StringMaster Pro vs BLEASS Spectral Reverb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
BLEASS Spectral Reverb
Shape ambient soundscapes with precise spectral control. Independently adjust frequency regions to create expansive spaces or glitchy textures. Integrate with other effects for advanced sound design.
- Spectral Maps for frequency-dependent control
- Frequency-dependent Attack, Decay, and Width
- Freeze and Kill for tail control
- Configurable spectral engine parameters
- Four processing slots for spectral effects
- External sidechain support
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BLEASS Spectral Reverb is an effect and sound design tool that gives you precise control over how ambience evolves across the frequency spectrum. Its intuitive Spectral Maps let you shape different frequency regions independently, creating anything from smooth, expansive spaces to fragmented and glitchy textures. Attack, Decay and Width each come with their own frequency-dependent Spectral Map, extending the core reverb far beyond conventional controls. Freeze and Kill bring instant control over evolving tails, while Block Size, Hop Factor and Smooth Size let the spectral engine move from clean and precise to rough, fragmented and characterful. Four processing slots can host any of six dedicated spectral effects: Spectral Gate, Harmony Follow, Spectral Ducker, Spectral Enhancer, Pitch Shifter and Frequency Shifter. Shape, enhance, duck or shift selected parts of the spectrum, with external sidechain support for even more responsive processing. Explore spacious, polished, abrupt, fragmented and harmonic reverbs with the depth and immediacy of BLEASS Spectral Reverb. BLEASS Spectral Reverb is available as an AUv3 plugin or a standalone app. BLEASS Spectral Reverb is also available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. More information, technical specifications and tutorials available on https://www.bleass.com/spectral-reverb
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BLEASS Spectral Reverb at 5.0 against StringMaster Pro's 4.5. BLEASS Spectral Reverb also leads on price ($12.99 vs $14.99). StringMaster Pro's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
StringMaster Pro costs $14.99 and BLEASS Spectral Reverb $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BLEASS Spectral Reverb holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StringMaster Pro has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | StringMaster Pro | BLEASS Spectral Reverb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $12.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Great Apptitude Pty Ltd | BLEASS |
Customer experience
StringMaster Pro
BLEASS Spectral Reverb
In-app purchases
StringMaster Pro
No in-app purchases
BLEASS Spectral Reverb
No in-app purchases
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