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Notalune
Read sheet music

Never stop practicing because of one forgotten note.

You know the piece. It's just that one note.

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Quick reading

Point your camera. The names appear.

On the notes themselves, in seconds. When Notalune isn't sure, it stays silent instead of guessing.

iPhone and iPad

The whole page, on the stand.

One purchase, no subscription.

Download on the App Store $9.99 once, no subscription.

How it works · 1

Forgot a note? Point your camera.

Open Notalune and aim at one measure, or a whole page. Nothing to set up, nothing to create first.

The Notalune viewfinder over a printed measure, framing bracket in place

How it works · 2

The names appear on the notes.

In seconds, on your own sheet music. English, German and Czech, solfège or katakana. When Notalune isn't sure, it leaves the note blank instead of guessing.

A quick reading: note names overlaid on the scanned measure

How it works · 3

See how sure it is. Fix what's off.

A tap shows how confident each name is: green, orange, red. Open the measure and the editing tools are right there. Any name takes two taps to correct, with undo.

A measure opened for editing: correction toolset visible, names tinted by confidence

How it works · 4

Hide them as you learn.

Tap a name to hide just that note and test yourself; bring it back with a tap. The goal is the day you read without Notalune.

Practice mode with one note name hidden for self-testing

The toolkit · My Sheet Music

Whole pages, measure by measure.

Photograph a page or import a PDF. Every measure reads itself in, and the page map shows honestly which measures are done and which still need you.

The page map: 1 of 36 measures read, with the read-the-empty-measures button

The toolkit · PDF import

Already have a PDF? Drop it in.

Title, composer and tempo fill in from the file, and every measure reads itself while you watch. A clean PDF is the sharpest thing Notalune can read, so the fewest notes come back blank.

A PDF import in progress: the moon loader with percentage and time left

The toolkit · Metronome

A real metronome, free.

The mechanical wooden metronome with tap tempo. Free and unlimited, purchase or not.

The Notalune metronome at 88 BPM, pendulum mid-swing
Notalune app icon: a crescent moon cradling an eighth note

Keep playing. Check only the notes you forgot.

Free to start: 10 readings, no trial to expire. One purchase for everything.

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The trust principle

Blank beats wrong.

A wrong name teaches a wrong habit. A blank one just says “look again.” Honest feedback you can trust is the whole point. It has three parts:

Silence

When Notalune isn't sure about a note, it shows nothing rather than guess. The blank is a feature.

Certainty

One tap on the traffic light tints every name by how confident the reading is: green, orange, red. You see exactly how much to trust each label.

Correction

Any name can be fixed in two taps, with revert. Every scan opens with a quick clef check, because a wrong clef would mis-name everything.

Pricing

Free to read. One purchase for everything.

One-time purchase. No subscription. Buy once, yours forever. Family Sharing included.

Free

Ten readings to try. No clock, no card. The metronome stays free forever.

  • 10 quick readings in total
  • 3 pieces · full pages, annotation & practice
  • 1 page per piece · PDF import included
  • Every reading & correction tool
  • The metronome · free forever
Notalune Pro

Buy once, yours forever. No subscription.

  • Unlimited quick reading · instead of 10 free
  • Unlimited pieces, pages & kept readings
  • Print & share annotated PDFs · your names on paper
  • Every future feature · one payment, forever
One-time · no subscription
Notalune Pro$9.99
Pay once · unlocked foreverFamily Sharing
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Quick answers

Asked before downloading.

Does Notalune need an internet connection?

No. It runs entirely on your iPhone or iPad. The app contains no networking code at all. It works in airplane mode.

Why do some notes stay blank?

By design: blank beats wrong. When Notalune isn’t sure about a note, it shows nothing rather than guess, and any name can be corrected in two taps.

Is it a subscription?

No. Notalune Pro is a one-time purchase ($9.99) with Family Sharing. The free tier stays free.

All the questions, honestly answered → · Learn to read music: the guides →

Someone at the piano reading the note names on their own sheet music through Notalune

Who it's for

Made for the moment you get stuck.

  • Parents at the piano bench who don't read music. Check "which note is that?" without waiting for the next lesson.
  • Adults coming back to the piano after years away. Your hands remember the keys; Notalune brings back the staff.
  • Anyone learning to read, from first songbooks to harder pieces, at your own pace.

Before you decide

Notalune may not be for you.

Five honest reasons to skip it. Better to know now than after paying.

  • You're on Android or Windows. Notalune is iPhone and iPad only (one purchase covers both), and there is no port planned. If you'd want one, tell me and I'll count.
  • You want to hear the music. Notalune names the notes; it doesn't play them. Your hands still do that part.
  • You already read fluently. Then you don't need a scaffold, you need repertoire. Your money is better spent on sheet music.
  • Your music is handwritten or orchestral. Printed piano and solo parts are where Notalune is strongest; dense scores and manuscript will leave many notes blank.
  • You want help with rhythm. Notalune reads pitches. Counting stays yours. The metronome is the only help it offers there, and that one is free.

Still here? Then the free tier will tell you more than any promise on this page: ten readings, no clock, no card.

For teachers & skeptical parents

A scaffold, not a crutch.

Teachers are right that letter names must not become permanent. That is why Notalune's names are built to disappear. Notalune succeeds when you stop needing it.

The full evidence, with citations →

Coming back after years away?

Your early reading still counts.

Research found sight-reading expertise acquired early remains one of the best predictors of reading later in life. Pick up where you left off, one photographed page at a time.

Notalune began exactly there. The maker's story →

Ink sketch: a weathered sheet of music half out of a drawer, a candle burning beside it

The metronome

A real metronome, free. In the app and in your browser.

The same mechanical metronome that ships inside Notalune: pendulum, brass weight, bell on the downbeat. Try it right now, no app, no account.

Open the metronome Free, no ads, runs in your browser.

“I couldn’t find an app that would just tell me the notes in front of me. So I built it.”

David, pianist who came back after twenty years · the story of Notalune

Private by design

Your sheet music never leaves the phone.

Recognition runs entirely on your iPhone or iPad. The app contains no networking code at all. It works in airplane mode.

No account No uploads No ads No analytics No tracking

Press Read the full privacy policy. It's short, because there's nothing to disclose.