Comparison

Piano Sight Reading vs Teach Note

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

Head to head
About

Piano Sight Reading

Master piano sight-reading with this app designed to train all 88 keys across various key signatures. Improve your music reading and ear training skills, whether you're a beginner or looking to enhance your abilities.

Highlights
  • Trains all 88 keys with sharps, naturals, and flats
  • Supports both treble and bass clefs
  • Customizable practice with key signatures and accidentals
  • Progress tracking with informative graphs
  • User-friendly GUI design
  • Fun learning through game-like practice
Features
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The only sight reading app that can train all 88 keys with sharp, natural, flat in the context of all key signatures. Are you frustrated with reading grand staff piano music? Whether you are new and slow on piano sight reading or just someone who wants to improve on your overall piano sight reading abilities and ear training skills, this is the right app for you. Best app for beginner - "I don't buy a lot apps but I bought this.." - by viki From <25% to 100% - "When I started using this I barely could read music.." - by Mark S Carroll Excellent - "Other reviews have said it all." - by DanEOD Best piano sight reading trainer - "This app is great! I love that it has the grand staff.." - by Jared Hay Main features: 1. user friendly GUI design overcomes the space and efficiency issues existed in most piano simulation apps. 2. learn and practice both treble clef and bass clef notes on 88 keys. 3. custom your practice to any skill level via changing key signatures, accidentals frequency, keyboard range, note selections... Enable/disable sound effect and hint option to train your ear or just let app to guide you. 4. informative graph generated from history practices' statistics records your progress. 5. lots of fun when learning becomes playing games...

About

Teach Note

Enhance your musical abilities with this app designed to improve staff notation reading and music theory knowledge. It offers structured courses, extensive practice exercises, and helpful tools to boost your sight-reading speed and understanding of musical concepts.

Highlights
  • 30+ sight-reading and music theory courses
  • 400+ sight-reading exercises
  • Intelligent error-correction practice
  • Multiple practice modes (built-in piano, MIDI/Bluetooth)
  • Support for multiple clefs
  • Includes common musical tools (metronome, chord lookup)
Features
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Over 4,800 5-Star Reviews, recommended by more and more students! An essential App for learning staff notation, music theory basics, and improving sight-reading speed! Staff notation is a fundamental skill for piano learning and music entry. Mastering staff notation and music theory enables you to read, play, and learn more excellent musical works. Join the "Teach Note" family and efficiently enhance your staff notation skills with 200,000 students! = Features = - Over 30 sight-reading and music theory courses across 4 assessment stages. Exclusively recorded with concise content, paired with an intelligent error-correction practice system, to easily grasp sight-reading and music theory fundamentals. - Over 400 sight-reading exercises to comprehensively train your sight-reading ability. Through scientifically designed intensive training, continuously improve sight-reading speed for flexible application in practice. Supports multiple clefs and customized training for weak areas! - Multiple practice modes. During leisure time outdoors, use the built-in piano to practice sight-reading anytime, anywhere; at home, connect to your piano via Bluetooth/MIDI for combined training! - Covers courses on staff notation basics, note recognition, intervals, chords, and mode theory. - Collects commonly used tools and resources, understanding your needs better than other sight-reading and music theory apps. Includes: blank staff paper, common musical terms, metronome, tempo tester, chord lookup, scale lookup, etc. Whether it's a hobby or a dream, only action turns it into reality. Join us and achieve your extraordinary musical dreams together! Attached Service Agreement: https://musiclearn.cn/2019/09/20/MustrTermOfUse/

Screenshots

Piano Sight Reading4 screens
Teach Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Piano Sight Reading at none against Teach Note's shown. Piano Sight Reading also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). Teach Note's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (198 vs 17). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Piano Sight Reading sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Teach Note sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teach Note holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teach Note has 198 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Piano Sight Reading's written reviews are positive against 90% of Teach Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Sight Reading ships an update every 2 months, Teach Note every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Piano Sight Reading versus Teach Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano Sight ReadingTeach Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (17 ratings)4.7 (198 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews90.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17198 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB213 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuper Kiddo Studio炯龙 吴

Customer experience

Piano Sight Reading

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Teach Note

All ratings198 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.6%

Bugs and requests

Piano Sight Reading

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Teach Note

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes when accessing membership/subscription features
  • Video tutorials have no sound on iPad
  • Bluetooth MIDI connection not working despite pairing
  • VIP recovery/restore purchase causes crashes
  • App crashes after recent updates
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  • Membership activation fails

Requested features

6 requests
  • More free practice content
  • Ad-supported free tier alternative
  • Wider keyboard interface
  • Bluetooth MIDI connectivity improvements
  • Additional features and functionality
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  • Reduced pricing for premium subscription

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Piano Sight Reading

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$5.99
10 purchases

Teach Note

Subscriptions3
  • 月度会员$2.991 Month
  • 季度会员$9.993 Months
  • 年度会员2 variants$22.991 Year
One-time7
  • 高级识谱训练包2$0.99
  • 初级识谱训练包$0.99
  • 练耳训练包$1.99
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  • 音符识谱训练包$1.99
  • 高级识谱训练包$2.99
  • 去除广告$3.99
  • 终身会员$39.99

Questions

Is Piano Sight Reading free?
Piano Sight Reading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Teach Note free?
Teach Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piano Sight Reading or Teach Note?
Teach Note is rated higher. Piano Sight Reading averages 4.3 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Teach Note averages 4.7 from 198 ratings.
Do Piano Sight Reading or Teach Note have ads?
Teach Note shows ads; Piano Sight Reading does not.
Which is updated more often, Piano Sight Reading or Teach Note?
Piano Sight Reading ships an update every 2 months, and Teach Note every 5 weeks. Most recently, Piano Sight Reading was updated on October 22, 2026 and Teach Note on October 24, 2026.

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