Note Trainer Lite vs Noviscore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note Trainer Lite
This app helps users improve their music reading skills with various exercises for notes and chords. It tracks progress and indicates readiness for new lessons, supporting multiple notation systems and input methods.
- Note and chord reading exercises
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Multiple notation systems supported
- Singing or instrument input
- MIDI device input
- Time challenge mode
Read full descriptionHide full description
This is the LITE version of Note Trainer with 9 exercises. The full version has 30 exercises as well as custom exercises. Note Trainer is designed to help train your ability to read music. It is aimed at beginners, music students, musicians and anyone interested in musical reading. Note Trainer includes exercises reading musical notes and musical chords. When an exercise is complete the users' statistics are saved allowing them to track their progress and easily return to areas that need more training. Note Trainer indicates when a user is ready to move on to the next exercise. Features: - Preset exercises for notes and chords - Note Trainer guides you and instructs when you are ready to continue to new lessons - Note Trainer supports English (B, Bb), German (H, B), and Solfége (Do, Re, Mi) notation - Supports transposing instruments - Answer by singing or playing an instrument (iPhone 5s and newer) - Answer using MIDI device (*), virtual piano or answer buttons - Visual feedback on virtual piano and note view - Statistics - Time challenge mode - Studio sound quality *) Using a MIDI-input device may require an Apple USB Camera Connection Kit
Noviscore
Access and print your sheet music offline with audio samples to guide your playing. Features include a reading aid for sight-reading practice and compatibility with page-turning pedals.
- Offline score and audio download
- On-page audio playback
- Reading aid toggle
- Full screen mode
- AirTurn pedal compatibility
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Noviscore application allows you to download all your Noviscore sheet music (+ audio samples) for viewing and printing anywhere, without the need for an internet connection. Played by a professional pianist, the audio samples are directly accessible on the score page to guide you in your interpretation. A function allows you to easily enable the reading aid on your scores. You can thus check your sight-reading at any time. The Noviscore application is also compatible with AirTurn Bluetooth pedals! You will no longer need to turn the pages by hand! Features: - Download Noviscore scores and audio samples for off-line use (printing and viewing) - Play the audio samples directly on the pages of the scores - Full screen mode - "Switch" button allows you to toggle the display between the traditional score and the "reading aid" - Compatible with AirTurn pedals
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Note Trainer Lite at none against Noviscore's 31. Note Trainer Lite also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 53%) and ratings volume (899 vs 17). Noviscore's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ads 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. Noviscore sells 30 one-off in-app purchases. Note Trainer Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Noviscore holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Trainer Lite has 899 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Note Trainer Lite's written reviews are positive against 53% of Noviscore's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Note Trainer Lite ships an update every 3 months, Noviscore every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Trainer Lite | Noviscore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (899 ratings) | 4.8 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 53.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 899 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoor software AB | Noviscore |
Customer experience
Note Trainer Lite
Noviscore
Bugs and requests
Note Trainer Lite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Sound stops playing after app runs in background (iPadOS 18.3.2)
- Microphone note detection is inconsistent and slow
Requested features
5 requests- Add scale training exercises
- Option to filter by treble clef only
- Option to filter by bass clef only
- Exercises combining notes on lines and spaces simultaneously
- Clef-specific practice modes
Noviscore
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Trainer Lite
No in-app purchases
Noviscore
- Audio aid$0.99
- Video digital sticks$0.99
- Sheet music with reading aid$1.99
Show 27 moreShow fewer
- Reading aid$2.00
- Sheet music with reading aid$2.39
- Short sheet music$2.79
- Sheet music (very short)$3.29
- Video pianist’s hands$3.29
- Short sheet music (Publisher)$3.69
- Sheet music (Special offer)$3.99
- Sheet music (Publisher)$4.19
- Sheet music (Special offer)$4.39
- Sheet music$4.69
- Sheet music with note names$4.69
- Long sheet music (Publisher)$4.69
- Sheet music (Special offer)$4.99
- Sheet music (Publisher)$5.19
- Sheet music2 variants$5.49
- Annotated sheet music (Offer)$5.59
- Long sheet music (Publisher)$5.79
- Sheet music$5.79
- Sheet music (a little long)$5.99
- Annotated sheet music$6.89
- Long sheet music$7.39
- Sheet (Publisher very long)$8.79
- Sheet music 4 hands (offer)$8.99
- Sheet (XXL) (Special offer)$9.19
- Very long sheet music$9.19
- Sheet music 4 hands$9.19
- Sheet music 4 hands$10.99
