Treble Cat Lite vs Know Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Treble Cat Lite
An entertaining game designed to help users of all ages quickly identify notes in the treble clef. This app aims to effortlessly improve sight-reading skills through interactive gameplay.
- Identify treble clef notes
- Improve sight-reading skills
- Entertaining game format
- Designed with musicians and educators
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Treble Cat Lite, is an entertaining game designed to help students of all ages learn how to quickly identify notes in the treble clef. This will help to effortlessly improve sight reading skills. This game has been designed and created in collaboration with professional musicians and educators.
Know Notes
Develop your musical ear by learning to identify notes and chords by sound. This gamified app makes practicing fun and competitive, allowing you to progress from basic notes to sharps and flats.
- Ear training
- Note recognition
- Chord recognition
- Gamified learning
- Progressive difficulty
- Natural notes, sharps, and flats
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Train Ears, Master Music. Learn to recognize musical notes and chords by their unique sound. Gamified to make learning fun and competitive. Start small, then work your way up to learn every natural note and their sharp/flat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Know Notes at 4.9 against Treble Cat Lite's 4.0. Know Notes also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (96% vs 72%). Treble Cat Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Know Notes sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Treble Cat Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Know Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 106 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Treble Cat Lite's written reviews are positive against 96% of Know Notes's.
Treble Cat Lite ships an update every 19 months, Know Notes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Treble Cat Lite | Know Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (106 ratings) | 4.9 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 106 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Uhart | wylan neely |
Customer experience
Treble Cat Lite
Know Notes
Bugs and requests
Treble Cat Lite
Reported bugs
4 issues- No sound
- Sound issues on iOS 7
- Interface unclear on what to do
- Doesn't show what to do in level 2
Requested features
5 requests- Alto Cat for violists
- Buddy for bass clef
- More levels
- Customizable features (time, pace)
- Dark mode option
Know Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Treble Cat Lite
No in-app purchases
Know Notes
- Violin Notes$0.99
- Electronic Keyboard Notes$0.99
- Grand Piano Notes$0.99
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- Unlock Violin Instrument$2.99
- Acoustic Guitar (Major Chords)$2.99
- Unlock Acoustic Guitar$3.99
Questions
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