Falling Note vs Étude
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Falling Note
Transform piano videos into interactive tutorials with AI-powered note detection. Visualize music in real-time, edit notes, and export your creations. Practice and refine your piano skills with adjustable speed and detailed editing.
- AI note detection from audio
- Real-time waterfall visualization
- Practice mode with adjustable speed
- Note editing for velocity and duration
- Video trimming and exporting
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Turn your piano video into a tutorial — instantly. Record yourself or import your piano video. Our AI listens to the performance and maps every note into a real-time waterfall visualization synced to the original video. Features: - AI-powered note detection from audio - Waterfall visualization synced to your video - Practice mode with adjustable speed - Note editing for velocity and duration - Trim, crop, and export your videos https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Étude
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Most pianists stop playing. Not because they can't play — because nothing tells them they are getting better, and after a while they decide they never will. Progress is too slow to hear. Day to day, nothing changes. You are inside your own playing, and you have nothing to compare it to except the memory of yesterday, which is a bad witness. Étude fixes that one thing. WHAT IT DOES Every take, kept Put your phone on the piano and play. Each take is recorded, dated, and drawn as a trace — a shape made from the sound you actually produced. Nothing to fill in, nothing to rate. Day 1 against today Your first recording of a piece and your latest one, laid over each other and played back to back. Not a chart telling you what to think. Your own playing, months apart, one after the other. Three months on one screen Every trace of a piece in a single grid, oldest to newest. Pick any two and compare them. Share the difference Export a still card with both traces and both dates, ready to send to whoever has been asking how it is going. WHO IT'S FOR Adults coming back to the piano after years away. Students between lessons. Anyone who practises alone and has no idea whether it is working. HOW IT WORKS Put your phone on the piano. Press record. Play. Name the piece afterwards. That's it. PRIVACY Your recordings stay on your device. No account, no sign-up, no upload. You can delete everything at once from Settings. ÉTUDE FULL Recording, traces and playback are free and unlimited, forever. Étude Full adds two things: comparing takes of a piece beyond the first ten, and the export card without the Étude mark. $14.99 a month, or $119.99 a year with a one-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://maestria-inc.github.io/etude/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Étude at 15.1 against Falling Note's 18.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Falling Note sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Étude sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Falling Note | Étude |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (314 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 314 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aristotle Theoharris J Farrahi | Gael Homere |
In-app purchases
Falling Note
- Falling Note Pro Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Pro Monthly (Limited Offer)$9.991 Month
- Falling Note Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
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- Pro Yearly (Limited Offer)$74.991 Year
- Falling Note Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
Étude
- Étude Full, Monthly$14.991 Month
- Étude Full, Yearly7 Days trial$119.991 Year









