Comparison

Clefs vs Qwidict

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

Head to head
About

Clefs

Master sheet music reading with daily exercises and a guided course. This app helps you instantly recognize notes across all clefs, from beginner to advanced levels. Practice reading and writing notes, track your progress, and even connect a MIDI keyboard.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step guided course
  • Smart spaced review practice
  • Reading and writing drills
  • Support for all ten clefs
  • MIDI keyboard connectivity
  • Built-in music theory guide
Features
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Learn to read sheet music fluently. Quick daily exercises, a guided course, and smart review take you from your first notes on the staff to instant recognition in every clef. Clefs is a focused note-reading trainer: no filler, just the skill that unlocks everything else in your musical life. Whether you're starting piano, joining a choir, switching to viola, or finally fixing the bass-clef gap you've had for years — a few minutes a day builds real reading fluency. WHAT YOU GET • A step-by-step course: from the treble staff to key signatures, ledger lines and beyond, with exams to prove your progress • Smart practice that remembers you: spaced review brings back exactly the notes you're about to forget • Reading AND writing drills — recognize notes on the staff, then place them yourself • All ten clefs: treble, bass, alto, tenor, soprano, mezzo-soprano, both baritones, French violin and sub-bass • A daily goal, streaks with freezes, and reminders that adapt to your routine • Detailed statistics for every clef and every note MADE FOR MUSICIANS • Connect a MIDI keyboard and answer on real keys • Warm sampled piano sound, precise notation, custom exercises with your own clefs, key signatures and timers • Built-in theory guide when you want the "why" behind the notes START WHERE YOU ARE A short placement test finds your level, so day one is neither boring nor overwhelming. New notes are introduced gradually, consolidated with review, and tested when you're ready. ONE PURCHASE, EVERYTHING FOREVER No subscription. A single one-time upgrade unlocks the full course, all clefs and the exercise editor — free content lets you build the habit first. Reading music is not a talent — it's a practice. Start today.

About

Qwidict

Features
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Write down what you hear. Qwidict plays you a measure. You write it down. Then you see straight away what was right and what was not — not just a score, but your own staff in colour, with the solution underneath. NEVER THE SAME ONE TWICE Qwidict holds no list of ready-made exercises. The app composes each dictation the moment you press start: the rhythm as well as the melody. You set the boundaries — level, clef, key, time signature, and how often a measure may be replayed. Within them the supply never runs out. Don’t feel like choosing? Tap the dice and let the app decide. THREE KINDS OF DICTATION • Rhythmic and melodic: pitch and note value, the full exercise • Rhythmic: rhythm only, everything on one line • Melodic: pitches only, in even notes ONE MEASURE AT A TIME You hear a single measure and write it down with the do-re-mi buttons. Missed it? Play it again — you decide how often. A moving line shows where you are in the measure, so you both hear and see where every note falls. SEE EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG Green is right, red is wrong, and the solution appears underneath. One look tells you whether the pitch or the rhythm was off — which a score on its own never does. FOUR LEVELS 1. 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. Whole, half, quarter and eighth notes. C major. 2. Sixteenths, dotted quarter, eighth rest. The keys of G and F. 3. 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8. Triplets. The keys of D, A, B flat and E flat. 4. 5/8 and 7/8, irregular meters and harder sixteenth-note groupings. START FOR FREE Levels 1 and 2 are completely free: all three dictation types, unlimited practice, no ads. The full version unlocks levels 3 and 4, the bass clef, all keys, compound and irregular meters and triplets. One purchase, no subscription. NO FUSS No account, no sign-up, no internet connection needed. No advertising and no tracking. Everything stays on your own device. Qwidict runs on iPhone and iPad, in English, Dutch, French, Spanish and German.

Screenshots

Clefs4 screens
Qwidict4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Qwidict at 15.0 against Clefs's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clefs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Qwidict sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Clefs versus Qwidict: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClefsQwidict
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrazy Ootka Software ABNever Another

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clefs

One-time1
  • Clefs Premium$6.99
1 purchases

Qwidict

One-time1
  • Full version$3.99

Questions

Is Clefs free?
Clefs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Qwidict free?
Qwidict is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clefs or Qwidict have ads?
Neither Clefs nor Qwidict shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clefs or Qwidict?
Clefs ships an update weekly, and Qwidict weekly. Most recently, Clefs was updated on October 4, 2026 and Qwidict on October 1, 2026.

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