Music Note Reading Game vs Root Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Music Note Reading Game
This app uses game-like piano rounds to help children aged 6-12 learn to read music notes. It offers rewards, levels, and progress tracking to make practice engaging and build sight-reading confidence.
- Game-like piano rounds
- Treble and bass clef practice
- XP, levels, and badges
- Authentic piano sound
- Progress tracking
- Mastery Heatmap
- Practice Weak Notes mode
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Music Note Reading Game helps children ages 6–12 learn to read music notes through fast, game-like piano rounds. Kids see a note on the staff, hear it played on a real grand piano, and tap the matching key. With XP, levels, badges, daily quests, and Melody Stars rewards, practice feels like play while building real sight-reading confidence. Use Music Note Reading Game to: - Practice treble clef and bass clef note reading in quick flash-card rounds - Master notes with XP, levels, 25 achievements, streaks, and daily quests - Build speed and accuracy across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Custom difficulty levels - Hear every note with authentic piano sound and haptic feedback - Track daily streaks, best scores, accuracy, and progress — all stored safely on your device - Share beautiful result cards after every round - Use the Mastery Heatmap to instantly see strong and weak notes - Focus practice with “Practice Weak Notes” mode for faster improvement - Customize your experience with piano themes, note styles, and musician avatars in the Shop - Unlock bass clef, both clefs, advanced octaves, and an ad-free experience with a one-time Pro purchase Designed with music teachers and parents in mind, Music Note Reading Game turns note reading into a fun daily habit. No account needed — all progress stays private on your device.
Root Notes
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Can you read sheet music at a glance? Root Notes turns sight reading into a short daily game: a note appears on the staff, you find it on the piano keyboard, and the app keeps track of what you actually know. Rather than drilling the whole staff at once, each level grows one note at a time - starting with two notes and ending on all twelve, accidentals included. - Separate treble and bass clef courses, 20 levels each - Six short stages per level, a couple of minutes at a time - Free play mode with the full keyboard - Notes you miss come back more often, notes you know fade out - Every note is played back, so your ear learns along with your eyes - No ads, no accounts, nothing to sign up for Made for beginners working through their first pieces, and for anyone who plays by ear and wants the notation to finally click. Privacy Policy: https://cemgames.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Root Notes at none against Music Note Reading Game's shown. Root Notes also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Music Note Reading Game sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Root Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Music Note Reading Game ships an update every 2 weeks, Root Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Music Note Reading Game | Root Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Le Nguyen | Cem Kamiloglu |
In-app purchases
Music Note Reading Game
- Music Note Reading Game Pro$4.99
Root Notes
- Premium$0.29
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