Piano Note Reading Trainer vs Read Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piano Note Reading Trainer
Enhance your musical sight-reading abilities with interactive, game-like exercises. This app offers a structured approach to learning notes, supporting MIDI keyboards and providing detailed progress tracking. Unlock advanced features and customization options with a premium subscription.
- Game-like note-reading training
- MIDI keyboard support
- Progress tracking with accuracy stats
- Customizable practice modes
- Beginner-friendly tools
- Certification tests
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“I want to build my note-reading skills efficiently and easily…” This app is for you. Features - Game-like note-reading training - Simple controls: just tap the keys - Support for MIDI keyboards - Review efficiently with missed notes and accuracy stats - Focus on a limited range and progress step-by-step * - Try a certification test to check your level * - Practice in various keys/key signatures * - Custom mode for your own drills * - Beginner-friendly tools like note names on the keyboard - Changeable theme colors * - Dark Mode support - Features marked with an asterisk require a Premium purchase. For subscription terms and policies, see below. - Privacy Policy : https://dualukegg.wixsite.com/my-app-gallery-l - Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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: Piano Note Reading Trainer at none against Read Notes's shown. Piano Note Reading Trainer also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 50%). Read Notes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Piano Note Reading Trainer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Read Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Read Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Piano Note Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Read Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piano Note Reading Trainer | Read Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ruku Kobayashi | minjae Lee |
Customer experience
Piano Note Reading Trainer
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In-app purchases
Piano Note Reading Trainer
- Premium Plan (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Premium Plan (Yearly)$9.991 Year
- Snack Tip$0.49
- Coffee Tip$2.99
- Dinner Tip$5.99
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- Premium Plan (Lifetime)$14.99
Read Notes
- Remove Ads$7.99
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