Comparison

IMSLP vs Sight Reader Trainer

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

Head to head
About

IMSLP

Access a vast digital library of classical music scores on your iOS device. Enjoy full access to commercial recordings, instant downloads, and new uploads with a membership subscription. Support the music community while exploring a comprehensive collection.

Highlights
  • Browse IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
  • View musical scores
  • Access commercial recordings
  • Instant downloads
  • Access new uploads instantly
  • Membership subscription benefits
Features
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Browse IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library and view scores from the comfort of your iOS device. IMSLP Membership Subscription Length of subscription: 1 month. Benefits include: • Full access to commercial recordings • Access all features in this app • No waiting for downloads • Access new uploads instantly • Knowing that you helped keep IMSLP running and serving the music community Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Service and Privacy policy - https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Terms_of_Service_and_Privacy_policy_(app)

About

Sight Reader Trainer

Features
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Sight reading only improves one way: by reading music you have never seen. Sight Reader Trainer writes a fresh exercise every time you tap Next, for your instrument, in your key, at your level. Play it through, and the app listens and tells you how you did. READ SOMETHING NEW EVERY TIME Every exercise is generated on the spot, so there is nothing to memorise. Pick a key or let the app surprise you with a new one each time. Choose the number of bars, the tempo and how busy the rhythms get. STYLES THAT SOUND LIKE REAL MUSIC Etudes, jazz lines, bebop, blues shuffle, bossa nova, samba, tango, ragtime, ballads, West coast cool, rock, funk, reggae, salsa, modal vamps, baroque sequences, Classical periods, marches, waltzes, klezmer, Balkan dances, Irish reels and jigs. Harmony-based styles show chord symbols and follow real progressions: ii–V–I, 12-bar blues, rhythm changes, So What and more. Technique drills cover scales, thirds, arpeggios, chromatics and long tones, and rhythm reading keeps you on one pitch. HEAR IT, THEN PLAY IT Each take plays back with a count-in, a metronome and the notes themselves, so you can listen first or play along. A look-ahead window reveals the music a few beats before the cursor arrives. TURN ON THE MIC AND GET SCORED Point your phone at your instrument and the app follows your pitch in real time. Notes light up green when you land them. At the end you get a score for pitch, timing and flow, with the tendency behind each: sharp or flat, early or late, where you hesitated. Tap any note afterwards to see how far off it was and hear the pitch it should have been. Choose how strict "in tune" should be, set your reference pitch, and calibrate for your phone's microphone delay. WAIT FOR ME MODE Not ready for tempo yet? The clock waits at each note until you play it, so you can work through a passage at your own pace and still be scored on pitch. PLAY A DUET Turn on Duet, pick a partner from any of the 40 instruments, and the app writes a second part to go with yours, each on its own staff in its own key. The phone plays the partner's line while you read yours. WRITTEN FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT Transposed and in the right clef for 40 instruments: flute, piccolo, oboe, English horn, bassoon, clarinets, every saxophone, trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, horn, mellophone, alto horn, trombones, euphonium and baritone in either clef, tuba, violin, viola, cello, double bass, soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices, marimba, vibraphone, xylophone and glockenspiel, plus a concert-pitch option for anything else. SAVE, SHARE AND TRACK Save the exercises you want to come back to, and every scored take is kept in that exercise's history so you can watch a hard passage get easier. Share an exercise with a short code so a teacher, student or bandmate can play the exact same notes. Practice trends show your minutes, takes, accuracy and best score by day, week and month, and 29 awards mark the milestones along the way. A built-in tuner and practice reminders round it out. FREE AND PRO Everything you need to practise real sight reading is free: every instrument, etudes, jazz lines, technique drills and rhythm reading, listening and scoring, 3/4 and 4/4 with quarter and eighth-note rhythms, and a few saved exercises. Sight Reader Trainer Pro, yearly with a 7-day free trial or as a one-time lifetime purchase, makes it harder and makes it yours: every style; triplets, syncopation and sixteenths; odd meters; the look-ahead control; custom range limits; duets with any partner instrument; unlimited saved exercises; and the full pitch, timing and flow breakdown. Note names in letters, German (H) or solfège. Available in 11 languages. No account, no ads. Your playing never leaves your phone; the microphone is used only to detect pitch while you play. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.trumpettrainer.com/privacy

Screenshots

IMSLP4 screens
Sight Reader Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sight Reader Trainer at every 3 days against IMSLP's every 10 days. IMSLP's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. IMSLP sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month and Sight Reader Trainer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IMSLP ships an update every 10 days, Sight Reader Trainer every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
IMSLP versus Sight Reader Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIMSLPSight Reader Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (515 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings515 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProject Petrucci LLCEdmund Trujillo

Bugs and requests

IMSLP

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Crashes when opening scores
  • Scores disappearing from library
  • Login issues and lost data
  • Incompatibility with older devices after updates
  • Annotation issues causing loss of data
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  • Inability to edit file information after import

Requested features

11 requests
  • Predictive text for score annotations
  • Ability to restore original zoom settings
  • Metric to indicate device performance during page turns
  • Folder-like organization system
  • Color wheel and custom pen/highlighter options
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  • Ability to rename music files
  • Different color folder options
  • Split view support
  • Easier way to import scores from other sources
  • Instrumentation information for scores
  • Sorting by instrumentation

Sight Reader Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

IMSLP

Subscriptions1
  • Membership Subscription$3.991 Month
2 purchases

Sight Reader Trainer

Subscriptions1
  • Sight Reader Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Sight Reader Trainer Pro$29.99

Questions

Is IMSLP free?
IMSLP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sight Reader Trainer free?
Sight Reader Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do IMSLP or Sight Reader Trainer have ads?
Neither IMSLP nor Sight Reader Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IMSLP or Sight Reader Trainer?
IMSLP ships an update every 10 days, and Sight Reader Trainer every 3 days. Most recently, IMSLP was updated on November 13, 2026 and Sight Reader Trainer on November 13, 2026.

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