Education
Sight Staff: sight-reading trainer
Daily five-minute note reading drill.
| Platform | iPhone (iOS 17+) |
|---|---|
| Price | Free, no subscription |
| Account required | No |
| Works offline | Yes |
| Subscription | None |
| Last updated | 2026-04-17 |
ios· Free · all features included ·By All Things AI, Inc ·Released 2026-04-17
Use Sight Staff in your browser — no install. Sign in and it works right here. Everything stays in your browser; nothing is sent to our servers.Free. All features included.
No subscription, no in-app purchases, no paid tiers. Everything you see works the moment you install it.
About this app
What Sight Staff does
Sight Staff is the offline sight-reading trainer for the 10 million US adults learning piano — the demographic Piano Marvel's $290 subscription locks out, Tenuto's 24 fixed drills bore, and Notevision's middle-C-equals-octave bug has frustrated for years. What Sight Staff does: — A daily 5-minute streak. A note appears on the staff. Tap the matching key on the keyboard at the bottom. Right answer plays the note. Wrong answer shows the correct key for half a second. — Adaptive per-note mastery. Each pitch on each clef has an Elo-style score. The app shows the notes you're worst at twice as often as the ones you've nailed. — Treble + bass + alto + tenor clefs. Switch clefs in a tap. Practice for ABRSM, RCM, or just to get faster at chamber music. — Ledger lines + accidentals. Up to four ledger lines above/below, sharps, flats, naturals. Difficulty unlocks as you master the easier notes. — Beautiful staff rendering. Drawn in SwiftUI Canvas — crisp on every iPhone screen. — Optional piano sounds. A bundled grand piano sample plays each note you correctly identify. AVAudioEngine, on-device, no streaming. — Daily streak that doesn't punish. Miss a day, your mastery scores stay. No "streak lost" guilt. — No account, no cloud, no subscription. Free, forever. Your mastery data lives on this phone. 86% of piano teachers say sight-reading is important but only 7% teach it systematically (Hardy study). Sight Staff is what they would have built.
Features
Built to be useful, not noisy.
Daily drill
Note on staff → tap matching key; immediate feedback
Clef switcher
Treble / bass / alto / tenor — tap to toggle
Mastery
Per-note Elo score chart across all clefs
Difficulty unlock
Ledger lines + accidentals enabled as mastery rises
Streak
Days drilled — supportive (no streak-lost penalty)
Why it exists
The problem
Piano students need daily sight-reading drill but Tenuto has only 24 fixed exercises, Notevision has known audio bugs (middle C and octave register as same note), and Piano Marvel costs $290+ — there's no free, comprehensive, offline alternative.
What's different
How Sight Staff stands out
Sight Staff is the only iOS sight-reading trainer with per-note Elo-style adaptive mastery across treble + bass + alto + tenor clefs + ledger lines + accidentals, drawn in SwiftUI Canvas, with bundled piano samples played via AVAudioEngine entirely on-device — Tenuto is $4.99 with only 24 drills, Notevision has known…
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FAQ
Questions about Sight Staff
How much does Sight Staff cost?▾
Sight Staff is free. All features are included from day one — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no paid tiers. Everything you see in this listing works the moment you install it.
Where does Sight Staff store my data?▾
On your device. Sight Staff is built privacy-first: no account is required, no analytics SDKs, no third-party trackers. Nothing is uploaded to a server we control — the app works without one.
What platforms does Sight Staff support?▾
iOS, on iPhone and iPad. You can find the latest availability on this page.
How do I get support for Sight Staff?▾
Use the Support link on this page, or email support@allthingsn.com. We answer every message and keep responses on the same thread.
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