Comparison

小音阶 vs CueFlip

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

小音阶

Features
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一款专注「真人在线1对1视频教学」的专业音乐教育平台,为4岁以上学员提供覆盖钢琴、小提琴、声乐等30+种全品类乐器的系统化课程。通过「主课+陪练课」双轨体系,实现乐器学习「教-学-练」完整闭环。

About

CueFlip

This app automatically turns sheet music pages as you play, adapting to your tempo and musical cues. It learns your scores by listening or from recordings, offering manual control and annotation features. Ideal for musicians practicing or performing, it ensures a seamless musical experience without interruption.

Highlights
  • Automatic page turning
  • Learns scores from playback or recordings
  • Adapts to tempo and musical cues
  • Manual page turn option
  • PDF import
  • Annotation tools
  • Metronome
Features
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For as long as there has been sheet music, turning the page has never had to be someone else's job — whether you reach over and turn it yourself, or catch a friend's eye and let them turn it for you. CueFlip does that job. Play a piece through once so it learns the score. After that, you just play: when you reach the last bar of the page, the next one is already there. It is not a timer. Hold the fermata and it holds with you. Take the repeat and it takes the repeat. Slow the final four bars the way you always slow them, and nothing moves until you are finished. And when it is wrong — because one day it will be — you tap the edge of the page, the way you always have. If it was tracking you well, it steps aside for a few seconds, then picks you back up. If it had lost you, that same tap tells it where you actually are. ◆ TEACHING IT A PIECE Import any PDF you already own — Files, iCloud Drive, AirDrop, another app. It opens straight in the reader: read it now, teach it when you are ready. To teach it, play the piece through and tap the edge of the page whenever you turn. That is the entire setup. No instrument to hand? Import a recording instead and mark the turns while it plays. Turn backwards while teaching and it learns the jump: repeats, D.S., first and second endings. ◆ ON STAGE One small marker, low on the screen, says what it is doing: Listening, Auto, Paused, Manual. Nothing else moves. Tapping the edge of the page always works, and so does a Bluetooth page-turner pedal, on every plan. A pedal is what you reach for when you stop trusting the software, and charging for that would be indecent. ◆ ON THE STAND Apple Pencil markings with the full system tool palette, shown clearly at any zoom. Keep them on separate layers — fingerings on one, bowings on another, your teacher's notes on a third — and switch each on or off. A metronome with tap tempo, any time signature, 30 to 400 BPM, count-in and a tempo trainer. In silent mode it pulses the edge of the screen instead of clicking, and it stops itself before a performance begins. With an ensemble, every device can lock to the same beat. A tuner in the same place: how many cents off, which way to go, and a concert pitch you can move to 442 or 415. Default, Sepia and Night, for the rehearsal room, the pit and the 6am service, with the paper warmth where you like it. Rehearsing together? Share your markings live with a nearby iPad — no router, no internet. On iPad, a rail down the edge scans the whole score: drag, watch the page ahead, and let go. ◆ WHAT STAYS HERE No account, ever. Your scores, recordings and markings never leave this device unless you send them somewhere yourself. Nothing from the microphone is ever uploaded. ◆ WHAT IT COSTS Automatic page turning is free. So is importing PDFs, learning from a recording, pedal and manual turns, and restoring from a backup — with one score performable at a time. CueFlip Pro removes that limit and adds annotation with layers, the metronome and ensemble sync, the tuner, folders, page editing, live annotation sharing, multi-movement scores, performance history, and exporting — a learned score as a file someone else can perform straight away, or your whole library as one backup. CueFlip Lifetime is all of it, bought once and yours for good. A score beyond your plan is never deleted or locked — it just stops turning pages. Students and teachers: discounted Pro pricing, details in-app. Subscriptions are billed to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings. --- ※ CueFlip contains no sheet music: bring the scores you already have. iPhone and iPad, iOS 16.4 or later. Even without automatic page turning, it is still a perfectly good score reader. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy: https://cueflip.pages.dev/privacy Support: https://cueflip.pages.dev/support

Screenshots

小音阶4 screens
CueFlip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CueFlip at none against 小音阶's 4. 小音阶's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 小音阶 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. CueFlip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

小音阶 ships an update weekly, CueFlip every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
小音阶 versus CueFlip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter小音阶CueFlip
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQingdao Xiaoyinjie Technology Co., LTD文君 王

In-app purchases

2 purchases

小音阶

One-time2
  • 小音阶季卡2 variants$19.99
  • 小音阶年卡2 variants$89.99
None

CueFlip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 小音阶 free?
小音阶 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CueFlip free?
CueFlip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 小音阶 or CueFlip have ads?
Neither 小音阶 nor CueFlip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 小音阶 or CueFlip?
小音阶 ships an update weekly, and CueFlip every 3 weeks. Most recently, 小音阶 was updated on September 20, 2026 and CueFlip on September 24, 2026.

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