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24 alternatives to Melodic Mind
Intuitive touch-based Mobile DAW with Integrated Music theory. Audio effects & Toolkit. Ear training. Songwriting. Start creating music now.
Melodic Mind is a music creation and learning app that displays scales and chords with an expanded, comprehensive interface. Built over seven years of development, it serves musicians and learners seeking to understand… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hello HN, I just released this music theory and ear training mobile app for guitar which I've been working on for a bit more than a year on the side. The idea was to make something for the eternally "intermediate" guitarist (myself included). There are a lot of beginner apps which rely on learning songs, toolkits which give you a bunch of stuff with no explanation but not many in-between apps to actually learn and practice more generic and somewhat advanced stuff. The app contains short lessons, recaps and most importantly challenges (visual, audio and pure theory) along with a very complete…
2025 · cadenceguitar.com · its alternatives →
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Brain.fm for iOS▲346Music for the brain to improve focus, meditation & sleep
2016 · brainfm.com · its alternatives →
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Brain.fm▲957Music for the brain to improve focus, meditation & sleep
2015 · brain.fm · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, this has been my personal project for quite some time now. It has been a slowly evolving project over the years and its core function is for users to expose themselves to progressively more difficult lessons of music notes. NOTE: It is free and there are no ads. There is an in app purchase but most of the app doesn't require it.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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LightNote▲242An interactive site to learn the basics of music theory 🎶
2016 · lightnote.co · its alternatives →
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Mozart for iOS▲258Make a song and a music video while you're on the go
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Brainio▲190Brainio combines rich-text notes with visual mind maps. Organize your thoughts, link ideas, and collaborate in real time across desktop and web.
2020 · brainio.com · its alternatives →
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🎧 Music + AI for focus and sleep - backed by science
2017 · brainfm.io · its alternatives →
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AI that turns your melody into a full arrangement
Feb 2026 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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Visual control over music creation
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The app to learn how to play drums
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Aura 2.0▲168Spotify for mindfulness meditations - for any mood 😊
2017 · aurahealth.io · its alternatives →
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AudioCipher▲90Creative melody generator VST for music producers
2021 · audiocipher.com · its alternatives →
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I made this iPhone app called "Affine Tuning" which is a collection of body-interactive musical pieces: https://affinetuning.com/ It uses body tracking (Motion Capture from RealityKit) to shape dynamic compositions. The app is completely free and will be updated in the future with more songs and other interactive features.
2022 · its alternatives →
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Pitch▲110Become a better musician by tracking your progress!
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pensato▲102An app to explore over 1400 musical scales and modes
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I've created a diffusion-based neural net generative assistant that makes creating new melodies much easier, even for non-musicians like me. These are meant to be just the catchy "hook" parts of songs, so more work is required to make them into full songs, but this is already handled well by existing products (e.g. there are plugins that can suggest a few possible chord progressions based on the melody and there is even good singing software that I used without any tweaks to make the “voice” playlist: Synthesizer V Studio). This side project turned out to be quite challenging because of how…
2022 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
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Videogame-style training app for musicians
2019 · audiblegenius.com · its alternatives →
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This started out when I vibe-coded a guitar scale fingering generator. It came out pretty good, and I started adding stuff to it: chords, then how chords and scales interact. Then I added charts for other instruments I mess around with: piano, cello, alto recorder. There's a complexity toggle to go from basic harmony to extended/experimental stuff. It's honestly still mostly a toy, but I thought other people might be interested in playing with it. Source is on github, so it's easy enough to run locally and fork. https://github.com/aleshh/gtr-scales
May 2026 · projects.alesh.com · its alternatives →
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