Comparison

Read Notes vs Solfejo

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

Solfejo

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Learn to read music, one note at a time. Solfejo helps beginners connect the notes on a staff with the sounds they sing. Start with a small group of notes, listen to a reference and practice at your own pace. LISTEN, THEN SING Play a short score and sing it back. Get feedback on pitch and rhythm, review your attempt and try again. Adjust the tempo, show note names or focus on rhythm while you find your confidence. BUILD THE BASICS Practice notes, durations and intervals in short rounds. Beginner mode introduces spaces and lines step by step. Answer by singing or use the on-screen choices. LEARN AS YOU GO Explore short lessons on the staff, clefs, octaves, voice ranges, key signatures, rhythm and intervals. Listen to examples and connect each idea to your practice. MAKE PRACTICE COMFORTABLE Choose a vocal range that suits your voice and begin gently. Follow your recent results and personal bests, saved on your device. Practice and lessons work offline. Singing audio is analyzed on your device; it is not uploaded or saved as a recording. The app checks online for required updates when a connection is available. Optional reference links open external websites. Available in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, with an in-app language choice. Solfejo uses fixed-do solfège: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si. Free to use. No ads, subscriptions or in-app purchases. No account required. Support: contato@tuxon.com.br

Screenshots

Read Notes4 screens
Solfejo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solfejo at none against Read Notes's 1. Solfejo also leads on ads (none vs shown). Read Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Read Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solfejo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Read Notes versus Solfejo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead NotesSolfejo
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, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
Developerminjae LeeTuxon Solucoes em Tecnologia da Informacao Ltda.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Read Notes

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$7.99
None

Solfejo

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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