Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Sheet music reading practice
  • Musical signs and symbols
  • Note names and rhythms
  • Intervals learning
  • Flashcards with stages
  • Clef selection (Treble, Bass, Alto)
  • Timer mode
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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).

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Music Reading Essentials ships an update every 20 months, Music Theory Intervals every 28 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Music Reading Essentials versus Music Theory Intervals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusic Reading EssentialsMusic Theory Intervals
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.6 (11 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 20 months — betterEvery 28 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNotagram, LLCPatrick Q. Kelly

Customer experience

Music Reading Essentials

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral17.1%
Negative19.5%

Music Theory Intervals

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Music Reading Essentials

No in-app purchases

None

Music Theory Intervals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Music Reading Essentials free?
Music Reading Essentials costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Music Theory Intervals free?
Music Theory Intervals costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Music Reading Essentials or Music Theory Intervals?
Music Theory Intervals is rated higher. Music Reading Essentials averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Music Theory Intervals averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Music Reading Essentials or Music Theory Intervals have ads?
Neither Music Reading Essentials nor Music Theory Intervals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Music Reading Essentials or Music Theory Intervals?
Music Reading Essentials ships an update every 20 months, and Music Theory Intervals every 28 months. Most recently, Music Reading Essentials was updated on November 1, 2026 and Music Theory Intervals on November 1, 2026.

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