Note Trainer Lite vs Solfa Pro
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 Pro
Learn to read sheet music and identify musical notes with this interactive quiz game. It supports various clefs and note naming systems, making it ideal for beginners and musicians of all ages. Practice sight-reading, ear training, and understand basic music theory.
- Learn musical notes
- Read sheet music
- Sight-reading training
- Supports multiple clefs
- 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? "Notes" helps you learn notes for piano, guitar or singing. "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 "Notes" for ear training and basics of solfa. List of musical instruments: - singing - piano - guitar - bass guitar - violin - cello - double bass 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 price: Note Trainer Lite at Free against Solfa Pro's $3.99. Note Trainer Lite also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (78% vs 43%). Solfa Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Note Trainer Lite is free to download; Solfa Pro costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Note Trainer Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Trainer Lite has 899 ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Note Trainer Lite's written reviews are positive against 43% of Solfa Pro's.
Note Trainer Lite ships an update every 3 months, Solfa Pro every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Note Trainer Lite | Solfa Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (899 ratings) — better | 4.1 (68 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 43.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 899 — better | 68 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoor software AB | Dmitry Zaika |
Customer experience
Note Trainer Lite
Solfa Pro
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 Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Trainer Lite
No in-app purchases
Solfa Pro
No in-app purchases
