Comparison

Piano Notes Treble vs Chords Maestro Base

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

Head to head
About

Piano Notes Treble

This app helps beginners learn and practice music notes for piano. It offers various modes, adjustable difficulty, and visual aids to improve sight-reading skills. Multiple user profiles are supported for tracking progress.

Highlights
  • Teaching Mode for note identification
  • Game Mode for sight-reading practice
  • Adjustable note range and key signatures
  • Colored keys and pitch name labels
  • Simultaneous multiple note display
  • Multiple user profiles
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Music Note Trainer for Piano Beginners ------------------------------ Looking for free apps to help you on learning music notes? Piano Notes Treble is definitely what you need. With a wide range of level control, Piano Notes Treble is not only an interesting game for experienced piano players, but is also a great music note tutor for piano students. It certainly can help you learn and practice music notes effectively on your iPad. ------------------------------ FEATURES: - Teaching Mode: Tap a key to show its note and pitch name. - Game Mode: Practice your sight-reading skill with games. - Adjustable Range: Your practice can be focused on particular notes by setting note range. - All Key Signatures: 15 key signatures for treble clef and bass clef respectively. - Help Modes: 3 help modes, including a Tutor mode for beginners. - Colored Keys: In game mode, colors can be applied as hints. This is especially helpful for beginners and kids. - Pitch Name Labels: White keys can be marked with their pitch names, 4 naming conventions provided. - Multiple Notes: Unlike other similar apps showing only one note at a time, Piano Notes Treble shows multiple notes simultaneously in game mode. This is very important for improving sight-reading speed. - Game Length Control: Each game quizzes you with up to 10 pages of notes. Both number of notes and number of pages are adjustable. - Keyboard Size Control: You can adjust the keyboard size to fit your need. 3 different sizes are available. - Multiple User Profiles: With up to 10 user profiles, you can share this app with your friends or family members. This feature is also very useful for piano teachers to keep track of students' progress. - Gorgeous Sound: High-quality, real and beautiful piano sound.

About

Chords Maestro Base

This free music app provides chord diagrams and finger positions for seven instruments. Easily find chords, build sequences, and transpose them for your songs or practice. Supports right and left-handed players.

Highlights
  • Chord diagrams for 7 instruments
  • Finger position guides
  • Chord sequence builder
  • Transpose chord sequences
  • Save favorite sequences
  • Right and left-handed support
Features
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This free app offers all the major chords for 7 musical instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, and balalaika. Pick your instrument, then your chord, and play it! Chords Maestro Free will also show you instrument-specific music notes or chord diagrams for your chord, as well as the corresponding finger position on your instrument. If you want to switch to a different instrument, tap on its picture, and explore the chords on a new instrument! You can drag and drop the chords into the GarageBand. Chords Maestro Free supports both right- and left-handed players. Let the app know your preference in Settings. Also in Settings: adjustable volume. Chords Maestro Free can also help you put together chord sequences for your songs, instrumental pieces, or for your practice sessions. First, select your instrument, then select the first chord of your sequence and click on the plus sign. Choose your next chord and click on the plus sign again. Continue adding chords until you have your desired sequence. You can change the order of the chords in your sequence any way you want. You can also transpose your entire chord sequence up or down to accommodate your singing range. Save your sequence in Favorites, if you are planning to use over and over again. Enjoy Chords Maestro Free! Download it now! Need more chords? Upgrade to Chords Maestro, the full version of this app.

Screenshots

Chords Maestro Base4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Piano Notes Treble at 100% against Chords Maestro Base's 29%. Piano Notes Treble also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Chords Maestro Base's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 2) and device support (4 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piano Notes Treble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chords Maestro Base has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Piano Notes Treble's written reviews are positive against 29% of Chords Maestro Base's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Piano Notes Treble versus Chords Maestro Base: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano Notes TrebleChords Maestro Base
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.1 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings231 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick ChanMax Schlee

Customer experience

Piano Notes Treble

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chords Maestro Base

All ratings31 ratings
Positive77.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative16.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

In-app purchases

None

Piano Notes Treble

No in-app purchases

None

Chords Maestro Base

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piano Notes Treble free?
Piano Notes Treble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chords Maestro Base free?
Chords Maestro Base is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piano Notes Treble or Chords Maestro Base?
Piano Notes Treble is rated higher. Piano Notes Treble averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Chords Maestro Base averages 4.1 from 31 ratings.
Do Piano Notes Treble or Chords Maestro Base have ads?
Neither Piano Notes Treble nor Chords Maestro Base shows ads.

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