NoteBrainer

Name: NoteBrainer
Rating: 4.6 (861 reviews)
Author: James Buchanan21733609631

By: James Buchanan21733609631

Learn to sight read music

Features & Capabilities

NoteBrainer is a simple, engaging tool to learn sight reading by playing short flash-card drills. It supports treble and bass clefs, covers all key signatures, and offers a variety of instrument sounds to train both ear and eye.

Configure drills by time and difficulty, use sound-only mode, and track progress with play history. Features include key-signature highlighting, English and solfège notation (Do, Re, Mi...), assistant modes to guide learning, and external MIDI keyboard support. Best of all, it’s free and easy to use on Chrome, making it a handy practice tool for learners at home or in lessons.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Music & Audio Kids

By:

James Buchanan21733609631

Rating:

4.60

(861)

Version:

3.3 Last updated: 2018-07-01

Version code:

841383692

Creation date:

2009-04-08

Compatible devices:

Size:

55.78MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 62,562 ▼ 119

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Developed by:

James Buchanan21733609631

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notebrainer/id310695461

Website:

http://5point6.net/notebrainer

User Reviews

NoteBrainer is praised as a free, simple, beginner-friendly tool that helps users recognize notes quickly and improve sight-reading, with many saying it’s effective and enjoyable to practice. However, reviewers frequently cite MIDI/sound issues with external keyboards, onboarding gaps, stability bugs on some devices, and a limited keyboard range that makes ledger notes hard to reach, plus occasional navigation glitches. Overall, great concept with solid learning value but notable feature gaps and reliability concerns on certain setups.

Pros

Improves note recognition and sight-reading quickly.
Free to use.
Simple, distraction-free interface that's beginner-friendly.
Effective practice tool for learning notes and building reading skills.

Cons

MIDI support is unreliable or nonfunctional when using external keyboards (sound may not play).
Onboarding is lacking; no guided training or introduction to how to read sheet music.
Stability issues and bugs on some devices (reported as buggy or crashing).
Keyboard range is limited; ledger notes and certain octaves are hard to reach.
Navigation issues (back button in history may not work; no easy way to quit).

Recent reviews

It's good but when I connect my midi controller with network to my phone this app doesn't make any sound or melody either And when I reinstall it again it's still not working

by Ti*****, 2025-11-06

This all works like a charm and is helping me master piano so much quicker!!! Thank you for making it!!

by Si*****, 2025-07-28

I REALLY didnt want to learn to read music. It came a point in my lessons where it wasnt negotiable. I really have always hated to memorize for stuff. This is fun and super effective.