Comparison

Speedy Note vs Studyo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Speedy Note

Learn to read music in the bass clef with this interactive and competitive game. Master six levels at your own pace, track your progress, and compete with yourself or friends. Supports MIDI instruments and offers both alphabetic and solfege notation.

Highlights
  • Interactive bass clef learning game
  • Six mastery levels
  • Score tracking and progress monitoring
  • MIDI instrument compatibility
  • Alphabetic and Solfege notation options
  • CD quality piano sounds
Features
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Speedy Note: Bass Clef teaches you to read the Bass Clef (F 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 Bass 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: Bass 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 either using alphabetic notation (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) or Solfege notation (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si). Created by Bienelle Music. Created by Bienelle Music

About

Studyo

This app helps students get organized for college and life by managing tasks and schedules. Its timeline view displays ongoing and upcoming tasks, integrating with existing calendars and adapting to complex schedules. It functions as a project management system for academic planning.

Highlights
  • Innovative timeline view for tasks
  • Individual tasks displayed as icons
  • Project management system for academics
  • Share configurations or tasks
  • Integrates with iPad calendars
  • Cloud-enabled accounts
  • Adapts to complex schedules
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Get ready for college and the world by learning to get organized. Students absolutely love Studyo and use it many times a day. Schools have adopted Studyo to better prepare students for College and for life, replacing paper planners and other solutions, complementing their admin systems and LMS. Never forget anything again with the innovative timeline view which shows ongoing and upcoming tasks. Including personal tasks. With individual tasks displayed as icons within course periods, this is not a calendar or todo app but a whole Project Management System! Share your configuration or tasks with others. Great for teachers. And so much more: Display and interact with the iPad's built-in calendars Cloud-enabled accounts so you never lose data Adapts to any schedule, as complex as it may be, including rotating day schedules, and including ped days, holidays or events. Tasks are displayed both on their entry date and due date in day view. Terms of service: https://studyo.co/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Speedy Note4 screens
Studyo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Studyo at Free against Speedy Note's $1.99. Studyo also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 15 months). Speedy Note's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 2.8) and review sentiment (46% vs 36%). On ratings volume, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Studyo is free to download; Speedy Note costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speedy Note holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Speedy Note's written reviews are positive against 36% of Studyo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speedy Note ships an update every 15 months, Studyo every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Speedy Note versus Studyo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedy NoteStudyo
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (6 ratings) — better2.8 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews — better35.9% of reviews
Number of ratings617 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian HughesIntuitic Inc.

Customer experience

Speedy Note

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%

Studyo

All ratings17 ratings
Positive47.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative52.9%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive35.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative59.8%

Bugs and requests

Speedy Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Studyo

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Animations are sloppy and sluggish on iOS
  • Constantly getting disconnected from account
  • Softlocked phone by opening 1200 tabs in Safari
  • Opened hundreds of Chrome pages, phone was bugging
  • Notifications not working (button doesn't save)
Show 15 more
  • Classroom link not working
  • Files link not working
  • Login window disappears before identification
  • App crashes constantly
  • App won't open on phone
  • Cannot login, always says loading
  • App stopped working suddenly
  • Sends user out when clicked
  • Cracked whole iPad, had to pay for a new one
  • Cannot open after update
  • Kept 'loading' after entering info
  • Lost account 3 times
  • Login screen has a loading circle that never goes away
  • Newest update claimed to fix crashes, but didn't
  • Cannot get past schedule creation page, froze iPad

Requested features

7 requests
  • Bring back the old version
  • Allow connection with Google
  • Make it compatible for Mac
  • Add a night/black background
  • Add widget bar functionality
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  • Allow independent individuals to use it
  • Bring back personal use option

In-app purchases

None

Speedy Note

No in-app purchases

None

Studyo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speedy Note free?
Speedy Note costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Studyo free?
Studyo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speedy Note or Studyo?
Speedy Note is rated higher. Speedy Note averages 3.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Studyo averages 2.8 from 17 ratings.
Do Speedy Note or Studyo have ads?
Neither Speedy Note nor Studyo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speedy Note or Studyo?
Speedy Note ships an update every 15 months, and Studyo every 4 days. Most recently, Speedy Note was updated on October 13, 2026 and Studyo on October 19, 2026.

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