Comparison

Complete Ear Trainer vs Pitch Path

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

Pitch Path

Features
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Train your ear with Pitch Path — the fun way to learn intervals, scales, and pitch recognition on guitar or piano. START SIMPLE, BUILD UP Begin by identifying 3rds and 5ths, then unlock new intervals level by level until you know the entire major scale by ear. Advanced levels challenge you with melodies of up to 6 notes. TWO TRAINING MODES - Interval Training: Hear two notes, find them on the fretboard or keyboard - Pitch Recognition: Hear a single note, identify it by ear GUITAR + PIANO Practice on a realistic guitar fretboard or a two-octave piano keyboard. Switch anytime. LEARN AS YOU PLAY Every level starts with a calibration phase that plays through the notes you'll be tested on. Get an answer wrong and the app plays the correct answer so you learn from every mistake. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Daily progress calendar shows how far you've come. Unlock levels permanently and pick up where you left off. - 14 interval training levels + 7 pitch recognition levels - Progressive difficulty from beginner to advanced - Score system with streak bonuses and perfect level rewards - Works on iPhone and iPad

Screenshots

Complete Ear Trainer4 screens
Pitch Path3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Complete Ear Trainer at 17.5 against Pitch Path's 26.2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Pitch Path sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Complete Ear Trainer ships an update fortnightly, Pitch Path every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Complete Ear Trainer versus Pitch Path: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComplete Ear TrainerPitch Path
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (199 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings199 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.5 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBinary GuiltTom Swope

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

Pitch Path

One-time1
  • Pitch Path Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Complete Ear Trainer free?
Complete Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pitch Path free?
Pitch Path is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Complete Ear Trainer or Pitch Path have ads?
Neither Complete Ear Trainer nor Pitch Path shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Complete Ear Trainer or Pitch Path?
Complete Ear Trainer ships an update fortnightly, and Pitch Path every 2 weeks. Most recently, Complete Ear Trainer was updated on October 13, 2026 and Pitch Path on September 19, 2026.

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