Note vs Read Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note
This app helps beginners in music learn to read sheet music. It offers daily practice with smart note selection and customizable syllable systems to make note association automatic.
- Treble and bass clefs
- Smart note selection for improvement
- Practice sequences for basic notes
- Customizable syllable systems (do re mi, A B C)
- Daily practice reminders
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Still feeling that you get stuck in reading scores because you haven't learned what all the notes are? NOTE is the ideal app for you and all beginners in the music world! Key features: - Treble and bass clefs; - Smart selection of notes that you need to improve reading; - Sequence of practices for learning to read the basic, highest and lowest musical notes; - Selection of different syllables: (do re mi, A B C); - Daily practice reminder. In a simple way, with a few minutes of daily practice, the association of musical notes in the lines and spaces of the score will be automatic. Improve your musical studies by making the notes easier to read with NOTE.
Read Notes
Enhance your musical abilities with interactive games focused on sight-reading, ear training, and chord recognition. Practice essential music theory concepts and improve your performance on any instrument with daily exercises and challenges.
- Sight reading practice with multiple clefs
- Ear training for notes, intervals, and chords
- Chord recognition and virtual keyboard
- 100-song library with challenges
- Progress tracking and leaderboards
- Multiple difficulty levels and practice modes
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Read sheet music one step at a time, on piano, guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, violin or drums. Choose an instrument from Home to see its quests and song library. KEEP YOUR PIANO PRACTICE Continue your piano Quests, Drills, ear training and chord practice. Start piano Quests in treble clef, bass clef or both. Your existing piano progress and purchases are preserved. CONNECT NOTATION WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT • Guitar: connect staff notation and TAB with all six strings and fret positions. • Bass guitar: find notes on the fretboard and practice melodies in a lower register. • Ukulele: learn chord shapes and strumming on screen, then explore melodies. • Violin: connect notes with strings and the finger or position labels shown. • Drums: identify kick, snare and hi-hat on the score and select the matching pads. LEARN THROUGH FAMILIAR MUSIC Explore practice arrangements of existing pieces, with score sources and excerpts identified. Listen to an example, choose a range of measures and repeat it. Drum songs use educational accompaniments. After a one-bar count-in, tap the pads with the metronome and melody and get timing feedback on your screen taps. KNOW WHAT TO PRACTICE NEXT Use demonstrations and hints, then try independently. Review mistakes and follow each instrument’s progress. Screen exercises do not listen through a microphone or assess physical playing technique. Start with free practice. Optional one-time Premium unlocks additional songs, removes ads and removes heart limits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Read Notes at 4.7 against Note's 4.0. Read Notes also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). Note's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. Read Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Read Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Note ships an update every 18 months, Read Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note | Read Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Raphael Melo | minjae Lee |
Customer experience
Note
Read Notes
In-app purchases
Note
No in-app purchases
Read Notes
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