Comparison

Teach Note vs MuTone Note

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

MuTone Note

Create and edit simplified music scores, staff scores, and drum scores. Generate MIDI playback files and convert MIDI to scores. Supports hundreds of instruments and multiple parts simultaneously. Export scores as PNG images or high-quality PDF files.

Highlights
  • Simplified music score editing
  • Staff score editing
  • Drum score editing
  • MIDI playback file generation
  • MIDI to score conversion
  • Multiple instrument support
  • Export to PNG and PDF
Features
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Support the editing and creation of simplified music score, staff score and drum score, MIDI playback files can be generated, and MIDI files can be converted into music scores, Support the mutual conversion of simplified music and staff, It supports the playback of hundreds of musical instruments, Support simultaneous performance of multiple parts, Supports exporting PNG pictures, Support the export of high-quality PDF files, Support chords, continuous notes, decorative notes, repetition, jumping house and other music symbols

Screenshots

Teach Note4 screens
MuTone Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Teach Note at 4.7 against MuTone Note's 3.3. Teach Note also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 56%) and ratings volume (196 vs 3). MuTone Note's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and MuTone Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teach Note holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teach Note has 196 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Teach Note's written reviews are positive against 56% of MuTone Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, MuTone Note fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Teach Note versus MuTone Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeach NoteMuTone Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (196 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews — better55.8% of reviews
Number of ratings196 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB219 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer炯龙 吴英群 陈

Customer experience

Teach Note

All ratings196 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.6%

MuTone Note

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral11.6%
Negative32.6%

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

MuTone Note

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
1 purchases

MuTone Note

One-time1
  • Unlock All features$19.99

Questions

Is Teach Note free?
Teach Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MuTone Note free?
MuTone Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Teach Note or MuTone Note?
Teach Note is rated higher. Teach Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 196 ratings, while MuTone Note averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Teach Note or MuTone Note have ads?
Teach Note shows ads; MuTone Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Teach Note or MuTone Note?
Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, and MuTone Note fortnightly. Most recently, Teach Note was updated on October 15, 2026 and MuTone Note on October 5, 2026.

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