Note Blaster vs Funny Sound Effects +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Note Blaster
Learn guitar notes on the staff and their fretboard positions through an engaging game. Practice at your own pace, compete globally, and track your personal progress. Designed for all skill levels to make learning fun.
- Learn staff notes
- Fretboard note placement
- Practice mode
- Global leaderboards
- Private score tracking
- Engaging game format
Read full descriptionHide full description
Learn the notes of the guitar by playing them. Note Blaster hears you play. Point your phone at your guitar, pluck the note on screen, and it fires — detected from the real sound of your guitar, not a button tap. Can't get to your instrument? Tap the fretboard instead — both ways always work. You have three lives and must destroy 30 notes per level. Miss too many and it's game over. Note Blaster teaches the notes of the guitar one string at a time, starting with the 1st string (E, F, G) and working across the fretboard until you know it all — while blowing up notes to a bluesy backing track. WHAT'S NEW IN 2.3: • Calmer microphone — voices and room noise no longer cost you lives • MIDI light and level bar show your keyboard or MIDI guitar is connected and working • MIDI notes play a guitar-like sound on your iPad • Fewer stray notes from MIDI guitars after a correct answer FEATURES: • HOW TO READ guide: tap any fret and see where that note sits on the staff, with the Every Good Banana Drives Ferraris and FACE memory aids (sight reading made simple) • MIDI mode: plug in a USB MIDI keyboard or MIDI guitar and play the notes directly • Mic mode: play real notes on a real guitar, the app hears you • Acoustic mode for quiet, unplugged guitars in noisy rooms • Learn guitar notes step by step, one string at a time — fretboard trainer and ear training in one game • Practice area to study notes before you play • Three difficulty modes: Easy, Intermediate, and Hard • Session Mode — a teacher picks the notes, a student plays a mini-game, results save automatically (built for guitar teachers and their students) • Note Movement — choose Step, Step & Leap, or free Random note order for interval training within a session • Session Scoreboard — every student's practice history at a glance, including which note-movement mode was used • Local high score leaderboard Whether you're teaching yourself or teaching a room full of students, Note Blaster turns learning the fretboard into something you actually want to play. MORE FROM GUITAR EDUCATION • Note Master — read notes on the stave in one minute. • Minute Chords — build clean chord changes against the clock. • Piano Note Blast — learn the notes on the piano. • TunerGed — fast, accurate tuning for guitar and more. • Metro Step — metronome and tempo trainer. Built by a working guitar teacher, for the practice room. gerardgrundy@guitareducation.com
Funny Sound Effects +
Access hundreds of humorous sound effects for instant laughs, pranks, or personalizing alerts. Create custom soundboards and use sounds as ringtones or text message alerts. Features include a random sound option and loop playback.
- Hundreds of sound effects
- Customizable soundboards
- Ringtone and alert tone creation
- Random sound selection
- Loop playback option
- Favorites saving
Read full descriptionHide full description
From stadium horns to comic fails, Funny Sound Effects + puts hundreds of sound effects at your fingertips. Tap a colorful button for an instant laugh, find a favorite, or give your next ring a little personality. Prank your friends, play a funny sound, the possibilities are endless. Funny sound effects includes some of the most downloaded funny sound effect grouped together in one easy to use application. Create a soundboard of just your favorites for fast access to the funny sounds you want. Use a funny sound effect as a text message sound to get a laugh whenever you get a message. Meme sounds, viral video sounds and more! • Save favorites • Try the Big Button: choose a sound or let Random surprise you. • Set the time between plays and turn on Loop for repeat playback. • See what is playing and stop it with a tap. Make a sound your ringtone. On iOS 26 or later, save a sound and choose “Use as Ringtone” from the share sheet. On earlier iOS versions, install it using a computer and the included instructions. Available ringtone and alert-tone options vary by iOS version. Funny Sound Effects + is free and supported by ads.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Funny Sound Effects + at Free against Note Blaster's $9.99. Note Blaster's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 11 months). On review sentiment, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Funny Sound Effects + is free to download; Note Blaster costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Note Blaster ships an update every 5 weeks, Funny Sound Effects + every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Note Blaster | Funny Sound Effects + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (6.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 56.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 6.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gerard Grundy | Jason Torres |
Customer experience
Note Blaster
Funny Sound Effects +
Bugs and requests
Note Blaster
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Funny Sound Effects +
Reported bugs
5 issues- Sounds not working
- App crashes
- Ads blocking screen
- Incompatible with some devices
- Requires internet connection to load
Requested features
5 requests- More sound effects
- Ability to save favorites
- Alphabetical organization of sounds
- Overlay multiple sounds
- Add police siren sound
In-app purchases
Note Blaster
No in-app purchases
Funny Sound Effects +
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Note Blaster free?
Is Funny Sound Effects + free?
Do Note Blaster or Funny Sound Effects + have ads?
Which is updated more often, Note Blaster or Funny Sound Effects +?
Other comparisons













