Rhythm Learning vs Sightreading Exercises
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rhythm Learning
Practice reading musical rhythms from sheet music. This application provides a tool for musicians to hone their sight-reading skills with various rhythmic patterns.
- Practice reading rhythms
- Sheet music integration
- Rhythmic pattern exercises
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This is an app for practicing reading rhythms from sheet music. You can practice 10 times for free.
Sightreading Exercises
Master sight-reading on any instrument with 60 progressive levels and songs. Practice with your real instrument, receive instant feedback, and improve your musical fluency. Supports a wide range of instruments, clefs, and key signatures.
- 60 progressive levels
- Instrument-specific customization
- Built-in tuner
- Supports all modern clefs
- Wide range of key and time signatures
- Real instrument input detection
- Pitch meter for accuracy
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Customized for instruments, including full orchestra settings: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass, Clarinet (Bb and A), Oboe, Bassoon, Flute, Piccolo, French Horn (double horn setting F / Bb), Trumpet (C / Bb), Saxophone (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone), Trombone (Tenor and Bass), Tuba, Harp. Complete your entire music learning journey by practicing in different modes: Flash Cards, Music Theory, Full Flow Sheet Music, and Practice Real Songs. Features available in all modes: - The app shows sheet music, listens to your playing, and provides feedback. Even on grand stave with multiple notes at a time. This is called polyphonic detection system. - Melodic Randomness: control how random the generated notes are - Hints (instrument-specific) - Keyboard (Piano) - Fingerboard chart (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) - Fretboard chart (Guitar, Bass) - Fingering (Clarinet, Flute; more coming soon) - Pitch meter for intonation (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Trombone) - Intonation accuracy check for microtonal instruments: - Green tick: perfect intonation - Yellow tick: Acceptable hit but slightly out of tune - Voice Control: restart the exercise without touching the screen 1. Flash Cards - Levels 1 to 20 (beginner) - Levels 21 to 40 (intermediate) - Levels 41 to 60 (advanced) - Custom levels (12 keys, all accidentals including double-sharp and double-flat) 2. Music Theory - Scales - Major scales (12 keys, up to 3 octaves) - Harmonic minor and melodic minor scales (12 keys, up to 3 octaves) - Chromatic scales (adjustable range) - Chords (up to 3 octaves) - Major Triad, Minor Triad, Major Seventh, Minor Seventh, Dominant Seventh, Diminished Seventh, Augmented Triad, Diminished Triad, Suspended Seventh, Suspended Second, Suspended Fourth, Major Ninth, Minor Ninth, Dominant Ninth, Added Ninth, Major Eleventh, Minor Eleventh, Dominant Eleventh - Rhythms - Note types - Semibreve (Whole) - Minim (Half) - Crotchet (Quarter) - Quaver (Eighth) - Semiquaver (Sixteenth) - Rests - Dotted notes - Triplets - Time signatures 4/4, 2/4, 3/4, 6/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 - Intervals - Exercises for faster recognition of any chromatic intervals in any keys - Aural Training - Rhythm & Metre - Melody & Memory - Intervals & Pitch - Chords & Harmony 3. Full Flow Sheet Music (practice sight-reading with real sheet music. Hit the right note, or practice playing in rhythm with the metronome) - Levels 1 to 20 (beginner) - Levels 21 to 40 (intermediate) - Levels 41 to 60 (advanced) - Custom levels (12 keys, 8 time signatures, 10+ note types, all accidentals including double-sharp and double-flat) 4. Practice Real Songs (over 170 famous songs by different composers) - Songs organized by - Albums (13 music books) - Composers (Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Handel, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Bizet, Brahms, Vivaldi, Johann Strauss, Paganini, Pachelbel, Czerny, Rachmaninoff, Scott Joplin, Clementi, Edvard Grieg, Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber, Sibelius, Saint-Saëns, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Erik Satie, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Antonín Dvořák, Edward Elgar, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner, and more) - Grades (Grade 1 to 7) Tools for day-to-day practice are also available: - Tuners - Full-range chromatic tuner: A0 to C8 - Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass, and tuners for transposing instruments, such as Clarinet, French Horn, Trumpet, and Saxophone - Metronome (classic metronome that lets you adjust BPM by sliding the pendulum weight up and down)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sightreading Exercises at 100% against Rhythm Learning's 75%. Sightreading Exercises also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.8 vs 18.0). Rhythm Learning's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (326 vs 23). 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. Rhythm Learning sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sightreading Exercises sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rhythm Learning holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm Learning has 326 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Rhythm Learning's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sightreading Exercises's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rhythm Learning ships an update every 3 weeks, Sightreading Exercises every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rhythm Learning | Sightreading Exercises |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (326 ratings) — better | 4.4 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 326 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.8 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 335 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | RC Game |
Customer experience
Rhythm Learning
Sightreading Exercises
Bugs and requests
Rhythm Learning
Reported bugs
9 issues- No sound after purchasing paid version
- Cannot return after score display
- App freezes/becomes unresponsive
- Cannot play after Level 3 in 4/4 time
- Click sound doesn't start from beat 1
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- Metro sound continues after returning
- App not working on iOS 16.1.2
- App not working after initial install
- Screen doesn't enlarge in landscape mode
Requested features
16 requests- Add sextuplets and 32nd notes
- Simultaneous LH/RH polyrhythms
- Tap length judgment
- Audio delay adjustment
- MIDI support for piano connection
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- Customizable rhythm patterns
- More time signatures
- Smaller screen/more measures setting
- Manual input of ethnic rhythms
- Remove pre-phrase pauses
- Shuffle pattern implementation
- Change color at 100%
- Learning mode with sound/counting
- Add answer check for correct rhythm
- Metronome sound change in bonus mode
- Higher difficulty levels
Sightreading Exercises
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rhythm Learning
- Paid Version$4.99
Sightreading Exercises
- Buy Full Version$12.99
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