MTE vs Read Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MTE
This app helps users quickly learn to recognize and remember musical notes on the staff. It offers customizable exercises with a minimalist design for maximum efficiency. Practice is available for various octaves and clefs, with options for note naming and exercise speed.
- Note recognition on staff
- Customizable octave exercises
- Choice of note naming (Do Re Mi / A B C)
- Adjustable exercise speed and length
- Treble and Bass Clef practice
- Automatic Light/Dark mode
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Our method of learning to read musical notes will help you quickly recognize and remember the position of each note on the staff. Minimalist design style will help you achieve maximum efficiency quickly. SOME OTHER FEATURES: - Many octave exercises from easy to advanced levels. - Choose the note name "Do Re Mi" or "A B C". - Choose short or long, fast or slow exercises. - Practice on Treble Clef and Bass Clef. - The interface automatically follows Light - Dark mode in the device's settings.
Read Notes
Enhance your musical abilities with interactive games focused on sight-reading, ear training, and chord recognition. Practice essential music theory concepts and improve your performance on any instrument with daily exercises and challenges.
- Sight reading practice with multiple clefs
- Ear training for notes, intervals, and chords
- Chord recognition and virtual keyboard
- 100-song library with challenges
- Progress tracking and leaderboards
- Multiple difficulty levels and practice modes
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Read music for the instrument you play. Clefs, written ranges and answer screens adapt to the selected instrument. Depending on the instrument, answer with an on-screen keyboard, fretboard, string and position choices, note names or rhythm taps. Compare your answer with the right note and practice the notes you missed. Keep your existing quests, drills, pieces and progress. You can continue piano practice without choosing your instrument again. Start with 67 free songs from a library of 150. Optional one-time Premium unlocks the other 83 songs, removes ads and removes heart limits. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MTE at none against Read Notes's shown. Read Notes's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. MTE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Read Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for MTE against 4.7 for Read Notes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively.
MTE ships an update monthly, Read Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MTE | Read Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 4.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Anh Do | minjae Lee |
Customer experience
MTE
Read Notes
In-app purchases
MTE
- UNLIMITED VERSION$1.99
Read Notes
- Remove Ads$7.99
