Comparison

Piano Sight vs Problems.cc

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

Head to head
About

Piano Sight

Enhance your piano sight-reading skills with specially composed pieces and interactive games. Unlock new music by mastering rhythm, pitch, and musical patterns. Improve your ability to quickly and accurately interpret sheet music.

Highlights
  • 155 specially composed sight-reading pieces
  • Interactive games to improve musical pattern recognition
  • Rhythm Match game
  • Pitch Patterns game
  • Quick Fire Five and What's the Difference games
  • Unlock pieces by completing challenges
  • Practice streak tracking
Features
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ABRSM Sight-Reading Trainer contains 155 brand new specially composed pieces of sight-reading for Piano Grades 1 to 5. But, before you can play them you have to unlock them!   Each piece is preceded by a series of games designed to improve your ability to spot the features, patterns and characteristics of the music before you play it. Test yourself and see if you can achieve a three-star score in these fun games: Rhythm Match - hear rhythms from the piece of Sight-Reading and identify the corresponding notation. Pitch Patterns - focus on a small section of the music and answer questions about pitches, patterns, fingering and keyboard geography. Quick Fire Five and What’s the Difference - study the whole piece and answer a series of questions about it. Learn how to make the 30 seconds of preparation time you have in your exam really count! Complete the challenges to unlock the pieces and start a practice streak. Strong sight-reading skills empower musicians to communicate with one another through the language of music, as well as learn new pieces quickly and accurately. Regular practice with ABRSM Sight-Reading Trainer will help you avoid the pitfalls and achieve sight-reading success! Hey, phone users! Music notation is complex and phone screens are small. This app is best viewed on an iPad but there's still lots you can learn and enjoy if you’re using the app on a smaller phone. Make sure you check out the preview screenshots in the App Store.

About

Problems.cc

Features
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Problems is a daily dose of beautiful maths puzzles from Exact Science. Every day you get a new set of bite-size challenges designed to sharpen real mathematical thinking — not just pattern-matching. Solve them in a couple of minutes, build a streak, and come back tomorrow for more. FOUR DAILY GAMES • Crossnumber — solve interlocking Across and Down clues to deduce every digit. • Cryptarithm — each letter stands for a different digit; crack the code so the sum is correct. • Magic Square — fill the grid so every row, column and diagonal add up to the same total. • Summit — slot operations between the numbers to hit the target. WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT • A new puzzle every day, with a full archive of past days to play. • Streaks and progress tracking to keep the habit going. • Clean, calm design with a light and dark theme. • No ads. No pre-game interruptions. No sign-up required to play. • Optional free account to sync your progress across devices. Built by Exact Science, the team behind problems.cc, drawing on a problem-solving tradition that values depth, structure and clear reasoning. Play today's puzzles, keep your streak alive, and make maths a daily habit.

Screenshots

Piano Sight4 screens
Problems.cc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Problems.cc at Free against Piano Sight's $4.99. Problems.cc also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 19 months). Piano Sight's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Problems.cc is free to download; Piano Sight costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Sight ships an update every 19 months, Problems.cc fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Piano Sight versus Problems.cc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano SightProblems.cc
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews16.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Publishing) LimitedExact Science

In-app purchases

None

Piano Sight

No in-app purchases

None

Problems.cc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piano Sight free?
Piano Sight costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Problems.cc free?
Problems.cc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Piano Sight or Problems.cc have ads?
Neither Piano Sight nor Problems.cc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piano Sight or Problems.cc?
Piano Sight ships an update every 19 months, and Problems.cc fortnightly. Most recently, Piano Sight was updated on October 17, 2026 and Problems.cc on October 8, 2026.

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