Note Trainer Pro vs PianoMajors
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note Trainer Pro
This app helps users improve their music reading skills through interactive exercises. It offers a range of difficulty levels, tracks progress, and supports various musical notations and input methods.
- Note and chord exercises
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Multiple notation systems
- Transposing instrument support
- Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor clefs
- MIDI and virtual piano input
- Progress statistics
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Note Trainer is designed to help train your ability to read music. It is aimed at beginners, music students, musicians and anyone interested in musical reading. Note Trainer includes exercises reading musical notes and musical chords. Exercise levels range from beginner to advanced. Note Trainer will guide you and recommend exercises to help you gradually improve your skills. More advanced users can focus on different areas of the application or select to start training at a higher level. When an exercise is complete the users' statistics are saved allowing them to track their progress and easily return to areas that need more training. Note Trainer indicates when a user is ready to move on to the next exercise. Features: - Preset exercises for notes and chords - Custom exercises for notes and chords - Note Trainer supports English (B, Bb), German (H, B), and Solfége (Do, Re, Mi) notation - Supports transposing instruments - Includes Treble, Bass, Alto and Tenor clefs - Answer using MIDI device (*), virtual piano or answer buttons - Answer by singing or playing an instrument (iPhone 5s and newer) - Visual feedback on virtual piano and note view - Statistics - Time challenge mode - Studio sound quality *) Using a MIDI-input device may require an Apple USB Camera Connection Kit
PianoMajors
Master major scales with your MIDI keyboard. Practice hands separately, adjust octaves, and view finger numbers. Track your progress with tempo, accuracy, and dynamics graphs.
- MIDI keyboard integration
- Independent hand practice
- Adjustable scale lengths
- Finger number display
- Tempo, accuracy, dynamics graphs
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Learn the major scales using your MIDI keyboard. * Practice Left and Right Hand Independently * Pentascale / One Octave / Two Octaves * Show/Hide Finger Numbers * Tempo, Accuracy, and Dynamics Graphs Note: You will need a Lightning-To-USB adapter to connect your iPad/iPhone to your MIDI compatible keyboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PianoMajors at Free against Note Trainer Pro's $3.99. PianoMajors also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Note Trainer Pro's advantage is ratings volume (917 vs 7) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On update cadence, 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
PianoMajors is free to download; Note Trainer Pro costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PianoMajors holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Trainer Pro has 917 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Note Trainer Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of PianoMajors's.
Note Trainer Pro ships an update every 4 months, PianoMajors every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Trainer Pro | PianoMajors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (917 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 917 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoor software AB | Jordan Diaz |
Customer experience
Note Trainer Pro
PianoMajors
Bugs and requests
Note Trainer Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when playing certain notes/chords
- MIDI connectivity issues on some devices
- Note recognition errors in certain exercises
Requested features
4 requests- Add more advanced exercises like chord progressions and modulations
- Include a timer and progress tracking system
- Expand the note/chord range to cover the full piano keyboard
- Allow customization of exercise difficulty and note/chord selection
PianoMajors
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Trainer Pro
No in-app purchases
PianoMajors
No in-app purchases
Questions
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