Note Trainer Pro vs Piano Chord Memorization
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
Piano Chord Memorization
This application is designed to assist users in memorizing piano chords. It provides a focused learning experience for musicians looking to improve their chord recall.
- Memorize piano chords
- Focused learning experience
- Improve chord recall
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This app helps you memorize piano chords.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Piano Chord Memorization at Free against Note Trainer Pro's $3.99. Piano Chord Memorization also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Note Trainer Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (88% vs 58%). On rating, 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
Piano Chord Memorization is free to download; Note Trainer Pro costs $3.99 up front. Piano Chord Memorization sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Note Trainer Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Note Trainer Pro against 4.8 for Piano Chord Memorization. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Trainer Pro has 919 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Note Trainer Pro's written reviews are positive against 58% of Piano Chord Memorization's.
Note Trainer Pro ships an update every 4 months, Piano Chord Memorization every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Trainer Pro | Piano Chord Memorization |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (919 ratings) | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 919 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoor software AB | Jumpei Adachi |
Customer experience
Note Trainer Pro
Piano Chord Memorization
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
Piano Chord Memorization
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Trainer Pro
No in-app purchases
Piano Chord Memorization
- Paid Version$3.99
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