Note Trainer Lite vs Notes Finder lite
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
Notes Finder lite
Learn and improve your music sight-reading skills with interactive exercises. Explore notes on various instruments, train your recognition, and track your progress with detailed statistics. Supports multiple notation systems and instrument sounds.
- Interactive note exploration
- Notes trainer with statistics
- Full instrument note ranges
- Standard and solfeggio notation
- Treble clef with flats and sharps
- Authentic instrument sounds
- String instrument tuning
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Find the notes on banjo and balalaika in any notation! Learn and improve the sight reading skills, using this app just a few minutes each day The app has 2 modes: 1. Notes Explorer 2. Notes Trainer The “Notes Explorer” lets you find the music notes on an instrument in an interactive way! When you point to a note on a virtual page, the app will show you where this note is on an instrument and the other way around, if you click the instrument, you will see the corresponding note and hear the sound it makes. The “Notes Trainer” asks for the notes, showing you the locations, and offers the full statistics to show where you are making mistakes, so you can measure progress in sight reading and see when you’ve exceeded your personal best. Here are the additional features of the app: 1. Intuitive and easy-to-understand interface; 2. Full instruments notes range with authentic sounds; 3. Built-in note sign ages: standard (A, B, C) as well as solfeggio (do, re, mi). 4. Treble clef including flats and sharps; 5. Sound for every note being played; 6. The possibility to tune any string instrument, using the string sounds on the note explorer page; 7. Displaying the total time of the training; 8. Retina display supported. The Full version supports the following instruments: - Guitar, - Bass guitar, - Ukulele, - Violin, - Mandolin, - Banjo, - Balalaika.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Note Trainer Lite at 78% against Notes Finder lite's 0%. Note Trainer Lite also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 24 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Note Trainer Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Trainer Lite has 899 ratings behind it against 18, 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 0% of Notes Finder lite's.
Note Trainer Lite ships an update every 3 months, Notes Finder lite every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Trainer Lite | Notes Finder lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (899 ratings) — better | 3.3 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 899 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoor software AB | Max Schlee |
Customer experience
Note Trainer Lite
Notes Finder lite
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
Notes Finder lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Trainer Lite
No in-app purchases
Notes Finder lite
No in-app purchases
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