Comparison

Solfeggio vs Functional Ear Trainer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Solfeggio

This professional music training app offers ear and vocal exercises. Practice pitch, intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, and melody. Track your progress with recorded scores and set practice reminders.

Highlights
  • Ear training exercises
  • Vocal exercises
  • Pitch, interval, chord, scale, rhythm, melodic practice
  • Practice recording and scoring
  • Customizable practice reminders
  • Easy-to-use interface
Features
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The app is used for EAR and VOCAL exercises. It's a very professional music training app. You can do ear training and sight-singing practices. * The practices include pitch, interval, chord(includes inversions), scale, rhythm, melodic, etc. * The app record your practices, so you can know your scores anytime. * The app can remind you to do practices based on the learning schedule. * It's very easy to use for anyone. You can use it in anywhere and anytime.

About

Functional Ear Trainer

Develop your musical ear by learning to recognize tones within the context of a specific musical key. This app helps you understand the function of each note, improving your ability to transcribe, improvise, and play music by ear. Suitable for all ages and skill levels, with just 10 minutes of daily practice.

Highlights
  • Recognize tones in musical key context
  • Understand note function
  • Improve transcription skills
  • Enhance improvisation
  • Develop perfect pitch
  • Daily 10-minute practice
Features
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Have you (or maybe one of your friends) ever wanted to learn to transcribe or play music by ear? It is so important for a musician to know what you are hearing. A good musical ear helps when you are composing, improvising, transcribing melodies, or playing with others. Most likely you have already tried different programs to learn to recognize intervals or even to acquire perfect pitch. However, although such programs develop your ear, but can you actually play any melody you hear as soon as you listen to it? Imagine you could understand music... It is like when somebody is talking to you, you not only hear pleasant sounds, but you recognize words and their meaning. One day I came across Alain Benbassat's program called "Functional Ear Trainer" and have been using it ever since. It is based on Alain's method to learn to recognize tones. The main difference between the Functional Ear Trainer and other methods is that it teaches you to distinguish between tones in the context of a particular musical key. You begin to recognize the role (or function) of each tone in this key, which is incredibly similar to its role in other keys of the same scale. And it is *guaranteed* anyone can gradually develop this skill. It does not matter: - who you are - an absolute beginner in music or a virtuoso professional musician; - how old you are - a 3 yo kid or a 90+ adult; - what musical instrument you play (you don't even have to play one). The only requirement is to practice for 10 minutes a day. I was so excited about this ear trainer that I have developed a mobile app based on the Alain Benbassat method. I hope you will find it useful.

Screenshots

Solfeggio4 screens
Functional Ear Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Functional Ear Trainer at 4.9 against Solfeggio's 4.4. Functional Ear Trainer also leads on ratings volume (3.7K vs 19) and review sentiment (96% vs 74%). Solfeggio's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Solfeggio sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Functional Ear Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Functional Ear Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Functional Ear Trainer has 3.7K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Solfeggio's written reviews are positive against 96% of Functional Ear Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solfeggio ships an update every 2 months, Functional Ear Trainer every 7 months. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Solfeggio versus Functional Ear Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolfeggioFunctional Ear Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (19 ratings)4.9 (3.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews96.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings193.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer海 林Serhii Korchan

Customer experience

Solfeggio

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative16.1%

Functional Ear Trainer

All ratings3,749 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews612 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.0%

Bugs and requests

Solfeggio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Functional Ear Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Keyboard display issues when selecting all chromatic notes
  • Inconsistent note resolutions in some exercises

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for multiple notes/chords at once
  • Implement a mode for training key recognition
  • Provide more customization options for exercises
  • Include voice input to play the notes
  • Add support for German/Norwegian key names

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Solfeggio

One-time10
  • Pitch Training Course$0.99
  • Interval Training Course$0.99
  • Chord Training Course$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Scale Training Course$0.99
  • Rhythm Training Course$0.99
  • Melodic Training Course$0.99
  • Sight-Singing Basic Training Course$0.99
  • Melodic Sight-Singing$0.99
  • Complete Training Course(dis.)$2.99
  • Complete Training Course$4.99
1 purchases

Functional Ear Trainer

One-time1
  • Functional Ear Trainer Plus$19.99

Questions

Is Solfeggio free?
Solfeggio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Functional Ear Trainer free?
Functional Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solfeggio or Functional Ear Trainer?
Functional Ear Trainer is rated higher. Solfeggio averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Functional Ear Trainer averages 4.9 from 3.7K ratings.
Do Solfeggio or Functional Ear Trainer have ads?
Neither Solfeggio nor Functional Ear Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Solfeggio or Functional Ear Trainer?
Solfeggio ships an update every 2 months, and Functional Ear Trainer every 7 months. Most recently, Solfeggio was updated on September 28, 2026 and Functional Ear Trainer on September 28, 2026.

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