Comparison

Read Notes vs Tunea

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Read sheet music one step at a time, on piano, guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, violin or drums. Choose an instrument from Home to see its quests and song library. KEEP YOUR PIANO PRACTICE Continue your piano Quests, Drills, ear training and chord practice. Start piano Quests in treble clef, bass clef or both. Your existing piano progress and purchases are preserved. CONNECT NOTATION WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT • Guitar: connect staff notation and TAB with all six strings and fret positions. • Bass guitar: find notes on the fretboard and practice melodies in a lower register. • Ukulele: learn chord shapes and strumming on screen, then explore melodies. • Violin: connect notes with strings and the finger or position labels shown. • Drums: identify kick, snare and hi-hat on the score and select the matching pads. LEARN THROUGH FAMILIAR MUSIC Explore practice arrangements of existing pieces, with score sources and excerpts identified. Listen to an example, choose a range of measures and repeat it. Drum songs use educational accompaniments. After a one-bar count-in, tap the pads with the metronome and melody and get timing feedback on your screen taps. KNOW WHAT TO PRACTICE NEXT Use demonstrations and hints, then try independently. Review mistakes and follow each instrument’s progress. Screen exercises do not listen through a microphone or assess physical playing technique. Start with free practice. Optional one-time Premium unlocks additional songs, removes ads and removes heart limits.

About

Tunea

Features
Read full description

Master ear training by playing the songs you love! Tunea turns abstract music theory into an addictive game. Instead of drilling boring intervals in isolation, you'll learn to recognize melodies by ear using real, popular tunes. Learn by Ear Listen to the opening notes of famous melodies and replay them on the app. It's the most natural way to develop relative pitch. Gamified Progress Daily Challenges: Build a habit with quick, fun daily exercises. Level Up: Start with simple nursery rhymes and unlock complex pop, rock, and classical masterpieces. Streaks & Lives: Stay motivated and compete with yourself to keep your streak alive. Track Your Skills Visualize your improvement over time. See your accuracy improve as you train your ear to recognize intervals and patterns instantly. Key Features: - Huge library of recognizable songs - Intuitive interface for all skill levels - Detailed statistics and progress tracking - Beautiful, dark-mode design Perfect for: - Guitarists, pianists, and singers wanting to improve their ear. - Beginners learning music theory. - Songwriters looking to internalize melodic patterns. Terms of Use: https://adenovalabs.com/fretstudio/terms Privacy Policy: https://adenovalabs.com/fretstudio/privacy

Screenshots

Read Notes4 screens
Tunea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tunea at none against Read Notes's 1. Tunea also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Read Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tunea asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Read Notes versus Tunea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead NotesTunea
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB47 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerminjae LeeIsrael Adeyemi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Read Notes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$7.99
None

Tunea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read Notes free?
Read Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tunea free?
Tunea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Read Notes or Tunea have ads?
Read Notes shows ads; Tunea does not.

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