Comparison

Virtual Masonic Organist vs Midnight Solve

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

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About

Virtual Masonic Organist

This app provides musical accompaniment for Masonic ceremonies and lodge meetings. Users can customize music selections for various parts of meetings and even insert their own music from their device's library.

Highlights
  • Masonic ceremony music accompaniment
  • Customizable music for lodge meetings
  • Insert personal music from iTunes
  • Adjustable music titles and aspects
  • Background music for gatherings
  • Supports Craft Lodge Ceremonies
Features
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The Virtual Masonic Organist is an app which as the name suggests has been designed to replicate a Lodge Organist, the interface makes it easy to operate by anyone who is acquainted with the basic operating knowledge of a mobile or tablet device. Virtual Masonic Organist provides musical accompaniment to all Craft Lodge Ceremonies, and other features of Regular Lodge meetings. “Virtual Masonic Organist” is the complete solution to your Masonic musical needs!" Virtual Masonic Organist is fully equipped with the music to accompany all aspects of Craft Masonic Ceremonies and the general business of Lodge meetings, such as; - Opening - Installation - 1st Degree - Close - 2nd Degree - Festive Board - 3rd Degree The facility to play incidental/circumstantial music has also been added for those non-ceremonial parts of a Lodge meeting for example when brethren are assembling prior to the commencement of the Lodge Meeting, or as background music during the Festive Board. Clearly music is a personal preference and with this in mind the app has been created in such a way as to allow the user to insert their own choice of music to any aspect of a ceremony, including adding music (and titles) to each of the 12 Circumstantial buttons, thus providing plenty of diversity. Virtual Masonic Organist allows you to select and add any song from your devices built-in Files app. It is also possible to change the title of any aspect and add additional aspects should this be required, this facility makes it possible to customise the Virtual Masonic Organist to whatever working any particular Masonic Lodge performs. To fully appreciate the capabilities of this app it would need to be heard through external amplified speakers rather than the internal device speakers. A suitable set of amplified speakers can be obtained from most large electrical retailers, wireless Bluetooth speakers seem to be the popular choice at this time. About “Virtual Masonic Organist” As Secretary one is in the forefront of the running of a Lodge, and the first to be aware of any situations that might interfere with its smooth operation. One of the problems constantly facing many Lodges just about now is the lack of available masonic organists to play at our masonic meetings, add to this the cost of having a guest organist, and you can understand the issues we now face. The music that so enhances our Ceremonies and Festive board is in decline yet must not be allowed to disappear. With all this in mind I decided to investigate what options might be available, and found that apart from some masonic music on CD there is little else. So I approached A-Lab Software Limited, and invited them to come up with an app that would enable someone (basically anyone) to play the relevant music as would a “live organist” My prerequisite to A-Lab Software Limited was that the program must be: 1. Simple to operate. 2. Able to be customised by the owner to suit particular preferences. 3. To work on current iOS devices. The Virtual Masonic Organist became a reality, and the result far exceeded my expectations! For license cost, please refer to the In-App Purchases section below. If you have already purchased Virtual Masonic Organist previously, you can simply use the Restore Purchases button found by touching the Settings button on the main screen, on each of your other devices to activate your previous In-App purchase at no extra charge. By using VMO (Virtual Masonic Organist), you agree to Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Midnight Solve

This utility helps you solve word puzzles by filtering word lists based on your input. Enter letters in specific positions or use extended and custom word lists for more challenging puzzles.

Highlights
  • Select word length
  • Input letter positions
  • Filter word lists
  • Extended word lists
  • Custom word lists
  • SwiftUI native
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Need a little help solving the latest word game? Try out Midnight Solve! Select a word length between three and nine letters, five is a popular choice. Solve will provide a word with the most frequent letters from the available choices, use it, or any word you like. Once you have results, enter the letters in the app, multiple letters in gray or yellow positions as needed. Solve will filter the word list and provide all words that match the conditions. For alternative puzzles that use unusual words you may find that enabling the extended word lists which contain names may be useful. You can even load your own custom word lists. Happy solving! BTW, this app is has been built entirely using SwiftUI and is native on all platforms. Neat stuff!

Screenshots

Virtual Masonic Organist4 screens
Midnight Solve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Midnight Solve at 5.0 against Virtual Masonic Organist's 2.3. Midnight Solve also leads on device support (5 vs 3). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Virtual Masonic Organist sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Midnight Solve sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Midnight Solve holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 14 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Virtual Masonic Organist versus Midnight Solve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual Masonic OrganistMidnight Solve
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings614 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.2
Further details — not scored
Size287 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA-Lab Software LimitedMidnight Beep Softworks

Customer experience

Virtual Masonic Organist

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive10.5%
Neutral21.1%
Negative68.4%

Midnight Solve

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Virtual Masonic Organist

Subscriptions4
  • VMO - 1 Month Subscription$9.991 Month
  • VMO - 3 Month Subscription$24.993 Months
  • VMO - 6 Month Subscription$49.996 Months
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  • VMO - 1 Year Subscription$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • Unlock Full Version$74.99
  • VMO Lifetime License$149.99
4 purchases

Midnight Solve

One-time4
  • Coffee Tip$0.99
  • Taco Tip$1.99
  • Burrito Tip$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Beer Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Virtual Masonic Organist free?
Virtual Masonic Organist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Midnight Solve free?
Midnight Solve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Virtual Masonic Organist or Midnight Solve?
Midnight Solve is rated higher. Virtual Masonic Organist averages 2.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Midnight Solve averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do Virtual Masonic Organist or Midnight Solve have ads?
Neither Virtual Masonic Organist nor Midnight Solve shows ads.

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