Comparison

StringMaster Pro vs Rhythm

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

Head to head
About

StringMaster Pro

This advanced music app helps musicians of all levels learn and master fretted instruments. It offers tools for chords, scales, songwriting, and includes a tuner and fretboard learning system. Supports a wide range of instruments and integrates with wireless Fretlight Guitars.

Highlights
  • Chord building and detection
  • Fretboard learning system
  • Advanced songwriting tools
  • Chromatic tuner and metronome
  • Instrument comparison
  • MIDI output
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Introducing StringMaster Pro – the pinnacle of advanced music applications for iPad and Mac, tailored for musicians ranging from relative beginners to seasoned guitarists & other fretted instrument musicians. The StringMaster family has five versions catering to diverse needs with StringMaster Pro seamlessly integrating all features, making it the ultimate companion for any fretted instrument including wireless Fretlight Guitars. Unlock a world of possibilities with support for chords, chord tones, scales, and songwriting, backed by a chromatic tuner, fretboard learning, instrument comparison, and more. The StringMaster family boasts over 150,000 users and having held the #1 Music App position in 34 countries. StringMaster Pro supports an array of instruments, from acoustic and electric guitars to bass guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, pianos, and even balalaikas. Dive into a rich sound library with distortion, reverb, or piano options for any instrument. Whether you're a guitarist, bassist, or multi-instrumentalist, StringMaster Pro has you covered. Key features include chord building and detection, a comprehensive fretboard learning system, advanced songwriting tools, and flexible alternate tuning and capo support for any instrument in any orientation. StringMaster 4 introduces piano keyboard support, allowing seamless mapping of guitar chords to the piano keyboard. Explore the robust capabilities of StringMaster Pro: * Play and discover chords and fingering with natural tones. * Display and play scales, including scale runs up the fretboard. * Visualize chord notes, suggested fingering, and Chord Tones. * Utilize the unique Note Finding capability to learn notes and their relative positions on the fretboard. * Benefit from the integrated Chromatic Tuner and Metronome, playable in the background. * Leverage StringMaster's chord-naming algorithms based on finger positions. * Unleash your creativity with the Song Writer, recommending chord progressions and facilitating songwriting. * Master instruments by comparing chords, patterns, and fingerings across a variety of instruments. * Output MIDI from played notes and play along with MIDI tracks from the built-in library. Experience the next level of musical exploration and education with StringMaster Pro – where versatility meets excellence. Join the global community of musicians who have made StringMaster their go-to app for musical innovation. Download StringMaster Pro now and elevate your musical journey to new heights! Note: Fretlight Ready™ designates that an app can send its data over Bluetooth to a Fretlight® guitar and light its fretboard. To learn more about Fretlight guitars go to www.fretlight.com This Application is developed and maintained by Great Apptitude, an independent app developer for use with the Fretlight Guitar. Optek Music Systems, the owner of the Fretlight Guitar brand, accepts no responsibility for the development, maintenance or support for this Application.

About

Rhythm

Develop your sense of rhythm and ability to play complex musical patterns accurately. This app offers flashcard-style exercises and graded training sessions from beginner to advanced levels. Practice with a metronome and drum kit to improve your musical and rhythmic hearing.

Highlights
  • Flashcard rhythm exercises
  • Graded training sessions
  • Simple, complex, and irregular time signatures
  • Metronome and drum kit practice
  • Instrument-specific settings
  • Customizable worksheets
Features
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Want to develop a sense of rhythm? Do you want to accurately perform complex rhythmic patterns? NEW — POLYRHYTHM MODE Two hands, two counts inside one beat. 3 against 2 is open here, the one every musician meets first — and it is the whole mode, not a taste of it: four stages, from one hand alone up to both at speed, each one scored. - Two tap zones, one for each hand. Every hand is scored on its own, so you can see which one is drifting and by how much. - Read the cycle as notation or as two turning rings — the same exercise, whichever way makes it click for you. - Give each hand its own instrument, so the two lines stay apart by ear. - Practice runs the cycle over and over and lets the tempo follow your hands: up a step when the cycle comes out clean, back down when it doesn't. Sessions here run five minutes. - Polyrhythm accuracy is kept apart from your rhythm statistics: it trains a different skill and belongs in its own tally. RHYTHM TRAINING Rhythm is an app that uses flash cards to develop a sense of rhythm. The exercises and classes in the app will help you gradually learn to recognize and play rhythmic patterns at different tempos. Training sessions are graded from beginner to advanced levels in simple, complex, and irregular time signatures. With regular practice, these drills will help you learn to read notes and rhythm from a sheet of music. Classes with a metronome and a drum kit will help children and beginners learn complex musical drills. If you play guitar, piano, bass guitar, or drums, you can choose your favorite musical instrument in the settings. If you are looking for a replacement coach, teacher, teacher, music tutor, then our apps will help you: - learn to read musical notes; - develop a sense of rhythm; - accurately play rhythm by rhythmic patterns; - develop musical and rhythmic hearing; In the app, you can create worksheets with tasks, taking into account the skills of the student and the accuracy of playing a musical instrument. Both beginners and advanced, experienced musicians and performers will be able to practice the rhythm. If you want to learn music theory, then try our app. This app will become your personal trainer, tutor in the world of music. WHAT RHYTHM PRO ADDS - The ratios past 3:2 — 4:3, 5:4, 5:3, 7:4 and 7:5. - Practice with no five-minute limit. - External MIDI keyboards and drum pads over cable or Bluetooth. - No ads, anywhere.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rhythm at Free against StringMaster Pro's $14.99. Rhythm also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (340 vs 20). StringMaster Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rhythm is free to download; StringMaster Pro costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rhythm holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm has 340 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 68% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StringMaster Pro ships an update every 3 months, Rhythm every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
StringMaster Pro versus Rhythm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStringMaster ProRhythm
Price$14.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (20 ratings)4.7 (340 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews67.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20340 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreat Apptitude Pty LtdAlexey Ovod

Customer experience

StringMaster Pro

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Rhythm

All ratings338 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral14.3%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

None

StringMaster Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Rhythm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StringMaster Pro free?
StringMaster Pro costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rhythm free?
Rhythm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StringMaster Pro or Rhythm?
Rhythm is rated higher. StringMaster Pro averages 4.5 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Rhythm averages 4.7 from 340 ratings.
Do StringMaster Pro or Rhythm have ads?
Rhythm shows ads; StringMaster Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, StringMaster Pro or Rhythm?
StringMaster Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Rhythm every 3 days. Most recently, StringMaster Pro was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rhythm on October 29, 2026.

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