Note Trainer Lite vs Noted
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
Noted
This app helps users learn to read music by providing instant feedback on notes played. It offers keyboard mode or microphone input for practice, with adjustable session lengths to maintain focus. The app supports learning all notes, including sharps and flats, and uses assisted mode to highlight correct notes for better understanding.
- Instant feedback on note recognition
- Grand Staff display
- Built-in keyboard mode
- Microphone input for instruments
- Adjustable session intervals
- Assisted mode for error correction
- Learn sharps and flats
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Noted provides instant feedback for those trying to learn their notes. The notes are shown on the Grand Staff where users can use the built in keyboard mode or use their own instrument and the device's microphone. Each session is broken up in to 15, 30, or 60 second intervals to allow students, young and old, to stay attentive and interested. Noted provides the ability for students to quickly learn all their notes, including those with sharps and flats. In assisted mode, if an incorrect note is played, it is immediately shown on the staff so the student can compare the note they played to the actual note. This spacial awareness helps to engrain in the students mind how the notes relate to one another. This method is proven to work, even for those who have never had any introduction into music. Simply start, and the instant feedback will have you learning in no time at all.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Note Trainer Lite at none against Noted's 1. Note Trainer Lite also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (899 vs 13). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Noted sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Note Trainer Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Note Trainer Lite against 4.6 for Noted. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Trainer Lite has 899 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Note Trainer Lite's written reviews are positive against 75% of Noted's.
Note Trainer Lite ships an update every 3 months, Noted every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Trainer Lite | Noted |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (899 ratings) | 4.6 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 899 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoor software AB | Firewhale |
Customer experience
Note Trainer Lite
Noted
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
Noted
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Trainer Lite
No in-app purchases
Noted
- Unlock All Difficulties$1.99
