Comparison

Note vs GuitarParrot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Note

Master the fretboard of your string instrument by learning the location of every note. This app offers multiple learning modes and supports a wide variety of instruments, tunings, and practice configurations to help you improve your musical skills.

Highlights
  • Learn note locations on fretboard
  • Multiple learning modes
  • Supports various instruments and tunings
  • Progress tracking
  • Customizable practice options
  • Cross-device sync via iCloud
  • Left-handed mode
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Learning the location of all of the notes on your string instrument can help you become a better player. It makes it easier to find alternate chord voicings, break out of scale boxes, learn note relationships, and find notes that “fit” when improvising. Note-orious will help you learn the location of every note on the fretboard for the guitar (6, 7, and 8 string and tenor guitar), bass (4, 5, and 6 string), ukulele, banjo, mandolin, or bouzouki (3 and 4 string). Note-orious supports a variety of tunings for each instrument. Features Include: • Three different learning modes: Find all occurrences of a note on the fretboard, name the note shown on the fretboard, and a mix of the two. • Choose from a variety of instruments (Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Ukulele, Mandolin, and Bouzouki) with different tunings available for each instrument. • Keep track of your progress overall, as well as for individual strings and notes. • Choose which strings to practice. • Choose which notes to practice. • Choose how sharps and flats are presented (only sharps, only flats, or a random mix). • Set the practice time or choose an open-ended practice. • Syncs your progress across multiple devices via iCloud. • Left handed mode! • Multiple fretboard materials and inlay options. • Progress tracking is based on practice configuration, so you can keep track of your progress with different instruments, tunings, and other options. • Support for Dark Mode. • Buy it once and get Note-orious on the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Supported Instruments and Tunings Include: • 6 String Guitar: Standard, 1/2 Step Down, Whole Step Down, Drop D, Drop C#, Drop C, Drop A, Drop D, Drop E, Drop G, Baritone, DADGAD, All 5ths, All 4ths, Terz • 7 String Guitar: Standard, 1/2 Step Down, Whole Step Down, Drop A, Drop G#, Drop G, Drop D+B • 8 String Guitar: Standard, Standard w/Low E, Hybrid • Tenor Guitar: Standard, Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Irish, Ukulele • 4 String Bass: Standard, 1/2 Step Down, Whole Step Down, Drop A, Drop D, Drop C#, Drop C, B-E-A-D, Tenor • 5 String Bass: Standard, Drop A, Tenor • 6 String Bass: Standard, Drop A, Guitar • 4 String Banjo: Open G, Open D, C Tuning, Double C, G Modal (Sawmill), Tenor (All 5ths), Tenor (Irish), Cello Tuning • 5 String Banjo: Open G, Open D, C Tuning, Double C, G Modal (Sawmill), Cello Tuning • Ukulele: Standard (Concert), Soprano, All 5ths, Low G, Low C, Baritone • Mandolin: Standard (All 5ths), Mandola (Alto), Octave (Tenor), Mandocello • Bouzouki: Greek Tetrachordo, Greek Trichordo, Irish

About

GuitarParrot

This app offers a "Follow the Leader" style ear training game for musicians. It helps develop the ability to hear and play notes and melodies on your instrument, supporting improvisation and song learning across various scales and keys.

Highlights
  • Follow the Leader ear training game
  • Supports all 12 keys and multiple scale choices
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Custom scale settings for interval drilling
  • Works with guitar, voice, or any instrument
  • No visual assistance, relies on ear training
Features
Currently charting
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GuitarParrot® brings the classic "Follow the Leader" game to a whole new place - your phone or tablet! Start off easy, then increase the level as you improve! Work in all 12 keys, with many scale choices. Develop your abilities to hear notes and melodies and instantly land them on your guitar! Why is that useful? If you are a musician trying to improvise or learn songs, it becomes much easier as you connect your ear to your instrument. Any virtuoso musician will tell you that ear training is extremely important to musical growth. As an instructor, this is a game I play with students of all levels. I created this app to expand the game beyond what a normal human (me) could offer: Scale - choose from 4-note, 5-note, Major, Minor, and Custom scales. Keys - all 12 keys are available. Octaves - two octave settings let you explore the neck more completely. Levels - each level adds 4 notes to the melody. Level 10 is 40 notes long. Can you beat it? How about with a Chromatic scale? The "Custom" scale setting makes it possible to drill intervals, triads, or any other 1-octave arrangement of notes. The game can be played on iPad, iPhone or Silicon Mac, using the built-in mic or a guitar interface like iRig or a similar device. You can also use wired headphones with or without a built-in mic. Bluetooth playback is supported, but not Bluetooth mic. Although it is intended for Guitar, you can use any instrument or even sing. Instead of poking a note on the screen or touching colored lights in sequence, this app makes you listen and play your own instrument. There is no visual assistance, just rely your ear. This app is an incredible practice tool that should be a part of a complete program. A good instructor will show you how to apply the scales and notes to songs you may be learning. Visit www.guitarparrot.com for videos and more!

Screenshots

Note4 screens
GuitarParrot4 screens

Verdict

The call

Note and GuitarParrot both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GuitarParrot's written reviews are positive against 67% of Note's. GuitarParrot also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 28 months) and chart position (#184 vs unranked). Note's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Note costs $1.99 and GuitarParrot $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Note against 5.0 for GuitarParrot. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Note's written reviews are positive against 100% of GuitarParrot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note ships an update every 28 months, GuitarParrot every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Note versus GuitarParrot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteGuitarParrot
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings611 — better
Update frequencyEvery 28 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#184 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBinary Formations, LLCHineman Music Services, LLC

Customer experience

Note

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

GuitarParrot

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Note

No in-app purchases

None

GuitarParrot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note free?
Note costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GuitarParrot free?
GuitarParrot costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Note or GuitarParrot?
Note and GuitarParrot are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do Note or GuitarParrot have ads?
Neither Note nor GuitarParrot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note or GuitarParrot?
Note ships an update every 28 months, and GuitarParrot every 3 weeks. Most recently, Note was updated on October 24, 2026 and GuitarParrot on October 27, 2026.

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