# Complete Ear Trainer — user reviews > 174 indexed App Store user reviews of Complete Ear Trainer by Binary Guilt, rated 4.70/5 from 195 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/complete-ear-trainer/id1012455471/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/complete-ear-trainer/id1012455471.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 171 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (17 of 174) ### 4/5 — Mostly Complete Ear Trainer *2025-11-22* The app does a great job of gamifying many critical aspects of ear training to the point where it is fun, challenging, and habit forming. As a learner I would like to point out two of the app’s current weaknesses- 1, I think the title “Complete” ear trainer is a misnomer when it is missing functional ear training/degree in context exercises completely from its repertoire. 2, every exercise I have done until now has a way to learn after you make a mistake, but the lessons that I have been looking forward to (chords and degrees) provide no way to give myself auditory feedback after an error, and only plays a cadence one time before asking six questions wirh silence in between. In this format I feel like I learn nothing from my mistakes and the auditory memory of the context key disappears quickly. I wish it either played a new cadence for each question like many other ear training platforms do, or gives an option to relisten to the root chord and the test chord after a mistake, or literally any form of feedback at all. Truly if these two issues were resolved this app would be near flawless, however as long as I have to go to other platforms for certain ear training exercises it is certainly not “complete” **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback. 2. The problem is that the app being gamified with online leaderboards, this specific drill type you mention becomes really easy if you can hear all the degrees between each question: just click on the seven chords, and while they are still in your immediate memory, go to next question and it will be much easier. Also, the purpose of this drill is to develop the fact that you can have your ear "stay in the key" after a few chord changes. So that would go against that. BUT, you can easily create the exact same drills in the custom training section, and here you will be able to click on the chords between questions. 1. That's precisely what the exercices you mention in 2. are about, so I'm not sure I understand. You can explain this to us at hello@completeeartrainer.com if you'd like. Best, Stéphane. ### 5/5 — love this app! *2025-11-05* immensely useful, helps me a lot as a self-taught beginner guitarist. i definitely don’t regret purchasing the full version ### 5/5 — Excellent App *2025-10-19* Every musician should use this app.good ear retraining application. Appreciation to the team.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 ### 5/5 — PERFECT *2025-08-18, version 2.7.2* Love the whole series. As good as Earmaster, not as broad, but extremely focussed. ### 5/5 — good ear trainer *2025-07-18, version 2.7.2* does as advertised ### 5/5 — Review *2025-07-07, version 2.7.2* It’s great! Very helpful. ### 5/5 — Muito bom para treinar o ouvido. *2025-06-15* O app é bom e intuitivo! ### 3/5 — may be a mistake *2025-05-14, version 2.7.2* first of all, I would like to say that it was a magic that I found this application, it was my dream. However, on the Easy mode in the capter two the last exsersise is extremely difficult, but may be it's a mistake. Can you check, please? ### 5/5 — Wow *2025-03-09, version 2.6.2* Absolutely amazing app..😁 ### 5/5 — Audible art form *2025-02-26* Music is an art form for the ears, and this app has helped me to understand how to listen to that art. This app has changed my life and has drastically improved my ability to understand what listening really means. Worth every penny spent. I tell all of my students to buy this app. If you want to understand your music experience better, use this app to train your ears and open your perception. ### 5/5 — Génialissime !!! *2025-02-07, version 2.6.2* L’appli musicale la plus PRATIQUE,EFFICIENTE,PROGRESSIVE,que j’ai utilisée… ### 5/5 — PERFECT *2025-01-26, version 2.6.2* Love the whole series. It’s knocked Earmaster off the top spot because it’s extremely focused. ### 5/5 — Statistics *2025-01-11* I couldnt find statistics anywhere in ios app. **Developer response:** Thank you for the review, much appreciated! I'm afraid statistics are not available on iOS currently. Best, Stéphane. ### 5/5 — Very thorough in what it covers *2024-12-17* I like that the app doesn’t cut you any slack. When done a chapter you have pretty well mastered that section. I would like to see a section for chord progressions. ### 5/5 — Great app for teachers *2024-12-07* The ability to create custom drills and send them to students and track progression is an amazing feature that I only just realized was an option. Totally worth $7.00 ### 5/5 — Excellente application *2024-10-31* Mais bonne traversée du desert pour le novice que je suis Tamm ha tamm e vez gwriet bragoù Yann evel ma lavarer … Mersi deoc’h evit an arload-mañ 👍🏻 ### 3/5 — Useful to extent *2024-10-03, version 2.6.1* The piano sounds in the intervals seem to have a lot of overtones which made distinguishing perfect intervals difficult. I prefer the rhythm trainer to this one. