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TabToolKit Price drop

TabToolKit, for iPhone and iPad, has also in price from $9.99 to $4.99.

TabToolkit - Agile Partners

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TabToolKit 50% off: $4.99

See my post comparing TabToolKit with Guitar Pro for iOS before rushing to purchase… It might change your mind…

TabToolkit - Agile Partners

P.S. Thanks to Palm Sounds for originally pointing this out

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Which App is Better: Guitar Pro (v1.0.5) or TabToolKit (v1.2.3)?

Features Guitar Pro (v1.0.5) TabToolKit (v1.2.3)
Supporting .GP3 Files Yes Yes
Supporting .GP4 Files Yes Yes
Supporting .GP5 Files Yes Yes
Supporting .GPX Files (Guitar Pro 6) Yes Yes
View PDF Files No Yes
View Text Tab Files No (You could just copy and paste them into the free note app…) Yes
Supports Power Tab Files Yes Yes
View Virtual Piano For All Guitar Pro Files No (Not currently, developer is planning to add support) Yes
View FretBoard for .GPX (Guitar Pro 6 files) that were made in GP6 with track instrument set to a keyboard instrument No No
Guitar Measure Circle Note Prediction (See below for explination) Yes, for every tab format. Depends on tab file, but almost always no.
Piano Measure Circle Note Prediction (See below for explination) Yes, but only for .GPX (Guitar Pro 6) that were made in Guitar Pro 6 AND have the track set to a keyboard instrument. BUT you can copy & paste the notes of a older Guitar Pro file into a new .GPX file and set the track to a keyboard instrument, but this most be done in Guitar Pro 6. [MORE] No, never.
Add Tabs Via iOS 4 File Sharing Yes No
Add Tabs Via WiFi Upload Yes Yes
Browse Web for Tabs Files from Inside App Yes Yes
Browse Web for Text Tabs from Inside App No Yes
View both standard music notation and tablature notation. Yes Yes
Adjust Tempo Yes Yes
Metrenome Yes Yes
Customizable Metrenome Sound No Yes
Visual Countdown Yes No
Quick Scrolling Yes Yes
Portrait and Landscape Screen Orientations Yes Yes
Left Hand Fretboard Yes Yes
Search Library Yes Yes
Favorites Yes No
Zoom Yes No

Measure Circle Note Prediction explained here, start watching at 1:55.

TabToolKit is currently priced at $9.99, Guitar Pro is currently $4.99, (this is an apparently an introductory offer, but it’s been five bucks for a while so they might keep it that way…)

If you’re considering Guitar Pro, read these posts first:

Guitar Pro:
Guitar Pro - Arobas Music
TabToolKit:
TabToolkit - Agile Partners

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