Sonica Music vs Notes.fm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonica Music
This platform allows independent artists to organize, share, sell, and promote their music. Fans can discover, collect, and listen to music, with artists retaining 100% of sales.
- Manage music catalog
- Create releases and playlists
- Track listener engagement
- Share music instantly
- Collaborate with others
- Sell music with custom pricing
- Offer multi-format downloads
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The companion app to sonica.music website. Sonica is the independent music platform where artists organize, share, sell, and promote their music, and fans discover, collect, and listen. Artists keep 100% of every sale. Organize • Manage your entire catalog in one place • Create releases, collections, and playlists • Track engagement and listener activity Share • Public releases reach fans instantly • Invite collaborators and contributors • Real-time commenting and feedback Sell • Set your own pricing • Keep 100% of every sale • Offer multi-format downloads: MP3, FLAC, WAV, Original
Notes.fm
This app helps musicians track and collect all their music royalties in one place. It identifies missing registrations and unclaimed money across over 50 platforms, simplifying royalty collection for artists, songwriters, and managers.
- Collect all royalties in one place
- Identify missing registrations and unclaimed shares
- Estimate unclaimed royalties
- Verify songwriter, performer, and producer credits
- Track catalog health across 50+ platforms
- Share credit and registration data
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NOTES Notes is the easiest way to understand and collect all of your music royalties in one place. Every musician deserves all of their royalties. But more than $1 billion goes unclaimed every year, and 50+ platforms each require individual collection. Royalty registrations are fragmented and manual — Notes makes sure you aren't missing money. Collect all of your royalties for your entire catalog. Review your registrations across The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), Performing Rights Organizations (PROs), SoundExchange, and more, and see exactly where royalties are going unclaimed. WHAT NOTES DOES - All your songs in one place — import your existing catalog by artist, playlist, release, or song - Review your catalog for registration issues, including missing registrations, unclaimed shares, and unmatched recordings - See clear, data-backed estimates of unclaimed royalties, built on real stream counts and current mechanical rates - Verify songwriter, performer, and producer credits for the songs in your catalog - Look up the identifiers behind your songs — International Standard Recording Codes (ISRCs), International Standard Musical Work Codes (ISWCs), and Interested Party Information (IPI) numbers - Review recording and songwriting splits alongside the registrations they affect - Track catalog health across 50+ royalty platforms - Share song credits and registration data with your team using the native iOS share sheet WHO IT'S FOR - Musicians tracking their own royalties - Songwriters verifying registrations across PROs and the MLC - Managers reviewing catalog health for the musicians they administer - Labels and publishers monitoring registrations and splits - Anyone who wants to understand the credits behind a song BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Notes keeps you connected to your catalog wherever you are. Pull to refresh your review, pick up where you left off with a persistent session, and share anything straight from the app. If you lose connectivity, Notes lets you know and reloads automatically when you're back online. Start with a free account at notes.fm. MUSICIAN SUBSCRIPTION Upgrade to Musician in the app for your earnings on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Control Center, plus notifications when royalties arrive, a statement is ready, or a payment reaches you. Musician is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly to your Apple Account, and renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://notes.fm/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://notes.fm/legal/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sonica Music at 15.1 against Notes.fm's 17.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sonica Music against 5.0 for Notes.fm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Sonica Music | Notes.fm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonica LLC | Notes Frequencies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Sonica Music
Notes.fm
In-app purchases
Sonica Music
No in-app purchases
Notes.fm
No in-app purchases









