Speedy Note vs Notation Pad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speedy Note
Learn to read the Treble Clef through an interactive and competitive game. Suitable for all ages and skill levels, this app offers six levels of mastery and tracks your progress. It features MIDI compatibility and high-quality piano sounds for an immersive learning experience.
- Interactive Treble Clef learning game
- Six mastery levels
- Score tracking for self-competition
- MIDI instrument compatibility
- High-quality piano sounds
- Alphabetic and Solfege notation options
- Silent practice mode
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Speedy Note: Treble Clef teaches you to read the Treble Clef (G Clef) in an interactive, fun and competitive game environment. Great for beginners to advanced, children or adults. Master the six levels and you have mastered the Treble Clef! Compete with yourself or with your friends. Speedy Note tracks your scores and lets you know how you are doing. Speedy Note also allows you to learn at your own pace – you decide the level of difficulty and when to advance to more difficult levels. Speedy Note: Treble Clef is very intuitive. It only takes a few moments to learn how to use (even for young children). FEATURES: Speedy Note is MIDI compatible. You can use your midi instrument to play the game and learn the notes. (Requires a MIDI interface connected through the lightening port or a Bluetooth LE MIDI device.) CD quality piano sounds. Can be used silently allowing you to practice learning notes anywhere, any time. (No need to turn down or off your device’s volume.) You can learn both alphabetic notation (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) and/or Solfege notation (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si).
Notation Pad
Create, edit, and play sheet music with this comprehensive notation editor. Compose original pieces, transcribe existing music, and even collaborate in real-time. Ideal for musicians of all levels, from beginners learning notes to experienced composers.
- Real-time collaborative editing
- MusicXML, MIDI, PNG, and PDF export
- High-quality playback sound
- Support for up to 8 staves
- Over 100 instrument sounds
- Lyric editing
- Multi-voice support
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A sheet music creator and music notation editor on iOS. For any music lover or composer, Notation Pad gives you the ability to read, compose, edit, playback music scores and write lyrics. With it you can be a talented composer and great sheet music maker anywhere. As long as you have a little knowledge of sheet music, you can write music composition simply by touching and moving. You could use it as your songbook or scoresheet. It is also designed for a beginner who wants to learn music score, music notes and tablature. It can handle ensemble, choir or symphony score, also it supports for a single track piano score. With the help of it you could easily record the flashes of inspiration wherever they strike. Are you ready to compose music in a simple way? ----------------------- Features: -Realtime multi-person collaborative editing via SharePlay. -Export/Import the industry-popular MusicXML file format, allowing for exchanging sheet music with other software (Finale, Sibelius, Encore, MuseScore, etc). -Export MIDI file. -Export PNG image and PDF document. -High quality sound for playback. -Support editing up to 8 staff at the same time. -Support over 100 kinds of musical instrument. Piano, organ, guitar, violin, sax, flute, brass, bass, etc. -Support multi-voice. -A great lyric app. ----------------------- Supported notation: *A variety of music note types, from whole note to 128th note and dotted note *Chord, staff, track *Treble, alto and bass clef *Edit lyrics *A variety of time signatures *All standard key signatures *Adjustable tempo *All accidentals (sharps, flats, double sharps, double flats, and naturals) *Tie, slur, and tuplet *Many types of ornament *A wide range of dynamics ----------------------- UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION - Support up to 8 staff - Config parts(add, delete, reorder) - Change key for each part - Change beat type and tempo - Config clef for each staff - Config sound for each part - No watermark image export - No Ads - Support 2nd voice part - Transpose instruments - Pickup bar - Import data file - Edit downloaded music score - Unlock all 100+ instruments - The subscription is $6.99 weekly with trial - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that service, where applicable - Terms of use: https://service.notationpad.com/terms_service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Notation Pad at Free against Speedy Note's $1.99. Notation Pad also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 16 months). Speedy Note's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (67% vs 56%). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Notation Pad is free to download; Speedy Note costs $1.99 up front. Notation Pad sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Speedy Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
Notation Pad holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notation Pad has 5.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Speedy Note's written reviews are positive against 56% of Notation Pad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Speedy Note ships an update every 16 months, Notation Pad monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speedy Note | Notation Pad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (5.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 55.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 162 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Hughes | 嵩 张 |
Customer experience
Speedy Note
Notation Pad
Bugs and requests
Speedy Note
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Notation Pad
Reported bugs
3 issues- Subscription popup that cannot be closed
- Instruments turning into drums unexpectedly
- Inability to delete or modify certain elements
Requested features
5 requests- Add more instrument options
- Improve editing capabilities
- Allow changing key signatures and time signatures without premium
- Provide better tutorials and documentation
- Fix issues with note placement and playback
In-app purchases
Speedy Note
No in-app purchases
Notation Pad
- Unlimited Access7 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Unlimited Access Monthly$14.991 Month
- Guitar Instrument Group$0.99
- Ensemble Instrument Group$0.99
- Brass Instrument Group$0.99
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- Reed Instrument Group$0.99
- Pipe Instrument Group$0.99
- Strings Instrument Group$1.99
- All Instruments Pack$4.99
- Extras Package$19.99









