Read Notes vs ImproviseThis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
ImproviseThis
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Unlock your improvisation skills with a simple, powerful daily tool designed for every musician. ImproviseThis gives you a fresh set of 3 to 8 notes each time you practice, challenging your creativity and strengthening your musical instincts. Whether you play piano, guitar, saxophone, violin, or sing, this app helps you build real improvisation fluency—one melody at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ImproviseThis at none against Read Notes's 1. ImproviseThis also leads on ads (none vs shown). Read Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Read Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ImproviseThis asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Read Notes | ImproviseThis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | minjae Lee | Marcelo Palacios |
In-app purchases
Read Notes
- Remove Ads$7.99
ImproviseThis
No in-app purchases
