Piano Notes Pro vs Note Rush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piano Notes Pro
This app helps users learn and practice reading piano music notes. It offers various modes, including a teaching mode and engaging game modes, to improve sight-reading skills. It's suitable for both beginners and experienced players looking to enhance their musical understanding.
- Full 88-key keyboard range
- Teaching and game modes
- Adjustable note range
- Multiple quiz types
- Support for all key signatures
- Tutor mode for beginners
- Colored keys as hints
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The Best Music Note Trainer on iPad "Great tutor for piano beginners !!" -- Zara56Mount, United States "Just checked out the tutor function and with enough practice I will be learning how to read notes! Yay! This is awesome, thanks!" -- Luucylu, United States "Great app. I use it for teaching piano every day. The kids love it. The updates have been thorough and often." -- r.constanzo, United Kingdom "Really good app and great value! Bought it for my 10 year old daughter who is learning the piano, but I have found it really useful myself and I've been playing for years." -- Eagle-20, United Kingdom "Amazing. One of the best self learning apps I've used." -- Yasin Bashir, United Kindom "It actually makes it addictive to learn. Every time you finish a session you just know you can do better. Great app!" -- music_dude, United States "I've been a piano teacher for many years and wished such a tool would have been on the market 20 years ago - would have saved lots of frustrated hours of repetitions..... Wonderful app to learn and train the notes and their names and where to find them on the piano." -- Carla12345, Germany ------------------------------ Whether you are a piano student looking for apps to help you on learning music notes, or you are a piano teacher who need a trainer app to help you in teaching classes, Piano Notes Pro is definitely what you need. With a wide range of level control, Piano Notes Pro is not only an interesting game for experienced piano players, but is also a great music note tutor for piano students. It certainly can help you learn and practice music notes effectively on your iPad. Piano Notes Pro is widely used and recommended by many piano teachers. It is the only professional choice for iPad! ------------------------------ FEATURES: - Full Keyboard Range: Cover all 88 keys of a piano. - Teaching Mode: Tap a key to show its note and pitch name. - Game Mode: Practice your sight-reading skill with games. - Adjustable Range: Your practice can be focused on particular notes by setting note range. - Quiz Types: 4 quiz types including Random, Ascending, Descending and Chords let you practice in different ways. Additional quiz types are available via in-app purchase. - All Key Signatures: 15 key signatures for treble stave and bass stave. - Help Modes: 3 help modes, including a Tutor mode for beginners. - Colored Keys: In game mode, colors can be applied as hints. This is especially helpful for beginners and kids. - Pitch Name Labels: White keys can be marked with their pitch names, 4 naming conventions provided. - Multiple Notes: Unlike other similar apps showing only one note at a time, Piano Notes Pro shows multiple notes simultaneously in game mode. This is very important for improving sight-reading speed. - Game Length Control: Each game quizzes you with up to 10 pages of notes. Both number of notes and number of pages are adjustable. - Achievements: Improve your skill with fun by gaining achievements. - Progress Report: Scores of all key-signatures of both clefs are clearly listed in a table. - Keyboard Size Control: You can adjust the keyboard size to fit your need. 3 different sizes are available. - Multiple User Profiles: With up to 40 user profiles, you can share the app with your friends or family members. This feature is also very useful for piano teachers to keep track of students' progress. - Gorgeous Sound: High-quality, real and beautiful piano sound. - MIDI Input: Support MIDI input with CoreMIDI (via Apple Camera Connection Kit and USB [to host] port on keyboard). ------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTICE !! - Please disable 3-finger gesture in iOS Settings while playing chords. ------------------------------ App preview music by http://instrumentalsfree.com
Note Rush
This app helps users improve their music note reading speed and accuracy by listening to them play notes on their instrument. It offers customizable levels, fun themes, and a unique landmark-based learning system for effective practice.
