Comparison

Clefly vs Notes Practice

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Clefly

Learn to read sheet music with bite-sized lessons that introduce notes gradually. Practice reading phrases and review notes you struggle with. Supports treble and bass clefs, with special features for guitarists.

Highlights
  • Bite-size note lessons
  • Phrase reading practice
  • Adaptive review system
  • Treble and bass clef support
  • Guitar notation with fretboard
  • Weekly leaderboards
  • Teacher studio integration
Features
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Clefly teaches you to actually read sheet music: real notes, on a real staff, from the very first lesson. Most music apps show you falling blocks and colorful note streams you'll never see on a printed page. Clefly never does. You learn on genuine staff notation from day one, so the skill you build is the skill you'll use when real sheet music lands in front of you. LEARN NOTE BY NOTE • Bite-size lessons that introduce a few notes at a time • Classic memory hooks like Every Good Boy Does Fine and FACE, then landmark notes that wean you off counting lines • Crisp, beautiful engraving, the same quality you'd find in printed music READ PHRASES, NOT JUST NOTES • Phrase lessons: short runs of notes read left to right, the way real music flows • The bridge from naming a single note to reading a whole line, the step most apps skip REVIEW THAT KNOWS YOU • Clefly remembers every note you answer, how fast and how accurately • Notes you struggle with come back more often; notes you've mastered step aside • A dedicated Review path serves exactly the notes that are due, right when they're due MORE THAN ONE CLEF • Treble clef, bass clef, and the full grand staff • Ledger lines, sharps and flats, and intervals • Playing guitar? Clefly teaches proper guitar notation (treble clef, sounding an octave lower) with a fretboard that shows where every note lives STAY MOTIVATED • Daily goals, streaks, and XP • Achievements for the milestones along the way • Finish a skill and hear a real melody played with the notes you just learned RACE YOUR FRIENDS • Invite a friend with a link, a short code, or a QR scan and race on a weekly leaderboard • Lessons and Lightning rounds earn XP for the race; the board resets every Monday • See when a friend passes you, then take the lead back LEARN WITH YOUR TEACHER • Taking lessons? Join your teacher's studio with an invite code or QR scan • Homework your teacher writes for you lands on the Studio tab, with their notes and due dates • Redo any homework to beat your first score; your teacher sees first and best • Browse your teacher's whole exercise library and play anything, any time • You choose what you share: your teacher sees your name and avatar, your homework results (first and best), your weekly XP and your XP history by week, your streak and longest streak, your Lightning best score, lessons completed, and when you last practiced. Leaving the studio stops all sharing. THEORY, ALWAYS AT HAND • Every mnemonic, landmark, and concept from your lessons lives in the Theory tab • Stuck mid-lesson? One tap opens the relevant explanation without losing your place WHO IT'S FOR • Complete beginners who want to read music properly from the start • Returning players who play by ear but freeze at notation • Piano and guitar learners, choir singers, band students, anyone who reads treble or bass clef Clefly is completely free. No ads. Sign in once with Apple and your progress is backed up and waiting on any device. Questions or ideas? We'd love to hear from you: support@clefly.app

About

Notes Practice

Features
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Learn to read music notes fast — flashcard style. Notes Practice deals you notes on the treble or bass staff. Answer each card your way: say the note name out loud, tap the letter, or play it on the on-screen piano. SAY IT, TAP IT, OR PLAY IT - Voice answers with instant on-device recognition (English and Dutch) - Big letter buttons A to G - An on-screen piano keyboard PRACTICE YOUR WAY - Treble clef, bass clef, or both - Note ranges starting from middle C - Three speeds: fast (1s), medium (2s), slow (4s) per card - Relaxed mode: no time limit, every note once, zero pressure - Ear training: hear the tone, name the note - Weak-note focus deals your trouble notes more often EARN YOUR STRIPES - Badges for every speed and duration at 80% accuracy or better - Superbadges and a crown for the truly dedicated - Daily practice streaks - Stats with accuracy trends and per-note miss rates — resettable anytime No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your practice data never leaves your device.

Screenshots

Clefly4 screens
Notes Practice2 screens

Verdict

The call

Clefly and Notes Practice are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clefly ships an update weekly, Notes Practice every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Clefly versus Notes Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCleflyNotes Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTriton IT B.V.Iwan Hoogendoorn

In-app purchases

None

Clefly

No in-app purchases

None

Notes Practice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clefly free?
Clefly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notes Practice free?
Notes Practice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clefly or Notes Practice have ads?
Neither Clefly nor Notes Practice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clefly or Notes Practice?
Clefly ships an update weekly, and Notes Practice every 5 days. Most recently, Clefly was updated on October 15, 2026 and Notes Practice on September 30, 2026.

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