# Notes! - Learn To Read Music

> Super effective at 20min/day!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id423178140](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id423178140)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id423178140`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Visions Encoded Inc.
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (1,387 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.8
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-05
- **First published:** 2011-03-07
- **Size:** 4.35 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notes-learn-to-read-music/id423178140)
- **Website:** [https://www.visionsencoded.com](https://www.visionsencoded.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://visionsencoded.com/no-data-privacy-policy](https://visionsencoded.com/no-data-privacy-policy)

## Description

Notes! - Learn To Read Music is a simple yet powerful flashcard app that helps beginners learn or refresh the letter names of notes on bass and treble clefs. With over 99,000 purchases, this quick 20-minute-a-day practice tool is loved for being easy and effective. A random note is shown on the staff and you tap the correct letter, reinforcing sight-reading skills.

Key options include letter names in C D E F G A B, German B/H, or solfege Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si. The app supports treble/bass clef toggle, MIDI input for Core MIDI devices, and settings to practice only specific notes. It also features a trophy icon to toggle visual effects and orientation tips for portrait vs. landscape use. For feedback, visit visionsencoded.com.

## Rankings

- #48,903 — Overall

## Review summary

User feedback portrays Notes! as a lightweight, beginner-friendly tool that helps users learn to read notes, recognize them on staff, and practice anywhere with interactive, memory-based quizzes and customization options. Many praise its simplicity, ease of use, and endless practice without time limits. However, recurring concerns include bass clef availability or display issues, difficulty exiting the settings screen, a pace that can feel too fast for beginners, and the app’s limited feature set (no grand staff progression, no built-in scoring/rewards, fewer teaching aids).

### Pros

- Easy to use and beginner-friendly interface.
- Effective for learning notes and reading music on a staff.
- Customizable review options (choose which notes to practice).
- Interactive, memory-based practice with labeled and unlabeled keyboards.
- Endless practice without a timer; can practice anywhere.

### Cons

- Bass clef support/display issues (not available or malfunctioning).
- Settings screen cannot be closed easily; navigation issue.
- Too simple / lacks advanced learning techniques and content.
- Pace can be too fast for beginners.
- Missing progression features for schools (no grand staff, no scoring/rewards, no team play).

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