Comparison

Solfa vs Falling Notes Piano Trainer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Learn musical notes
  • Read sheet music
  • Supports multiple clefs
  • Train sight-reading
  • Learn tonality and chords
  • Multiple note naming systems
Features
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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

About

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

Learn, practice, and edit piano music with interactive falling notes and MIDI keyboard support. Shape songs by adjusting individual notes, timing, and tempo. Export in compatible formats for player pianos.

Highlights
  • Load MIDI files or included songs
  • Interactive MIDI keyboard practice
  • Practice hands separately or full song
  • Adjust note pitch, timing, and velocity
  • Edit tempo changes
  • Export MIDI files for player pianos
Features
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Learn, practice, transcribe, and edit piano music in one place. FallingNotes lets you load MIDI files, practice them with a MIDI-compatible keyboard, and shape the music directly in a visual falling-notes editor. Watch notes fall toward the keyboard, pause until you play the right notes, follow staff notation for sight-reading, and edit performances with precise musical control. Version 3.0 is a major expansion. FallingNotes is now not only a practice app, but also a piano performance editor. You can edit notes, tempo, velocity, pedal, tracks, and timing; transcribe piano audio to MIDI; transfer expression from one performance to another; and export standard MIDI files for use in other tools or supported player-piano workflows. Features: • Load standard MIDI files or choose from included songs • Connect a MIDI-compatible keyboard for interactive practice • Practice left hand, right hand, selected tracks, or the full song • Pause on notes and continue only when you play • View active notes on the staff for sight-reading support • Edit individual notes or groups of notes visually • Change pitch, timing, length, velocity, and track assignment • Add or remove time in the score • Edit tempo changes with a visual speed profile • Transcribe piano audio into editable MIDI • Transfer timing, velocity, and pedal expression from another performance • Compare transferred expression with ghost-note overlays • Smooth tempo profiles while preserving overall timing • Capture synchronized MIDI and audio takes for paired practice or dataset creation • Choose from multiple animated falling-note visual styles • Export MIDI files with standard tempo events for compatibility with other MIDI software • Export MIDI files in Steinway Spirio-compatible format for supported player pianos FallingNotes is designed for pianists, learners, arrangers, and anyone who wants to understand and reshape piano performances visually.

Screenshots

Solfa4 screens
Falling Notes Piano Trainer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Falling Notes Piano Trainer at none against Solfa's shown. Falling Notes Piano Trainer also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Solfa's advantage is ratings volume (789 vs 6) and review sentiment (48% vs 33%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Solfa against 4.7 for Falling Notes Piano Trainer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solfa has 789 ratings behind it against 6, 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 33% of Falling Notes Piano Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solfa ships an update every 3 weeks, Falling Notes Piano Trainer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Solfa versus Falling Notes Piano Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolfaFalling Notes Piano Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (789 ratings)4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings789 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB384 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexey OvodPooya Jannaty

Customer experience

Solfa

All ratings789 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive47.7%
Neutral18.5%
Negative33.8%

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

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

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Solfa

No in-app purchases

None

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solfa free?
Solfa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Falling Notes Piano Trainer free?
Falling Notes Piano Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Solfa or Falling Notes Piano Trainer?
Falling Notes Piano Trainer is rated higher. Solfa averages 4.6 out of 5 from 789 ratings, while Falling Notes Piano Trainer averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Solfa or Falling Notes Piano Trainer have ads?
Solfa shows ads; Falling Notes Piano Trainer does not.
Which is updated more often, Solfa or Falling Notes Piano Trainer?
Solfa ships an update every 3 weeks, and Falling Notes Piano Trainer every 5 weeks. Most recently, Solfa was updated on September 25, 2026 and Falling Notes Piano Trainer on July 19, 2026.

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