Comparison

Complete Ear Trainer vs Rhythm Learning

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

Head to head
About

Complete Ear Trainer

Develop your musical ear and music theory knowledge with this comprehensive training app. It offers progressive drills, various sound options, and a gamified learning experience to improve improvisation, composition, and performance skills.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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) • 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/

About

Rhythm Learning

Practice reading musical rhythms from sheet music. This application provides a tool for musicians to hone their sight-reading skills with various rhythmic patterns.

Highlights
  • Practice reading rhythms
  • Sheet music integration
  • Rhythmic pattern exercises
Features
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This is an app for practicing reading rhythms from sheet music. You can practice 10 times for free.

Screenshots

Complete Ear Trainer4 screens
Rhythm Learning2 screens

Verdict

The call

Complete Ear Trainer and Rhythm Learning both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Complete Ear Trainer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Rhythm Learning's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Complete Ear Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Rhythm Learning 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Complete Ear Trainer against 4.7 for Rhythm Learning. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 195 and 323 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Complete Ear Trainer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Rhythm Learning's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Complete Ear Trainer ships an update fortnightly, Rhythm Learning every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Complete Ear Trainer versus Rhythm Learning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComplete Ear TrainerRhythm Learning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (195 ratings)4.7 (323 ratings)
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings195323 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBinary GuiltJumpei Adachi

Customer experience

Complete Ear Trainer

All ratings195 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%

Rhythm Learning

All ratings323 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral9.6%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and requests

Complete Ear Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Rhythm Learning

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • No sound after purchasing paid version
  • Cannot return after score display
  • App freezes/becomes unresponsive
  • Cannot play after Level 3 in 4/4 time
  • Click sound doesn't start from beat 1
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  • Metro sound continues after returning
  • App not working on iOS 16.1.2
  • App not working after initial install
  • Screen doesn't enlarge in landscape mode

Requested features

16 requests
  • Add sextuplets and 32nd notes
  • Simultaneous LH/RH polyrhythms
  • Tap length judgment
  • Audio delay adjustment
  • MIDI support for piano connection
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  • Customizable rhythm patterns
  • More time signatures
  • Smaller screen/more measures setting
  • Manual input of ethnic rhythms
  • Remove pre-phrase pauses
  • Shuffle pattern implementation
  • Change color at 100%
  • Learning mode with sound/counting
  • Add answer check for correct rhythm
  • Metronome sound change in bonus mode
  • Higher difficulty levels

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Complete Ear Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$0.991 Month
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version$6.99
1 purchases

Rhythm Learning

One-time1
  • Paid Version$4.99

Questions

Is Complete Ear Trainer free?
Complete Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rhythm Learning free?
Rhythm Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Complete Ear Trainer or Rhythm Learning?
Complete Ear Trainer and Rhythm Learning are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 195 and 323 ratings respectively.
Do Complete Ear Trainer or Rhythm Learning have ads?
Neither Complete Ear Trainer nor Rhythm Learning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Complete Ear Trainer or Rhythm Learning?
Complete Ear Trainer ships an update fortnightly, and Rhythm Learning every 3 weeks. Most recently, Complete Ear Trainer was updated on October 1, 2026 and Rhythm Learning on September 28, 2026.

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