Comparison

Complete Ear Trainer vs VisualForte

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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) • 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/

About

VisualForte

This app helps musicians improve their performance by visually comparing their practice recordings against a reference track. It highlights differences in timing and dynamics through overlaid waveforms, aiding in focused practice and skill refinement.

Highlights
  • Overlaid waveforms with match score
  • Bar chart and continuous waveform display
  • Automatic audio alignment
  • Manual offset controls
  • Pinch to zoom and navigation
  • Import audio files
  • Works with instruments and voice
Features
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VisualForte turns focused listening into clear visual feedback. Record or import a reference performance—your teacher, a Youtube track, or your own ideal take. Then record your practice performance. VisualForte aligns both recordings and displays their waveforms together, helping you identify differences in timing and dynamics. HOW IT WORKS Record or import Audio 1 as your reference Record or import Audio 2 as your practice take Compare the waveforms and refine your performance Similar waveform shapes can indicate closer timing, while differences in height help reveal changes in dynamics. FEATURES - Overlaid waveforms with a percentage match score - Bar chart and continuous waveform display modes - Automatic alignment at the first note - Manual offset controls for precise adjustments - Pinch to zoom and two-finger navigation - Import audio files from your device - Works with instruments and voice - Focused, distraction-free dark interface Whether you are learning a passage, improving rhythmic accuracy, refining dynamics, or reviewing a lesson, VisualForte gives you another way to understand your performance. Don’t just hear your progress. Visualize it.

Screenshots

Complete Ear Trainer4 screens
VisualForte4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: VisualForte at free against Complete Ear Trainer's free with in-app purchases. VisualForte also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Complete Ear Trainer's advantage is ratings volume (203 vs 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 VisualForte 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

VisualForte 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 203 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Complete Ear Trainer ships an update every 2 weeks, VisualForte weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Complete Ear Trainer versus VisualForte: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComplete Ear TrainerVisualForte
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (203 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings203 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBinary GuiltMORNINGSTAR VENTURES LLC

Customer experience

Complete Ear Trainer

All ratings203 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%

VisualForte

All ratings2 ratings
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
1 purchases

VisualForte

One-time1
  • VisualForte Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Complete Ear Trainer free?
Complete Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VisualForte free?
VisualForte is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Complete Ear Trainer or VisualForte?
VisualForte is rated higher. Complete Ear Trainer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 203 ratings, while VisualForte averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Complete Ear Trainer or VisualForte have ads?
Neither Complete Ear Trainer nor VisualForte shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Complete Ear Trainer or VisualForte?
Complete Ear Trainer ships an update every 2 weeks, and VisualForte weekly. Most recently, Complete Ear Trainer was updated on November 6, 2026 and VisualForte on October 31, 2026.

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