# Complete Ear Trainer

> Gamified ear training app for musicians to improve aural skills and music theory. (iPhone/iPad app by Binary Guilt.)

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- Developer: [Binary Guilt](https://appshunter.io/developer/1012455470)
- Category: Music, Games, Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 196 App Store ratings · 174 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.5 · 59 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, European Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2015-12-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/complete-ear-trainer/id1012455471/reviews.md

## What is Complete Ear Trainer?

The ultimate ear training app for musicians. Develop your relative pitch to the full by improving your aural skills and your music theory knowledge. This will better many aspects of your life as a musician, be it regarding improvisation, composition, arrangement, interpretation, singing, or playing in a band. Designed like a video game and with strong pedagogical concepts in mind, this app will make you truly master each interval, chord, scale, etc. before taking you to the next one.

Features
• 150+ progressive drills arranged over 4 levels / 28 chapters
• 11 drill types, 24 intervals, 36 chord types, chord inversions, 28 scale types, melodic dictations, chord progressions
• Easy mode: 50+ progressive drills arranged over 12 chapters especially designed for beginners
• Play a selection of 21 drills in arcade mode
• 5 octaves of actual recorded grand piano sounds
• 7 additional sound banks are available, all with actual recorded sounds: vintage piano, Rhodes piano, electric guitar, harpsichord, concert harp, strings and pizzicato strings
• In each chapter, a theory card will introduce you to the concepts you will need to know
• No need to know how to read music on a staff
• Designed like a video game: earn 3 stars in each drill of a chapter to unlock the next one. Or will you be able to obtain perfect 5-star scores?
• Don't want to follow the preestablished path of progression? Create and save your own custom drills and rehearse them at your own convenience
• Create full custom training programs and invite friends or students to join them. If for example you're a teacher you can create custom programs for your students, add drills every week and view their scores on private leaderboards
• Never lose any progress: cloud sync across your various devices
• 25 achievements to unlock
• Worldwide leaderboards (global, per level, per chapter, easy mode, arcade mode)
• Nice and clean user interface with 2 display themes: light and dark
• Designed by a musician and music teacher with a Royal Conservatory master's degree

Full Version
• Download the app and try out the first chapter of each mode for free
• One-time in-app purchase to unlock the full version on all your devices

Having a problem? Got a suggestion? You can reach us at hello@completeeartrainer.com

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## Key features

- 150+ progressive drills
- 11 drill types
- 24 intervals, 36 chord types
- Melodic dictations and chord progressions
- Gamified learning with star system
- Custom drill and program creation
- Cloud sync across devices

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cloud Sync and Web access | $0.99 | per month |
| Cloud Sync and Web access | $9.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Version | $6.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 174)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/complete-ear-trainer/id1012455471/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Awesome App

*2026-08-22*

This is a brilliant app to train you relative hearing to achieve near perfect pitch. Worth every penny. Check out this developers other apps. Similar amazing. A job well done. Thank you 😃

### 2/5 — Good layout. Too hard.

*2026-08-10*

Advertised as being for beginners, but the difficulty curve is bizarrely steep. Within the first few exercises of “easy” mode, I was being asked to distinguish randomized harmonic major and minor thirds across different registers. After trying the test 9-10 times over several days and scoring barely better than chance, I got discouraged and gave up.

There’s nothing wrong with teaching difficult ear-training skills, but good instruction should build toward them gradually. If a beginner is repeatedly failing or guessing, the app should simplify the exercise and help develop the underlying skill before testing it again. Instead, it mostly just asks you to keep repeating the same difficult test.

It’s also just poor game design. Games keep people engaged by creating a challenging but achievable difficulty curve—not by having players hit a wall almost immediately on “easy.” I like the concept and presentation, but the beginner progression badly needs better scaffolding and adaptive difficulty.

### 5/5 — Vamos evoluir

*2026-07-16*

Evolução

### 5/5 — About Complete Ear Trainer APP

*2026-05-01*

This app is amazing and It’s blessing for every budding artist.
Every penny is worth it.

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2026-04-15, version 2.7.2*

This app helped me to prepare to Ear Training exam. I didn’t have anyone to play on piano for me so that is perfect solution. Absolutely worth the money

### 5/5 — Best app ever

*2026-03-27*

Great exercises to train your ear

### 5/5 — *****

*2026-03-12, version 2.7.2*

Parfait pour les musiciens

### 5/5 — Complet et progressif

*2026-02-21*

Il y a de la matière pour n’importe quel niveau.

De la théorie bien expliquée et de la pratique : parfait pour n’importe quel musicien voulant devenir meilleur musicien.

