Comparison

Solfa vs Guess This Note

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

Guess This Note

Develop your musical ear by identifying piano notes and their sounds. Practice with various instruments and challenge yourself with daily tests of relative and absolute pitch. Unlock custom training and remove ads with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Listen to piano notes and guess them
  • Practice with 4 different instruments
  • Test relative and absolute pitch
  • Daily challenges
  • Customizable training drills (Pro)
  • Ad-free experience (Pro)
Features
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Hear a note and name it. Step-by-step lessons for absolute pitch, solfège, intervals and chords, a 10-question pitch test and a daily challenge. All tones are synthesized in the app. [Lessons] - Absolute Pitch: name notes with no reference note, starting with two white keys and adding one note per lesson up to all 12, then wider ranges and other instruments. - Solfège: after a reference chord in the key, tell which step of the scale the note is, first in C major and then in other keys. - Intervals & Chords: name the interval between two notes, then tell major, minor, diminished and augmented triads apart. - 3 paths, 7 chapters, 33 lessons. Each lesson has 10 questions. On a wrong answer the lesson stops so you can play the correct answer and your own answer. - Earn up to 3 stars per lesson. The next lesson in a chapter opens after 1 star. Each chapter has a 15-question test: 13 correct answers pass it and open every lesson in that chapter. - From a lesson result, redo only the questions you missed. [Pitch Test] Ten questions that mix relative pitch (which note is higher, name the interval, melodic direction) and absolute pitch (name the note you hear). The result shows a score for each part and a pitch type, plus a suggested lesson. Open the question list to replay every question. [Daily Challenge] A new set of questions every day, the same for everyone on the same date. [Practice and Ear Training] Play the keyboard freely across octaves, with note names shown or hidden. In Ear Training, hear a note and find it on the keyboard; after a wrong answer the correct note plays, and you can replay it or skip ahead. Choose piano, electric piano, guitar or flute. [Guess This Note Pro] Pro is a one-time in-app purchase. It removes all ads, including the ones between lessons, and unlocks Custom Training, where you build your own drills by note type, difficulty and length. All lessons, tests and the daily challenge are available without Pro. Purchases can be restored from the Pro screen. Languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, French, German Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Solfa4 screens
Guess This Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Guess This Note at 100% against Solfa's 49%. Guess This Note also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Solfa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Guess This Note sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Solfa asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solfa ships an update every 3 weeks, Guess This Note weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Solfa versus Guess This Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolfaGuess This Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (806 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings806 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexey Ovodpilyeong heo

Customer experience

Solfa

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

Guess This Note

Written reviews1 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

Guess This Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Solfa

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Guess This Note

Subscriptions2
  • Guess This Note Pro$1.991 Month
  • Guess This Note Pro$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Guess This Note Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Solfa free?
Solfa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Guess This Note free?
Guess This Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Solfa or Guess This Note have ads?
Both Solfa and Guess This Note show ads.
Which is updated more often, Solfa or Guess This Note?
Solfa ships an update every 3 weeks, and Guess This Note weekly. Most recently, Solfa was updated on October 25, 2026 and Guess This Note on October 24, 2026.

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