RPLY vs AxeNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RPLY
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Do you ever find yourself: - transcribing, - copying, - improvising to, - playing along, - learning by ear, - analyzing, - studying, - annotating, - dancing, - acting, or just getting close to a piece of music by replaying a specific part of it again and again? RPLY (pronounced replay) is a music player designed to aid you in these specific tasks with the help of Apple Music.
AxeNotes
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Choose Chromatic to see all the Notes on the Fretboard (with sharps or flats). Choose Diatonic to see all the Major and Minor Scales from the Circle of Fifths. Hundreds of combinations! Click on any note to hear the note, show the note name, see the music notation , and find all locations of that note on a guitar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RPLY at Free against AxeNotes's $1.99. RPLY also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 months). On ads, 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
RPLY is free to download; AxeNotes costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RPLY ships an update every 2 days, AxeNotes every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RPLY | AxeNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fortunity Labs | Joseph Svantner |
In-app purchases
RPLY
No in-app purchases
AxeNotes
No in-app purchases
