Music Mini Games vs Note by Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Mini Games
Enhance your musical skills with engaging mini-games focused on ear training and chord singing. Practice, challenge yourself, and track your progress with instant feedback and leaderboards. Perfect for beginners and musicians looking to improve their pitch and chord recognition.
- Chord singing practice modes
- Pitch discrimination games
- Real-time audio feedback
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Game Center leaderboards
- Session recording
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Name chord progressions, tune notes that are off, sing chords and catch sharp notes in four bite-sized ear-training games. Fresh daily challenges, the same puzzles for everyone. No ads. No required login. Download and play. Build a daily streak, climb the weekly leaderboard, and watch your accuracy improve week over week. PROG ROCK Hear a chord progression on marimba, then name it. A Daily Challenge brings five fresh rounds a day, plus unlimited Practice. Easy is I-IV-V multiple choice, Medium strays from the I chord, and Hard has you enter every chord you hear. Practice in any of the seven modes, from major and minor to Dorian, Mixolydian, Lydian, Phrygian and Locrian, and Center Your Ear plays the cadence that fits whichever one you pick. TUNE-A-FISH (NEW) One note is out of tune. Drag its fish until it sounds right. Easy is a single note, Medium is an interval, and Hard is a full chord with one note off by a quarter tone or a half step. Hear the original, hear yours, then check your tuning. Five fish a day in the Daily Challenge, plus Practice in sets of ten. STRIKE A CHORD Sing chords note by note. Arrows show whether to go higher or lower, and there are no lives to lose. PRACTICE: Every note is played for you first. Each set ends with your accuracy and the notes you sang cleanly, and your longest run of clean chords ranks on the leaderboard. DAILY CHALLENGE: Five chords a day, the same for everyone worldwide. PITCHIN' IMPOSSIBLE Listen to two notes. Is the second one sharp or flat? EASY: 50 cents apart. Perfect for building pitch awareness. MEDIUM: 25 cents apart, for developing ears. HARD: 10 cents apart. Can you hear the subtlest shifts? Sets of ten calls, keep going as long as you like, and your streak of correct calls ranks on the leaderboards. STREAKS AND LEADERBOARDS • Daily streaks for all three daily challenges, with a play-history grid on the home screen • A This Week ladder across every game, plus Today and All-Time boards in each • Progress charts for your accuracy and scores over time • Warm marimba samples across every game MUSIC MINI GAMES PRO: A COACH FOR YOUR EAR For musicians who want to actually get better. Pro finds your weak spots and names the chord that keeps catching you out, lets you practice exactly what you miss, shows a full year of your progress by difficulty, and unlocks every chord in Strike a Chord and all seven modes in Prog Rock. It also includes unlimited renames and a Pro badge on the boards. One purchase, no subscription. PERFECT FOR Beginners: no music theory required, with instant feedback in every game. Musicians: sharpen your pitch, hear harmony, and track your improvement. Singers, choir members, instrumentalists, music students, and anyone who wants a sharper ear. Four games, a few minutes a day.
Note by Note
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Learn songs by ear by listening to real recordings. For each song we have slow simple recordings. We have a recording not only for each song but another recording for each section and another for each individual lick.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Note by Note at none against Music Mini Games's 5. Music Mini Games's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Music Mini Games sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Note by Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Music Mini Games ships an update daily, Note by Note every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Music Mini Games | Note by Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | H Calvin Flegal | CGDevworks LLC |
In-app purchases
Music Mini Games
- Retry Daily Challenge$0.99
- 3 Extra Lives: Pitchin' Impossible$0.99
- 5 Extra Lives: Daily Challenge$0.99
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- Unlimited Name Changes$2.99
- Music Mini Games Pro$8.99
Note by Note
No in-app purchases









