String Quartet SightRead Tutor vs Easy Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
String Quartet SightRead Tutor
Learn note placement on string instruments with interactive exercises. Practice sight-reading, ear training, and tuning using your device or real instrument. Supports violin, viola, cello, and double bass with customizable practice modes.
- Instrument fingerboard note placement
- Sight-reading practice
- Live instrument recognition
- Integrated chromatic tuner
- Multiple quiz and practice modes
- Customizable practice options
- Support for 7 notation systems
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Learn fast where to play notes ! For Violin, Viola, Cello and Double-bass. With this staff Notes Sight Read Tutor, you will learn where to play notes on your instrument's fingerboard ! • Violin • Viola • Cello • Double bass Make progress even when you are away from your instrument ! You can also play your real instrument and the application detect the played notes ! Integrated chromatic tuner. Details : • Accelerated training : Notes you know less will be asked more often for you to be able to enhance your sight reading speed. • Choice of notes to practice : choose which strings to pratice, positions among 13 possible ones (from open string to 7th position), flat, sharp. • Choice of clefs to use. • Choice of language among 7 notation systems to display the name of the note to play : Solfège-Latin Si, English B, German H, Byzantine Zo, Japanese Ro, Indian (Hindusthani) Ni, Indian (Carnatic) Kakali Ni • Display of count of good and failed notes. Click on it to reset, or let it reset itself each morning. • Realistic sounds sampled from real instruments. • Sound On / Off. The screen flashes on good answers when the sound is muted. • Interface translated : displayed in English, French, Spanish or Korean depending on the langage of the device. Should you need a translation in another langage, contact me. • 3 Quiz modes and 2 additional modes : Sight-Read Quiz (touch) : Read the staff note, then touch the right spot on the screen's instrument. Live Sight-Read (Live) : Read the staff note, then play it using your real instrument. (This mode uses your device's microphone) Ear-Training (touch) : Listen to the played note, then touch the right spot on the screen's instrument. (Click staff to replay note) Free-Play (touch) : Touch the screen's instrument. The note will be played and displayed on the staff. Instrument Tuner (Live) : Integrated tuner : play a note using your real instrument, the note will be displayed on the staff. (This mode uses your device's microphone) • Help system : possible display of the name of the note to play. Possible display of notes placements on the fingerboard (the name of the note to play is then displayed with the same color as the note placement) Possible display of an helping staff with every notes of the fingerboard. In-app purchase : • Full version : no limits, all strings and positions are available + a BIG thanks for your support :o) There is no ads in this application. Confidentiality : In this application, audio recording is only used locally on your phone to detect played note pitch, it is never transmitted outside the app. Have fun at play !
Easy Note
Practice reading music notes with an on-screen keyboard or your own instrument. The app listens and checks your accuracy, offering adjustable tempos and key signatures. Includes a song library and import options for further practice.
- Instrument note recognition
- Adjustable tempo
- Transposable key signatures
- Metronome
- Note-by-note or full song practice
- Song library
- Import MusicXML, MIDI, Score Creator files
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Easy Note is an app that helps you practice reading music notes. You can practice with the on-screen keyboard or with your own instrument (the app listens to you while you're playing and checks if you play the correct notes). * FEATURES: - Practice in different tempos. You can adjust the tempo of the songs to the speed that are suitable with you. - Practice in different key signatures. You can transpose each song into different keys to practice. - Background music that makes it more interesting to practice. - Metronome that helps you play in time. - Two practice modes: practice note by note separately, or practice playing the song at the correct tempo. - Note recognition by micro. You play the notes with your instrument then the app checks if you play correctly or not. - Song library with many popular songs. - Import more songs. You can import MusicXML, MIDI, Score Creator files into the app for further practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Easy Note at 5.0 against String Quartet SightRead Tutor's 3.0. String Quartet SightRead Tutor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. String Quartet SightRead Tutor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Easy Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Easy Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: String Quartet SightRead Tutor has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
String Quartet SightRead Tutor ships an update monthly, Easy Note fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | String Quartet SightRead Tutor | Easy Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexandre Dupleix | TRAN PHUONG |
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String Quartet SightRead Tutor
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In-app purchases
String Quartet SightRead Tutor
- Full version$3.99
Easy Note
- Easy Note - Full version$4.99
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