Comparison

Speedy Note vs Chords Trainer

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 Tenor Clef with an interactive game. Master six levels at your own pace, competing against yourself or friends. Supports MIDI instruments and offers both alphabetic and Solfege notation.

Highlights
  • Interactive game environment
  • Learn Tenor Clef
  • MIDI compatibility
  • Alphabetic and Solfege notation
  • Track scores
  • Adjustable difficulty
Features
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Speedy Note: Tenor Clef teaches you to read the Tenor Clef (C 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 Tenor 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: Tenor 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.

About

Chords Trainer

Learn to recognize and play musical chords quickly. This app offers a comprehensive chord dictionary and practice modes, including games, to enhance your music learning journey. Improve your understanding of chords represented by symbols, notes, or keyboard layouts.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive chord library
  • Customizable learning options
  • Practice, watch, and game modes
  • Intelligent question generation
  • Real sample sound
  • Chord lookup dictionary
Features
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This app is to help us get familiar with all kinds of chords so that we are able to recognize or play them as quick as possible, no matter they are represented by chord symbols, music notes in the stave, or keyboard keys. Improving this ability will definitely benefit all aspects of our music learning. Also, the app can be used as a dictionary to look up chords. Main Features: • Cover almost all chords we can encounter • Allow to customize the learning by chords' roots, forms, quality, inversion, and voicing (open or closed position, doubling) • Practice mode to learn at our own pace • Watch mode to learn by watching the "chords movie" • Game mode to challenge ourselves and have fun by winning high score, trophies, and medals • Search mode to loop up chords • Questions generated intelligently based on your performance • Intuitive interface • Studio quality real sample sound

Screenshots

Speedy Note4 screens
Chords Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chords Trainer at 4.7 against Speedy Note's 1.5. Chords Trainer also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months). Speedy Note's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Speedy Note costs $1.99 and Chords Trainer $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chords Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Speedy Note's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chords Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speedy Note ships an update every 15 months, Chords Trainer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Speedy Note versus Chords Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedy NoteChords Trainer
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating1.5 (6 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings67 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.512.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian HughesPlearn LLC

Customer experience

Speedy Note

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Chords Trainer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Speedy Note

No in-app purchases

None

Chords Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speedy Note free?
Speedy Note costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chords Trainer free?
Chords Trainer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speedy Note or Chords Trainer?
Chords Trainer is rated higher. Speedy Note averages 1.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Chords Trainer averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Speedy Note or Chords Trainer have ads?
Neither Speedy Note nor Chords Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speedy Note or Chords Trainer?
Speedy Note ships an update every 15 months, and Chords Trainer every 2 months. Most recently, Speedy Note was updated on October 25, 2026 and Chords Trainer on October 29, 2026.

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