Note Trainer Lite vs Music Notes Easy
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
Music Notes Easy
Learn music notes in an easy and joyful way. This application provides a fun method for users to grasp musical notation.
- Learn music notes
- Easy learning method
- Joyful learning experience
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Music Notes Easy is an useful app for learning different music notes in easy and joyful way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Note Trainer Lite at 4.6 against Music Notes Easy's 3.8. Note Trainer Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (78% vs 50%). Music Notes Easy's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. 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 3.8. 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 point the same way: 78% of Note Trainer Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of Music Notes Easy's.
Note Trainer Lite ships an update every 3 months, Music Notes Easy every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Trainer Lite | Music Notes Easy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (899 ratings) — better | 3.8 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 899 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| 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 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thoor software AB | Simon Ma |
Customer experience
Note Trainer Lite
Music Notes Easy
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
Music Notes Easy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Note Trainer Lite
No in-app purchases
Music Notes Easy
No in-app purchases
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