Comparison

BComposer Scales vs Music Notes

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

Head to head
About

BComposer Scales

Explore musical scales, chords, and harmony with an interactive visual tool. Understand note relationships, experiment with voicings, and discover new harmonic ideas. Ideal for musicians, students, and educators.

Highlights
  • Interactive visual scale and chord exploration
  • Scale Rule System for note relationships
  • Chord voicings, extensions, and inversions
  • Library of hundreds of scales
  • Velocity-sensitive keyboard
  • Harmonic Progression System
Features
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BComposer Scales - Scales, Chords & Harmony BComposer Scales is an interactive visual tool for exploring musical scales, chords, and tonal harmony. Designed for composers, producers, musicians, students, and educators, it helps you understand how notes, scales, chords, and harmonic structures work together. Its innovative Scale Rule System highlights the notes within each scale and reveals their relationship to chords, making it easier to explore melodic harmonization, chord voicings, extensions, and inversions. Select a key and instantly explore its scale degrees, available chords, chord tones, voicings, inversions, and extensions. See the relationship between scales and chords while playing and experimenting directly on the keyboard. EXPLORE HARMONY VISUALLY * Library of hundreds of scales organized by the Circle of Fifths and Fourths * Relative and parallel scales for deeper harmonic understanding * Scale degree identification and chord tone visualization * Chord voicings, extensions, and inversions * Up to 8 octaves for an expanded musical range * Treble and bass clefs for different musical registers * Velocity-sensitive keyboard for a more expressive playing experience * Harmonic Progression System based on a simple rule for applying scales to melodies * Sound controls to customize your playing experience PLAY, PRACTICE AND COMPOSE Use BComposer Scales to study music theory, practice, compose, or experiment with harmony. Explore different keys, try chord progressions, hear harmonic relationships, and develop your own musical ideas directly from your device. FREE VERSION * Access to Piano and Guitar * Major and Natural Minor scales with their chord progressions * Integrated scale and chord visualization * Relative and parallel scales * Grand Piano Splendor and Grand Piano sounds * Access to the included sound library * Chord extensions and inversions PRO VERSION - LIFETIME ACCESS Unlock the complete BComposer Scales experience and advanced harmonic tools: * All scales and modes * Scale to chord relationships * Chord voicings, chord extensions, and inversions * Advanced and exotic scales, including: Natural Major, Natural Minor, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Harmonic Major, Natural Pentatonic, Kumoi Pentatonic, Hirojoshi Pentatonic, Blues, Pelog, Suspended Dominant, Locrian Natural 7, Ionian Flat 5, Enigmatic, Enigmatic Minor, Neapolitan Minor, Neapolitan Major, Hungarian Minor, Hungarian Major, Spanish Eight-Tone, Bebop Locrian Natural 2, Bebop Dominant, Bebop Dorian, Bebop Major, Compound II, Persian, Whole-Half Diminished, Half-Whole Diminished, Augmented, and Whole Tone * Relative and parallel scales * Full access to the sound library A POWERFUL TOOL FOR MUSICIANS AND EDUCATORS BComposer Scales brings scales, chords, voicings, and harmonic progressions together in a clear, visual, and practical environment. Use it to compose, practice, study, teach, or experiment with new harmonic ideas. [www.bcomposer.com](http://www.bcomposer.com) ONE MAN BAND STUDIOS S.A.S

About

Music Notes

Improve your music reading skills with structured lessons and instant feedback. This app helps you master note recognition, rhythm, harmony, and more through progressive modules and practice modes. Track your progress and identify areas for improvement to become a faster, more accurate sight-reader.

Highlights
  • Note recognition training
  • Rhythm and time signature practice
  • Interval and chord recognition
  • Scale and key signature learning
  • Musical term and ornament recognition
  • Harmonic progression analysis
  • Progress tracking and stats
Features
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Build music-theory habits into faster sight reading: read notes with better accuracy, and fix mistakes right away. This app turns practice into a clear learning path: start with the fundamentals, then progressively cover notes, rhythm, tonality, and harmony. You get instant feedback, plus wrong-answer review and progress stats—so you can correct errors and read faster. What you will train (by modules): • Note recognition: locate staff positions and clef mapping, then pick the correct note • Note values & rests: read lengths together with “silence” (rests) • Time signature & rhythm: build strong-beat cycles and bar-level structure • Interval recognition: connect pitch relationships for faster recognition • Scale recognition & key signature: learn how scales and key signatures are written • Chord recognition & modes: read harmonic color with more confidence • Musical terms: spot common expression and performance markings quickly • Ornament recognition: read trills/appoggiaturas/passing tones without missing them • Harmonic progression & harmonic analysis: follow the logic, improve prediction Two ways to practice: 1) Learning Path: clear stages (Stage 1–8). Pass levels to unlock the next steps. Some further progress may require a subscription. 2) Free Practice: choose the modules you want to strengthen, set the training range/difficulty, and keep reviewing your progress. Results you can see: • Progress curve and module-level stats: spot weak areas and watch improvements • Wrong-answer feedback & review: turn “why I missed it” into your next training step Who it's for: • Students and self-learners who want faster, more accurate sight reading • Learners who need structured music theory practice • Anyone preparing for music school exams or theory/reading assessments - The subscriptions are $1.99 weekly with free trial - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that service, where applicable`` - Terms of use:https://muscifeedback.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/RecognitionTerms_en.html - Privacy of use: https://muscifeedback.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/RecognitionPrivacy_en.html

Screenshots

BComposer Scales4 screens
Music Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Music Notes at 4.8 against BComposer Scales's 3.0. Music Notes also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. BComposer Scales sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Music Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Music Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Music Notes has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BComposer Scales ships an update every 5 months, Music Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BComposer Scales versus Music Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBComposer ScalesMusic Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings117 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.215.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperONE MAN BAND STUDIOS SAS凯 张

Customer experience

BComposer Scales

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Music Notes

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BComposer Scales

One-time1
  • Premium Access$9.99
2 purchases

Music Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Subscription · Notes Tutor$1.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access · Notes Tutor$9.99

Questions

Is BComposer Scales free?
BComposer Scales is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Music Notes free?
Music Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BComposer Scales or Music Notes?
Music Notes is rated higher. BComposer Scales averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Music Notes averages 4.8 from 17 ratings.
Do BComposer Scales or Music Notes have ads?
Neither BComposer Scales nor Music Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BComposer Scales or Music Notes?
BComposer Scales ships an update every 5 months, and Music Notes every 3 weeks. Most recently, BComposer Scales was updated on October 22, 2026 and Music Notes on October 28, 2026.

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