Comparison

Note Trainer Pro vs Piano Notes Treble

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Piano Notes Treble

This app helps beginners learn and practice music notes for piano. It offers various modes, adjustable difficulty, and visual aids to improve sight-reading skills. Multiple user profiles are supported for tracking progress.

Highlights
  • Teaching Mode for note identification
  • Game Mode for sight-reading practice
  • Adjustable note range and key signatures
  • Colored keys and pitch name labels
  • Simultaneous multiple note display
  • Multiple user profiles
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Music Note Trainer for Piano Beginners ------------------------------ Looking for free apps to help you on learning music notes? Piano Notes Treble is definitely what you need. With a wide range of level control, Piano Notes Treble is not only an interesting game for experienced piano players, but is also a great music note tutor for piano students. It certainly can help you learn and practice music notes effectively on your iPad. ------------------------------ FEATURES: - Teaching Mode: Tap a key to show its note and pitch name. - Game Mode: Practice your sight-reading skill with games. - Adjustable Range: Your practice can be focused on particular notes by setting note range. - All Key Signatures: 15 key signatures for treble clef and bass clef respectively. - Help Modes: 3 help modes, including a Tutor mode for beginners. - Colored Keys: In game mode, colors can be applied as hints. This is especially helpful for beginners and kids. - Pitch Name Labels: White keys can be marked with their pitch names, 4 naming conventions provided. - Multiple Notes: Unlike other similar apps showing only one note at a time, Piano Notes Treble shows multiple notes simultaneously in game mode. This is very important for improving sight-reading speed. - Game Length Control: Each game quizzes you with up to 10 pages of notes. Both number of notes and number of pages are adjustable. - Keyboard Size Control: You can adjust the keyboard size to fit your need. 3 different sizes are available. - Multiple User Profiles: With up to 10 user profiles, you can share this app with your friends or family members. This feature is also very useful for piano teachers to keep track of students' progress. - Gorgeous Sound: High-quality, real and beautiful piano sound.

Screenshots

Note Trainer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Piano Notes Treble at Free against Note Trainer Pro's $3.99. Piano Notes Treble 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 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

Piano Notes Treble 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piano Notes Treble 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 2, 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 Piano Notes Treble's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Note Trainer Pro ships an update every 4 months, Piano Notes Treble every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and June 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Note Trainer Pro versus Piano Notes Treble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNote Trainer ProPiano Notes Treble
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (917 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings917 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.18.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerthoor software ABPatrick Chan

Customer experience

Note Trainer Pro

All ratings917 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative4.7%

Piano Notes Treble

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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 Notes Treble

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Note Trainer Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Piano Notes Treble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Note Trainer Pro free?
Note Trainer Pro costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Piano Notes Treble free?
Piano Notes Treble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Note Trainer Pro or Piano Notes Treble?
Piano Notes Treble is rated higher. Note Trainer Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 917 ratings, while Piano Notes Treble averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Note Trainer Pro or Piano Notes Treble have ads?
Neither Note Trainer Pro nor Piano Notes Treble shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Note Trainer Pro or Piano Notes Treble?
Note Trainer Pro ships an update every 4 months, and Piano Notes Treble every 5 months. Most recently, Note Trainer Pro was updated on September 29, 2026 and Piano Notes Treble on June 29, 2026.

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