Solfa vs Chronos Guitar Assistant
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
Chronos Guitar Assistant
This app helps guitar and bass players learn chords, fingerings, and notes on the fretboard. It includes tools for scales, key circles, a metronome, and a tuner to aid practice and learning.
- Chord and fingering diagrams
- Fretboard note learning
- Scale and interval finder
- Circle of fifths
- Metronome
- Tuner
- Song notepad
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Chronos Guitar Assistant - помощник для гитаристов и басистов. Изучайте аккорды и аппликатуры, учите ноты на грифе, находите гаммы, работайте с кругом тональностей, тренируйтесь под метроном. В приложении: - аккорды и диаграммы для гитары; - ноты на грифе с выбором строя; - блокнот песен; - гаммы и ступени; - кварто-квинтовый круг; - метроном; - тюнер.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chronos Guitar Assistant at 100% against Solfa's 49%. Chronos Guitar Assistant also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Solfa's advantage is ratings volume (810 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chronos Guitar Assistant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solfa has 810 ratings behind it against 3, 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 Chronos Guitar Assistant's.
Solfa ships an update every 3 weeks, Chronos Guitar Assistant every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solfa | Chronos Guitar Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (810 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 810 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexey Ovod | Andrei Potapov |
Customer experience
Solfa
Chronos Guitar Assistant
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
Chronos Guitar Assistant
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solfa
No in-app purchases
Chronos Guitar Assistant
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Solfa free?
Is Chronos Guitar Assistant free?
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