# Nota - Chords & Scales Piano — user reviews > 93 indexed App Store user reviews of Nota by All Forces, rated 3.80/5 from 26 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nota-chords-and-scales-piano/id333179169/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nota-chords-and-scales-piano/id333179169.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Nota? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great for learning notes - 👍 Helpful for sight-reading - 👍 Useful reference tool - 👍 Interactive keyboard - 👍 Good for music theory - 👍 Polished interface - 👍 Developer responsiveness - 👍 Good for beginners - 👍 Well-designed app - 👍 Pleasant to use **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy quizzes - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🐛 Cropped text - 🐛 Unfinished references - 🐛 Inconsistent note accuracy - 🐛 Limited quiz variety - 🐛 No chord quizzes - 🐛 No score erasing - 🐛 Expensive for features - 🐛 Slow performance - 🐛 No menu access - 🐛 Piano not resizable - 🐛 Piano scrolling not functional - 🐛 Notation errors - 🐛 Scales show only flats - 🐛 Rest value errors - 🐛 Overpriced - 🐛 Basic functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - B key in bass clef bug - Quiz is all screwed up - Notes have sharps, quiz says flats - Text cropped on iPhone SE - Crashes constantly on iOS 10.3 - Quiz does not work properly - Menu bar does not load - Falls out of sight when app opens - Stuck on keys screen, cannot get to quizzes - Quiz doesn't give clef options - Piano doesn't make sound after update - App crashes on launch - Doesn't work full size on iPad - Note D-flat displayed as D-sharp - App crashes when opening - Memory issues and frequent crashes - Piano causes app to quit on iTouch 2G - Slow and buggy on iPhone 3G - Delay in piano playing sound - App crashes all the time - Crash when opening app - Frequent crashes **Most requested features** - Add chord quizzes - Include 7th chords - Add chord functionality to piano - Piano fingering chart - Numbers on piano keys - Record playback with sheet music - View notes on sheet music for all keys - Names of keys on piano - Support for guitars - More quiz types - Different symbols/terms in tests - More dictionary entries - Better dictionary layout - Record button - More quiz options - Keyboard input for quizzes - Landscape mode for keyboard - Two octaves on landscape piano - Remove octave change dots - Quiz based on reference info - Harmony reference section - Instrument properties reference - Change Circle of Fifths to letters - Change number of quiz questions - Add lessons - Flashcard setting for theory - Quiz on key signatures, intervals, chords - Quiz on piano note reading - Less latency on keyboard - Landscape mode for keyboard - Ability to play chords showing on staff - More quizzes for all material - Add chords on same scale to hear progressions - Scales on lower octaves - Piano scrolling functional - Search function in notation - More advanced quizzes - More control over quiz options - Tag notes for frequent appearance - Expand reference section - Add more musical notation symbols ## Newest reviews (17 of 93) ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2025-03-27, version 3.0.1* It helps me connect my eyes with my fingers. Very simple concept but very effective to memorize the notes on both staffs. I wish they could do that with chords as well. Not just notes. At least the basic triads. Major and minor. So we can read and play chords at the same time. If they can include the 7ths will be great. ### 2/5 — Quiz is all screwed up! *2018-06-06, version 2.0.6* When I take the quiz and tap the B on the keyboard, it always turns red (wrong answer). The notes have sharps in front of them, but the quiz tells me they are flats! I have the latest IOS on my iPhone, so it must be the app! It’s pretty frustrating! ### 2/5 — bug *2018-03-21, version 2.0.6* can someone plz fix the B in the bass clef bug ### 3/5 — Cropped text and unfinished references *2018-03-14, version 2.0.6* The text is cropped from the sides and the bottom on my iPhone SE. Plus some references, like the key signatures, are not explained and instead there are code words e.g. cMajorInfo for the C Major explanation. Other than that, it’s perfect! ### 4/5 — Please Update *2017-04-12, version 1.30* This is a great go-to app for music teaching and scale references, and I'm hoping the developer will reconsider updating it, as the next iOS update will spell its end. The quiz is great! ### 2/5 — Quiz does not work properly *2016-11-13, version 1.30* The quiz is very buggy. Ok for a free app but not worth paying for. ### 2/5 — I'd hoped for more! *2016-09-21, version 1.30* I'm disappointed with this app. I'd hope that there would be a variety of quizzes and in fact there's only a note reading quiz. Also, there's no way to erase quizzes past scores? Oh well ... too bad ... but I find that I wasted my money on this. ### 4/5 — Bravo *2014-10-13, version 1.30* J'adore le quiz pour améliorer ma lecture a vue et rapidité !!!! ### 4/5 — Good *2014-07-07, version 1.30* The app itself is extremely helpful - especially when working out the harder chords/scales. The music "dictionary" is also very useful! Downside