Comparison

Notevision vs Elements ME

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

Head to head
About

Notevision

Master sight-reading and build musical skill with interactive exercises. Practice using a MIDI instrument, microphone, or on-screen keyboard. Learn music theory and chords with adaptive difficulty and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Interactive sight-reading exercises
  • MIDI, microphone, or on-screen keyboard input
  • Adaptive difficulty levels
  • Music theory lessons
  • Interactive chord reference
  • Progress tracking
  • Songs and randomized practice
Features
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Notevision is your essential tool for mastering sight reading and building real musical skill. Whether you’re just starting out or refining advanced technique, Notevision helps you learn faster and play with confidence. Why Musicians Choose Notevision: Interactive Sight-Reading Exercises • Targeted practice sessions that quickly sharpen accuracy, rhythm, and note recognition. Flexible Practice Options • Use a MIDI instrument, your device’s microphone, or the built-in on-screen keyboard. Adaptive Difficulty • Adjust challenge levels to match your skill and grow at your own pace. Music Theory Made Simple • Learn key signatures, accidentals, and rhythms—and explore the new key signature reference for quick lookups. Interactive Chord Reference • Browse essential chords with clear visuals and playback support. Chord Practice Mode • Reinforce chord recognition and harmonic understanding through guided exercises. Progress Tracking • Gain motivation from detailed insights that show your improvement over time. Songs & Randomized Practice • Combine structured lessons with curated songs and endlessly varied note patterns. Begin your musical journey with Notevision—learn smarter, play better, and build confidence every day.

About

Elements ME

Learn music as a language through engaging, short sessions. This app trains your brain for musical activities, enhancing listening, theory, reading, and rhythm skills. It offers over 1,400 exercises across 8 levels to boost musical development and cognitive abilities.

Highlights
  • Learn music as a language
  • Short, engaging learning sessions
  • Develops listening, theory, reading, and rhythm skills
  • Over 1,400 exercises
  • 8 progressive learning levels
  • Proficiency analysis system
Features
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Elements ME is a simple and effective way to learn and master music as a language. Through short sessions, similar to those of the most popular language-learning apps, Elements ME helps to connect the brain with any musical activity in a natural way, like a second language! Do you want to learn how to play a musical instrument? Do you want to write or create your own music? Are you interested in boosting your musical development?Do you want to appreciate music on a level that you never imagined? Are you interested in improving your skills for language, math, motor coordination, creativity, control, and even empathy? Elements ME is the tool that trains the brain while you learn the language of music, all of this with a fun and engaging interface! More than 1,400 exercises create a whole learning experience! **The Music Language** Music is our universal language, and the basis to be able to communicate in it lies in the understanding of this language. This is the point when a normal person’s brain becomes a musician’s brain. Regardless of your way of experiencing music, there are 4 main competencies that are always present at a cognitive level. Elements ME works with these 4 competencies to achieve an understanding, absorption, and mastering of the musical language. - Listening skills: ear training, understanding of pitch, and distance between notes. With Elements ME, your ear will be ready to appreciate and understanding music from the moment you hear it. - Music Theory: structural and mathematical processing. Elements ME gives your brain the agility to comprehend and manipulate the infinite myriad of options within musical structure. - Reading skills: the capacity to read notes on the staff is key to have a truly activated musical brain, but Elements ME goes even beyond. Our exercises help to train reaction times, improvising, speed, and precision. - Rhythm: the engine and heart of music. With Elements ME, you will be able to develop the rhythmic skills needed to communicate in music, as well as obtaining all the extra benefits of this training. Elements ME is the ideal tool: - It doesn’t matter if you are about to begin your path in music, if you are a veteran performer, or if you are looking to have fun while you work on your brain skills. Elements ME has the right level of challenge for you. - Proficiency: analyze your results and discover your strengths with the proficiency system, exclusive to Elements ME. - Defined progress: 8 Levels separate you from having a musically active brain. Every day you will be better! - Adaptable: Elements ME is compatible with any school, apps, or method that you are using to learn music. With or without a teacher, with Elements ME, learning is one step away! - It simply works: educational institutions have harvested the benefits of a musically activated brain in their students, in the music areas, as well as the rest of them. **Learn in order to perform vs Perform in order to learn** A brain that becomes musically activated first can later perform music on an instrument easier than a brain that first takes an instrument and tries to understand the language later. Elements ME is the window to an accelerated and excellent development. You can have a musician’s brain without the thousands of hours required to develop it! Music is our universal language. Join the conversation. Elements Music Experience.

Screenshots

Notevision4 screens
Elements ME4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notevision at 4.8 against Elements ME's 3.0. Notevision also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 2). Elements ME's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Notevision sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Elements ME sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notevision holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notevision has 3.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notevision ships an update weekly, Elements ME every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Notevision versus Elements ME: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotevisionElements ME
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.2K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.2K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan NewsomeElements ME S.A.P.I. de C.V.

Customer experience

Notevision

All ratings3,187 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews376 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative6.6%

Elements ME

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Notevision

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Microphone Input from Piano Does Not Work
  • Keyboard Covers Notes on iPhone
  • Incorrect Note Detection
  • Microphone Feature Not Working

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ability to Practice Chords and Chord Progressions
  • Option to Practice Both Hands Playing at the Same Time
  • Ability to Import MIDI Files
  • Metronome and Rhythm Practice
  • User Profiles to Track Individual Progress
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  • More Songs and Lessons
  • Ability to Set Custom Key Signatures
  • Microphone Support for Real Instruments

Elements ME

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notevision

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
2 purchases

Elements ME

Subscriptions2
  • Elements ME Pro 1 Month$4.991 Month
  • Elements ME Pro 1 Year$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Notevision free?
Notevision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elements ME free?
Elements ME is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Notevision or Elements ME?
Notevision is rated higher. Notevision averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Elements ME averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Notevision or Elements ME have ads?
Elements ME shows ads; Notevision does not.
Which is updated more often, Notevision or Elements ME?
Notevision ships an update weekly, and Elements ME every 4 weeks. Most recently, Notevision was updated on September 22, 2026 and Elements ME on September 16, 2026.

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