Complete Ear Trainer vs Chet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Complete Ear Trainer
Enhance your musical abilities with comprehensive ear training exercises. Master intervals, chords, and scales through gamified lessons and custom programs. Ideal for musicians seeking to improve improvisation, composition, and performance.
- 150+ progressive drills
- 11 drill types
- Customizable drills and programs
- Gamified learning with star system
- Multiple sound banks
- Theory cards for concept introduction
- Cloud sync across devices
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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) • Global statistics to track your progress • 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 Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Chet
Develop your musical ear and understanding of music theory with interactive exercises and games. Learn at your own pace, practice with virtual instruments, and track your progress. Compete globally and become a more versatile musician.
- Identify music theory concepts
- Call and response exercises
- MIDI keyboard compatibility
- Guided learning paths
- Extensive exercise library
- Competitive global leaderboards
- Spaced repetition practice mode
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Chet is a music education app with a focus on ear training and music theory. Learn at your own pace, play musical games, and compete against others from around the world! Using Chet helps you to become a more well-rounded, versatile musician. With a trained ear, you can learn songs more quickly, play with others more easily and feel confident in your overall musical abilities! Features: - Multiple choice questions that challenge you to identify music theory concepts. - Call and response questions using a virtual piano, guitar, or bass. - MIDI compatible... so plug in your MIDI keyboard if you have one! - Guided learning paths for beginner and intermediate users. - A library of exercises including intervals, scales, arpeggios, chords, progressions, tonal sequences, famous tunes, and atonal sequences. - Challenge games with competitive global leaderboards. - Professionally recorded music performed by world-class musicians. - A variety of musical genres including jazz, classical, pop and more. - A practice mode that uses spaced repetition. - Sign in to track your progress and compete with other musicians. - Never run out of ways to keep learning with regular updates and new content.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chet at none against Complete Ear Trainer's 3. Chet also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 203) and review sentiment (96% vs 85%). Complete Ear Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Complete Ear Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Chet asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Complete Ear Trainer against 4.8 for Chet. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chet has 2.4K ratings behind it against 203, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Complete Ear Trainer's written reviews are positive against 96% of Chet's.
Complete Ear Trainer ships an update every 2 weeks, Chet every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Complete Ear Trainer | Chet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (203 ratings) | 4.8 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews | 96.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 203 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Binary Guilt | Ensemble Education |
Customer experience
Complete Ear Trainer
Chet
Bugs and requests
Complete Ear Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Chet
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not loading or freezing
- Incorrect labeling of intervals
- Timed exercises not functioning properly
Requested features
7 requests- Add Chinese language support
- Incorporate guitar-specific exercises
- Introduce a hands-free mode
- Reinstate the previous practice mode
- Expand the range of musical genres and styles
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- Add an option to change the tonic note
- Introduce a daily streak feature
In-app purchases
Complete Ear Trainer
- Cloud Sync and Web access$0.991 Month
- Cloud Sync and Web access$9.991 Year
- Full Version$6.99
Chet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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