NoteRacer vs Solfa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NoteRacer
This app is a music learning game designed to help users master music notes and improve their sight-reading speed. It offers customizable practice modes and competitive challenges, including real-time multiplayer. Ideal for musicians of all levels looking to enhance their note recognition skills.
- Learn specific notes
- Piano keys or note names training
- Speed-based note scrolling game
- Global leaderboard
- Real-time multiplayer mode
- Customizable learning experience
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Read music faster. Trusted by 150,000+ musicians worldwide to master sight-reading, drill treble and bass clef, and conquer note recognition - in minutes a day. Whether you're a beginner learning the staff, a piano student pushing your speed, or a teacher running drills in lessons, NoteRacer turns flashcard practice into a game you'll keep opening. PRACTICE THREE WAYS - Tap the piano keys on screen - Tap the note names (A through G) - Listening Mode: play the note on your real piano or keyboard and the app hears it CUSTOMIZE YOUR DRILLS - Treble clef, bass clef, or full grand staff - Sharps, flats, naturals, or any custom note range - Focus on specific notes you keep missing GAME MODE - Notes scroll faster as you improve - beat your personal best - Climb the global leaderboard and see where you rank worldwide - Earn achievements and keep a daily practice streak alive LESSONS BUILT IN - Step-by-step lessons cover the staff, note names, and intervals - Note chart for quick reference any time - Stats that track your speed, accuracy, and progress over time MAKE IT YOURS - Choose from 19 instrument voices, from grand piano to vibraphone - Light or dark mode PERFECT FOR - Beginners learning to read music for the first time - Piano students wanting faster, more confident sight-reading - Adults returning to piano after a break - Music teachers looking for a drill tool to assign at home - Guitarists, vocalists, and other musicians practicing note recognition (Listening Mode works on any pitched instrument) WHY NOTERACER WORKS Sight-reading is a speed game. The gap between a struggling reader and a fluent one is reaction time on each note. NoteRacer turns that into focused, gamified reps that compound - five minutes a day really does add up. Free to download. Start your first race and watch your reading speed climb. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Solfa
This app is a quiz game designed to help beginners and children learn to read sheet music and identify musical notes. It supports various clefs and note naming systems, making it versatile for different instruments and learning styles.
- Learn musical notes
- Read sheet music
- Supports multiple clefs
- Train sight-reading
- Learn tonality and chords
- Multiple note naming systems
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How to learn notes? How to read sheet music? How to remember note names? "Solfa" helps you learn notes for piano, guitar or singing. "Solfa / Musical Notes" is a quiz game for kids and beginners that helps you learn simple music theory. - train sight-reading - read notes of alto, bass, tenor, treble clef staff - learn tonality and chord names - switch between English, German note names You can use "Solfa" for ear training and basics of solfège. List of musical instruments: - singing - piano - guitar - flute - clarinet Types of musical notations: - C D E F G A B - C D E F G A H - Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si - До Ре Ми Фа Соль Ля Си - Ντο Ρε Μι Φα Σολ Λα Σι - ハ ニ ホ ヘ ト イ ロ - 다 라 마 바 사 가 나 - स रे ग म प ध नि - ด ร ม ฟ ซ ล ท
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solfa at none against NoteRacer's 3. Solfa also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. NoteRacer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Solfa asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for NoteRacer against 4.6 for Solfa. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 497 and 809 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of NoteRacer's written reviews are positive against 49% of Solfa's.
NoteRacer ships an update fortnightly, Solfa every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NoteRacer | Solfa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (497 ratings) | 4.6 (809 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 49.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 497 | 809 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | brendan woods | Alexey Ovod |
Customer experience
NoteRacer
Solfa
User reviews
NoteRacer
From 497 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning notes
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Well-designed interface
- 👍 Customizable practice range
- 👍 Helpful for sight-reading
Room to improve
- 😠 Too many ads
- 😠 Intrusive full-screen ads
- 😠 Expensive pro version
- 😠 Ads spoil concentration
- 😠 Ads every 5-12 seconds
Solfa
From 809 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple but effective
- 👍 Great for guitar players
- 👍 Teaches fundamentals well
- 👍 Helps improve musicianship
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- 🐛 Crashes with MIDI connection
- 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
- 🔍 Limited features and options
Bugs and requests
NoteRacer
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot change settings in modes
- Lowest row of buttons not working on iPhone 8
- Support not responding to emails
- Practice to play mode transition requires app restart
- Bottom range notes cut off on phone screen
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- Cannot change bass clef range on smaller iPhones
- Cannot register account
- Cannot log in with Apple ID
- Pro version upgrade button not found
- Error when trying to remove ads
Requested features
10 requests- Option to slow down notes in game mode
- Adjustable steady note speed
- Add other decorative note symbols
- Add chord recognition
- Separate training for treble clef 6 notes with ledger lines
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- Separate training for bass clef 6 notes with ledger lines
- Recognize more staff lines (above and below)
- Improve leaderboard accuracy
- Remove duplicate leaderboard entries
- Option to disable sharp and flat notes when turned off
Solfa
Reported bugs
4 issues- Displaying notes outside instrument range
- Incorrectly identifying notes
- Sound not working
- Unable to advance past first screen
Requested features
6 requests- Option to remove note names
- Thicker lines for guitar frets
- Sight reading component
- Mezzo soprano, baritone clefs
- Ability to choose number of notes per round
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- Purchasable ad-free version
In-app purchases
NoteRacer
- Pro Upgrade Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Upgrade Yearly$19.991 Year
- Pro Upgrade$4.99
Solfa
No in-app purchases







