B Flat vs MTE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
B Flat
Improve your music sheet reading skills with this app. It offers tailored exercises for beginners and advanced users, focusing on speed and accuracy. Track your progress with detailed statistics and enjoy a stress-free learning environment.
- Beginner and professional support
- Treble and bass clef support
- Misread notes displayed more often
- Solomisation support
- No time limit
- Sound generator with SoundFonts
- Extensive statistics
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••• Apple TV version comes free when you purchase this iOS app! ••• The B Flat app will help you learn and improve your music sheet reading skills - whether you are a beginner, music student or professional musician. Beginners will benefit from the integrated wikiHow article for learning sheet music reading and the special exercises for first-time users. Advanced users can significantly increase their sheet music reading speed. Compared to similar apps, B Flat has no timeout. Instead, depending on the needed time, a time bonus will be given. To practice in this way makes learning to read sheet music more enjoyable for beginners and thus they will succeed faster. Advanced users in turn have the incentive to complete the exercise more quickly. B Flat remembers misread notes and will display them more often. This increases the learning effect. The results are clearly presented with statistical charts so the learner will easily recognize their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their progress. B Flat brings its own tone generator based on SoundFonts. It can play displayed notes, as well as user entries. Instruments can be expanded with your own SoundFonts using iTunes File Sharing or iCloud Drive Features : - Suitable for both beginners and professionals - Support for treble and bass clef - Misread notes are displayed more frequently - Support Solomisation (Do, Re, Mi, Fa ...) - No time limit, thus stress-free learning - Support for all key signatures - Sound generators on SoundFont basis. - Extendable with your own SoundFonts - Extensive statistics - Various settings
MTE
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Ever dreamed of learning to read sheet music? Learn the basics of sheet music reading using the piano keyboard. Our app will help you understand the concept of sound names, notes, staff, and clefs. Doesn’t matter if you are just a beginner or an advanced student, you’ll have a lot of fun practicing sight-reading with our app. A convenient interface offers high-level customization of exercise settings. Our app’s most important features are: -2 main exercise layouts With staff or note names on top, the keyboard is always at the bottom. -3 main gameplay modes Become really fast with our time limit mode, or 100% precise with error limit mode! -4 main clefs to choose from – treble, bass, tenor & alto Practice is available in range even for up to 4 ledger lines! -13 different sounds name systems to choose Choose what type of sound names you want to learn (IPN, German, solmization, etc.) – the list is quite long! -Display modes – automatic scrolling or groups of notes Try both and choose the preferred one. -Accidentals – sharps, flats, double and single There’s even an option to practice only notes with accidentals! -High-quality, realistic sound of a grand piano with the mute option Gives you a realistic feel of using a real piano. When you need silence, simply press the mute button. -Daily goal feature to keep your discipline Set up the number of points you want to score every day and be consistent in your training. -2 bonus hints to use in every exercise Use them or not, but you’ll get bonus points for not using any hints! - Fresh, modern design A beautiful look will make your practice even more pleasant. MTEssentials: Notes Reading is an excellent help for music students, hobbyists, and amateurs to practice sight-reading. You won’t need a tutor anymore. Music notation will no longer keep secrets from you. Have fun! If you have any comments or you need help with Notes Reading, please send an e-mail to mobile@netigen.pl
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: B Flat at none against MTE's 1. B Flat also leads on device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads 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
B Flat costs $2.99 and MTE $2.99 up front. MTE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. B Flat asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | B Flat | MTE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | +4 |
| Developer | MAMP GmbH | NETIGEN Kluzowicz sp. j. |
In-app purchases
B Flat
No in-app purchases
MTE
- No ads$4.99









