Comparison

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer vs Note Trainer Pro

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

Head to head
About

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
Currently charting
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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, iPad and iPod Touch). - Supports all screen sizes. - Tested on iOS and iPadOS 26.

About

Note Trainer Pro

This app helps users improve their music reading skills through interactive exercises. It offers a range of difficulty levels, tracks progress, and supports various musical notations and input methods.

Highlights
  • Note and chord exercises
  • Customizable difficulty levels
  • Multiple notation systems
  • Transposing instrument support
  • Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor clefs
  • MIDI and virtual piano input
  • Progress statistics
Features
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Note Trainer is designed to help train your ability to read music. It is aimed at beginners, music students, musicians and anyone interested in musical reading. Note Trainer includes exercises reading musical notes and musical chords. Exercise levels range from beginner to advanced. Note Trainer will guide you and recommend exercises to help you gradually improve your skills. More advanced users can focus on different areas of the application or select to start training at a higher level. When an exercise is complete the users' statistics are saved allowing them to track their progress and easily return to areas that need more training. Note Trainer indicates when a user is ready to move on to the next exercise. Features: - Preset exercises for notes and chords - Custom exercises for notes and chords - Note Trainer supports English (B, Bb), German (H, B), and Solfége (Do, Re, Mi) notation - Supports transposing instruments - Includes Treble, Bass, Alto and Tenor clefs - Answer using MIDI device (*), virtual piano or answer buttons - Answer by singing or playing an instrument (iPhone 5s and newer) - Visual feedback on virtual piano and note view - Statistics - Time challenge mode - Studio sound quality *) Using a MIDI-input device may require an Apple USB Camera Connection Kit

Screenshots

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer4 screens
Note Trainer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer at fortnightly against Note Trainer Pro's every 4 months. Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer also leads on chart position (#77 vs unranked). Note Trainer Pro's advantage is ratings volume (917 vs 123) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer against 4.8 for Note Trainer Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Trainer Pro has 917 ratings behind it against 123, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 88% of Note Trainer Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer ships an update fortnightly, Note Trainer Pro every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer versus Note Trainer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythm Sight Reading TrainerNote Trainer Pro
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating4.8 (123 ratings)4.8 (917 ratings)
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews — better88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings123917 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#77 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.612.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRolfs Appsthoor software AB

Customer experience

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

All ratings123 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews279 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.6%

Note Trainer Pro

All ratings917 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative4.7%

User reviews

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

From 123 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for improving rhythm and timing
  • 🚀 Customizable with many features
  • 💡 Allows creating custom exercises
  • 👍 Great for beginners and advanced musicians
  • 👍 Provides accurate feedback on timing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional issues with MIDI support
  • 👎 Navigation and interface could be improved
  • 👎 Lack of ability to review previous practice exercises

Note Trainer Pro

From 917 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Perfect for learning notes and chords
  • 🚀 Excellent tool for improving sight reading skills
  • 💡 Great for beginners and experienced players
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use interface
  • 👍 Customizable exercises and settings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Limited note/chord range in some exercises
  • 🔍 Overly sensitive to note duration
  • 🔍 Lack of timer/progress tracking features

Bugs and 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

Note Trainer Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when playing certain notes/chords
  • MIDI connectivity issues on some devices
  • Note recognition errors in certain exercises

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more advanced exercises like chord progressions and modulations
  • Include a timer and progress tracking system
  • Expand the note/chord range to cover the full piano keyboard
  • Allow customization of exercise difficulty and note/chord selection

In-app purchases

None

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

Note Trainer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer free?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Note Trainer Pro free?
Note Trainer Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Note Trainer Pro?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer and Note Trainer Pro are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 123 and 917 ratings respectively.
Do Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Note Trainer Pro have ads?
Neither Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer nor Note Trainer Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Note Trainer Pro?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer ships an update fortnightly, and Note Trainer Pro every 4 months. Most recently, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer was updated on September 30, 2026 and Note Trainer Pro on September 29, 2026.

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