Bees Keys vs Note Ninja
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bees Keys
This app offers a fun and simple way to learn piano key names, essential for beginners. It gamifies the process of identifying keys, making it an engaging first step towards learning piano and reading music.
- Learn piano key names
- Gamified learning
- Piano key identification practice
- Suitable for first piano lessons
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Learn Piano Keys Through Play! BeesKeys is a fun and engaging game that helps beginners quickly learn piano key names through play. Watch a bee fly across the screen carrying a note name. Tap the correct piano key before it flies away, earn honeycombs for every correct answer, and complete the musical alphabet to win! Unlock BeesKeys Pro with a one-time purchase for lifetime access to all Pro features. Practice on your real piano using your microphone or MIDI keyboard, challenge yourself in Live Mode, master every note in Find Every, and personalize your practice. Perfect for: • First piano lessons • Music classrooms • Piano teachers • Home practice • Students of all ages Designed with beautiful visuals, rewarding gameplay, and a calm, encouraging atmosphere. No subscriptions. No ads. Just a simple, fun way to learn piano keys.
Note Ninja
This fast-paced music game challenges you to identify musical notes before time runs out. Compete against friends and others on the leaderboard, maintain daily streaks, and improve your music reading skills. Scan your own sheet music to create personalized training sessions.
- Identify notes against the clock
- Compete on global leaderboards
- Maintain daily streaks
- Unlock harder levels
- Scan and play from own sheet music
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Can you name the note before time runs out? Note Ninja is the fast-paced music game that turns sheet music into an addictive challenge. Spot the note, tap your answer, beat the clock -- and crush your friends on the leaderboard. No account needed to get started -- jump in as a guest and sign up when you're ready to save your progress, build streaks, and compete on the leaderboard. FAST. COMPETITIVE. ADDICTIVE. Every round is a race against time. Notes flash on the staff -- you have seconds to identify them. Score points, multiply your bonus, and chain together perfect answers to dominate the rankings. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD This isn't just you vs. the staff. It's you vs. everyone. See your friends' streaks and scores in real time. Fight for that #1 spot and defend it daily. DAILY STREAKS Come back every day to keep your streak alive. Miss a day, lose your flame. The top players have streaks that go for weeks -- do you have what it takes? LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS Start with the basics and unlock harder levels as you improve. Treble clef, bass clef, ledger lines -- each stage adds new notes and cranks up the challenge. SCAN YOUR OWN SHEET MUSIC Turn any piece of sheet music into your personal training ground. Snap a photo and play straight from your score. Download Note Ninja. Start your streak. Claim the top spot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Note Ninja at none against Bees Keys's 1. Note Ninja also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). Bees Keys's advantage is ratings volume (627 vs 2) and chart position (#143 vs unranked). 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. Bees Keys sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Note Ninja asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Bees Keys against 4.5 for Note Ninja. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bees Keys has 627 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Bees Keys's written reviews are positive against 100% of Note Ninja's.
Bees Keys ships an update every 5 months, Note Ninja every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Bees Keys | Note Ninja |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (627 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 627 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #143 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Callahan | Rotem Shor |
Customer experience
Bees Keys
Note Ninja
Bugs and requests
Bees Keys
Requested features
2 requests- Create a similar app for reading lines and spaces on the staff
- More features and improvements
Note Ninja
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bees Keys
- Bees Keys Pro$6.99
Note Ninja
No in-app purchases
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