Contrapunctus vs uTheory

Contrapunctus is a free web platform for music theory, composition, and counterpoint study. Its real-time editor shows Roman-numeral and chord analysis while users write, and identifies part-writing errors and non-chord tones. Compositions can use multiple voices, major, minor, or modal contexts, and sampled-instrument playback. The platform includes an interactive edition of Fux’s Gradus ad Parnassum, with species-counterpoint lessons, an AI tutor, and English and Latin text. Community members can create and solve exercises, share solutions, vote, and earn points toward a 15-rank ladder. Educators can create classes, assign lessons, review submissions, and track scores and class averages in a gradebook. Accounts use email or Google, with projects and activity synchronized across devices. Plain and compressed MusicXML can be imported, but MusicXML or MIDI export is not yet shipped. Some imported details may be simplified or dropped, and tutor free-form questions are limited to 25 per account per rolling hour.

uTheory teaches music theory, rhythm, and ear training in a web browser through video lessons and interactive exercises. Its library lists more than 300 video tutorials and more than 100 interactive exercises. Practice adapts to student performance, gives immediate feedback, and tracks progress toward mastery. Teachers can manage classes, assign lessons and practice, monitor progress, and create custom tests and quizzes. Google Classroom synchronization covers classes, rosters, assignments, due dates, and grades, with grades sent from uTheory to Google Classroom. Clever connections retrieve student names, synchronize rosters, and update grades in real time. The service runs on computers, Chromebooks, phones, and tablets without installing software or an app. The free Starter Plan provides 10 video lessons or exercises daily, progress tracking, and device synchronization. Monthly Unlimited costs $5.99 a month; Yearly Unlimited costs $39.99 a year, billed yearly. Education licenses are institutional group licenses with custom tests and a one-year term, priced from $10 to $3 per student by quantity. User data is stored in the United States.