Amuse Music Distribution vs Notes.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amuse Music Distribution
Distribute your music to major streaming platforms and social networks. Keep 100% of your earnings and royalties, with options for automated advances and royalty splitting. Get daily insights into your music's performance and a Spotify verified artist checkmark.
- Unlimited music releases
- Deliver to all major streaming services
- Keep 100% of earnings
- Intuitive release builder
- Promotional pre-saves and smartlinks
- Daily performance insights
- Spotify verified artist checkmark
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Release unlimited music from your device to the world in as little as 24 hours. That’s why hundreds of thousands of artists, teams and labels release through Amuse. - Release unlimited music with any of our plans - Deliver to all major streaming services and social networks - Keep 100% of your earnings and royalties - Intuitive release builder makes it easy to create releases and credit contributors - Schedule your release date with any of our plans - Promotional pre-saves and smartlinks available for all releases - Understand what’s happening with your music with daily insights - Spotify verified artist checkmark available to all artists - Detailed financial statements - Withdraw your royalties whenever you choose - Split royalties with your contributors - All artists eligible to receive automated advances - Fast support from real people - Music stays live if you cancel your plan - Plus much more Sign up today, choose a plan that suits you, and within hours your music can be on its way to Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, YouTube and many others! Read the Amuse Terms of Use at https://www.amuse.io/en/resources/terms-of-use/ and the Subscription Terms of Use at https://www.amuse.io/en/resources/terms-of-use-subscriptions/
Notes.fm
This app helps musicians track and collect all their music royalties in one place. It identifies missing registrations and unclaimed money across over 50 platforms, simplifying royalty collection for artists, songwriters, and managers.
- Collect all royalties in one place
- Identify missing registrations and unclaimed shares
- Estimate unclaimed royalties
- Verify songwriter, performer, and producer credits
- Track catalog health across 50+ platforms
- Share credit and registration data
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NOTES Notes is the easiest way to release your music and collect all of your royalties in one place. Every musician deserves all of their royalties. But royalty registrations are fragmented and manual, and a song that isn't registered everywhere it earns leaves money unclaimed. Notes releases your music, reviews your catalog for issues, and makes sure you get paid. Notes does not take a percentage of your royalties. RELEASE YOUR MUSIC - Distribute your songs to 30+ platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Tidal, and Deezer - Register your songs with The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) as you release them - Attach credits and International Standard Recording Codes (ISRCs) to every release REVIEW YOUR CATALOG AND FIND MISSING MONEY - Import your existing catalog by artist, playlist, release, or song - Review your catalog for issues, including missing registrations, unclaimed shares, and unmatched recordings, across The MLC, Performing Rights Organizations (PROs), and SoundExchange - See clear, data-backed estimates of unclaimed royalties, built on real stream counts and current mechanical rates - Verify songwriter, performer, and producer credits, and look up the identifiers behind your songs — ISRCs, International Standard Musical Work Codes (ISWCs), and Interested Party Information (IPI) numbers FIX ISSUES AND CLAIM YOUR ROYALTIES - Notes Publishing fixes publishing issues and collects missing money by registering your songs at The MLC - Download your royalty review, or share it with your existing publishing administrator CONTRACTS AND PAYOUTS - Create and send contracts that set each collaborator's share of a song's recording and songwriting royalties - Collaborators approve or decline their share right in the app, and approved contracts pay everyone automatically - Track your total earnings over time, from one week to all time WHO IT'S FOR - Musicians releasing music and tracking their own royalties - Songwriters verifying registrations across PROs and The MLC - Managers reviewing catalog health for the musicians they administer - Labels and publishers monitoring registrations and contracts BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Notes keeps you connected to your catalog wherever you are. Add the Catalog Review widget to your Home Screen, pull to refresh, pick up where you left off with a persistent session, and share anything straight from the app. If you lose connectivity, Notes lets you know and reloads automatically when you're back online. Start with a free account at notes.fm. MUSICIAN SUBSCRIPTION Upgrade to Musician in the app for your earnings on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Control Center, plus notifications when royalties arrive, a statement is ready, or a payment reaches you. Musician is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly to your Apple Account, and renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://notes.fm/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://notes.fm/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notes.fm at 100% against Amuse Music Distribution's 48%. Notes.fm also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Amuse Music Distribution's advantage is ratings volume (20K vs 2) and chart position (#137 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Amuse Music Distribution sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Notes.fm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Notes.fm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amuse Music Distribution has 20K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Amuse Music Distribution's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notes.fm's.
Amuse Music Distribution ships an update every 2 weeks, Notes.fm weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Amuse Music Distribution | Notes.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (20K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #137 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amuseio AB | Notes Frequencies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Amuse Music Distribution
Notes.fm
Bugs and requests
Amuse Music Distribution
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues
- Bugs with release date selection
- Problems with cover art uploads
Requested features
4 requests- Add more music genres
- Allow custom profile pictures on streaming platforms
- Provide more detailed earnings reports
- Improve communication and response times from support
Notes.fm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Amuse Music Distribution
- Amuse Pro Monthly2 variants$7.991 Month
- Amuse Boost Yearly$23.991 Year
- Amuse Artist Yearly$23.991 Year
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- Artist Plus Yearly$39.991 Year
- Amuse Pro Yearly2 variants$59.991 Year
- Amuse Professional Yearly$59.991 Year
- Amuse Professional L2 Yearly$84.991 Year
- Amuse Professional L3 Yearly$99.991 Year
Notes.fm
- Musician$4.991 Month
- Musician (Yearly)$49.991 Year
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