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Too hard *2025-12-08, version 2.7.2* It’s way too hard ### 1/5 — Légèrement cher *2024-10-12, version 2.6.1* Obligé de payer pour accéder à la plupart des exercices ### 1/5 — If you don’t already have a good ear, not helpful *2024-04-22, version 2.5.8* At least completely didn’t work for me. ### 1/5 — Was loving it, but it started crashing on me *2020-07-10* Greats app, even purchased the complete version in-app. As of this morning though, it just won’t open on my iPhone 11. I even deleted the app (which probably made me lose all my progress) and downloaded it again, but no luck. Please advise so I can give the 5 stars review it deserves! **Developer response:** Hello evandocarmo, can you contact me at completeeartrainer.ios@gmail.com so that we can figure out what's wrong? Thanks. Ben. Update: waiting for your message so that we can fix your issue :) ### 1/5 — It should be clear the real cost of this app from the beginning! *2020-02-01* You have to pay every time for unlocking new exercise. At the end would be very expensive I guess.... **Developer response:** Hello! No, absolutely not, you don't have to pay every time. You unlock the full version once for all with absolutely everything, all (250+) drills, all sound banks, custom drills, custom programs... If you need assistance contact us at completeeartrainer@gmail.com so we can figure out what's happening! Update: one year has passed and we're still waiting for you to contact us :) ### 1/5 — Make an option to turn off ALL sustain please. *2018-09-26* Huge mass of sustained notes just kill app for me, pls make option to turn it ALL off. I know, that I can turn off it for some modes, but I can't do it for exercise, where I must recognize two intervals played together. **Developer response:** Hello Supermass1ve. I'm not sure to understand what the problem is, but do you know that tapping on the screen stop the currently played interval? Can you please email me at completeeartrainer@gmail.com if I didn't understand the problem correctly and this doesn't solve it? Thank you, best, Stéphane. UPDATE: didn't receive your email? Can you please email me or update your review if you found the solution to your problem? ### 1/5 — Classic mode *2018-08-13* Drill 1.1.1: A perfect fifth up from A#? Me: F! Drill 1.1.1: Wrong! The answer was E#! Me: Whaaat??? O_o **Developer response:** E# and F are not equivalent, they are enharmonic equivalent, meaning exactly that they have the same pitch but a different meaning. Please read carefully the first theory card in the classic mode to understand this, you'll find an explanation of this inside. Basically, short explanation: E# and F are as different as "two" and "too", same sound, but depending on the context, they are not the same thing at all. From A#, a perfect fifth cannot be F because from A to F, there are 6 degrees (A-B-C-D-E-F), and so F is necessarily a sixth (in that case a diminished sixth). So A#-E# is a perfect fifth, A#-F is a diminished sixth. A more simple case to understand this: G-Bb is a minor third, G-A# is an augmented second. Hope it helps? UPDATE: did you read my answer? If you have trouble understanding this, please email me at completeeartrainer@gmail.com ### 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. ### 2/5 — A améliorer *2023-07-11, version 2.5.8* L’application commence par un exercice difficile pour les débutants ( reconnaître tierce mineure /majeure) Elle ne permet pas de faire d’autres exercices tant qu’on n’a pas réussi celui-là, c’est très frustrant. Et quand on crée des exercices personnels, ils se perdent. ### 2/5 — Pas de partage familial. *2022-08-14, version 2.0.14* Le partage familial ne fonctionne pas, ce qui n’est pas explicite dans la description ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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 😃 ### 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* 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 ### 5/5 — Muito completo *2025-11-06* Show --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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