Comparison

Teach Note vs Piano Pilot

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

Head to head
About

Teach Note

Enhance your musical abilities with this app designed to improve staff notation reading and music theory knowledge. It offers structured courses, extensive practice exercises, and helpful tools to boost your sight-reading speed and understanding of musical concepts.

Highlights
  • 30+ sight-reading and music theory courses
  • 400+ sight-reading exercises
  • Intelligent error-correction practice
  • Multiple practice modes (built-in piano, MIDI/Bluetooth)
  • Support for multiple clefs
  • Includes common musical tools (metronome, chord lookup)
Features
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Over 4,800 5-Star Reviews, recommended by more and more students! An essential App for learning staff notation, music theory basics, and improving sight-reading speed! Staff notation is a fundamental skill for piano learning and music entry. Mastering staff notation and music theory enables you to read, play, and learn more excellent musical works. Join the "Teach Note" family and efficiently enhance your staff notation skills with 200,000 students! = Features = - Over 30 sight-reading and music theory courses across 4 assessment stages. Exclusively recorded with concise content, paired with an intelligent error-correction practice system, to easily grasp sight-reading and music theory fundamentals. - Over 400 sight-reading exercises to comprehensively train your sight-reading ability. Through scientifically designed intensive training, continuously improve sight-reading speed for flexible application in practice. Supports multiple clefs and customized training for weak areas! - Multiple practice modes. During leisure time outdoors, use the built-in piano to practice sight-reading anytime, anywhere; at home, connect to your piano via Bluetooth/MIDI for combined training! - Covers courses on staff notation basics, note recognition, intervals, chords, and mode theory. - Collects commonly used tools and resources, understanding your needs better than other sight-reading and music theory apps. Includes: blank staff paper, common musical terms, metronome, tempo tester, chord lookup, scale lookup, etc. Whether it's a hobby or a dream, only action turns it into reality. Join us and achieve your extraordinary musical dreams together! Attached Service Agreement: https://musiclearn.cn/2019/09/20/MustrTermOfUse/

About

Piano Pilot

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Using Bluetooth to pair the app to your piano, you will discover the full potential of your instrument. Features: 1. Browse the available sounds quickly using our visual browser. 2. Edit the piano sounds by accessing deep parameters such as string resonance, damper resonance, reverb, chorus, etc. You can also adjust pitch (tuning and temperament) and control different keyboard settings (split, layer, etc). 3. Store your own sounds as favourites and recall them instantly. 4. Browse, play and control the music contents on your piano such as metronome, built-in rhythm accompaniments and songs.

Screenshots

Teach Note4 screens
Piano Pilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piano Pilot at none against Teach Note's 11. Piano Pilot also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 18.6). Teach Note's advantage is device support. On price and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Teach Note sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Piano Pilot asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, Piano Pilot every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Teach Note versus Piano Pilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeach NotePiano Pilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (198 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings198 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYes—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS18.613 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer炯龙 吴Medeli Electronic Co.,LTD.

Bugs and requests

Teach Note

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes when accessing membership/subscription features
  • Video tutorials have no sound on iPad
  • Bluetooth MIDI connection not working despite pairing
  • VIP recovery/restore purchase causes crashes
  • App crashes after recent updates
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  • Membership activation fails

Requested features

6 requests
  • More free practice content
  • Ad-supported free tier alternative
  • Wider keyboard interface
  • Bluetooth MIDI connectivity improvements
  • Additional features and functionality
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  • Reduced pricing for premium subscription

Piano Pilot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Teach Note

Subscriptions3
  • 月度会员$2.991 Month
  • 季度会员$9.993 Months
  • 年度会员2 variants$22.991 Year
One-time7
  • 高级识谱训练包2$0.99
  • 初级识谱训练包$0.99
  • 练耳训练包$1.99
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  • 音符识谱训练包$1.99
  • 高级识谱训练包$2.99
  • 去除广告$3.99
  • 终身会员$39.99
None

Piano Pilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Teach Note free?
Teach Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Piano Pilot free?
Piano Pilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which is updated more often, Teach Note or Piano Pilot?
Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, and Piano Pilot every 2 months. Most recently, Teach Note was updated on October 21, 2026 and Piano Pilot on October 13, 2026.

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