Comparison

Teach Note vs 来音制谱

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

来音制谱

Easily create and edit professional music scores for various instruments. Convert paper music to digital scores using AI camera recognition. Play back your compositions to preview and refine your work.

Highlights
  • Easy keyboard input for notes
  • AI camera recognition for paper scores
  • Multi-part score editing
  • Support for various notation elements
  • Playback of created scores
  • Export to PDF, MusicXML, and images
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
来音制谱4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 来音制谱 at none against Teach Note's shown. 来音制谱 also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

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 来音制谱 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

来音制谱 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 198 and 187 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Teach Note's written reviews are positive against 94% of 来音制谱's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, 来音制谱 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Teach Note versus 来音制谱: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeach Note来音制谱
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (198 ratings)4.9 (187 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.2% of reviews94.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings198 — better187
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB245 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%

来音制谱

All ratings187 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral0.5%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive94.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative5.0%

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

来音制谱

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
7 purchases

来音制谱

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 来音制谱 free?
来音制谱 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Teach Note or 来音制谱?
来音制谱 is rated higher. Teach Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 198 ratings, while 来音制谱 averages 4.9 from 187 ratings.
Do Teach Note or 来音制谱 have ads?
Teach Note shows ads; 来音制谱 does not.
Which is updated more often, Teach Note or 来音制谱?
Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, and 来音制谱 every 10 days. Most recently, Teach Note was updated on October 17, 2026 and 来音制谱 on October 18, 2026.

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