Teach Note vs PureTuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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/
PureTuner
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PureTuner is a lightweight and high-precision tuning tool designed for guitar players of all levels. Whether you play electric, acoustic, or classical guitar, PureTuner gets you in tune in seconds—no distractions, no extra steps. Supports electric, acoustic, and classical guitars Ultra-fast response and pitch detection Precision-focused, no unnecessary features Minimalist interface, zero ads, zero noise Open and tune—no setup, no confusion If you're tired of cluttered apps full of popups and irrelevant tools, PureTuner brings tuning back to its purest form. Get in tune, stay in tune—nothing more, nothing less Feel free to reach out to the author: doccaocao@hotmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Teach Note at Free against PureTuner's $6.99. PureTuner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Teach Note is free to download; PureTuner costs $6.99 up front. Teach Note sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PureTuner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Teach Note ships an update every 5 weeks, PureTuner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Teach Note | PureTuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (196 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 196 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 炯龙 吴 | 云辉 曹 |
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
PureTuner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Teach Note
- 月度会员$2.991 Month
- 季度会员$9.993 Months
- 年度会员2 variants$22.991 Year
- 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
PureTuner
No in-app purchases









