What Note Is This? vs Ensemble Piano
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Ensemble Piano
Explore a realistic virtual piano keyboard with high-quality sound and MIDI input. This free application is perfect for practicing, improvising, or simply enjoying musical exploration.
- Realistic virtual keyboard
- High-quality sound
- MIDI input support
- Ideal for practice
- Improvisation tool
- Free to use
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Piano is a free app for exploring a realistic virtual keyboard with high-quality sound and MIDI input. Ideal for practice, improvisation, or just playing around.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ensemble Piano at Free against What Note Is This?'s $0.99. Ensemble Piano also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). What Note Is This?'s advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). 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
Ensemble Piano is free to download; What Note Is This? costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ensemble Piano holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ensemble Piano has 16 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 100% of Ensemble Piano's.
What Note Is This? ships an update every 2 months, Ensemble Piano every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | What Note Is This? | Ensemble Piano |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Okeedoke Studios | Ensemble Education |
Customer experience
What Note Is This?
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In-app purchases
What Note Is This?
No in-app purchases
Ensemble Piano
No in-app purchases
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