Comparison

Rhythmist vs Musicated Note Reading

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rhythmist

This app gamifies rhythm training by presenting melody examples and challenging users to tap the correct rhythms. It offers adjustable tempos and progressive difficulty levels, with options to earn rewards and compete via Game Center.

Highlights
  • Gamified rhythm training
  • Melody examples with chord accompaniment
  • Interactive tapping on piano-like keys
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Game Center integration for competition
  • Exportable music files
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Rhythmist™ resembles one of the rhythm training activities found in Musica Touch™ for the iPad - also some of those in Practica Musica - but it's more gamelike and of course is intended for the iPhone. Rhythmist creates melody examples and asks you to tap their rhythms correctly. You don't have to read the pitches; just the rhythm - but you will hear the correct pitches of the melody, plus chord accompaniment to make it more interesting. The free download includes the first 10 random melodies of 4 measures each; you can get many thousands more with an in-app purchase. You can even earn some free melodies by getting a series of these "right" on your first try. Tapping is done on a pair of keys like piano keys - having two makes the tapping easier because you can alternate fingers. You can keep trying a melody until you get it right and earn a gold star. You can slow down or speed up the tempo if you want to. Each time you fill in the gold star for a melody your score goes up a point and you move on to the next one. If you get expert at the Level 1 melodies, try Level 2. If you think you're really getting good try the melodies of Level 3. If you want to get competitive your scores can be posted to the Game Center; otherwise just try to meet the challenges yourself: can you get 5 melodies in a row correct on the first try? Can you get 10 of them without hearing them first? Can you get through the first 100? If you've paid for the extra melodies any of them can be shared as music files readable by Musica Touch for the iPad and Ars Nova's desktop Songworks software, or as midi files or printable pdf files.

About

Musicated Note Reading

Learn to quickly identify musical notes across various clefs with this engaging game-like application. Customize your learning by selecting specific notes and clefs to focus on, enhancing your music reading skills.

Highlights
  • Note identification practice
  • Supports Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor clefs
  • Includes drills and 3 games
  • Customizable note and clef selection
  • Interactive learning experience
Features
Currently charting
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This a game like app that helps students to quickly identify notes on different clefs including Treble, Bass, Alto and Tenor. This App includes a Drill and 3 different games. You can select in the preferences to only work on certain notes and clefs.

Screenshots

Rhythmist2 screens
Musicated Note Reading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rhythmist at Free against Musicated Note Reading's $0.99. Rhythmist also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 47 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). Musicated Note Reading's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rhythmist is free to download; Musicated Note Reading costs $0.99 up front. Rhythmist sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Musicated Note Reading asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Musicated Note Reading holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rhythmist ships an update every 3 weeks, Musicated Note Reading every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Rhythmist versus Musicated Note Reading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythmistMusicated Note Reading
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 47 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#176 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArs Nova Software, LLCAndrew Maddock

Customer experience

Rhythmist

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Musicated Note Reading

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rhythmist

One-time2
  • 1000 Melodies$0.99
  • All Melodies$1.99
None

Musicated Note Reading

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rhythmist free?
Rhythmist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Musicated Note Reading free?
Musicated Note Reading costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rhythmist or Musicated Note Reading?
Musicated Note Reading is rated higher. Rhythmist averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Musicated Note Reading averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Rhythmist or Musicated Note Reading have ads?
Neither Rhythmist nor Musicated Note Reading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rhythmist or Musicated Note Reading?
Rhythmist ships an update every 3 weeks, and Musicated Note Reading every 47 months. Most recently, Rhythmist was updated on November 1, 2026 and Musicated Note Reading on November 6, 2026.

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