Comparison

What Note Is This? vs Solfa Pro

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

Head to head
About

What Note Is This?

This app helps users learn to read music notes through interactive practice and quizzes. It offers customizable modes, progress tracking with achievements, and is suitable for all ages. Learn notes on the go with a universal design.

Highlights
  • Practice mode with flashcards
  • 10-note quizzes
  • Customizable clef and difficulty
  • Achievement stickers
  • Universal design for all devices
  • Beginner mode for sharps and flats
Currently charting
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"If you have always wanted to be able to read music or you are studying an instrument, this is a very helpful and worthwhile app. It makes learning to read notes a lot more interesting!" - PadGadget.com "What Note Is This? is an ingenious app. After only a few sessions I have regained much of my long-lost music reading skills from my formal music lessons as a child." - AppsForHomeschooling.com Check out the video on our website! *** Learn notes in practice mode! *** Flick your way through endless flashcards of notes. A shadow note shows the note you played, and the lights on the piano turn green when you press the correct key. *** Challenge yourself to a quiz! *** Take 10-note quizzes with fast-paced auto-card-flicking action! Lights turn red and green to show your accuracy. *** Adaptable learning environment! *** Need to focus on bass clef? No problem! Not ready for sharps and flats? Stick with the “beginner” mode. Big letters on the keys bothering you? Turn them off. They don’t mind. *** Things to achieve! *** Collect stickers for your accomplishments! Can you identify 10 notes in less than 20 seconds? Can you identify every sharp and flat during a quiz? We’ll reward your tenacity with digital stickers. *** For all ages! *** Easy enough for children, but even easier enough for adults. Spend 20 minutes a day with this app, and I guarantee you’ll have spent 20 minutes with this app. *** Universal and optimized for all devices! *** Want to learn your notes on the go? Not ready to hand the iPad over to the kids? Now, get the same great experience on your iPhone and iPod Touch devices, including fancy retina displays and the extra fancy iPhone 5 display! *** Much, much more - wait, no, that’s about it. *** Have a suggestion or question? Head over to our website and shoot us an email. If you have a great idea, we might just throw it in later. For the kids.

About

Solfa Pro

Learn to read sheet music and identify musical notes with this interactive quiz game. It supports various clefs and note naming systems, making it ideal for beginners and musicians of all ages. Practice sight-reading, ear training, and understand basic music theory.

Highlights
  • Learn musical notes
  • Read sheet music
  • Sight-reading training
  • Supports multiple clefs
  • Learn tonality and chords
  • Multiple note naming systems
Features
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How to learn notes? How to read sheet music? How to remember note names? "Notes" helps you learn notes for piano, guitar or singing. "Musical Notes" is a quiz game for kids and beginners that helps you learn simple music theory. - train sight-reading - read notes of alto, bass, tenor, treble clef staff - learn tonality and chord names - switch between English, German note names You can use "Notes" for ear training and basics of solfa. List of musical instruments: - singing - piano - guitar - bass guitar - violin - cello - double bass Types of musical notations: - C D E F G A B - C D E F G A H - Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si - До Ре Ми Фа Соль Ля Си - Ντο Ρε Μι Φα Σολ Λα Σι - ハ ニ ホ ヘ ト イ ロ - 다 라 마 바 사 가 나 - स रे ग म प ध नि - ด ร ม ฟ ซ ล ท

Screenshots

What Note Is This?4 screens
Solfa Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Solfa Pro at 4.1 against What Note Is This?'s 2.7. Solfa Pro also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (68 vs 3). What Note Is This?'s advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 43%) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases 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

What Note Is This? costs $0.99 and Solfa Pro $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Solfa Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solfa Pro has 68 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of What Note Is This?'s written reviews are positive against 43% of Solfa Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Note Is This? ships an update every 2 months, Solfa Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
What Note Is This? versus Solfa Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Note Is This?Solfa Pro
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)4.1 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better43.3% of reviews
Number of ratings368 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#191 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better10.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOkeedoke StudiosDmitry Zaika

Customer experience

What Note Is This?

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Solfa Pro

All ratings68 ratings
Positive77.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative14.7%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive43.3%
Neutral20.0%
Negative36.7%

In-app purchases

None

What Note Is This?

No in-app purchases

None

Solfa Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is What Note Is This? free?
What Note Is This? costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solfa Pro free?
Solfa Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, What Note Is This? or Solfa Pro?
Solfa Pro is rated higher. What Note Is This? averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Solfa Pro averages 4.1 from 68 ratings.
Do What Note Is This? or Solfa Pro have ads?
Neither What Note Is This? nor Solfa Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What Note Is This? or Solfa Pro?
What Note Is This? ships an update every 2 months, and Solfa Pro every 2 weeks. Most recently, What Note Is This? was updated on October 5, 2026 and Solfa Pro on October 17, 2026.

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