Comparison

PIPMP vs Note Names

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

Head to head
About

PIPMP

Enjoy music from any app with this picture-in-picture player. It allows continuous playback while you multitask on your device. Access your music library seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Picture-in-picture playback
  • Always-accessible player
  • Multitasking support
  • Music library access
Features
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PIPMP is an always-accessible music player that can be used from any app using picture-in-picture!" The Access to the music library is required to use this application. # Other Information - Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy policy https://tsuzukit.com/legal/privacy-policy.html - Indication based on the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions https://tsuzukit.com/legal/commercial-law.html

About

Note Names

Easily identify notes on sheet music by photographing a page. The app overlays note names, allowing you to print or share the annotated music. It also offers playback and MIDI export.

Highlights
  • Photograph sheet music pages
  • Automatic note name overlay
  • Printable PDF export
  • Sheet music playback
  • MIDI file export
  • Support for transposing instruments
  • Customizable note spelling (CDE/DoReMi)
Features
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Music is meant to be played. But at the beginning, most of the practice hour goes somewhere else — working out which note is which, counting up from middle C, losing your place, starting the bar again. This app hands that hour back. Photograph a page of your own sheet music, and every note comes back with its name printed right above it — C D E F G, or Do Re Mi if that's how you learned. Print it, put it on the stand, and play. And the reading? It comes with the playing. It always has. WHY PEOPLE USE IT • You're learning piano as an adult, and you know the piece faster than you can read it • You sit with your kid at practice and can't read the music yourself • You picked your instrument back up after twenty years • You joined a choir or a community band and want to keep up at rehearsal IT WORKS ON YOUR MUSIC Not a retyped version of the song — your actual page, with the names added. The layout, the fingerings, your teacher's pencil marks: all still there. THREE STEPS 1. Photograph the page — just fit the whole page in the frame 2. Crop it (a finger in the shot? erase it) 3. Done. Every note named, ready to print or share as a PDF HEAR THE PAGE, TOO Once the names are on, tap play. It follows the note lengths and rests it read, so you can get a feel for how the piece goes. Drag the red line to start from anywhere on the page, or loop a single staff until the hard bar sits right. NAMES FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT Transposing instruments are supported — in B-flat, in E-flat, in F and more. Read the names as they sit on your part, or as they sound in concert pitch. Switch any time in Settings. PICK YOUR SPELLING C D E F G (letter names) · Do Re Mi (solfège) · ドレミ (Japanese katakana). Change it any time in Settings. WHEN IT GETS ONE WRONG, YOU FIX IT Tap the note and pick the right name. Add a note it missed. Delete a mark that wasn't a note. Add a whole staff it didn't find. It takes seconds — and it beats penciling in every note by hand. YOUR MUSIC NEVER LEAVES YOUR PHONE Everything runs on your device. No account, no upload, no server. It works in airplane mode. PAY ONCE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Try it free: 5 scans, one photo each, with the first 2 staves named — enough to see how it does on your own music before you spend anything. Full Version, one payment: unlimited scans, any number of pages, every staff named. A NOTE ON ACCURACY This is built for printed sheet music. Handwritten scores aren't supported, and faint printing, heavy shadows or a curled page will cost you accuracy. Anything it gets wrong you can fix in the app in a few taps.

Screenshots

PIPMP3 screens
Note Names4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Note Names at none against PIPMP's shown. Note Names also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). PIPMP's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PIPMP sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Note Names sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PIPMP ships an update every 9 days, Note Names every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
PIPMP versus Note Names: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPIPMPNote Names
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyo TsudukihashiTETSUYA SAKAI

Customer experience

PIPMP

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Note Names

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PIPMP

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter Plan (1 month)$0.991 Month
1 purchases

Note Names

One-time1
  • Versión completa$8.99

Questions

Is PIPMP free?
PIPMP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note Names free?
Note Names is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PIPMP or Note Names have ads?
PIPMP shows ads; Note Names does not.
Which is updated more often, PIPMP or Note Names?
PIPMP ships an update every 9 days, and Note Names every 2 days. Most recently, PIPMP was updated on October 30, 2026 and Note Names on October 31, 2026.

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