Comparison

Teach Note vs LaiyinScore

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

LaiyinScore

Easily create, edit, and play music scores using AI-powered scanning or manual input. Supports various instruments and notation types, with playback and export options for sharing.

Highlights
  • AI music score scanning
  • Multi-instrument score editing
  • Lyrics and notation input
  • Music score playback
  • Export to PDF, MusicXML, images
  • Efficient keyboard input
Features
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This is an easy-to-use music score making software designed for music lovers and professional musicians. Simple keyboard input method, you can generate music scores by tapping the required notes. You can also quickly generate intelligent music scores through AI camera recognition function, and support the conversion of five-line music scores to simplified music scores. [Strong music score editing ability] You can create and edit music scores for piano, guitar, guzheng, violin, ukulele, vocal music, etc., support multi-part custom music score editing, five-line music score/simplified music score/six-line music score/singing music score/four-line music score input. Supports the input of elements such as lyrics, fingering, bars, lines, ornaments, playing methods, dynamics, and notations, so that you can easily create wonderful music works. [Smart photo recognition] If you have paper music scores, you don’t need to write them yourself. Just open "Laiyin Music Score" and choose to take a photo and upload it to generate AI digital music scores, which is more convenient for daily use and carrying. [Music score can be played] Supports the music score playback function. After editing the music score, you can directly play and listen to your work, which will help you better preview and modify your work and greatly improve your creation efficiency. [Easy and efficient operation] The self-developed scientific and efficient keyboard input method has a concise and clear layout of various notes and symbols. It is easy to operate and easy to get started, making it easier for you to create music scores and doubling your efficiency. [Exportable for sharing] Supports export to PDF, MusicXML, Laiyin music scores, pictures and other formats, allowing you to save and share your works to Laiyin apps or other music software at any time. --------- Privacy Policy:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/privacy.html?appPackage=editscore_ios&appChannel=AppStore User Agreement:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/user.html?appPackage=editscore_ios&appChannel=AppStore Membership Agreement:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/vip.html?appPackage=editscore_ios&appChannel=AppStore

Screenshots

Teach Note4 screens
LaiyinScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LaiyinScore at none against Teach Note's shown. LaiyinScore also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Teach Note sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LaiyinScore sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Teach Note against 4.8 for LaiyinScore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 198 and 195 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Teach Note's written reviews are positive against 93% of LaiyinScore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, LaiyinScore weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Teach Note versus LaiyinScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeach NoteLaiyinScore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (198 ratings)4.8 (195 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews93.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings198 — better195
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB263 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer炯龙 吴北京夕航科技有限公司

Customer experience

Teach Note

All ratings198 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.6%

LaiyinScore

All ratings194 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral0.5%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative5.9%

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

LaiyinScore

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 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-time1
  • 终身会员$39.99
7 purchases

LaiyinScore

Subscriptions2
  • 来音制谱-月会员2 variants$4.991 Month
  • 来音制谱-年会员2 variants$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • 来音制谱转谱券$1.99
  • 转谱券$3.99
  • 1个月会员$5.99
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  • 来音制谱转谱券$7.99
  • 来音制谱转谱券$13.99

Questions

Is Teach Note free?
Teach Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LaiyinScore free?
LaiyinScore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Teach Note or LaiyinScore?
LaiyinScore is rated higher. Teach Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 198 ratings, while LaiyinScore averages 4.8 from 195 ratings.
Do Teach Note or LaiyinScore have ads?
Teach Note shows ads; LaiyinScore does not.
Which is updated more often, Teach Note or LaiyinScore?
Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, and LaiyinScore weekly. Most recently, Teach Note was updated on November 11, 2026 and LaiyinScore on November 12, 2026.

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