Know Notes vs Ivory Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Know Notes
Develop your musical ear by learning to identify notes and chords by sound. This gamified app makes practicing fun and competitive, allowing you to progress from basic notes to sharps and flats.
- Ear training
- Note recognition
- Chord recognition
- Gamified learning
- Progressive difficulty
- Natural notes, sharps, and flats
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Train Ears, Master Music. Learn to recognize musical notes and chords by their unique sound. Gamified to make learning fun and competitive. Start small, then work your way up to learn every natural note and their sharp/flat.
Ivory Quest
Embark on a magical adventure to master music reading. As a wizard, cast spells by correctly identifying musical notes on the staff. Improve your skills through progressive difficulty and track your progress with high scores.
- Musical note identification gameplay
- Treble, Bass, and Full Staff modes
- Progressive difficulty levels
- High score tracking
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Instant feedback on note accuracy
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Ivory Quest is a free educational game that transforms music reading practice into an magical adventure. How to Play: As a wizard riding a horse, you'll need to identify notes on the musical staff to cast spells. Correctly identify the note and your spell banishes the enemy notes. Get it wrong and take damage! Features: Multiple Modes: Practice with Treble Clef, Bass Clef, or both in Full Staff mode Progressive Difficulty: Start easy and challenge yourself as you improve High Scores: Track your progress and compete for the top scores iCloud Sync: Your scores follow you across all your Apple devices Perfect For: - Music students learning to read sheet music - Beginners wanting to master note identification - Anyone who wants to make music practice fun What's Included: 3 game modes (Treble, Bass, Full Staff) Instant feedback on correct/incorrect notes Health and score tracking No account required - just download and start playing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ivory Quest at none against Know Notes's 6. Ivory Quest also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). Know Notes's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Know Notes sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Ivory Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Know Notes against 5.0 for Ivory Quest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Know Notes has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Know Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ivory Quest's.
Know Notes ships an update fortnightly, Ivory Quest every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Know Notes | Ivory Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 243 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | wylan neely | CALEB KEKOA THOMPSON |
Customer experience
Know Notes
Ivory Quest
In-app purchases
Know Notes
- Violin Notes$0.99
- Electronic Keyboard Notes$0.99
- Grand Piano Notes$0.99
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- Unlock Violin Instrument$2.99
- Acoustic Guitar (Major Chords)$2.99
- Unlock Acoustic Guitar$3.99
Ivory Quest
No in-app purchases
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