Music Reading Essentials vs Music Theory Intervals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Reading Essentials
This app aids in learning and practicing sheet music reading, covering musical signs, symbols, note names, rhythms, and intervals. It features flashcards divided into stages with a smart shuffling algorithm to reinforce learning, and offers clef selection and timer modes for comprehensive practice.
- Sheet music reading practice
- Musical signs and symbols
- Note names and rhythms
- Intervals learning
- Flashcards with stages
- Clef selection (Treble, Bass, Alto)
- Timer mode
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"Poco-a-Poco: Music Reading Essentials" helps learning and practicing sheet music reading, understanding musical signs and symbols, note names, rhythms, intervals and more. Designed with the help of professional piano teachers, this fundamental tool is for those who are learning to play piano or other musical instruments, as well as for anybody who needs practicing sheet music reading. The application has four sets of flash cards divided into stages with increasing knowledge level. By choosing either one or a combination of any of the four sets, you can start testing yourself and study at the same time. The specially designed shuffling algorithm will start showing more often those cards, which were not answered correctly. Choose Notes from either Treble clef, Bass clef, Alto clef or the combination of Treble and Bass clefs ("Grand" mode). Use "Timer" to test your knowledge. The "Results" screen will show your progress as well what you need to continue working on. With the "Cards Info" screen you can see how the cards are arranged by sets and stages.
Music Theory Intervals
This app helps musicians of all levels identify musical intervals by ear or sight. It offers various training modes, clef support, and customizable settings for practice. Results can be saved and printed for progress tracking.
- Interval recognition by sight and sound
- Simple and compound interval training
- Audio, Visual, and combined modes
- Treble, Alto, Tenor, Bass clef support
- Customizable interval playback
- Printable Grade Book for results
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Teachers, students and professional musicians: Recognize simple and compound intervals by sight and/or sound. Includes a 'Grade Book' list of all saved results that you can print or send. • Simple Intervals included are major, minor, diminished, augmented 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, 7ths, and diminished, perfect, and augmented 4ths, 5ths, and octaves. • Compound Intervals are intervals larger than an octave. • Three modes: Audio and Visual, Audio Only (Ear Training), and Visual Only (Clef Notation Training). • Treble, Alto, Tenor, and Bass clefs. • Set how the interval is played; harmonically, melodically up, down, or randomly. • Set a random root change, or set the root yourself between each question. • Set the number of questions, or stop anytime and grade only the number answered. The Grade Book is filterable by name. Grades include the name, date and time the quiz was taken, all relevant settings (clef, number of questions, etc.), and score (percentage and letter grade).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Music Reading Essentials at 3 against Music Theory Intervals's 1. Music Reading Essentials also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Music Theory Intervals's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Music Reading Essentials costs $2.99 and Music Theory Intervals $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Music Reading Essentials against 4.7 for Music Theory Intervals. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively.
Music Reading Essentials ships an update every 20 months, Music Theory Intervals every 28 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Music Reading Essentials | Music Theory Intervals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Notagram, LLC | Patrick Q. Kelly |
Customer experience
Music Reading Essentials
Music Theory Intervals
In-app purchases
Music Reading Essentials
No in-app purchases
Music Theory Intervals
No in-app purchases
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