Musicnotes Decks vs Aural Wiz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Musicnotes Decks
Learn essential music notation and theory with interactive flashcards. Master symbols, clefs, dynamics, timing, and sight-reading. Includes audio pronunciation for musical terms.
- Learn 50 musical notation symbols
- Master Bass and Treble clefs
- Understand dynamics and musical interpretation
- Learn musical timing and rhythm
- Improve sight-reading skills
- Test knowledge with index cards
- Audio pronunciation of musical terms
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Learn the basics of notation and unlock the world of music theory, powered by Musicnotes – the world leader in sheet music. Musicnotes Decks is a must-have app for every musician; you will learn: • 50 essential musical notation symbols to understand sheet music • Bass and Treble clef keys so you can read any piece of music • How to interpret music via dynamics, accents, coda, and repeats • Musical timing via time signature, rhythm, value, and rests • Sight-reading skills by playing notes and guessing the pitch • To test your knowledge of symbols with a proven index card format • Definitions of all terminology with audio pronunciation guides using both British and American English musical terms Use your newfound music theory to access Musicnotes’ premium interactive sheet music in our main app. The Musicnotes app gives you instant access to the largest selection of sheet music arrangements, and with Musicnotes Pro Premium, you can get 24 titles per year, plus PDFs included in all available keys, and additional savings on our website. Whether music is your hobby, your profession, or your passion, the Musicnotes app gives you ultimate sheet music portability without sacrificing reliability. Download for free today and become one of the world’s musicians who take their sheet music anywhere!
Aural Wiz
Enhance your musical ear by learning to identify intervals, scales, modes, chords, and cadences. This app offers two modes: Learn to hear and understand musical elements, and Practice to test your recognition skills. It's designed for music students and musicians aiming to improve their aural abilities.
- Interval recognition
- Scale identification
- Mode training
- Chord and cadence learning
- Learn mode
- Practice mode
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Learn to recognize intervals, scales, modes chords and cadences with Aural Wiz. Whether you are a music student preparing for aural tests as part of your formal musical training or a musician just working towards improving your aural skills, Aural Wiz would be an indispensable companion for you. You can use Aural Wiz in two modes - Learn and Practice. In Learn mode, you can play back an interval, scale, mode, chord or a cadence to understand how it sounds. In Practice mode, a melodic or harmonic pattern will be played and you'll be asked to identify the interval, scale, mode, chord or cadence. Practicing this way has been a proven way to improve your aural skills. Make Aural Wiz part of your daily aural improvisation routine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aural Wiz at 4.8 against Musicnotes Decks's 3.8. Aural Wiz also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (641 vs 28). Musicnotes Decks's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Aural Wiz holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aural Wiz has 641 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Musicnotes Decks's written reviews are positive against 76% of Aural Wiz's.
Musicnotes Decks ships an update every 15 months, Aural Wiz every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Musicnotes Decks | Aural Wiz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (28 ratings) | 4.8 (641 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 641 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Musicnotes | Bijoy Thangaraj |
Customer experience
Musicnotes Decks
Aural Wiz
Bugs and requests
Musicnotes Decks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Aural Wiz
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot return to main menu after closing ads
- App crashes or requires restart after ad closure
- Minor 7th chord labeled incorrectly (minor-major instead of minor-minor)
- Same intervals/chords/scales play multiple times in succession
Requested features
9 requests- Descending intervals and scales option
- Speed adjustment for scales
- Chromatic scale option
- Intervals played from top to bottom
- Modes of melodic/harmonic minor
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- Extended chords practice
- More cadence recording variety
- Statistics/progress tracking section
- Better explanations for beginners
In-app purchases
Musicnotes Decks
No in-app purchases
Aural Wiz
No in-app purchases
