Comparison

Ear Training Master vs Teach Note

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

Head to head
About

Ear Training Master

Develop essential musical skills with comprehensive ear training and sight-singing modules. Practice pitch recognition, chord identification, rhythm, and melody transcription with interactive tools and real-time feedback. Designed for musicians of all levels, from beginners to advanced students.

Highlights
  • Single pitch recognition
  • Chord identification
  • Rhythm training with multiple time signatures
  • Sight singing modules
  • Virtual piano interface
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Help children truly understand music by listening, tapping rhythms, singing, and reading notes! Ear Training Master for Kids turns serious music learning into engaging interactive challenges. It develops four essential abilities: recognizing sounds, understanding rhythm, singing directly from sheet music, and reading notes. The app has 19,573 exercises, arranged in progressive levels. Children begin with basic notes, beats, and music notation, then advance to intervals, chords, accidentals, complex rhythms, and melodies, building a strong musical foundation step by step. Listen to melodies and reproduce them on the piano keyboard to improve listening accuracy. Drag rhythm patterns into the correct positions or tap a drum along with the beat to develop a steady sense of rhythm. Sing from sheet music while a real-time visual guide shows pitch and accuracy. See a note and quickly find the matching piano key, making music reading more natural with every practice session. In addition to the structured levels, the app offers a wide range of customizable practice. Choose the exercise content, note range, tempo, time signature, intervals, chords, rhythm patterns, number of questions, and difficulty to create a personal practice plan for different abilities and learning goals. Immediate feedback, learning statistics, review of previous mistakes, and daily practice help children focus on weak areas and clearly see their progress. Ideal for children's music education, learning an instrument, and systematically developing listening, rhythm, singing, and music-reading skills. VIP AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION - Subscription periods: 1 month (monthly auto-renewable subscription) or 12 months (annual auto-renewable subscription). - Payment: Payment will be charged to your iTunes/Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase. - Cancellation: To cancel auto-renewal, turn it off in your iTunes/Apple Account subscription settings at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Renewal: Your iTunes/Apple Account will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. After successful payment, the subscription will renew for the corresponding period. - Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Ear-Training-Master-for-Kids-Support-FAQ-3e630ae239d38031b9eff026fd1a3471 Contact the developer: nuttystudio8@gmail.com

About

Teach Note

Enhance your musical abilities with this app designed to improve staff notation reading and music theory knowledge. It offers structured courses, extensive practice exercises, and helpful tools to boost your sight-reading speed and understanding of musical concepts.

Highlights
  • 30+ sight-reading and music theory courses
  • 400+ sight-reading exercises
  • Intelligent error-correction practice
  • Multiple practice modes (built-in piano, MIDI/Bluetooth)
  • Support for multiple clefs
  • Includes common musical tools (metronome, chord lookup)
Features
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Over 4,800 5-Star Reviews, recommended by more and more students! An essential App for learning staff notation, music theory basics, and improving sight-reading speed! Staff notation is a fundamental skill for piano learning and music entry. Mastering staff notation and music theory enables you to read, play, and learn more excellent musical works. Join the "Teach Note" family and efficiently enhance your staff notation skills with 200,000 students! = Features = - Over 30 sight-reading and music theory courses across 4 assessment stages. Exclusively recorded with concise content, paired with an intelligent error-correction practice system, to easily grasp sight-reading and music theory fundamentals. - Over 400 sight-reading exercises to comprehensively train your sight-reading ability. Through scientifically designed intensive training, continuously improve sight-reading speed for flexible application in practice. Supports multiple clefs and customized training for weak areas! - Multiple practice modes. During leisure time outdoors, use the built-in piano to practice sight-reading anytime, anywhere; at home, connect to your piano via Bluetooth/MIDI for combined training! - Covers courses on staff notation basics, note recognition, intervals, chords, and mode theory. - Collects commonly used tools and resources, understanding your needs better than other sight-reading and music theory apps. Includes: blank staff paper, common musical terms, metronome, tempo tester, chord lookup, scale lookup, etc. Whether it's a hobby or a dream, only action turns it into reality. Join us and achieve your extraordinary musical dreams together! Attached Service Agreement: https://musiclearn.cn/2019/09/20/MustrTermOfUse/

Screenshots

Ear Training Master4 screens
Teach Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ear Training Master at none against Teach Note's shown. Ear Training Master also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). Teach Note's advantage is ratings volume (198 vs 12). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Ear Training Master sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Teach Note sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 Ear Training Master against 4.7 for Teach Note. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Teach Note has 198 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Ear Training Master's written reviews are positive against 90% of Teach Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ear Training Master versus Teach Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEar Training MasterTeach Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings)4.7 (198 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews — better90.2% of reviews
Number of ratings12198 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB213 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer韧 郭炯龙 吴

Customer experience

Ear Training Master

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%

Teach Note

All ratings198 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.6%

Bugs and requests

Ear Training Master

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Teach Note

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes when accessing membership/subscription features
  • Video tutorials have no sound on iPad
  • Bluetooth MIDI connection not working despite pairing
  • VIP recovery/restore purchase causes crashes
  • App crashes after recent updates
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  • Membership activation fails

Requested features

6 requests
  • More free practice content
  • Ad-supported free tier alternative
  • Wider keyboard interface
  • Bluetooth MIDI connectivity improvements
  • Additional features and functionality
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  • Reduced pricing for premium subscription

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Ear Training Master

Subscriptions2
  • Ear Training Master Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Ear Training Master Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • VIP Forever$34.99
10 purchases

Teach Note

Subscriptions3
  • 月度会员$2.991 Month
  • 季度会员$9.993 Months
  • 年度会员2 variants$22.991 Year
One-time7
  • 高级识谱训练包2$0.99
  • 初级识谱训练包$0.99
  • 练耳训练包$1.99
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  • 音符识谱训练包$1.99
  • 高级识谱训练包$2.99
  • 去除广告$3.99
  • 终身会员$39.99

Questions

Is Ear Training Master free?
Ear Training Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Teach Note free?
Teach Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ear Training Master or Teach Note?
Teach Note is rated higher. Ear Training Master averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Teach Note averages 4.7 from 198 ratings.
Do Ear Training Master or Teach Note have ads?
Teach Note shows ads; Ear Training Master does not.
Which is updated more often, Ear Training Master or Teach Note?
Ear Training Master ships an update every 5 weeks, and Teach Note every 5 weeks. Most recently, Ear Training Master was updated on October 24, 2026 and Teach Note on October 24, 2026.

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