is, dictionary could include more things, and a better layout. Tests could also use different things (symbols or musical terms for example) instead of just notes! Good App though! ### 2/5 — Musician *2013-12-31, version 1.30* A little underwhelmed here. Certainly not an exhaustive music dictionary, and some of the definitions themselves are puzzling (look at definition of 3/4 time, for example). Nice interface, of course, but that only makes the major grammatical errors more salient (see "it's", everywhere). ### 3/5 — Nota *2013-09-28, version 1.30* Loved this app until I got the update - since then the piano doesn't make a sound when I tap the keys??? ### 4/5 — Awesome *2013-09-06, version 1.30* Great app very helpful!!, I'm a music major in an arts school and I use this all the time:p ### 4/5 — Music producer *2013-08-23, version 1.30* Nota is the best if you don't have any knowledge in music theory. It's very easy to learn and interact with. Just wish it had a record button. But it does accomplish its purpose. Nobe D.M.F General ### 4/5 — Great App *2013-07-13, version 1.30* I particularly love the keyboard function. ### 4/5 — Needs an update *2013-05-03, version 1.30* Could use an update for iphone 5 already ... ### 3/5 — Buggy *2013-03-28, version 1.30* This app is not really useful if you already have a basic training in music. The quiz would be great for learning solfege, but it is so buggy it's useless. This app isn't with the cost. ### 2/5 — NOT PLEASED WITH NOTA! *2013-03-24, version 1.30* I bought this app under the impression that it would do a lot more than it actually does. It has a nice interface, and nice sounds but I feel as if I could have just used google or wolfram alpha to find all the information included here and it would have been more convenient. Not to mention that it wouldn't have cost $2.99. Perhaps if this had cost $0.99 I wouldn't have been so annoyed. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes constantly *2017-04-08, version 1.30* Nota crashes constantly on iOS 10.3. Apart from keyboard, nothing works! ### 1/5 — Don't buy this *2016-10-02, version 1.30* It doesn't work, and when you go to their website and click "contact", in order to complain, nothing happens. Really, really bad. ### 1/5 — No Menu *2016-04-11, version 1.30* Do not buy this! I paid over £2 for this app and there is no menu, it just falls out of sight when you open the app and you can't get it back effectively rendering the app totally useless! Do not buy until this is sorted, if it is sorted, you will be wasting your money! ### 1/5 — Huh? *2016-03-15, version 1.30* I got stuck on the keys screen, I couldn't even get to the quizzes. Plus the quiz doesn't give you any options to which clef you want to use whereas apps ive used in the past did. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2014-12-23, version 1.30* Menu bar does not load, so cannot do anything, buy tenuto instead, it's much better. ### 1/5 — Not good *2014-10-17, version 1.30* There's no menu for this app so most of the advertised tools are inaccessible. Very disappointing. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work full size on iPad *2012-07-18, version 1.28* Annoyingly doesn't work full size on iPad. Don't bother with it ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2011-12-22, version 1.28* The "quizzes" just show a note and you have to name it. I have seen better free pianos. Always crashes. Waste of my money, waste of my time. DO NOT BUY ### 1/5 — Equally Disappointed *2011-03-06, version 1.26* Read a comparison of music applications on-line to assist in picking out a good all-round application. The review indicated that this was the best application around. However, this was very basic!!! ### 1/5 — Always Crashes *2011-01-18, version 1.26* This looks like an awesome app,but every time I try to open it it crashes. I payed for an app but I got nothing... Please fix this! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — AMAZING APP!!!! PLS UPDATE *2016-09-19, version 1.30* This app is helpful. Do continue and complete this app. Possibilities are grander than what is currently known. ### 5/5 — Best app *2015-04-18, version 1.30* I was very skeptical, but saw the reviews. I bought it. Fooling around I went to the chord section first. I'm a pro musician. I tried them all. This is the no 1 music App in the store .....PERIOD. ### 5/5 — Greatness *2013-06-14, version 1.30* Such a helpful app !! ### 5/5 — Nota *2013-05-19, version 1.30* Excellent App; love the quiz section!!! ### 5/5 — Great pocket reference to stay sharp! *2013-04-12, version 1.30* A must have for life long students of music like me! ### 5/5 — Good app *2013-03-16, version 1.30* Very good app with many features ### 5/5 — Great ref app *2013-03-03, version 1.30* Great for ref ### 5/5 — Great app *2013-02-27, version 1.30* Learning piano from guitar tabs ...this is brilliant ### 5/5 — Great for defining terms *2013-01-31, version 1.30* Love that there's a keyboard, quiz and dictionary. Most well rounded music theory app I've found. ### 5/5 — Love it *2012-12-18, version 1.30* Indispensable!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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