a sustained 440 Hz reference tone for tuning instruments. Choose piano, violin, French horn, or a pure sine wave. Tap an instrument to start or stop, or tap another to switch sounds. Hold an instrument to play until you release it. • Four original bundled reference sounds • Animated instruments during playback • Light and dark appearances • Modern and classic designs • Native adaptive controls on iPhone Duo • Works offline, with no account, ads, or microphone access This is a reference-tone player. It does not listen to your instrument or measure its pitch.
Fretcetera
This app helps musicians find chords, scales, and progressions for string instruments in any tuning. It calculates optimal fingerings based on playability and user-defined preferences, and can generate chord transition suggestions.
- Chord and scale finder
- Custom tuning support
- Playability-based results
- Progression builder
- Chord transition suggestions
- Instrument configuration
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Fretcetera is musical calculator that uses algorithms to connect you to chords, scales and progressions on a variety of string instruments in any tuning! This is not just a chord book. Fretcetera computes every way to play chords or scales in any tuning, and returns the top results based on their playability. Fine-tune results by configuring your instrument exactly as you play it. Enter personal preferences and constraints. Select from common tunings or create your own! Build progressions to listen to chord transitions, and even get suggestions based on the chords you are playing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fretcetera at 4.8 against Endless A's 3.5. Fretcetera also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Endless A's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Fretcetera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Endless A asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fretcetera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Endless A's written reviews are positive against 92% of Fretcetera's.
Endless A ships an update every 2 weeks, Fretcetera every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Endless A | Fretcetera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Fennel | Joel Pipher |
Customer experience
Endless A
Fretcetera
In-app purchases
Endless A
No in-app purchases
Fretcetera
- Fretcetera Premium$3.99
