FaceDrum vs Notanote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FaceDrum
Play music games using your facial expressions. Smile and blink to hit notes and create rhythms. Save your gameplay videos with optional photo library access.
- Play drums and piano with facial expressions
- Smile and blink detection
- Save gameplay videos
- Camera permission for gameplay
- Photo library access for saving videos
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FaceDrum is super fun and entertaining Rhythm Action Game. You can play drum and piano with your face expression. FaceDrum requests the following permissions: - Camera: Smile & Blink Detections to play game - Photo Library: To save your game play video (in case you want)
Notanote
Experience the rhythm of music within stories and witness their narratives unfold through gameplay. This game offers an immersive musical journey with engaging storytelling.
- Musical gameplay
- Interactive storytelling
- Character narratives
- Rhythm-based challenges
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在故事中感受音乐的律动，在游戏中见证她们的故事！
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notanote at 5.0 against FaceDrum's 2.3. Notanote also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (80% vs 67%). FaceDrum's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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.
Notanote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notanote has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of FaceDrum's written reviews are positive against 80% of Notanote's.
FaceDrum ships an update every 3 days, Notanote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FaceDrum | Notanote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 1.8 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Float32 Inc | 天 李 |
Customer experience
FaceDrum
Notanote
In-app purchases
FaceDrum
No in-app purchases
Notanote
No in-app purchases
