Comparison

Music Flash Class vs Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

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

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About

Music Flash Class

This customizable flashcard app helps users learn and practice music notes. Tailor drills to specific notes, test modes, and answer speeds. Ideal for individual lessons, home study, or group classes with built-in games.

Highlights
  • Customizable note drills
  • Test or teach modes
  • Adjustable drill parameters
  • Multiple drill options (letter names, solfège, keyboard)
  • Review and save incorrect notes
  • Built-in games and custom challenges
  • Device orientation lock
Features
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Music Flash Class is a highly customizable flash card application designed and used by a professional piano teacher. You can use it in individual lessons, home study, or in group classes with the built-in games or with games led by you. Because you know how you want to teach or how your students learn best, you can tailor the app to exactly what you want: • You define the notes on the grand staff that you want your student to drill. • You decide if the application should test or teach. • You decide how many cards to drill, how long to test, and how quickly students must answer. • You decide whether to drill in letter names, solfège, piano keyboard, and several other options. • You can review the incorrect notes and save them for student drilling. Music Flash Class is designed for use with all ages: • You can lock the device’s orientation to accommodate each student’s way of holding the device. • You can discourage accidental disruption of the games by 'locking' buttons that would normally exit the play. • You can use built in games or design challenges for your students. "I love the app....my students are competing against each other for time and decks completed without error!!!" - Penny L., professional piano teacher "This app has become a favorite backseat activity in my van. My kids love playing 'Hot Potato' with it." Jodi M., parent of two piano students Uses of Music Flash Class: • Effortlessly pull up and drill whatever deck of notes you want during your lessons. • Students who are waiting for their lesson can practice or test their note recognition skills. • Practice on your own, focusing on notes that have been difficult to learn. • Assign drilling exercises to those students who have access to an iPod Touch or iPhone. • Use in group classes for group drilling or games. • Design challenges that students can compete to attain.

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Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

Master rhythmic accuracy with instant feedback and graduated levels. Practice diverse rhythms, from beginner to professional, with customizable exercises and multiple input methods. Improve your musicality faster than traditional practice.

Highlights
  • Instant feedback on timing accuracy
  • Graduated levels from beginner to professional
  • Diverse exercises with common and rare rhythms
  • Thousands of random and fixed exercises
  • Rhythm editor for customization
  • Practice and test modes
  • Microphone and MIDI input support
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Accelerate your sight reading skills with instant feedback on timing accuracy. Our carefully graduated levels, from beginner to professional, allow you to start at your optimal skill level and progress at your own pace. You'll improve more rapidly than practicing solely on your instrument. Practice anytime and anywhere. Many advanced features. KEY FEATURES DIVERSE EXERCISES - Explore common and rare rhythms from 2 to 12 beats per bar (2/2, 3/2, 4/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8). - More than 200 fixed exercises (100 (longer ones) on iPad). - Thousands of random exercises. - Suitable for absolute beginners as well as professionals. - Challenge yourself with exercises involving rests, ties, syncopations, duplets, triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. - Add swing to quarter note meter exercises with varying degrees of swing intensity. - Automatic count-off with one or two bars. - Longer (random) exercises in landscape orientation. PRACTICE & TEST MODE - Practice mode: listen or tap along while the rhythm is played. - Test mode: hear the metronome and read/tap the rhythm. - Visual feedback instantly displays accuracy with each tap (color and position). - Easily adjust metronome tempo by sliding or keypad. - Two tap buttons for higher tempos or tapping with alternating fingers. RHYTHM EDITOR - Edit any exercise to suit your preferences. - Intuitive editor with minimal taps. - Includes an editor for ties. - Unlimited undo. - Add your exercises to favorites. - Share exercises with others. EXTRA CHALLENGES - Expert mode: higher default tempo and more accuracy required. - Endurance test (continuous reading). - Speeding-up tests. - Left- and right-hand independence: tap the beat and rhythm with two buttons. - Note duration test. - Count 6/8 in two (dotted quarter as the beat). - Ear training function for rhythmic dictation. - Maintain rhythm focus while notes from a chord progression are played. REPORTING - View a frequency chart of your tap results. - Access progress reports for fixed and random exercises. - Share your results, such as a 100% score graphic or progress reports, via email. SOUNDS - Choose from various percussive instruments for app player, metronome, and taps. - Play chord progressions with guitar, e-piano, marimba, or bass. - Optional stereo sound with taps in the right ear and metronome/player in the left ear. - Optional beat-counting voice function. MICROPHONE - Utilize the microphone for an alternative to tap buttons. - Play rhythms with hand claps, finger-snaps, or an instrument. - Adjust sensitivity settings. - Supports external microphones. MIDI - Receive taps from a Midi device connected via Apple USB camera adapter or USB-C (e.g., keyboard, guitar, drum kit). - Automatic device detection. - Touch-sensitivity support. - Export any exercise as a MIDI file. OTHER FEATURES - Experience very low latency with instant response. - Support for left-handed tapping. - Choose between classical and flat interface themes. - Support for dark mode (iOS13+). - Universal app (iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad). - Supports all screen sizes. - Tested on iOS and iPadOS 27.

Screenshots

Music Flash Class4 screens
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer at fortnightly against Music Flash Class's every 45 months. Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (125 vs 10). Music Flash Class's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Music Flash Class costs $3.99 and Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer has 125 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of Music Flash Class's written reviews are positive against 92% of Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Music Flash Class ships an update every 45 months, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

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Music Flash Class versus Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusic Flash ClassRhythm Sight Reading Trainer
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating4.6 (10 ratings)4.8 (125 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.7% of reviews — better92.1% of reviews
Number of ratings10125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 45 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#183#46 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHenry FlurryRolfs Apps

Customer experience

Music Flash Class

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

All ratings125 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews279 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.6%

Bugs and requests

Music Flash Class

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when tapping the 'i' button for info
  • Metronome beep timing not intuitive

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to practice on headphones
  • Increase size of tapping area
  • Add more options for time signatures beyond even meters
  • Implement side-scrolling mode for sight-reading practice
  • Allow creating longer, multi-measure exercises

In-app purchases

None

Music Flash Class

No in-app purchases

None

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Music Flash Class free?
Music Flash Class costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer free?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Music Flash Class or Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer is rated higher. Music Flash Class averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer averages 4.8 from 125 ratings.
Do Music Flash Class or Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer have ads?
Neither Music Flash Class nor Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Music Flash Class or Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer?
Music Flash Class ships an update every 45 months, and Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer fortnightly. Most recently, Music Flash Class was updated on October 14, 2026 and Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer on October 19, 2026.
Which is more popular, Music Flash Class or Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer?
Music Flash Class currently peaks at #183 in the App Store charts, and Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer at #46. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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