MusiClock vs Note Rush
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MusiClock
This app simplifies music theory and scales for guitar and piano players. It helps users practice improvisation, soloing, and jamming with interactive tools and backing tracks. Learn scales and transpose to different keys instantly, even without prior music theory knowledge.
- Scale charts for guitar
- Interactive piano
- 8 different scales
- Professional backing tracks
- Instant key transposition
- Jamming and soloing practice
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*** Featured by Apple in "Best New Apps" *** *** #1 Paid Music App in 9 countries *** *** #1 Prize in Expressing Category, Interaction Awards 2017, New York *** WHAT GLOBAL APP REVIEWERS SAY ABOUT MUSICLOCK: “This app is pure genius, and in my 20 years of playing music I have never seen anything like it.” - apptreasurehunter.com "Apple loves this music app. You will too." - MacLife "This is incredibly useful, it teaches you how to play in all the different keys and scales... Super duper idea, fabulous for jamming and great for learning as well.. brilliant" - thesoundtestroom "If you want to teach improvisation to students of any age, this is a wonderful app" - techinmusiced.com "Slice of genius – Musiclock nails making music theory and scales far more approachable, providing a helping first step for total beginners, and a useful resource tool for musicians to dip into" - TapSmart "The key to making music that sounds good (–) is rooted in first finding (and playing) all those correct notes. MusiClock can definitely help in this regard" - iPhoneLife "As a rock and blues guitar player whose idea of relaxation is just having a good noodle, Musiclock is a pleasure to use. It can give your practice sessions a little bit of structure but without it feeling like a classroom music theory session" - musicappblog.com ------ *The ultimate scale tool & jam buddy for guitar and piano players* MusiClock is an easy-to-use improvisation tool that makes it dead easy to practice scales, jamming and soloing with a guitar or piano. Our award-winning approach helps you to hit all the right notes so that you can get jamming within seconds without any prior music theory training. REVOLUTIONARY LOGIC MusiClock transforms the complexity of different notes, scales and keys into a simple and powerful jam tool.The beautifully simple MusiClock enables you to jam with piano or guitar right away without prior knowledge of music theory. With the help of the revolutionary design, you can master all the scales you need for jamming in no time. Practice and expand your playing skills easily to more challenging keys – just rotate the wheel and you can transpose your jam instantly to any key. PLAY THE LEADS WITH PROFESSIONAL BACKING TRACKS Practice and play along with professional backing tracks. MusiClock features multiple tunes from various genres. Choose your favorite from pop, rock, heavy metal and more. Start playing leads with your favorite musical style in seconds. SPICE UP YOUR GROOVE Create new melodies by mixing different scales and backing tracks together. How would those delicious blues licks merge with heavy metal? What about mashing up bepop melodies with pop? However you choose to explore your creativity, MusiClock takes your jamming to the next level. FEATURES - Over 1000 easy-to-read guitar charts (require iOS 8 or higher!) - Interactive piano - 8 scales: Major, Natural Minor, Major Pentatonic, Minor, Pentatonic, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Blues, Dominant Bepop - 12 different keys for every scale and backing track - Professional backing tracks (pop, rock, blues, metal, jazz, dance, classical) - Staff showing notes and scales - Intuitive & beautifully simple design Follow us on - Facebook www.facebook.com/mymusiclock - Twitter https://twitter.com/mymusiclock - Instagram https://instagram.com/musiclock/ - Website www.getmusiclock.com FEEDBACK What was your jamming experience like? Let us know! Feel free to send us any questions/feedback at hello@mymusiclock.com.
Note Rush
This app helps users improve their music note reading speed and accuracy by listening to them play notes on their instrument. It offers customizable levels, fun themes, and a unique landmark-based learning system for effective practice.
- Interactive note identification
- Real instrument feedback
- Customizable note sets
- Preset and custom levels
- Landmark-based learning system
- Fun and traditional themes
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Learn to Read Music with Note Rush! Note Rush boosts your note reading speed and accuracy, building a strong mental model of where each written note is on your instrument. Now even better with Note Rush: 2nd Edition! How it Works --------------------------- Note Rush is like a virtual flash card deck for all ages that listens to you play each note, giving instant feedback and awarding stars based on speed and accuracy of note identification. Race against the clock to improve your performance or hide the timer to gently engage those just starting out with the staff. Includes built-in levels for piano and a range of other instruments as well as custom level design. What makes Note Rush Different? --------------------------- - Play On Your Instrument Note reading is best learnt in the context of how you identify and play each note - on your acoustic or MIDI instrument. - Designed for Teachers ...and not as a replacement for them! Create fully customizable note sets and easily send them home to students. - Fun Themes Engage with fun themes that don't get in the way of learning, or opt for traditional notation. Landmarks: The best way to learn your notes --------------------------- Note Rush fits with all teaching methods, whether you favor a purely intervallic approach or use traditional mnemonics! We promote learning key landmark notes then reading adjacent notes intervallically for the best results in learning to read piano notation. Note Rush features a unique landmarks-based hints system (optional) that highlights nearby landmark notes to read intervallically from. Over time students naturally move from reliance on landmarks to a more intrinsic staff-to-keyboard association. Preset and Custom Levels --------------------------- Use preset note ranges or create your own set of levels to suit your teaching style. Create a personalized level to target a particular student’s needs. - Individual Note Selections - Sharps and Flats - Treble, Bass or Grand Staff (alto and tenor coming soon) - Up to Six Ledger Lines - Send custom note reading drills using App Links or QR Codes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Note Rush at 4.3 against MusiClock's 3.6. Note Rush also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 31) and review sentiment (78% vs 59%). MusiClock's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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
MusiClock costs $8.99 and Note Rush $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Note Rush holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Note Rush has 2.3K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of MusiClock's written reviews are positive against 78% of Note Rush's.
MusiClock ships an update every 5 weeks, Note Rush every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | MusiClock | Note Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | $8.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (31 ratings) | 4.3 (2.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.5% of reviews | 78.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 2.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #14 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 279 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | perTunes Oy | Thomas Grayston |
Customer experience
MusiClock
Note Rush
Bugs and requests
MusiClock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Note Rush
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes or crashes occasionally
- Note recognition fails even with correct input
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add key signatures and accidentals
- Increase number of customizable note sets
- Include more ledger lines
- Add option to disable time penalties
- Allow saving of individual student profiles
In-app purchases
MusiClock
No in-app purchases
Note Rush
No in-app purchases








