# Note Rush: Music Reading Game — user reviews > 312 indexed App Store user reviews of Note Rush by Thomas Grayston, rated 4.30/5 from 2,334 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/note-rush-music-reading-game/id1083801827/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/note-rush-music-reading-game/id1083801827.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,519 · 4★ 402 · 3★ 158 · 2★ 76 · 1★ 179 ## What do users think of Note Rush? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Fun and helpful for learning notes - 🎓 Improves note reading skills - 🎨 Engaging themes and visuals - 🎹 Works with various instruments - 💰 Good value for the price **Cons** - 🐛 Note recognition issues, especially with certain notes - ⏱️ Timed sessions too short - 🔊 Needs louder volume to be recognized - 🔒 Limited customization options **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezes or crashes occasionally - Note recognition fails even with correct input - Compatibility issues with certain devices **Most requested features** - Add key signatures and accidentals - Increase number of customizable note sets - Include more ledger lines - Add option to disable time penalties - Allow saving of individual student profiles ## Newest reviews (16 of 312) ### 4/5 — It helps *2026-08-06, version 2.01.2* Great little tool to help practice for beginners like myself. It does miss some of the notes sometimes which throws the timing off but it’s well worth the money paid for it. ### 3/5 — Note rush *2026-08-04, version 2.01.2* It doesn’t hear the keys like at all ### 4/5 — Hi *2026-07-30, version 2.01.2* Good but needs more instruments. ### 3/5 — pretty good! *2026-06-22, version 2.01.2* it’s actually pretty fun.🎹 ### 4/5 — Helpful. Worth the money *2026-04-03, version 2.01.2* Only issue is sometimes it has trouble picking up the b, so I have to hit it repeatedly. ### 4/5 — It sometimes cannot hear the piano *2026-03-29, version 2.01.2* It’s really good for learning the piano notes. Sometimes, it does not hear the piano or it mistaken the wrong note. But, overall I would download this app for a child who is learning piano ### 5/5 — SO GOOD! *2026-03-29, version 2.01.2* This is sooo Good! it can really help you with piano .you can really upgrade your piano skills with this app. ### 2/5 — Helps a lot *2026-03-10, version 2.01.2* I’m on a digital piano, and at times has a problem picking the high “E” and the high “D”, but pretty good. ### 5/5 — I love this! *2026-03-05, version 2.01.2* Me and my students love this wonderful app that teaches kids note reading. It improved all of my students how to recognize Notes on the piano. Thank you for making this wonderful app! ### 5/5 — Effective! *2026-02-28, version 2.01.2* This app forces you to memorize notes. Perfect drilling tool! ### 4/5 — Love *2026-02-17, version 2.01.2* Helped a lot ### 5/5 — Great for drills! *2026-02-02, version 2.01.2* I am returning to piano as an adult after just a few years of lessons in my childhood. This is a great flash card system for note recognition and fun!!! ### 5/5 — I agree *2026-01-15, version 2.01.2* I agree with the review that it glitches sometimes. Having said that - it’s a great little app for speeding up note recognition and response time. I’m spending less time thinking about what note is that and more time playing it. ### 4/5 — Note Rush *2026-01-15, version 2.01.2* It has been very helpful to me to have ### 4/5 — Doesn’t listen to the piano *2025-12-30, version 2.01.2* It’s good at all but when I try to make a level, I made something so funny one note and it’s finished another thing. This is really bad. There’s nothing to do. I tried to play the Notes even when I’m playing the correct note it’s not working so please turn up your piano volume if you have a electric piano good thing if you don’t just slam on it hard. ### 3/5 — Great fun but… *2025-11-24, version 2.01.2* My students love this but doesn’t always pick up the note and often glitches which of course affects their score ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2026-04-30, version 2.01.2* I CANNOT get this app to ‘hear’ which note my students is playing so it’s pretty much useless. Used to be so good. 😒 ### 1/5 — Does not respond well *2026-01-15, version 2.01.2* The app wasn’t hearing the keys I played, even if I played them several times. ### 1/5 — Broken *2025-12-09, version 2.01.2* Does not identify notes on my tuned guitar. Terrible. ### 1/5 — Really good idea but frustrating *2025-11-22, version 2.01.2* READ THIS BEFORE PURCHASING!!!! The idea of this app is amazing. You will quickly learn to read music and play it at the same time in your instrument with using this app 10 minutes a day! Why 1 star review then? Because the note recognition is frustratingly bad. The high F note on my guitar is consistently not recognised and it’s so frustrating when I’m trying to hit the 5 star in game target. Why are guitar tuner apps so accurate but this app constantly fails on the same note? Please fix this!!!! If you fix it I will immediately change my review to 5 star! ### 1/5 — Rip off do not buy *2025-10-13, version 2.01.2* This is a good app looks like fun and it works well, but it’s only for one device. Only if you try to add it onto any other devices, you have to buy it do not buy waste of money. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work solely on iPad , need instrument *2025-10-05, version 2.01.2* I bought Note Rush through App Store, very dissatisfied with it. The marketing of app implies its helps with music note recognition , but in no way does the app state you have to have a musical instrument to connect it to, I just wanted to practice visually recognizing notes on ledger lines on on my iPad. App doesn’t allow that. Must have musical instrument to connect to. Very misleading app ad. ### 1/5 — Meh it’s fun but it even my teacher said it was wrong *2025-04-29, version 2.01.2* Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so bad but sooooooo good ### 1/5 — Really a waist of time. *2025-04-16, version 2.01.2* ALL YOU DO IS JUST CLICK NOTES AND GET HIGH SCORES! There are lots of better uses of our time ### 1/5 — It is to glitchey and I play the right nots and it says I was wrong. *2025-02-04, version 2.01.2* So please make it better. ### 1/5 — GARBAGE *2024-11-14, version 2.01.2* Garbage, this app doesn’t even hear the notes, It’s deaf. Please fix it ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great for practicing bass clef *2026-08-04, version 2.01.2* This has helped me remember the bass clef ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-06-10, version 2.01.2* I think this is a really good app for all skill levels but I think there should be a couple more options, like trumpet. ### 5/5 — Extremely helpful, I want more features *2026-06-04, version 2.01.2* As someone who is an absolute beginner at sight reading piano, this has been a huge help, and the stars system helps me track my progress. I would love to see a system for chords, or a way of practicing with specific key signatures :) ### 5/5 — amazing app *2026-05-29, version 2.01.2* this app has taught me so well that i can basically sight read anything ### 5/5 — Students love it *2026-05-20, version 2.01.2* Note Rush makes note reading fun for students (and adults too!) This is a staple in my piano studio! ### 5/5 — Note rush *2026-05-20, version 2.01.2* Awesome easy to use with kids ### 5/5 — Awesome )00( *2026-05-17, version 2.01.2* (/ (/ (0 0) (P🧸 ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-05-17, version 2.01.2* I really like this app because I don’t have a piano but I have an electric keyboard and it still hears it I’m not even on level 1 yet so it helps ### 5/5 — It’s really good and fun and amazing *2026-05-15, version 2.01.2* Use you should definitely use this app. It teaches your students very well and it keeps them on track and you can assign your own lessons without having to write or do anything. It’s really easy and fast and Note Rush is just a great app and I think it’s a really good one and if you’re looking for reviews, this is a really fun one. ### 5/5 — AMAZING *2026-04-13, version 2.01.2* AMAZING no bugs or anything and useful --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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