Comparison

Notes! vs Hanon Pro

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

Head to head
About

Notes!

This flashcard app helps beginners learn note names on the bass and treble clef. Customize letter notation and practice specific notes. MIDI enabled for compatible devices.

Highlights
  • Learn bass and treble clef notes
  • Customizable letter notation (CDEFGAB, CDEFAH, DoReMi)
  • Practice specific notes
  • MIDI enabled
  • Toggle visual effects
  • Portrait/landscape orientation support
Features
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Over 99000 purchased! People love Notes because it's easy and it works. This basic flashcard app helps beginners learn the letter names for notes on the bass and treble clef ("F" on bass through to "G" on treble). Easily toggle between treble and bass clef by tapping the clef symbol. Letter notation can be set to any of these options: 1) C D E F G A B 2) C D E F G A H (used in Germany) 3) Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si (Solfège) Other Features: • Displays a random note on the musical staff and you tap the correct letter/key. • For MIDI savvy folk - this app is MIDI enabled! Use Apple Core MIDI compliant devices with the app. • Toggle the visual effects on/off by tapping the trophy icon. • Practice only specific notes (tap the gears icon to enter the Settings screen where you can disable all but the specific notes you want to practice). TIP: This app has slightly different functionality for portrait orientation vs. landscape orientation. To switch orientations: 1) make sure you have orientation lock off on your device, then 2) launch the app in portrait mode, then rotate your device to landscape mode. If it's not rotating for you, try toggling your lock orientation setting and try again. If you need help, contact us. For feedback or suggestions please contact us at http://visionsencoded.com. For intermediate learners, also try "Piano Notes! - Learn To Read Music."

About

Hanon Pro

Enhance your piano technique with interactive exercises and repertoire. Get real-time feedback on your playing, track practice habits, and visualize progress over time. Supports MIDI keyboard integration for a comprehensive learning experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive music scores with automatic page turning
  • Real-time performance analysis (accuracy, tempo, dynamics)
  • Practice habit tracking and progress visualization
  • MIDI keyboard connectivity
  • Built-in metronome and tempo adjustment
  • Daily practice reminders and achievements
Features
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Hanon Pro is an app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that helps improve your keyboard and piano technique with repertoire and exercises modernized for the digital age. Just like health and fitness apps track your physical health over time, Hanon Pro does the same for piano practice. Our intelligence engine enables you to get feedback on your playing, visualize trends, and track practice habits over time. The app features a catalog of content specifically designed to look great on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. We design each book and score with support for responsive layouts, Dark Mode, rich metadata, embedded finger numbers, and more. You can listen to each piece, practice with the built-in metronome, and adjust the tempo. The real magic of Hanon Pro is unlocked when you connect your iPhone, iPad, or Mac with a MIDI keyboard or piano over a Bluetooth or USB connection. Hanon Pro's intelligence engine can analyze your playing, including accuracy, tempo, and dynamics, and even turn pages as you play. To help make piano practice a habit, the app lets you sign up for daily practice reminder notifications and earn achievements over time with built-in Game Center integration. ALL FEATURES - Browse our catalog of music scores, each designed with support for interactive features like automatic page turning and computer-aided evaluation - Obtain content designed to improve keyboard and piano technique such as scales, piano exercises, and repertoire used by exam boards - Explore music by composer, key, and even exam boards like ABRSM, RCM, and Trinity - View rich metadata about each work, including description, composer, key, year of composition, and more - Search, sort, and filter your music library to find the scores you want - Sync your music library with your iPhone, iPad, and Mac over iCloud - Practice with the built-in metronome and adjust the tempo of any score - Listen to any piece in the catalog with our realistic playback engine - Pair the app with a MIDI keyboard or piano, either wirelessly over Bluetooth or with a USB-C cable - Evaluate your performance and receive feedback on accuracy, tempo, rhythm, style, and more** - View charts and graphs that visualize how your progress improves over time** - Track daily practice habits, including time spent practicing** - Unlock achievements as you practice with Game Center integration** - Enjoy automatic and hands-free page turning as you play** - Sign up to receive daily practice reminder notifications and customize the time - Invert scores in Dark Mode to reduce brightness when practicing at night - Customize the app to your liking with control over metronome volume, finger numbers, playback options, MIDI settings, and more - Hanon Pro is a truly native app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, built with technologies like SwiftUI, Swift Charts, Core Audio, Core MIDI, iCloud, Game Center, and more CONTENT Our music catalog features content commonly used to learn and improve technique such as scales, chords, Hanon exercises, Schmitt exercises, works by Bach, Beethoven, Krebs, Mozart, and more. If you'd like to request a score, you can do so directly in the app! WHY HANON PRO? There are already many great apps that aim to teach piano playing from the ground up. Hanon Pro is targeted at piano players who already know the basics but want to improve their technique while getting feedback and tracking progress over time. PRICING We're committed to maintaining Hanon Pro for years to come. However, it's a niche product and each score and book needs to be prepared for the interactive capabilities of the app such as automatic page turning, responsive layout, and computer-aided evaluation. In other words, it's not just a PDF. To sustain the development of Hanon Pro, we charge for the content in our catalog. **Requires a Bluetooth or USB MIDI keyboard or piano (sold separately)

Screenshots

Notes!4 screens
Hanon Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hanon Pro at Free against Notes!'s $3.99. Hanon Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Notes!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 7). On ads 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

Hanon Pro is free to download; Notes! costs $3.99 up front. Hanon Pro sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Notes! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hanon Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notes! has 1.4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notes! ships an update every 3 months, Hanon Pro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Notes! versus Hanon Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes!Hanon Pro
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (1.4K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVisions Encoded Inc.Furnace Creek Software LLC

Customer experience

Notes!

All ratings1,383 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral12.8%
Negative14.8%

Hanon Pro

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Notes!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Settings screen gets stuck
  • Screen size issues on larger devices
  • Incorrect note octave displayed

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add sharps, flats, and ledger lines
  • Implement a game-like scoring system
  • Allow switching between treble and bass clef
  • Provide more comprehensive learning modes

Hanon Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Notes!

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Hanon Pro

One-time10
  • Scales in 12 Major KeysFree
  • Prelude in C Major$0.99
  • Fuga in C Major$0.99
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  • Schmitt Book II$3.99
  • Hanon Book II$3.99
  • Scales in 12 Minor Keys$3.99
  • Schmitt Book I$3.99
  • Chords in 12 Major Keys$3.99
  • Hanon Book I$3.99
  • Unlock All Content (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is Notes! free?
Notes! costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hanon Pro free?
Hanon Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notes! or Hanon Pro?
Hanon Pro is rated higher. Notes! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Hanon Pro averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Notes! or Hanon Pro have ads?
Neither Notes! nor Hanon Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notes! or Hanon Pro?
Notes! ships an update every 3 months, and Hanon Pro every 2 days. Most recently, Notes! was updated on November 10, 2026 and Hanon Pro on November 4, 2026.

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