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 music for the instrument you play. Clefs, written ranges and answer screens adapt to the selected instrument. Depending on the instrument, answer with an on-screen keyboard, fretboard, string and position choices, note names or rhythm taps. Compare your answer with the right note and practice the notes you missed. Keep your existing quests, drills, pieces and progress. You can continue piano practice without choosing your instrument again. Start with 67 free songs from a library of 150. Optional one-time Premium unlocks the other 83 songs, removes ads and removes heart limits. No subscription.
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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 (6 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 6 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 September 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note | Read Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — 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 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 73 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
- Remove Ads$7.99
