Solfa vs Piano Sight Reading Trainer
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
Piano Sight Reading Trainer
Learn to read sheet music and enhance your note identification speed and accuracy. This app offers a comprehensive tutorial and customizable practice settings for all skill levels. Track your progress with detailed statistics and engage in friendly competition with other users.
- Sheet music reading tutorial
- Note identification practice
- Customizable practice settings
- Performance statistics
- Competitive leaderboards
- Multiple instrument options
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The best way to learn how to read sheet music! Whether you're a beginner or an expert, this app helps you read notes faster and more accurately. Features: • Learn the basics with a built-in tutorial • Answer with the piano or note letters • Customize your practice settings • Track your scores, streaks, and progress • Compete on the global leaderboard • Beautiful themes to choose from
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Verdict
Solfa and Piano Sight Reading Trainer both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Piano Sight Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 48% of Solfa's. Piano Sight Reading Trainer also leads on ads (none vs shown). Solfa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (789 vs 94). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Piano Sight Reading Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solfa asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Solfa against 4.7 for Piano Sight Reading Trainer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solfa has 789 ratings behind it against 94, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Solfa's written reviews are positive against 100% of Piano Sight Reading Trainer's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solfa | Piano Sight Reading Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (789 ratings) | 4.7 (94 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 789 — better | 94 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexey Ovod | Derek Dawson |
Customer experience
Solfa
Piano Sight Reading Trainer
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
Piano Sight Reading Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solfa
No in-app purchases
Piano Sight Reading Trainer
- Ad Free Version$2.99
Questions
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