Note & Key vs StudioKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note & Key
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Note & Key is studio-management software for private music teachers — and the families they teach. Every new studio starts with 1 month of Pro, no card required. ONE STUDIO, EVERY DETAIL • Today's lessons, outstanding invoices, and the practice queue on one dashboard • Student profiles with instrument, grade level, parent contacts, and private notes • Month-grid schedule for the whole studio with one-tap day detail • Two-way Google Calendar sync (Pro) — lessons flow both ways PRACTICE WITH AUDIO REVIEW • Students submit a recording from the phone in their hand • Teacher listens at 0.5x-2x speed, pins feedback to the exact moment in the audio, approves • Three minutes per student instead of fifteen — and the family always knows what to practice next INVOICES + PAYMENTS • Generate a draft invoice straight from a student's completed lessons in one tap — no manual line-item entry • Email it through us; the family needs no setup • Family pays by card via Stripe, by Interac e-Transfer (Canada), or by note-to-teacher • Every payment is tracked against its invoice automatically INCOME & TAX REPORTING • Fiscal-year aware — set your country and Note & Key uses the right tax year, including the UK's 6 April start, Australia's 1 July start and Hong Kong's 1 April start • Year-to-date gross, year-over-year trend, quarterly subtotals, top students by revenue • Tax-deductible expense tracking across 13 categories; net income computed automatically • One-tap tax-pack CSV formatted for your country — IRS Schedule C, CRA T2125, HMRC Self Assessment, the ATO, Revenue Form 11, Anlage EÜR and more • Your next estimated-tax deadline, right on the dashboard • Multi-currency, including USD, CAD, GBP, AUD, EUR, HKD, SGD and TWD THE FAMILY SIDE • Parents and students share one simple household login • Next lesson, open assignments, and Submit Practice front and center • This month's invoice and how to pay — without learning a new tool PRO SUBSCRIPTION • Note & Key Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: $12.99/month or $99/year (USD) • Unlimited students (the free plan covers 1) • Variable-speed audio review + timestamped feedback comments • Two-way Google Calendar sync • Income analytics, expense tracking, and per-country tax exports • Interac e-Transfer payment tracking • Recital and RCM/ABRSM exam-prep tracking • Custom invoice branding + studio logo • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings → your Apple ID → Subscriptions. • After the 1-month trial, the free plan keeps one student going indefinitely
StudioKit
Streamline your music studio's administrative tasks. Manage scheduling, invoices, payments, and communications in one place, saving you time to focus on teaching. Parents and students can easily view lessons, pay invoices, and stay connected.
- Lesson scheduling
- Invoice generation
- Payment tracking
- Student and parent communication
- Calendar overview
- Availability sharing
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Run your studio in thirty minutes a week. Teaching is the work. Keeping up with scheduling, invoices, payments, and family messages shouldn’t take the rest of your week. StudioKit gives private music teachers one calm place for everything around the lesson. See your week at a glance. Keep students, parents, schedules, invoices, and conversations together. Share open times, send invoices, track payments, and answer everyday questions without bouncing between spreadsheets, calendars, payment apps, and text threads. Parents and students get a clear, simple place to check upcoming lessons, view invoices, book available times, and stay in touch with the studio. StudioKit was built by musicians who know what it’s like to teach all day and still have a pile of admin waiting at night. Every screen is designed to feel natural, thoughtful, and easy to use, so your studio can run smoothly without feeling corporate. Less time managing the work around teaching. More time for the people in front of you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://studiokit.io/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StudioKit at every 2 days against Note & Key's every 3 weeks. Note & Key's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Note & Key sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and StudioKit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Note & Key ships an update every 3 weeks, StudioKit every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Note & Key | StudioKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Zet Studios Inc | Studio Sapiens Limited Company |
In-app purchases
Note & Key
- Note & Key Pro1 Month trial$12.991 Month
- Note & Key Studio1 Month trial$24.991 Month
- Note & Key Pro (annual)1 Month trial$99.001 Year
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- Note & Key Studio1 Month trial$199.001 Year
StudioKit
- StudioKit Standard Monthly14 Days trial$10.001 Month
- StudioKit Standard Annual14 Days trial$100.001 Year






