Solfa vs SightSingy Notes
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
SightSingy Notes
Enhance your music reading skills with this app, offering practice in all seven musical clefs. Customize sessions, switch between note naming systems, and utilize timed challenges for focused improvement.
- Practice in all 7 musical clefs
- Customizable practice session length
- Switch between letter names and solfège
- Timed practice mode with countdown
- Step-by-step strategy for building confidence
- Clean and responsive interface
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SightSingy Notes – Practice Note Reading in All 7 Clefs SightSingy Notes is a fun and intuitive app designed to boost your note-reading skills across all seven musical clefs—Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, and Baritone. Whether you're a music student, teacher, or enthusiast, this companion tool makes reading sheet music faster and easier through focused, customizable practice sessions. Built by the creator of the YouTube channel SightSingy, this app is tailored for those who want to strengthen their sight-singing and music theory skills with a modern, interactive approach. Features: Practice in Any Clef Choose from all 7 clefs and target specific note ranges to match your learning goals. Customize Your Practice Select between 2 and 18 notes to practice at a time, and gradually expand your range as you improve. Flexible Note Naming Prefer Do–Re–Mi over A–B–C? Switch between letter note names and solfège (Fixed Do). New: Timed Practice Mode Enable “Answer Time” to challenge yourself with a time limit for each note. Great for building accuracy under pressure. Practice sessions now begin with a 3–2–1 countdown and automatic feedback. Step-by-Step Strategy Build confidence by starting with line notes and gradually adding space notes and ledger lines. Designed for Musicians Simple, clean interface with responsive feedback makes this app ideal for both beginners and more advanced musicians. Perfect for: - Music students preparing for exams - Choir members learning sight-singing - Teachers looking for an extra resource - Anyone wanting to improve music reading fluency Make music practice part of your daily routine. With SightSingy Notes, you'll turn slow note recognition into fast, confident reading—in no time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SightSingy Notes at 100% against Solfa's 48%. SightSingy Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Solfa's advantage is ratings volume (789 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SightSingy Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solfa has 789 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Solfa's written reviews are positive against 100% of SightSingy Notes's.
Solfa ships an update every 3 weeks, SightSingy Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solfa | SightSingy Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (789 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 789 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexey Ovod | Mehdi Ghasemi |
Customer experience
Solfa
SightSingy Notes
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
SightSingy Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solfa
No in-app purchases
SightSingy Notes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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