Comparison

Solfa vs Learn Your Keys

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

Learn Your Keys

Master musical keys and scales with this app. It visually shows note positions on a staff and piano keyboard, helping you learn to recognize notes and their corresponding keys. Understand accidentals and practice identifying notes by tapping.

Highlights
  • Master keys and scales
  • View notes on staff
  • See notes on piano keyboard
  • Learn accidentals (sharps/flats)
  • Identify note names
  • Practice note recognition
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Learn Your Keys does one thing—help you master keys and scales! When you started learning to play your instrument you probably played notes in C Major, the simplest scale using the white keys on a piano. Now you’re ready to learn about the other keys, like D Major and F# minor. This app helps you remember the notes in a key, where they appear on a staff (with the appropriate sharp or flat accidental) and what piano keys are used. Tap a note to see where it’s played on a piano. Or tap a piano key to see where the note appears on the staff. You will get used to hearing it so you’ll recognize it in the future. And as you start to learn your keys and scales you can see the actual note names on the staff, not just musical notation.

Screenshots

Solfa4 screens
Learn Your Keys1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn Your Keys at 100% against Solfa's 49%. Learn Your Keys also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Solfa's advantage is ratings volume (805 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn Your Keys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solfa has 805 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Solfa's written reviews are positive against 100% of Learn Your Keys's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Solfa versus Learn Your Keys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolfaLearn Your Keys
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (805 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings805 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexey OvodKevin Monahan

Customer experience

Solfa

All ratings801 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral4.6%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral17.9%
Negative32.8%

Learn Your Keys

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

Learn Your Keys

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Solfa

No in-app purchases

None

Learn Your Keys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solfa free?
Solfa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Learn Your Keys free?
Learn Your Keys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Solfa or Learn Your Keys?
Learn Your Keys is rated higher. Solfa averages 4.6 out of 5 from 805 ratings, while Learn Your Keys averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Solfa or Learn Your Keys have ads?
Solfa shows ads; Learn Your Keys does not.

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