Notalune vs Sheetly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Notalune
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Notalune shows the name of every note, right on your own sheet music. Point your iPhone or iPad at printed sheet music and Notalune overlays the note names directly above the notes: English (C D E F G A B), German and Czech (C D E F G A H), solfège (do re mi) or Japanese katakana (ド レ ミ). No typing, no searching, no flipping through theory books. BUILT ON TRUST Notalune follows one rule: blank beats wrong. If it is not sure about a note, it leaves it unnamed instead of guessing. One tap on the traffic light shows how confident every name is (green, orange, red). Every scan starts with a quick clef check, and any name can be corrected in two taps. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Quick reading: point at one measure or a whole page and get the names in seconds. Nothing to create first; keep the reading or let it go • Any measure opens in place, with practice, editing, re-reading and sharing tools around it • Pieces: build your own library, piece by piece, measure by measure • Whole pages: photograph a full page or import a scan, map its measures, and read them one tap at a time • PDF import: title, composer and tempo fill in from the file, and every measure reads itself in while you watch • Open in Notalune: send a PDF from Mail, Files or WhatsApp straight into the app • Octave numbers, if you want them: c¹ c² in the Central European style, C4 C5 elsewhere • Annotated page: the assembled page with every name in place; practice from it with pinch-zoom and free pan • Print and share: export the annotated page or the whole piece as a PDF (Pro) • Metronome: a real mechanical metronome with tap tempo, free and unlimited • Corrections: fix any name, change the clef or key, or revert; uncertain notes are easy to spot FOR REAL SHEET MUSIC From method books and first songbooks up to harder repertoire. Recognition works best on printed music photographed up close, one measure at a time. In My Sheet Music you can assemble and read whole pages, measure by measure. A SCAFFOLD, NOT A CRUTCH The names are made to be hidden. In practice mode, tap a single name to hide just that note and test yourself. Tap again to reveal it, or bring them all back at once. The goal is the day you read without Notalune. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. Photos are processed on-device and stored only in the app. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. The app never connects to the internet. If you opt in to help improve recognition, correction snippets are stored locally on your device; you decide if and when to share them, manually. FREE AND PRO Free: 10 quick readings in total, 3 pieces with one page each, the full metronome, practice mode, and every reading and correction tool. The 10 readings are a one-off allowance, not a daily quota - nothing resets, and nothing expires. Pro: Notalune Pro is a one-time purchase - no subscription, no trial to expire - that removes the limits and adds printing & sharing of annotated PDFs. Family Sharing included. IPHONE AND IPAD One purchase covers both. On iPad the reading page shows at close to print size, so you can play straight from the stand. LANGUAGES Seven: English, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Japanese. Note naming in English (B), German and Czech (H), solfège, or Japanese katakana. The naming follows your choice, not your phone's language: a fixed-do player keeps do re mi on an English phone. Notalune reads notes so you can play them.
Sheetly
Scan sheet music with your phone to hear it played back, loop difficult sections, and change tempo. Get instant answers to your musical questions with an AI coach.
- Scan sheet music with camera
- Play back scores at any tempo
- Loop tricky sections
- AI coach for musical questions
- Import MusicXML files
- Change playback instrument
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Sheetly is a sheet music scanner with an AI coach built in: point your phone at any score and hear it play. Ever stare at a new piece and have no idea how it's supposed to sound? Or lose the tempo halfway through because counting just isn't clicking? Sheetly fixes that. Point your camera at any sheet music and Sheetly plays it back to you. Hear the piece before you play it, slow it down while you learn it, and loop the exact bars you keep messing up until they stick. And when you're unsure about a note (what it is, how it's played, which position or fingering to use), just ask. Sheetly's built-in AI coach reads your score and answers instantly, like having a teacher in your pocket. WHAT SHEETLY DOES • Scan sheet music with your camera and it turns into playable, interactive notation • Scan up to four pages of one piece into a single score • Hear any piece played back, at any tempo • Loop tricky sections until they're muscle memory • Change the playback instrument • Ask the AI coach about notes, rhythms, keys, positions, and anything else in your score • Import MusicXML files directly FREE AND PRO Free: play, loop and record the starter scores, scan one page a month, and ask three coach questions on every score. Pro: unlimited scans, unlimited AI coach questions, export to PDF, MIDI and MusicXML, and MusicXML import. WHO IT'S FOR Whether you're a student learning your first pieces, playing in a school band or orchestra, or coming back to an instrument after years away: if you read sheet music, Sheetly makes practice faster and less frustrating. I'm a teenage trombonist, and I was tired of losing count and forgetting positions. Sheetly is the practice tool I wished existed, so I built it. Hear it before you play it. SUBSCRIPTION Sheetly Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, available as: • Sheetly Pro Monthly: 1 month, US$11.99 • Sheetly Pro Yearly: 1 year, US$39.99 (with a free trial) Prices are shown in your local currency in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically for the same period and price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.trysheetly.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.trysheetly.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Notalune at none against Sheetly's shown. Sheetly's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Notalune sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sheetly sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Notalune ships an update every 10 days, Sheetly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Notalune | Sheetly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | DAVID CHRISTIAN LICHTAG | CARL HENRIK RANMAR |
In-app purchases
Notalune
- Notalune Pro$9.99
Sheetly
- Sheetly Pro Monthly$11.991 Month
- Sheetly Pro Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Sheetly Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Sheetly Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Sheetly Pro Annual14 Days trial$39.991 Year









