Know Notes vs Burst
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.
Burst
This game focuses on the core mechanics of aiming, matching colors, and clearing bubbles. Achieve high scores by chaining shots for multipliers and earning power-ups. Enjoy a clean, ad-free experience with customizable themes and accessibility features.
- Aim, match, and chain bubble shots
- Bomb, lightning, and rainbow power-ups
- Six dark themes
- Game Center leaderboards
- Colorblind mode and VoiceOver support
- Left/right-handed layout
- Offline play
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A bubble shooter stripped to the good part: aim, match, chain, clear. Drag to aim, release to fire. Match three or more of a colour and they pop. Chain your shots to build a multiplier up to ×5 and earn power-ups. Clear the whole board for a bonus, then start again on a fuller one. • Bomb, lightning and rainbow power-ups, earned by chaining • Six dark themes: Catppuccin, Tokyo Night, Nord, Dracula, Gruvbox, Monokai • Game Center leaderboards and iCloud score sync • Colorblind mode, full VoiceOver, Reduce Motion, Dynamic Type • Left or right-handed layout, and haptics you can feel Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Plays offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Know Notes at 96% against Burst's 50%. Know Notes also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (31 vs 3). Burst's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads 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. Know Notes sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Burst asks for nothing beyond the download.
Know Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Know Notes has 31 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Know Notes's written reviews are positive against 50% of Burst's.
Know Notes ships an update fortnightly, Burst every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Know Notes | Burst |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (31 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | wylan neely | Mijndert Stuij |
Customer experience
Know Notes
Burst
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
Burst
No in-app purchases
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