Comparison

Complete Ear Trainer vs AWSOM

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

AWSOM

This music app motivates students to practice daily with gamified features like streaks and rewards. Teachers gain live insights into student progress, manage studios, and communicate with parents.

Highlights
  • Daily practice streaks and XP
  • Sight reading and rhythm training
  • Vocal warm-ups and diction checker
  • Guitar chord drills
  • Student practice tracking
  • Lesson scheduling and billing
  • Parent messaging
Features
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The music app that students love to open and teachers can't run their studio without. AWSOM gives every student a daily reason to practice — streaks, XP, rewards, and a full toolkit of drills — and gives every teacher live visibility into who's practicing, what they're working on, and when to step in. FOR STUDENTS - Daily streaks and XP that turn practice into a habit - Sight reading, rhythm training, ear-training flashcards, and a metronome - Vocal warm-ups, Messa di Voce, and a diction checker for singers - Guitar chord drills and progressions for every level - Coins to spend on pets, stickers, and real-world rewards from your teacher - Custom warm-ups and assignments your teacher built for you - Practice schedules with reminders that fit your routine FOR TEACHERS - See every student's practice time, streak, and tool usage at a glance - Run enrollments, lesson schedules, and billing from one place - Message parents directly — no extra apps - Build custom warm-up patterns and assign them to individual students - Take new students through built-in trial requests and reviews - Watch your studio fill up with consistent, motivated practicers FOR EVERY INSTRUMENT Piano, voice, guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass, drums, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, ukulele, music production, and more. SAFE FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS COPPA-compliant signup with guardian email and parent-approval workflows for prizes and purchases. START FREE Sign up with email, Google, or Apple. No credit card required. Students can start practicing today; teachers can have their studio set up in minutes.

Screenshots

Complete Ear Trainer4 screens
AWSOM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: AWSOM at free against Complete Ear Trainer's free with in-app purchases. AWSOM also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Complete Ear Trainer's advantage is ratings volume (200 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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 AWSOM sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AWSOM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Complete Ear Trainer has 200 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Complete Ear Trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of AWSOM's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Complete Ear Trainer ships an update fortnightly, AWSOM every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Complete Ear Trainer versus AWSOM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComplete Ear TrainerAWSOM
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (200 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings200 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBinary GuiltNathan Straub

Customer experience

Complete Ear Trainer

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

AWSOM

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
2 purchases

AWSOM

One-time2
  • Heart Refill$0.99
  • AWSOM Teacher$8.99

Questions

Is Complete Ear Trainer free?
Complete Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AWSOM free?
AWSOM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Complete Ear Trainer or AWSOM?
AWSOM is rated higher. Complete Ear Trainer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 200 ratings, while AWSOM averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Complete Ear Trainer or AWSOM have ads?
Neither Complete Ear Trainer nor AWSOM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Complete Ear Trainer or AWSOM?
Complete Ear Trainer ships an update fortnightly, and AWSOM every 3 days. Most recently, Complete Ear Trainer was updated on October 26, 2026 and AWSOM on October 22, 2026.

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