### 5/5 — Petite question

*2026-01-19*

L’application est super pratique et complète seulement je ne trouve pas comment plaquer les accords au lieu de les avoir arpégés lors de l’identification des accords (dans l’entraînement personnalisé)

**Developer response:** Bonjour et merci pour votre feedback. Si je ne me trompe pas, je pense que nous vous avons répondu par email. Il s'agit de l'option "Mode de jeu". Cordialement, Stéphane.

### 5/5 — Best Ear trainer on App Store

*2026-01-18, version 2.7.2*

No bs, no crazy price, no subscription. Full access for ~$10. App is well designed and easy to use. Not only drills but also teaches you and gives tips/tricks. Definitely has improved my ear

## Frequently asked questions about Complete Ear Trainer

### What does the Complete Ear Trainer app do?

This app is designed to help musicians develop their relative pitch and improve their aural skills and music theory knowledge. It offers a gamified approach with progressive drills to master musical concepts like intervals, chords, and scales, which can benefit improvisation, composition, and performance.

### What are the key features of the Complete Ear Trainer app?

Key features include over 150 progressive drills across 4 levels and 28 chapters, 11 drill types covering intervals, chords, scales, and melodic dictations. It also offers a gamified learning system, custom drill creation, cloud sync, and multiple sound banks with actual recorded grand piano sounds.

### How much does the Complete Ear Trainer app cost?

The app can be downloaded for free, and users can try out the first chapter of each mode without charge. To unlock the full version on all your Apple devices, a one-time in-app purchase of $4.99 is required.

### Is the Complete Ear Trainer app compatible with my device?

The app description mentions Apple Game Center features and unlocking the full version on all your Apple devices, suggesting it is designed for iOS devices. Specific compatibility details would typically be found on the app store listing.

### Who would benefit most from using this app?

Musicians of all levels, from beginners to advanced players, can benefit from this app. It's particularly useful for those looking to improve their improvisation skills, composition abilities, arrangement techniques, interpretation of music, singing, or playing in a band.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.9.1 — 2026-08-27

• The app has been rewritten from scratch in Swift and now uses the SwiftUI framework.
• The audio engine has been reworked and is now more performant and resilient to audio route changes
• The user interface has been modernized, and the app is now more consistent with its counterparts on other platforms
• All screens now use adaptive layouts and should look great on all devices and screen sizes
• On iPad, when there is room for it, a side menu has been added to quickly navigate to various app sections
• The app now respects the device’s preferred font size where possible
• Two new options can be found in the app settings to increase or decrease the user interface and font sizes
• Changing the app language no longer requires restarting the app
• When there is room for it, a theme switcher button is now displayed in the toolbar to quickly switch between light and dark themes
• The app icon is now compatible with Liquid Glass
• App shortcuts have been added
• A lot of bugs and visual inconsistencies have been addressed

### 2.9.0 — 2026-08-24

• The app has been rewritten from scratch in Swift and now uses the SwiftUI framework.
• The audio engine has been reworked and is now more performant and resilient to audio route changes
• The user interface has been modernized, and the app is now more consistent with its counterparts on other platforms
• All screens now use adaptive layouts and should look great on all devices and screen sizes
• On iPad, when there is room for it, a side menu has been added to quickly navigate to various app sections
• The app now respects the device’s preferred font size where possible
• Two new options can be found in the app settings to increase or decrease the user interface and font sizes
• Changing the app language no longer requires restarting the app
• When there is room for it, a theme switcher button is now displayed in the toolbar to quickly switch between light and dark themes
• The app icon is now compatible with Liquid Glass
• App shortcuts have been added
• A lot of bugs and visual inconsistencies have been addressed

### 2.7.2 — 2025-05-07

• We have added a lot of features for teachers and schools. This includes app home screen customization, school leaderboards and school class custom programs. See here for more details: teacher.completemusictrainer.com
• You can now set custom images for custom programs
• The continue card can now take you to the last custom program chapter
• Bulgarian note names added
• Fixes and improvements

### 2.7.1 — 2025-04-24

• We have added a lot of features for teachers and schools. This includes app home screen customization, school leaderboards and school class custom programs. See here for more details: teacher.completemusictrainer.com
• You can now set custom images for custom programs
• The continue card can now take you to the last custom program chapter
• Bulgarian note names added
• Fixes and improvements

### 2.7.0 — 2025-04-14

• We have added a lot of features for teachers and schools. This includes app home screen customization, school leaderboards and school class custom programs. See here for more details: teacher.completemusictrainer.com
• You can now set custom images for custom programs
• The continue card can now take you to the last custom program chapter
• Bulgarian note names added
• Fixes and improvements

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