Comparison

Complete Ear Trainer vs Intunator Startup

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

Intunator Startup

This app helps musicians improve their instrument's intonation by providing a reference pitch and guiding them to match it. It works with wind, string instruments, and vocals, offering a practice aid for achieving perfect pitch.

Highlights
  • Reference pitch playback
  • Instrument intonation practice
  • Supports wind and string instruments
  • Works with human voice
  • Transposing tuner included
  • Optional Pro tuner and trainer upgrades
Features
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The INTUNATOR is ingenious and simple: You just put on your headphones (or bluetooth box), play your instrument, listen to the correct pitch in your headphones and match it on your instrument. It’s that simple to find the correct intonation and be in tune! The INTUNATOR is a practice aid to help you with correct intonation. It is designed to work with all wind and string instruments and (NEW) with human voice. The app recognizes the pitch that is played and corrects it to the ideal pitch. It simultaneously plays the correct sound on your headphones. When you match the same tone while playing, you intuitively learn how to produce perfect intonation on your instrument. Our transposing tuner is for free. With an In-App-Purchase you can upgrade to TUNER PRO or to INTONATIONTRAINER. You can check out both of them free for 2 or 4 weeks without obligation. If you don't like it, just cancel your subscription in good time. Try it out! Terms of service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Complete Ear Trainer4 screens
Intunator Startup4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Complete Ear Trainer at 85% against Intunator Startup's 0%. Intunator Startup's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 17.5). 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. Complete Ear Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Intunator Startup sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Complete Ear Trainer ships an update fortnightly, Intunator Startup daily. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Complete Ear Trainer versus Intunator Startup: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComplete Ear TrainerIntunator Startup
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (199 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings199 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.57.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBinary GuiltMARO Software UG Haftungsbeschraenkt & Co. KG

Customer experience

Complete Ear Trainer

All ratings199 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%

Intunator Startup

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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
6 purchases

Intunator Startup

Subscriptions4
  • Tuner Pro 1 Month14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Intonation Trainer 1 Month1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Tuner Pro 1 Year14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Intonation Trainer 1 Year1 Month trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tuner Pro Lifetime$14.99
  • Intonation Trainer Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Complete Ear Trainer free?
Complete Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intunator Startup free?
Intunator Startup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Complete Ear Trainer or Intunator Startup have ads?
Neither Complete Ear Trainer nor Intunator Startup shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Complete Ear Trainer or Intunator Startup?
Complete Ear Trainer ships an update fortnightly, and Intunator Startup daily. Most recently, Complete Ear Trainer was updated on October 20, 2026 and Intunator Startup on September 29, 2026.

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