Apps de práctica comparadas

Apps para practicar tin whistle, comparadas con honestidad.

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If you want an app that listens to you play and scores you for free, in a browser, TinWhistleTab's Play Mode and Tin Whistle Trainer both do it. If you want thousands of tunes offline on your phone, Little Session and Session Whistle are the stronger picks. TinWhistleTab is our site, so we have tried to say plainly where the others are better.

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AppPlataformasPrecioMelodías¿Te escucha?Ideal para
TinWhistleTab Play ModeTinWhistleTab (this site)Any browser: phone, tablet or computerFree, no account needed1,200+ tabs, 900+ of them playable in Play ModeSíScores pitch and timing of every note, on your deviceLearning tunes from tabs with a score to beat, without installing anything
Tin Whistle Trainertinwhistletrainer.com (maker not named on the site)Any browserFree, no account needed322 tunes, sorted from training tunes to advancedSíScores each run with a model on its serverBeginners who read staff notation and want to learn a tune a little at a time
Session Whistle: Tin WhistleMitaanshu Agarwal (Playsoloist)iPhone (Apple silicon Macs can run it, but it is not verified for macOS)Free app and tune book. Subscriptions from $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year; Pro $9.99 a month, $59.99 a year or $6.99 once for Lifetime3,000 community-sourced tunes, browsable offlineEn parteGrades pitch only; its listing says pitch practice does not assess rhythmiPhone players who want a big offline tune book with whistle tab
Little Session: Irish TunesTriangulateiPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and WindowsFree; Premium is a one-off $17.99 on the US App Store (€19.99 on its site), no subscription23,000+ tunes from TheSession.org, all offlineSíIts Trainer listens and scores your timing and notes; 2 Trainer games a day on the free tierSession players who want the whole session repertoire offline on any device
Irish Tin Whistle Notes & TabsSergey Pogodin (Dr. Pogodin Studio)iPhone, iPad, Mac and AndroidFree with ads for a handful of tunes; subscription $2.99 a month to $17.99 a year150+ melodiesSíRecognises what you play through the mic and scores it against the sheetPlayers with whistles in unusual keys who prefer a native app
Irish Whistle TabsCharles Grassin (open source)AndroidFree, no ads, open sourceHundreds of Celtic tunesNoNo listening; it is a tab book with playbackAndroid users who want a simple, free tab book in their pocket

Prices are from each app's own site or the US App Store and change often, so check before you buy.

En qué es mejor cada una

TinWhistleTab Play Mode

Mejor en: Every tune is written as tin whistle tab, the scoring checks timing as well as pitch, it works for any whistle key from high G to low D, and the sound never leaves your device. There is a guide melody, drone and rhythm to play against, and nothing to install or pay for.

Peor en: It needs an internet connection and there is no app to download. About a quarter of the tabs can't be scored yet because they have no rhythm data, the library is far smaller than Little Session or Session Whistle, and it doesn't grade ornaments. Lessons live in separate guides rather than inside the play-along.

Tin Whistle Trainer

Mejor en: Its Learn the song mode is better than anything we have for the very first steps: it takes a tune two bars at a time and waits for you when you are stuck. Three short beginner lessons (first note, tonguing, slides) are built in, and the tunes are sorted into a clear difficulty ladder.

Peor en: It shows staff notation and fingering diagrams rather than whistle tab, the scoring happens on its server rather than in your browser, and we found no option for whistles in other keys.

Session Whistle: Tin Whistle

Mejor en: Three thousand tunes with staff notation, whistle tab and fingerings, all offline and free to browse, plus a free first-tune course. Paid tiers add a second course and guided technique exercises.

Peor en: It is iPhone only, its listening checks pitch but not rhythm, and it is new (first released June 2026) with only a couple of ratings so far.

Little Session: Irish Tunes

Mejor en: The biggest library by far, fully offline, on every platform. Fingerings light up as the tune plays, and you can loop a whole tune, one part or a selection with a gradual speed-up, with bodhrán or metronome backing. It covers 19 instruments, so it suits players who also play flute or fiddle.

Peor en: Free use of the Trainer is capped at two games a day, and as a general trad app for 19 instruments it isn't built around the whistle in particular.

Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs

Mejor en: It handles whistle keys from low C to high G, transposes, imports your own MusicXML files and has been updated regularly since 2020.

Peor en: Most of its fairly small library is behind a subscription, and the free version shows ads.

Irish Whistle Tabs

Mejor en: Light, free, ad-free and fully offline, with tabs and sheet music, and a choice of whistle key and tempo on playback.

Peor en: Android only, and it doesn't listen to you.

Cuál elegir

You want feedback on your playing for free, today, on any device
TinWhistleTab Play Mode or Tin Whistle Trainer. Pick Play Mode if you read tab, Tin Whistle Trainer if you read staff notation.
You are on your very first tune and need it broken into small pieces
Tin Whistle Trainer's Learn the song mode, then Play Mode at 50% once you know the notes.
You want thousands of session tunes offline
Little Session on any device, or Session Whistle on an iPhone.
You play a whistle in an unusual key
Play Mode (high G to low D) or Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs (low C to high G).
You want to learn ornaments and style
None of these replace a teacher or a video course. Use the apps between lessons.

Cómo lo comprobamos

We read each app's own website or store listing on October 31, 2026, and wrote down what it says it does. We haven't tested the paid tiers. Rating counts for the newest apps are still tiny, so we don't quote them. TinWhistleTab is our own site. If something here is out of date or unfair, tell us and we'll fix it.

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Preguntas

What is the best tin whistle practice app?

It depends on what you need. For free feedback on your playing in a browser, TinWhistleTab's Play Mode (tab) and Tin Whistle Trainer (staff notation) both listen and score you. For a huge offline library, Little Session runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Windows, and Session Whistle offers 3,000 tunes on iPhone.

Is there a free tin whistle app that listens to you play?

Yes. TinWhistleTab's Play Mode and Tin Whistle Trainer are both free in the browser with no account. Play Mode scores pitch and timing on 900+ tunes and analyses the sound on your device; Tin Whistle Trainer scores each run on its server. Little Session's Trainer also listens, with two free games a day.

Which tin whistle app works offline?

Little Session (23,000+ tunes) and Session Whistle (3,000 tunes) both keep their tune books offline, and so does Irish Whistle Tabs on Android. The browser tools, including TinWhistleTab, need a connection.

Is there a Mooney's tin whistle app?

We couldn't find one. Brother Steve's Tinwhistle Page, which often comes up alongside it, is a long-running website of tunes and tips, not an app.

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