Practice Space vs Take Note Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Practice Space
This app helps students set and track practice goals with detailed notes and videos. Earn points and gems to unlock fun rewards like avatars and power-ups, fostering engagement through gamified progress and leaderboards.
- Create detailed practice goals
- Track goal completion
- Earn practice points and gems
- Unlock avatars and backgrounds
- In-app shop for rewards
- Practice point leaderboard
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Practice Space is the world's most engaging practice app, and it's free to use! Students can create detailed practice goals, track the completion of their goals and win fun awards along the way. Completing practice tasks and other goals, earns you practice points and gems, which can be used in the app's store to spice up your app with cool avatars, backgrounds, and in-app "power-ups". Some cool features: Create weekly practice goals with videos, and notes for each piece, technique or theory item you are working on. You can input these items as a "Lesson" on your own or with your teacher. Practicers can see their daily practice tasks, notes on each item and any videos of you or your teacher playing in the app. See how consistently you've reached your past practice goals, and join the practice point leaderboard. Earn gems, badges and other awards throughout your practice sessions. Our in-app shop allows you to use the gems you earn to reward yourself with a little fun after putting in the practice. Come join us in our Practice Space for FREE!
Take Note Studio
Manage your account, register for classes, and stay updated on important announcements. This app provides convenient on-the-go access to all services from your smartphone.
- Account management
- Class registration
- Event registration
- Receive notifications
- On-the-go access
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WELCOME TO TAKE NOTE STUDIO The Take Note Studio app allows you to manage your account with ease, register for classes, and special events. You'll also receive important notifications about class changes, closings, registration openings, special announcements, and upcoming events. The Take Note Studio app is an easy-to-use, on-the-go way to access everything TNS has to offer right from your smartphone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Practice Space at every 3 weeks against Take Note Studio's every 4 months. Practice Space also leads on ratings volume (177 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Practice Space against 4.0 for Take Note Studio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Practice Space has 177 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Practice Space ships an update every 3 weeks, Take Note Studio every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Practice Space | Take Note Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (177 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 177 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Practice Space, LLC | Take Note Studio |
Customer experience
Practice Space
Take Note Studio
Bugs and requests
Practice Space
Reported bugs
18 issues- Streak freeze does not activate
- Forgot password email not sending
- App crashes immediately upon opening on iPad
- App takes forever to load and is glitchy
- Practice timer stops at goal when outside app
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- App crashes and loses practice sessions
- Practice times/dates cannot be edited
- App doesn't save practice if not manually stopped
- App doesn't recognize streak by practice date
- Practice days don't match streak days
- App cuts off practice at 5 mins with 'error'
- Practice session restarted
- App does not track practice days correctly
- Points reset after app version update
- App crashes after login on older iOS devices
- Cannot go back to press complete after finishing practice
- Practice timer stops when switching apps
- App crashes when saving practice session
Requested features
11 requests- Long-term practice graphs (bar/line)
- More instrument options (violin, flute)
- Download digital sheet music
- Spanish language option
- Ability for teachers to fix practice times
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- Ability for teachers to add missed practices
- Message system for teacher feedback
- Tap tempo feature for metronome
- Ability to type in specific BPM for metronome
- Option to disable practice timer pausing when leaving app
- Ability to group chat with a few people
Take Note Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Practice Space
No in-app purchases
Take Note Studio
No in-app purchases
Questions
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