- Interactive note identification
- Real instrument feedback
- Customizable note sets
- Preset and custom levels
- Landmark-based learning system
- Fun and traditional themes
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Learn to Read Music with Note Rush! Note Rush boosts your note reading speed and accuracy, building a strong mental model of where each written note is on your instrument. Now even better with Note Rush: 2nd Edition! How it Works --------------------------- Note Rush is like a virtual flash card deck for all ages that listens to you play each note, giving instant feedback and awarding stars based on speed and accuracy of note identification. Race against the clock to improve your performance or hide the timer to gently engage those just starting out with the staff. Includes built-in levels for piano and a range of other instruments as well as custom level design. What makes Note Rush Different? --------------------------- - Play On Your Instrument Note reading is best learnt in the context of how you identify and play each note - on your acoustic or MIDI instrument. - Designed for Teachers ...and not as a replacement for them! Create fully customizable note sets and easily send them home to students. - Fun Themes Engage with fun themes that don't get in the way of learning, or opt for traditional notation. Landmarks: The best way to learn your notes --------------------------- Note Rush fits with all teaching methods, whether you favor a purely intervallic approach or use traditional mnemonics! We promote learning key landmark notes then reading adjacent notes intervallically for the best results in learning to read piano notation. Note Rush features a unique landmarks-based hints system (optional) that highlights nearby landmark notes to read intervallically from. Over time students naturally move from reliance on landmarks to a more intrinsic staff-to-keyboard association. Preset and Custom Levels --------------------------- Use preset note ranges or create your own set of levels to suit your teaching style. Create a personalized level to target a particular student’s needs. - Individual Note Selections - Sharps and Flats - Treble, Bass or Grand Staff (alto and tenor coming soon) - Up to Six Ledger Lines - Send custom note reading drills using App Links or QR Codes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Note Rush at none against Piano Notes Pro's 1. Note Rush also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 16). Piano Notes Pro's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $8.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On review sentiment, update cadence 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
Piano Notes Pro costs $2.99 and Note Rush $8.99 up front. Piano Notes Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Note Rush asks for nothing beyond the download.
Note Rush holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Rush has 2.4K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Piano Notes Pro's written reviews are positive against 78% of Note Rush's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Piano Notes Pro ships an update every 2 months, Note Rush every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piano Notes Pro | Note Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (16 ratings) | 4.3 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 78.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #32 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Chan | Thomas Grayston |
Customer experience
Piano Notes Pro
Note Rush
User reviews
Piano Notes Pro
From 16 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Helps improve sight reading skills
- 💡 Customizable settings
- 👍 Engaging and motivating
- 🚀 Effective for beginners and experienced players
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional sound issues
- 🐛 Unreliable Bluetooth MIDI connection
- 👎 Confusing interface for some users
- 👎 Lack of actual music/songs to practice with
Note Rush
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and helpful for learning notes
- 🎓 Improves note reading skills
- 🎨 Engaging themes and visuals
- 🎹 Works with various instruments
- 💰 Good value for the price
Room to improve
- 🐛 Note recognition issues, especially with certain notes
- ⏱️ Timed sessions too short
- 🔊 Needs louder volume to be recognized
- 🔒 Limited customization options
Bugs and requests
Piano Notes Pro
Reported bugs
2 issues- No sound output on some devices
- Occasional freezing or crashing
Requested features
5 requests- Display notes per second metric
- Ability to display both treble and bass clefs simultaneously
- Option to record and play back user's performance
- Inclusion of actual musical pieces to practice sight reading
- Tracking of weak notes to focus practice on problem areas
Note Rush
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes or crashes occasionally
- Note recognition fails even with correct input
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add key signatures and accidentals
- Increase number of customizable note sets
- Include more ledger lines
- Add option to disable time penalties
- Allow saving of individual student profiles
In-app purchases
Piano Notes Pro
- 3 Quiz Types, Interval Finder & Scale Marks$0.99
Note Rush
No in-app purchases
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