# Note Quest: Learn Piano Music

> Sight Reading Game & Tutor

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1176943393](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1176943393)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1176943393`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** grace lee
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (614 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-04
- **First published:** 2016-12-15
- **Size:** 286 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/note-quest-learn-piano-music/id1176943393)
- **Website:** [http://www.notequest.net](http://www.notequest.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://notequest.net/privacy-policy/](https://notequest.net/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Learn Piano Fast: Note Quest is a 2-in-1 piano practice app featuring timed Game Drills to boost note recognition and a Sight Reading module for real music reading. The app tracks high scores and supports real or virtual piano with MIDI for flexible practice.

Upgrade options include GAME DRILLS (one-time purchase) and SIGHT READING (subscription) with over 230 curated exercises from beginner to advanced. Optional PDF Sight Reading Flashcards are available as companion products. For support, contact info@notequest.net.

## Rankings

- #68,086 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Learn Piano Fast for its strong sight-reading pedagogy, beginner-friendly design, and powerful customization via Note Selector, making it a solid teaching tool and motivating for students. However, recurring concerns include confusing pricing and billing practices, inconsistent note recognition with real instruments, gaps in content and feedback, and UI quirks that disrupt learning, plus occasional reliability issues.

### Pros

- Well-designed sight-reading and note-reading pedagogy with landmark notes and an interval-based approach that many teachers praise.
- Beginner-friendly and easy to understand, making it approachable for visual learners.
- Customizable drills and levels via Note Selector, plus the ability to design your own drills for different students.
- Engaging practice with repetition and game-style drills that help build speed and consistency.
- Tablet-friendly interface with appropriately sized notes and a clean presentation that supports learning.

### Cons

- Pricing and billing are repeatedly confusing and problematic, including unclear upfront costs, multiple subscription options, charges after cancellation, and difficult cancellation.
- Note recognition often doesn’t work with real pianos; the app only reliably recognizes input from the virtual keyboard, limiting real-instrument practice.
- Content gaps for paying users: too few levels, limited octave range (two octaves), unfinished rhythm content, and little feedback on answers.
- UI/UX annoyances that disrupt learning: distracting badges, landscape/layout issues, and poor visibility of the bass staff in certain modes.
- Reliability concerns such as periodic sign-in/out interruptions and occasional app instability.

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