Flashnote Derby App Reviews

I bought this app to use with my piano students. Overall they like the app. It has cute graphics that appeal to children. My only complaint is that I would like for there to be a two octave span on my iPad. My kids found it confusing when F5 in the treble clef had to be played at F4 in the app when doing the treble line drill for instance. I could see them wanting to press a key an octave above the keyboard display (where the note actually resides). I don't use the keyboard since it is causing them confusion.

Works as advertised. Easy to use.

Well constructed app, clear and simple. Customize the flash cards for the notes that your class is working on makes note-naming easy and fun! My students 4-8 LOVE to try to beat their friends high scores!

This is hands down the best note naming app. It was worth every cent. I used it with my band students at school to help them learn the note names and with my beginning piano students at home. The best part about this app is being able to choose exactly what notes to quiz the student on. I haven't seen any other app that lets me do that. Highly Recommended!

This is a great product . I use this in lessons with beginning students. Please add alto clef!

I teach piano and the kids love it. Best part is being able to set notes you want on quiz without restrictions.

I really enjoyed the lessons as well as the games. I wish you had one overall review & more importantly game at the end of lesson 4 in each group that summarized/combined all 4 lessons.

I am very pleased. The difficulty is easily adjusted and you can easily focus on specific notes. My younger children really like it.

I use this a LOT with my piano students. I am delighted with the new option of playing the notes on the piano instead of tapping them on the screen. This is my favorite feature! Thanks for adding that. I have noticed sometimes it doesn't give an "x" if the wrong note is played. My student hit a Bb a couple of times instead of a B, and it allowed her to try again and get it right. I would prefer an "x" first time, but apart from that it's a wonderful upgrade. Keep up the good work!

I was excited to find this app to help my 4 year old daughter read notes better. She plays the piano and is beginning to read notes, but isn't fluent yet, so I thought this app might help. (She reads on a 3rd grade level, so I think she is capable of learning how to read notes.) Most kid apps we have are encouraging and use positive reinforcement. If you miss a question, you are encouraged to try again, and when you get it right, there's some sort of positive reinforcement. However, in this app, if you answer incorrectly, you hear "boo" sounds and unless you get all questions right, you lose and a sad tune is played. It's not encouraging at all and makes her not want to try again. If this was fixed, it would be a great app. But not as is.

Thank you for taking away the booing sounds! My students love this game!

Kids love it. The Christmas reindeer are super cute.

Great app! I was looking for a fun way for my five year old to learn his piano notes. I looked through many apps, and this was exactly what I wanted.

I love this app it helps me learn notes and it seems like a game 🎶✌🏻💖

My piano student were exceedingly excited with the new Reindeer theme. This little app holds their attention and enthusiasm much better than regular "analog" flash cards. Would like some additional features, like personalized high scores for multiple users. This would add some motivation

This app has really been helping my daughter learn to read notes. We use this along with her piano lessons. Plus I'm trying to learn some too along the way. It's the pre-made lessons that really work for us. We'd love to have more too!!

My three kids all love it (ages 4, 7, 9), has improved their note identification speed.

This app is exactly what I was looking for for a quick way to learn to read music. I love that you can handpick the notes you want to be quizzed on. The only improvements I can think of would be to have a larger keyboard option on the ipad app so that you can differentiate between middle c and the other c's, etc and also the option to be quizzed on sharps and flats. Still an awesome app though and a great resource!

This is the first app I bought. This is a great app. I would recommend it

Great way for kids to learn notes!

Wonderful app!! Helps me learn music.

Love this app. I use it every night with my kids. Very easy to use and fun too. Makes learning fun the whole time.

I got this to help a child review notes. The first time, she got 8/10 right, and the game makes noises like she lost/did a bad job. Totally threw her off. A big disappointment.

Videos say they're loading, but then time out back to flashnote derby screen

I would like to see four additional lessons, in the next version, that will provide exercise drills on both treble and base clef combined.

This app is great!! It's a must buy for all piano students no matter what age!!

As a parent of three boys and a piano teacher myself, I am very happy with this app. Customization is perfect, and video lessons are a nice addition. Thanks for a quality app.

I have a hard time memorizing notes. This app saved the day!

We love this app!! Kids are learning piano and its such a fun and easy way to learn to read music. I grew up playing only treble clef on flute and now learning bass clef for piano - not sure if the kids enjoy it more than me or not!

As a piano teacher and parent, this is a great application to help learn notes on the piano. My only recommendation would be to have two octaves for the notes that fall below or above the staff.

My students love playing this game. The only thing that they would like changed is the letter names to start with "C" instead of "A". This is a must have game.

After the most recent update my version won’t update. I have an iPad Pro and have not received any customer support.

It is frustrating for a student to name a note and have to pick a note on the keyboard that is on the wrong registration of the keyboard. The eye is not learning to think horizontally. This is true for all answer choices. Otherwise it is an ok app and children enjoy it. I have answer direct on the piano and I supply the answer to compensate for this error.

It helps with both note and keyboard recognition/speed. I have searched and searched for this one!!!! Fun and effective. Thrilled!

Excellent way to learn to read music.

I've known every good boy does fine since I was six, but this is the first time I've ever been able to immediately play a note just by looking at it. Very good app.

I'm a music teacher. This app is a great approach to the sometimes hum-drum process of learning to note-read. The new update includes a "listen" mode for answering & makes learning note names and keyboard navigation fun! It's got a few bugs, but that's to be expected. I hope they update their other offering "Rhythm Swing," too!

After only a few days u saw an improvement in my sins piano playing. The intense reviewing with notes and key options made rehearsing his note recognition fun. Great app and lessons

Very good app! The positives: As a teacher, I love that I can tailor the parameters to what a student knows and/or needs to work on. I have used it in a few lessons already and I've seen clear improvement after a few rounds. Having the ability to email the settings to the student is a feature I would never have imagined but have already used. The "derby" itself is fun and the graphics are pretty good. You can set it to letter names, piano keys, or both. The negatives: the booing has got to go. I would never "boo" a student for making a mistake, and although older students might find it funny, it's way too harsh for young kids. This would be a 5-star review if not for the booing! Suggestions: I would like to see the treble and bass clefs extended out by an octave. I could see adding an alto clef option at some point. Finally, why isn't there an option for the jockey to be a girl??

My son learned the treble clef in just 3 days!

I'm an adult learning to play the piano, this app has helped me learn the keys, it's way better than flash cards.

This app makes it so fun to learn.

Timely updates and great support. The only note reading game with style and polish! All my students love it!

I was really surprised how much my piano students like this app. It's really just flash cards with sound effects but they love playing it. Some of them liked it enough to ask their parents to buy it; at the very least I get no argument about practicing our letter names. Now maybe they'll write an app that works on steps and skips with the same game engine.

I'm teaching my 5yr old twin kids how to read music and this has absolutely been the best app to engage them.

Terrible App.

This app was recommended by my 8yo's piano teacher. I could be great, but he was quickly frustrated with it. The cheering when he gets a correct answer is good, but does there really have to be a loud "awwww!" or, even worse, "booooo!" for a wrong answer? Also, the letter choices are in a font that can be confusing for young children: namely the D can be easily confused with a lowercase A, flipped right to left (but that is lost on many children at this age). Simple block letters would be a more appropriate choice. Once we straightened out which letter was which and turned the sound off, it went better, but that was rather too late.

It's for kids and it boos you if you get too many wrong. I would not let my child play with that!

I'm 48 and just learning to read music. I've tried other flash card apps but this simple one packs in all the versatility and repetition needed to really memorize those notes.