Notehead vs CRITICSCALE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notehead
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A second of sound. A lifetime of “I KNOW THIS ONE!” NoteHead is a fast-paced solo music quiz where your brain screams louder than the beat — especially when you forget lyrics you've sung 50 times. Whether you're a casual listener or die-hard music fan, NoteHead challenges your memory and musical instincts in a fun, addictive way.
CRITICSCALE
Engage in daily music trivia challenges with eight distinct mini-games. Test your knowledge of music history, artists, and albums to maintain a daily streak and compete with friends. Offers a Pro version for expanded features.
- Eight bite-sized music trivia games
- Daily streak challenges
- Leaderboards and head-to-head play
- Album cover identification
- Music fact connection game
- Artist origin guessing
- Pro version with extra features
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CRITICSCALE — DAILY MUSIC GAMES FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW MUSIC. Eight bite-sized games. One streak. A fresh round of every game at local midnight, every night. Free to play forever. THE EIGHT GAMES ERAPIN — A 30-second clip plays. Drag the pin along the timeline to the year you think it dropped. Closer is more points. CHROMEVINYL — An album cover, blurred down to its palette. Identify the artist before the clues sharpen and the score drops. CRITICWEB — Connect each music fact to the artist who lived it. Build the full web — no second guesses. VINYLCRACK — Hangman, but vinyl. Guess the artist letter by letter. Eight wrong picks and the record shatters. FAKEVINYL — Four album covers. One is real. Three are convincing fakes. Five rounds of pure paranoia. BANDGRID — Sixteen tiles. Four hidden categories of four. Group them all without burning four mistakes. ORIGINMAP (Pro) — A song plays. Drop a pin on the map where you think the artist is from. BEATBLITZ — Pick a music prompt. Type as many correct answers as you can before the clock dies. Rare answers buy you more time. ONE STREAK, EVERY DAY Play any game on a given day to keep your streak alive. Build it one day at a time, lose it in a missed midnight, defend it with a streak shield. FRIENDS, NOT FEEDS Add friends, compare daily scores on the leaderboard, and challenge anyone to a 1v1 head-to-head round. No algorithmic feed, no follower counts, no rage. Just receipts. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. NO NONSENSE. We don't run third-party advertising. We don't track you across other apps. We don't sell your data. The app is free; Pro is optional. PRO Pro unlocks past challenges (replay any previous day's round), Originmap, Endless Erapin, and a few quality-of-life upgrades. Subscription billed by Apple, cancellable any time from your subscription settings. QUESTIONS support@criticscale.com — bugs, account help, anything privacy@criticscale.com — privacy and data requests criticscale.com — eight games, one streak, see for yourself Made for music nerds. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Notehead at none against CRITICSCALE's 6. Notehead also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). CRITICSCALE's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, ads 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. CRITICSCALE sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Notehead asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notehead ships an update fortnightly, CRITICSCALE every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notehead | CRITICSCALE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AMYNEBO SP Z O O | CARLOS ANDRES SALAME AROSEMENA |
In-app purchases
Notehead
No in-app purchases
CRITICSCALE
- CriticScale Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- CriticScale Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- 100 Vinyl Stars$0.99
- 550 Vinyl Stars$2.99
- 1,200 Vinyl Stars$4.99
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- 2,500 Vinyl Stars$9.99









