Comparison

Rainbow Music Notes vs Prodigies

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

Head to head
About

Rainbow Music Notes

This app is a fun and beautifully designed game for young children to learn piano notes. It creatively associates colors with notes to help beginners recognize and remember them while playing, offering instant feedback and a smart scoreboard to encourage practice.

Highlights
  • Color-associated piano notes
  • Instant feedback on key presses
  • Smart score board
  • Multiple selectable notes
  • Adjustable time to identify notes
  • Choice of clefs and note types
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Beautifully designed, and Fun to play! A fun game for young children to learn piano notes, Rainbow Music Notes creatively associates colors with notes to help beginners to recognize and remember them while playing! At the end of each game, a score card is given to encourage players for more practice. Learning music notes has never been so much fun until Rainbow Music Notes! Game features: - Working beautifully on both iPhone and iPad - Four gorgeous themes - Chord sounds for every note playing - Instant feedback for the key pressed - Smart score board Lots of options to select the notes to play - Number of notes (5 - 25) - Notes to play - Time to identify a note (5 seconds to forever) - Clef to play (Treble, Bass, or Both) - Note type (Line, Space, or Both) - Mid C Notes (Mid range only, or all notes) - Hints (Auto show, or always hide) ... ... Turn your iPhone or iPad into a beautiful music classroom today!

About

Prodigies

A comprehensive music curriculum for children aged 0-12, featuring interactive lessons, songs, and games. It helps develop pitch and musical understanding through colorful characters and engaging activities, suitable for home or classroom use.

Highlights
  • Award-winning general music curriculum
  • Piano, Ukulele, and Recorder lessons
  • Pitch development activities and games
  • Solfeggio singing and ear training
  • Color-coded music system
  • Performance tracks for ensembles
Features
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Start your child’s musical journey today with Prodigies, a colorful and accessible music curriculum for kids, parents & teachers. Join Mr. Rob and a colorful cast of characters as kids sing, hand-sign and play through hundreds of family friendly melodies, songs and classical pieces. When you enroll, you’ll immediately unlock … • Our Award Winning General Music Curriculum for Kids Ages 1-14 • Piano Prodigies for kids ages 3+ • Ukulele Prodigies for kids 7+ • Recorder curriculum for kids 7+ • Holiday, cultural & religious songs for multiple faiths & cultures Prodigies gives kids a fun way to access pitch development activities, games, songs & lessons during their formative childhood years. This allows young kids (before age 8) to develop the amazing skill of perfect pitch! Older children can start at the beginning to build up their musical ear, or jump in on Level 2 material where we’re focused on more difficult songs, concepts, theory and instruments. Older students will rapidly develop their sense for relative pitch and may still develop some of skills associated with perfect pitch! For parents, Prodigies delivers music lessons on-demand so you can keep your kids learning at home while knowing they’re interacting with something safe, ad-free and designed to teach them music. Your home will come to life with music as your kids learn to sing with Solfeggi, play their first instrument and come to understand the language of music. It works as an after school activity, we have detailed lessons for more involved homeschooling, and even babies and toddlers will learn a lot about the musical language while enjoying this educational alternative to TV! Plus, Prodigies is available across multiple platforms to make sure you can always pull up your child’s favorite music lessons wherever you go! For teachers, both in the classroom and in the music studio, Prodigies will totally transform engagement. Plus, we’ve built a ton of videos, activities and lessons for teachers who want to take things further, and you’ll immediately recognized our use of the Chromanotes™ color coding system (a la Boomwhackers™) and you’ll secretly enjoy all of the Kodaly & Orff methodologies turned into silly cartoons for your kiddos. For ensemble leaders, our Performance Tracks will help you put on wow-worthy rehearsals and concerts, even in your first year as an elementary music teacher. We also have more advanced LMS features available on the web for group leaders! Download the free app, check out our free starter material, and when you’re ready, enroll to unlock all 500 videos. Only one membership is needed per household, so you and the whole family can start #HappyMusicing today! -Already have an account? Sign-In to access your subscription. -New? Try it for free! Subscribe in the app to get instant access. Prodigies offers an auto-renewing auto-renewing Monthly or Yearly Subscription. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your Apple ID Account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. After the free trial, subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://prodigies.com/terms-and-conditions -Privacy Policy: https://prodigies.com/privacy

Screenshots

Rainbow Music Notes4 screens
Prodigies3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Prodigies at Free against Rainbow Music Notes's $3.99. Prodigies also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (337 vs 6). Rainbow Music Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Prodigies is free to download; Rainbow Music Notes costs $3.99 up front. Prodigies sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Rainbow Music Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prodigies holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prodigies has 337 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 83% and 82% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rainbow Music Notes ships an update every 2 months, Prodigies monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Rainbow Music Notes versus Prodigies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainbow Music NotesProdigies
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.7 (337 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews — better82.3% of reviews
Number of ratings6337 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTie ZhongYoung Music LLC

Customer experience

Rainbow Music Notes

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral11.4%
Negative5.7%

Prodigies

All ratings332 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative13.9%

Bugs and requests

Rainbow Music Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Prodigies

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Roku app audio/video sync issues
  • Audio choppiness and stuttering
  • Video/audio misalignment across platforms
  • Login and access failures
  • App crashes and freezing
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  • Content authorization/availability problems
  • Streaming quality issues
  • Calendar feature removed in recent update causing usability regression

Requested features

8 requests
  • Autoplay feature for sequential video playback
  • Multi-user/sibling account switching
  • Calendar/assignment feature for tracking progress
  • Improved app organization and navigation
  • Better Roku app compatibility
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  • Grouped playlist functionality (e.g., play all C section videos)
  • Improved website organization to match app
  • Better customer support accessibility

In-app purchases

None

Rainbow Music Notes

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Prodigies

Subscriptions6
  • Prodigies Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month
  • Plus+ Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
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  • Annual Subscription$149.001 Year
  • Prodigies Music Lessons Yearly7 Days trial$149.991 Year
  • Plus+ Yearly7 Days trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Rainbow Music Notes free?
Rainbow Music Notes costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prodigies free?
Prodigies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rainbow Music Notes or Prodigies?
Prodigies is rated higher. Rainbow Music Notes averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Prodigies averages 4.7 from 337 ratings.
Do Rainbow Music Notes or Prodigies have ads?
Neither Rainbow Music Notes nor Prodigies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rainbow Music Notes or Prodigies?
Rainbow Music Notes ships an update every 2 months, and Prodigies monthly. Most recently, Rainbow Music Notes was updated on October 22, 2026 and Prodigies on October 20, 2026.

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