Comparison

Note Tutor vs Rhythm

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

Head to head
About

Note Tutor

Learn basic music theory and note recognition through an engaging flashcard game. Ideal for beginners or those returning to music, this app helps you quickly master the fundamentals of reading music, applicable to any instrument.

Highlights
  • Flash-card game format
  • Builds note recognition
  • Supports treble and bass clefs
  • Adjustable score display
  • Applicable to all instruments
Features
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Are you a beginner musician, or thinking about playing great music again? Then Note Tutor is for you. Basic music theory is presented in a fun, flash-card game format, enabling you to memorize the basics you need to read music quickly and effectively, wherever you are. Note Tutor starts from the beginning, and helps you build music note recognition through random repetition. Learn basic note recognition in a fun, flash-card game format. Master the basics quickly and easily. Applicable to all instruments and styles of music. Start from the beginning, and advance to the next version of Note Tutor to build on your solid basic music theory skills. To use Note Tutor, simply identify the note by pressing the correct A, B, C, D, E, F, or G button. If you are right, you get one point and advance to the next note! If you are wrong, you lose a point, but you get to try again. The score shows how many notes you are recognizing correctly per minute. If you slow down, your score may go down, even if you do not make mistakes... so try to go as fast and as accurately as you can! Note Tutor now allows you to choose whether you want to practice only the treble clef, only the bass clef, or both clefs at once. We have also added an option that allows you to choose how Note Tutor displays the score: kids may prefer to see the points scored, while more serious students may prefer the "points per minute" display that helps you improve your speed and accuracy. Both new features are accessed by pressing the "i" button to reveal the flipside control screen. If you want to practice the Tenor Clef or the Alto clef, please consider purchasing the Tenor Tutor application!

About

Rhythm

Develop your sense of rhythm and ability to play complex musical patterns accurately. This app offers flashcard-style exercises and graded training sessions from beginner to advanced levels. Practice with a metronome and drum kit to improve your musical and rhythmic hearing.

Highlights
  • Flashcard rhythm exercises
  • Graded training sessions
  • Simple, complex, and irregular time signatures
  • Metronome and drum kit practice
  • Instrument-specific settings
  • Customizable worksheets
Features
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Want to develop a sense of rhythm? Do you want to accurately perform complex rhythmic patterns? NEW — POLYRHYTHM MODE Two hands, two counts inside one beat. 3 against 2 is open here, the one every musician meets first — and it is the whole mode, not a taste of it: four stages, from one hand alone up to both at speed, each one scored. - Two tap zones, one for each hand. Every hand is scored on its own, so you can see which one is drifting and by how much. - Read the cycle as notation or as two turning rings — the same exercise, whichever way makes it click for you. - Give each hand its own instrument, so the two lines stay apart by ear. - Practice runs the cycle over and over and lets the tempo follow your hands: up a step when the cycle comes out clean, back down when it doesn't. Sessions here run five minutes. - Polyrhythm accuracy is kept apart from your rhythm statistics: it trains a different skill and belongs in its own tally. RHYTHM TRAINING Rhythm is an app that uses flash cards to develop a sense of rhythm. The exercises and classes in the app will help you gradually learn to recognize and play rhythmic patterns at different tempos. Training sessions are graded from beginner to advanced levels in simple, complex, and irregular time signatures. With regular practice, these drills will help you learn to read notes and rhythm from a sheet of music. Classes with a metronome and a drum kit will help children and beginners learn complex musical drills. If you play guitar, piano, bass guitar, or drums, you can choose your favorite musical instrument in the settings. If you are looking for a replacement coach, teacher, teacher, music tutor, then our apps will help you: - learn to read musical notes; - develop a sense of rhythm; - accurately play rhythm by rhythmic patterns; - develop musical and rhythmic hearing; In the app, you can create worksheets with tasks, taking into account the skills of the student and the accuracy of playing a musical instrument. Both beginners and advanced, experienced musicians and performers will be able to practice the rhythm. If you want to learn music theory, then try our app. This app will become your personal trainer, tutor in the world of music. WHAT RHYTHM PRO ADDS - The ratios past 3:2 — 4:3, 5:4, 5:3, 7:4 and 7:5. - Practice with no five-minute limit. - External MIDI keyboards and drum pads over cable or Bluetooth. - No ads, anywhere.

Screenshots

Note Tutor4 screens
Rhythm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rhythm at 4.7 against Note Tutor's 3.7. Rhythm also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (340 vs 7). Note Tutor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rhythm holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm has 340 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Note Tutor's written reviews are positive against 68% of Rhythm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note Tutor ships an update every 2 months, Rhythm every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Note Tutor versus Rhythm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote TutorRhythm
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (7 ratings)4.7 (340 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better67.5% of reviews
Number of ratings7340 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHendrik GoosenAlexey Ovod

Customer experience

Note Tutor

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative10.0%

Rhythm

All ratings338 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral14.3%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

None

Note Tutor

No in-app purchases

None

Rhythm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note Tutor free?
Note Tutor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rhythm free?
Rhythm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Note Tutor or Rhythm?
Rhythm is rated higher. Note Tutor averages 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Rhythm averages 4.7 from 340 ratings.
Do Note Tutor or Rhythm have ads?
Rhythm shows ads; Note Tutor does not.
Which is updated more often, Note Tutor or Rhythm?
Note Tutor ships an update every 2 months, and Rhythm every 3 days. Most recently, Note Tutor was updated on October 23, 2026 and Rhythm on October 29, 2026.

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