NoteSwan vs Embeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NoteSwan
Master note recognition and ear training with interactive exercises. This app offers a clean, distraction-free interface perfect for beginners learning piano or music theory. Practice at your own pace with instant feedback.
- Real-time note recognition
- Interactive learning sessions
- Beginner-friendly UI
- Practice at your own pace
- Ear training exercises
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Level up your music skills with a clean, simple, and intuitive way to learn notes. Whether you’re just starting piano or refreshing your music theory fundamentals, Music Note helps you train your ear and master note recognition through quick, interactive practice. Features • Real-Time Note Recognition Play notes, hear notes, and instantly see the correct answer on screen. • Interactive Learning Perfect for beginners—quick practice sessions help you memorize notes visually and by ear. • Clean, Beginner-Friendly UI Designed to be simple, calming, and distraction-free so you can focus on learning. • Practice At Your Own Pace Short, unlimited practice rounds to help you improve consistently. • Perfect for Piano Students Great for music classes, piano lessons, and developing fundamental music reading skills. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lace-reptile-120.notion.site/Music-Note-App-Support-Page-2be530bffe2a805cbf62c7cce91417ba
Embeat
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Embeat is the native music player for your Emby or Jellyfin server. Enjoy your library just the way you organized it: artists, albums, tracks, genres and playlists, with cover art and metadata. • Gapless, lossless playback for FLAC and ALAC. • CarPlay. Browse and play your library from the car screen: recent, new, favorites and playlists, with cover art, the queue, and shuffle and repeat. Plus a tab with your downloads, which plays even when the server is out of reach. • Radio mode. When the queue runs out, Embeat keeps going on its own with music that fits what you were listening to. • Sleep timer. Tell it to stop in 15, 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes and fall asleep to it: the countdown stays on screen. • Embeat Connect streams music to DLNA/UPnP devices on your local network, Sonos speakers included — gapless there too. • Download tracks, albums and playlists to listen offline, on your phone and in the car. • Choose a quality cap for mobile data and keep the original on Wi-Fi — gapless either way. • Multiple Emby and Jellyfin servers, with quick switching between them. • Global search, favorites that update themselves when you star something elsewhere, an editable queue, background playback and lock screen controls. • Ask Siri to play your music on Embeat. Sonos only accepts audio up to 48 kHz. If your library is hi-res, Embeat adapts it on the way there, keeping it lossless. Embeat connects directly to your server. It collects no data and shows no ads. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Emby, Jellyfin or Sonos. Embeat Annual — auto-renewable subscription. Length: 1 year. Price: €9.99 / year, with a 1-month free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and for the same duration unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. If you buy the subscription during a free trial, any unused portion of the trial is forfeited. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.embeat.media/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.embeat.media/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Embeat at none against NoteSwan's shown. Embeat also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. NoteSwan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Embeat sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NoteSwan ships an update every 4 months, Embeat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NoteSwan | Embeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 18.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremy Bastidas | Joan Pallas Ribes |
In-app purchases
NoteSwan
- MusicNote Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- MusicNote Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Embeat
- Embeat anual1 Month trial$8.991 Year









