Comparison

Read Notes vs Note Sight

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

Head to head
About

Read Notes

Learn to read sheet music for various instruments, including piano, guitar, and drums. Practice with interactive exercises, song arrangements, and receive timing feedback. An optional premium subscription offers more songs and an ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Multi-instrument support (piano, guitar, ukulele, violin, drums)
  • Interactive sheet music reading
  • Ear training and chord practice
  • Timed challenges and leaderboards
  • Progress tracking and feedback
  • Learn through familiar song arrangements
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. Compete on guitar, bass, ukulele, violin and drums with quick matches, daily challenges and leaderboards. Start free as a guest; groups are optional. Live players, recorded results and computer practice are clearly labeled. All instrument Quests are free. Finish each practice, earn up to three stars, and continue at your own pace. 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 Monthly Premium unlocks additional songs, removes ads while active. Existing lifetime purchases remain valid. Renews monthly until canceled. Manage or cancel in your store account. Subscribe and restore purchases with your App Store account. No app sign-in is required. Terms of Use (English / 한국어): https://readnotesgame.com/terms.html Privacy Policy (English / 한국어): https://readnotesgame.com/privacy.html

About

Note Sight

This app helps you learn to read sheet music faster through short, daily exercises. It offers various training modes and tracks your progress with detailed statistics. Ideal for musicians of all levels looking to improve their sight-reading skills.

Highlights
  • Interactive sight-reading exercises
  • Multiple training modes
  • MIDI and microphone input
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Customizable settings
  • Daily practice reminders
  • Cloud synchronization
Features
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Learn to read sheet music and train your musical ear. Note Sight combines sight-reading, ear training, and piano practice in short daily sessions for beginners, music students, singers, and self-taught musicians. TRAIN YOUR EAR: MELODY, RHYTHM AND HARMONY • Pick out melodies by ear: listen to 3, 5 or 7 notes, rebuild the sequence, and compare your answer with the original. • Feel the rhythm: repeat a pattern by ear or read rhythm notation and tap it. See which taps matched and where you missed the beat. • Recognize chords, inversions and chord progressions by listening. • Identify scale degrees after a major-key reference and recognize intervals without clues on the staff. • Build confidence across three difficulty levels with sound examples, hints and replays. Choose 6, 10 or 20 questions. • Practice anywhere: these listening exercises need no microphone or instrument. Track listening accuracy separately from reading speed. SEE A NOTE, PLAY THE ANSWER Open a session, see a note, interval, chord, or flowing pattern on the staff, and answer the way that fits your practice: • Tap the on-screen piano keyboard • Play a connected MIDI keyboard or digital piano • Use the microphone — the app hears the notes and chords you play on a real instrument PRACTICE MODES • Note naming — see a note on the staff and name it • Landmark notes — memorize anchor notes, then read nearby notes from them • Interval reading — build the target note by interval from an anchor • Note Flow — play moving notes when they reach the timing window • Hanon — play Hanon exercises 1–20 with both hands at your own tempo • Speed run — name as many notes as you can before time runs out • Two-hand play — read treble and bass staves and play them together • Chords — triads, seventh chords, inversions, and chord progressions in all 12 keys • Weak spot review — 5 minutes on the notes you miss most TRACK REAL PROGRESS • Streaks, streak freeze, and a weekly practice goal • Accuracy, reading speed (notes per minute), and reaction time charts • Note map: a heatmap showing your mastery of every single note • Chord mastery, interval levels, and Hanon tempo records • Personal insights and records; share a progress card with friends MAKE IT A HABIT • Short sessions designed for daily practice • Smart reminders on the days you choose • Cloud backup and sync across your devices • Light and dark themes FULLY ADJUSTABLE • Treble clef, bass clef, or both • Note range and octaves, sharps and flats • Interval types and direction, chord qualities and inversions • Session length, tempo, and difficulty levels that grow with you Whether you are preparing for music lessons, learning piano, studying music theory, or returning to an instrument after years, Note Sight connects the notes on the staff with real playing — one short session at a time. Download Note Sight and start reading music with confidence.

Screenshots

Read Notes4 screens
Note Sight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Note Sight at 100% against Read Notes's 50%. Note Sight also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Read Notes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Read Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Note Sight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Read Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Read Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Note Sight's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read Notes ships an update every 5 days, Note Sight every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Read Notes versus Note Sight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead NotesNote Sight
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better4.5 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings712 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB30 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerminjae LeeAlexander Chervyakov

Customer experience

Read Notes

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Note Sight

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Read Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$7.99
None

Note Sight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read Notes free?
Read Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Note Sight free?
Note Sight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Read Notes or Note Sight?
Read Notes is rated higher. Read Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Note Sight averages 4.5 from 12 ratings.
Do Read Notes or Note Sight have ads?
Read Notes shows ads; Note Sight does not.
Which is updated more often, Read Notes or Note Sight?
Read Notes ships an update every 5 days, and Note Sight every 3 days. Most recently, Read Notes was updated on November 12, 2026 and Note Sight on November 13, 2026.

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