Comparison

What Note Is This? vs RapScript

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
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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

RapScript

This app provides random words to inspire freestyle rappers. It offers various settings like language, speed, and skill levels, and allows users to record their raps over instrumental beats with the words integrated into the video.

Highlights
  • Random word generation
  • Freestyle rap prompts
  • Beat integration
  • Video recording
  • Multiple languages
  • Adjustable speed and skill levels
  • Tap mode for custom speed
Features
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RapScript is a word-machine for freestyle-rappers. Rap to Beats and record yourself while trying to use the words you see. You are running out of ideas when freestyle-rapping? Your topics are always the same? You are searching for new challenges to push your skills to the next level? No problem! RapScript will throw crazy words at you, in the timing of your choice. Use them in your verses and create insane stories, or expose Fake-MCs and their pre-written lines. Time is your merciless enemy! BEATS: Choose from exclusive instrumental loops to play. RECORDING: Record your rap to video. The words you saw will automatically get rendered into it. And, if it gets too easy: * 3 Skill-Levels (influencing the word-length) * 6 Languages * 10 Speed-Levels * Tap Mode for words in your own speed Step on the mic and show what you got!

Screenshots

What Note Is This?4 screens
RapScript3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: RapScript at Free against What Note Is This?'s $0.99. RapScript also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.7) and review sentiment (89% vs 60%). What Note Is This?'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 9.0). On update cadence, 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

RapScript is free to download; What Note Is This? costs $0.99 up front. RapScript sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. What Note Is This? asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RapScript holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RapScript has 244 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of What Note Is This?'s written reviews are positive against 89% of RapScript's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

What Note Is This? ships an update every 2 months, RapScript every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
What Note Is This? versus RapScript: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhat Note Is This?RapScript
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (244 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews88.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3244 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better9.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOkeedoke StudiosMichael Huelfenhaus

Customer experience

What Note Is This?

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

RapScript

All ratings244 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

What Note Is This?

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

RapScript

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Screen automatically locks during freestyle sessions
  • Music stops playing when screen is off
  • Self-recording feature accidentally triggers from bottom screen taps
  • Beat audio doesn't play during recording playback with headphones
  • Word repetition occurs too frequently in randomization
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  • App crashes or performance issues in recent updates

Requested features

16 requests
  • Add more beats to the library
  • Allow users to upload custom beats
  • Enable custom word list creation and management
  • Filter words by part of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
  • Include rhyming word suggestions
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  • Add word definitions for educational context
  • Implement multiplayer/competitive game modes with friends
  • Add text-to-speech voice pronunciation of words
  • Provide themed word categories instead of pure randomization
  • Allow adjustable word display duration (not just 6-8 seconds)
  • Add audio-only recording option without video
  • Integrate with streaming services (YouTube, Twitch)
  • Include more aggressive/diverse beat styles
  • Add Italian language support
  • Disable or minimize self-recording feature option
  • Refresh words by tapping anywhere on screen

In-app purchases

None

What Note Is This?

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

RapScript

One-time1
  • Unlimited video$0.99

Questions

Is What Note Is This? free?
What Note Is This? costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RapScript free?
RapScript is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, What Note Is This? or RapScript?
RapScript is rated higher. What Note Is This? averages 2.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while RapScript averages 4.7 from 244 ratings.
Do What Note Is This? or RapScript have ads?
Neither What Note Is This? nor RapScript shows ads.
Which is updated more often, What Note Is This? or RapScript?
What Note Is This? ships an update every 2 months, and RapScript every 4 months. Most recently, What Note Is This? was updated on October 5, 2026 and RapScript on October 6, 2026.

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