Solfa vs Musical Scale Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solfa
This app is a quiz game designed to help beginners and children learn to read sheet music and identify musical notes. It supports various clefs and note naming systems, making it versatile for different instruments and learning styles.
- Learn musical notes
- Read sheet music
- Supports multiple clefs
- Train sight-reading
- Learn tonality and chords
- Multiple note naming systems
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How to learn notes? How to read sheet music? How to remember note names? "Solfa" helps you learn notes for piano, guitar or singing. "Solfa / Musical Notes" is a quiz game for kids and beginners that helps you learn simple music theory. - train sight-reading - read notes of alto, bass, tenor, treble clef staff - learn tonality and chord names - switch between English, German note names You can use "Solfa" for ear training and basics of solfège. List of musical instruments: - singing - piano - guitar - flute - clarinet Types of musical notations: - C D E F G A B - C D E F G A H - Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si - До Ре Ми Фа Соль Ля Си - Ντο Ρε Μι Φα Σολ Λα Σι - ハ ニ ホ ヘ ト イ ロ - 다 라 마 바 사 가 나 - स रे ग म प ध नि - ด ร ม ฟ ซ ล ท
Musical Scale Practice
Learn and test your knowledge of musical scales with interactive practice and quiz modes. Visual aids like sheet music, sounds, and keyboard positions make it easy for beginners to grasp concepts.
- Practice Mode with random notes
- Quiz Mode to test skills
- Sheet music display
- Actual sound playback
- Scale name identification
- Keyboard position visualization
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In Practice Mode, you can study scales at your own pace with randomly displayed notes. In Quiz Mode, test your skills and see how much you've learned! With sheet music, actual sounds, scale names, and keyboard positions all displayed, even complete beginners can feel confident.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solfa at 4.6 against Musical Scale Practice's 3.8. Solfa also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 32 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Musical Scale Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solfa asks for nothing beyond the download.
Solfa holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solfa has 808 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 49% and 50% positive.
Solfa ships an update every 3 weeks, Musical Scale Practice every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solfa | Musical Scale Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (808 ratings) — better | 3.8 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 808 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexey Ovod | Brick Bay Insights, Inc. |
Customer experience
Solfa
Musical Scale Practice
Bugs and requests
Solfa
Reported bugs
4 issues- Displaying notes outside instrument range
- Incorrectly identifying notes
- Sound not working
- Unable to advance past first screen
Requested features
6 requests- Option to remove note names
- Thicker lines for guitar frets
- Sight reading component
- Mezzo soprano, baritone clefs
- Ability to choose number of notes per round
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- Purchasable ad-free version
Musical Scale Practice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solfa
No in-app purchases
Musical Scale Practice
- Full Key Unlock$5.99
