Baton vs Notes.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baton
This app serves as a platform for discovering and sharing unreleased music. It allows creators to upload, organize, and collaborate on music, while also providing opportunities to connect with other artists and sync placements. Users can discover new music globally and utilize AI tools for sample discovery and curation.
- Upload and organize music library
- Offline listening and cross-device sync
- Creator messaging and collaboration tools
- Browse and send music for sync opportunities
- AI-powered sample discovery
- Share and discover music opportunities
- Track listener analytics
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Baton is the new home for unreleased music. - Upload your music, organize your library, listen offline, and sync across devices. - Messaging other creators in conversation threads that update as you collaborate. - Browse and send your music to placement and sync opportunities. - Store privately, or publish to your profile. - Always see who listens, no matter where your music goes. - Use AI to find samples from other creators that fit with your music. - Share your own opportunities to find new music and collaborators. - Discover unreleased music from all around the world. - Curate combinations of samples to spark new collaborations. - Message other creators when you find music you like. - Tag collaborators to instantly share material and credit friends. - EQ to refine your mix. Terms of Use: https://www.baton.media/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.baton.media/privacy
Notes.fm
This app helps musicians track and collect all their music royalties in one place. It identifies missing registrations and unclaimed money across over 50 platforms, simplifying royalty collection for artists, songwriters, and managers.
- Collect all royalties in one place
- Identify missing registrations and unclaimed shares
- Estimate unclaimed royalties
- Verify songwriter, performer, and producer credits
- Track catalog health across 50+ platforms
- Share credit and registration data
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NOTES Notes is the easiest way to release your music and collect all of your royalties in one place. Every musician deserves all of their royalties. But royalty registrations are fragmented and manual, and a song that isn't registered everywhere it earns leaves money unclaimed. Notes releases your music, reviews your catalog for issues, and makes sure you get paid. Notes does not take a percentage of your royalties. RELEASE YOUR MUSIC - Distribute your songs to 30+ platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Tidal, and Deezer - Register your songs with The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) as you release them - Attach credits and International Standard Recording Codes (ISRCs) to every release REVIEW YOUR CATALOG AND FIND MISSING MONEY - Import your existing catalog by artist, playlist, release, or song - Review your catalog for issues, including missing registrations, unclaimed shares, and unmatched recordings, across The MLC, Performing Rights Organizations (PROs), and SoundExchange - See clear, data-backed estimates of unclaimed royalties, built on real stream counts and current mechanical rates - Verify songwriter, performer, and producer credits, and look up the identifiers behind your songs — ISRCs, International Standard Musical Work Codes (ISWCs), and Interested Party Information (IPI) numbers FIX ISSUES AND CLAIM YOUR ROYALTIES - Notes Publishing fixes publishing issues and collects missing money by registering your songs at The MLC - Download your royalty review, or share it with your existing publishing administrator CONTRACTS AND PAYOUTS - Create and send contracts that set each collaborator's share of a song's recording and songwriting royalties - Collaborators approve or decline their share right in the app, and approved contracts pay everyone automatically - Track your total earnings over time, from one week to all time WHO IT'S FOR - Musicians releasing music and tracking their own royalties - Songwriters verifying registrations across PROs and The MLC - Managers reviewing catalog health for the musicians they administer - Labels and publishers monitoring registrations and contracts BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Notes keeps you connected to your catalog wherever you are. Add the Catalog Review widget to your Home Screen, pull to refresh, pick up where you left off with a persistent session, and share anything straight from the app. If you lose connectivity, Notes lets you know and reloads automatically when you're back online. Start with a free account at notes.fm. MUSICIAN SUBSCRIPTION Upgrade to Musician in the app for your earnings on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Control Center, plus notifications when royalties arrive, a statement is ready, or a payment reaches you. Musician is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly to your Apple Account, and renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://notes.fm/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://notes.fm/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Notes.fm at 100% against Baton's 62%. Notes.fm also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Baton's advantage is ratings volume (249 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Baton sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Notes.fm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Notes.fm holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Baton has 249 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Baton's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notes.fm's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baton | Notes.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (249 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 223 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baton Media Inc | Notes Frequencies, Inc. |
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Baton
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In-app purchases
Baton
- Baton Pro Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
- Baton Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Baton Pro Annual$49.991 Year
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- Baton Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Notes.fm
- Musician$4.991 Month
- Musician (Yearly)$49.991 Year








