Note Trainer Lite vs Solfa
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
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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
Solfa
This app is a quiz game designed to help beginners and children learn to read sheet music and identify musical notes. It supports various clefs and note naming systems, making it versatile for different instruments and learning styles.
- Learn musical notes
- Read sheet music
- Supports multiple clefs
- Train sight-reading
- Learn tonality and chords
- Multiple note naming systems
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How to learn notes? How to read sheet music? How to remember note names? "Solfa" helps you learn notes for piano, guitar or singing. "Solfa / Musical Notes" is a quiz game for kids and beginners that helps you learn simple music theory. - train sight-reading - read notes of alto, bass, tenor, treble clef staff - learn tonality and chord names - switch between English, German note names You can use "Solfa" for ear training and basics of solfège. List of musical instruments: - singing - piano - guitar - flute - clarinet Types of musical notations: - C D E F G A B - C D E F G A H - Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si - До Ре Ми Фа Соль Ля Си - Ντο Ρε Μι Φα Σολ Λα Σι - ハ ニ ホ ヘ ト イ ロ - 다 라 마 바 사 가 나 - स रे ग म प ध नि - ด ร ม ฟ ซ ล ท
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Note Trainer Lite at none against Solfa's shown. Note Trainer Lite also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 48%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Solfa's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Note Trainer Lite against 4.6 for Solfa. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 899 and 789 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Note Trainer Lite's written reviews are positive against 48% of Solfa's.
Note Trainer Lite ships an update every 3 months, Solfa every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Trainer Lite | Solfa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (899 ratings) | 4.6 (789 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 47.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 899 — better | 789 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoor software AB | Alexey Ovod |
Customer experience
Note Trainer Lite
Solfa
User reviews
Note Trainer Lite
From 899 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and interactive interface
- 🚀 Quick learning curve for note recognition
- 🎯 Effective for sight-reading improvement
- 💰 Robust free version with many features
- 🎧 USB adapter support for silent practice
Room to improve
- 🐛 Audio stops working after running in background
- ❌ Limited exercise variety for mixed staff positions
- ⚠️ Microphone input can be slow and tedious
- 📊 Lacks scale training exercises
Solfa
From 789 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple but effective
- 👍 Great for guitar players
- 👍 Teaches fundamentals well
- 👍 Helps improve musicianship
Room to improve
- 🔍 Too many ads
- 🐛 Crashes with MIDI connection
- 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
- 🔍 Limited features and options
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
Solfa
Reported bugs
4 issues- Displaying notes outside instrument range
- Incorrectly identifying notes
- Sound not working
- Unable to advance past first screen
Requested features
6 requests- Option to remove note names
- Thicker lines for guitar frets
- Sight reading component
- Mezzo soprano, baritone clefs
- Ability to choose number of notes per round
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- Purchasable ad-free version
In-app purchases
Note Trainer Lite
No in-app purchases
Solfa
No in-app purchases
Questions
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