Comparison

Functional Ear Trainer vs Musical Note Recognizer

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

Head to head
About

Functional Ear Trainer

Develop your musical ear by learning to recognize tones within the context of a specific musical key. This app helps you understand the function of each note, improving your ability to transcribe, improvise, and play music by ear. Suitable for all ages and skill levels, with just 10 minutes of daily practice.

Highlights
  • Recognize tones in musical key context
  • Understand note function
  • Improve transcription skills
  • Enhance improvisation
  • Develop perfect pitch
  • Daily 10-minute practice
Features
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Have you (or maybe one of your friends) ever wanted to learn to transcribe or play music by ear? It is so important for a musician to know what you are hearing. A good musical ear helps when you are composing, improvising, transcribing melodies, or playing with others. Most likely you have already tried different programs to learn to recognize intervals or even to acquire perfect pitch. However, although such programs develop your ear, but can you actually play any melody you hear as soon as you listen to it? Imagine you could understand music... It is like when somebody is talking to you, you not only hear pleasant sounds, but you recognize words and their meaning. One day I came across Alain Benbassat's program called "Functional Ear Trainer" and have been using it ever since. It is based on Alain's method to learn to recognize tones. The main difference between the Functional Ear Trainer and other methods is that it teaches you to distinguish between tones in the context of a particular musical key. You begin to recognize the role (or function) of each tone in this key, which is incredibly similar to its role in other keys of the same scale. And it is *guaranteed* anyone can gradually develop this skill. It does not matter: - who you are - an absolute beginner in music or a virtuoso professional musician; - how old you are - a 3 yo kid or a 90+ adult; - what musical instrument you play (you don't even have to play one). The only requirement is to practice for 10 minutes a day. I was so excited about this ear trainer that I have developed a mobile app based on the Alain Benbassat method. I hope you will find it useful.

About

Musical Note Recognizer

This app acts as a professional chromatic tuner and pitch pipe, assisting music learning by detecting and processing musical notes in real-time. It helps users tune instruments and practice vocal training with high accuracy.

Highlights
  • Professional chromatic tuner
  • Real-time pitch detection
  • Pitch pipe and reference note
  • Supports vocal training
  • Wide instrument compatibility
  • Multiple note naming systems
Features
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Musical Note Recognizer is a professional chromatic tuner with unique algorithms designed for most accurate tuning. It works well for a wide range of instruments and is tested with guitar, violin, flute, ukulele, some woodwind and brass, voice, and more. Musical Note Recognizer - App that Assists Music Learning by Detecting and Processing Musical Characteristics from Microphone in Real-Time This tuning app also works as a pitch pipe and can sound a reference note to tune your instrument. Pitched Tuner displays a traditional tuner needle and dial. It clearly shows the frequency being played as well as the nearest note and error in cents. The dial then allows you to easily track small changes in pitch. A separate volume indicator tells you how clearly the microphone is picking up your instrument sound. Musical Note Recognizer - you just play the sound and the note and frequency are detected. It will let you tune any musical instrument with a very high accurateness and a wide range that covers A0 (27.50 Hz) – C8 (4186.01 Hz). This app can be used for vocal training and do you have little or no singing experience or voice training. Voice Training App plays a note or phrase of notes, and you sing to it. This App showing which note you should sing and which pitch you are correctly singing your note names in Accurate Chromatic Tuner. Musical Note Recognizer Designed in collaboration with The Great And professional singing teacher. User can choose from different note naming systems such as - Standard (#) - Standard (b) - German (#) - German (b) - Indian Sargam (#) (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa) - Indian Sargam (b) (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa) - Indian Sargam (#) (सा रे गा माँ पा धा नि) - Indian Sargam (b) (सा रे गा माँ पा धा नि) - Do Re Mi (#) - Do Re Mi (b) Easy to use and innovative must have features are all included. - The most accurate chromatic tuner - Superfast and simple! - One touch Start / stop - Automatic note selection - Analog like needle - Exact frequency display. - Wide Detection Range from A0-C8 - Clean bright and simple analog like UI - High precision tuner - Tuning fork, pitch pipe - Works in noisy surroundings - Adjust the volume sensitivity of the app for quieter instruments and noisy environments. Simple and easy to use - No need to record anything, just open the app and sing - See at a glance if you're on pitch, sharp or flat, and by how much Real-time pitch detection - Notes covered: C0 - B8 - Displays note names, cents, and exact pitch frequency in Hz Universal app - Works on your iPhone and iPad As a pitch detector the tuner app is capable of working in noisy environment.

Screenshots

Functional Ear Trainer4 screens
Musical Note Recognizer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Functional Ear Trainer at 97% against Musical Note Recognizer's 0%. Functional Ear Trainer also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.9 vs 1.0). Musical Note Recognizer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Functional Ear Trainer is free to download; Musical Note Recognizer costs $1.99 up front. Functional Ear Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Musical Note Recognizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Functional Ear Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Functional Ear Trainer has 3.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Functional Ear Trainer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Musical Note Recognizer's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Functional Ear Trainer versus Musical Note Recognizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunctional Ear TrainerMusical Note Recognizer
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.9 (3.8K ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews96.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii KorchanSuresh Verma

Customer experience

Functional Ear Trainer

All ratings3,749 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews1,036 reviews
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.9%

Musical Note Recognizer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative87.5%

Bugs and requests

Functional Ear Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Keyboard display issues when selecting all chromatic notes
  • Inconsistent note resolutions in some exercises

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for multiple notes/chords at once
  • Implement a mode for training key recognition
  • Provide more customization options for exercises
  • Include voice input to play the notes
  • Add support for German/Norwegian key names

Musical Note Recognizer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Functional Ear Trainer

One-time1
  • Functional Ear Trainer Plus$19.99
None

Musical Note Recognizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Functional Ear Trainer free?
Functional Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Musical Note Recognizer free?
Musical Note Recognizer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Functional Ear Trainer or Musical Note Recognizer?
Functional Ear Trainer is rated higher. Functional Ear Trainer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Musical Note Recognizer averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Functional Ear Trainer or Musical Note Recognizer have ads?
Neither Functional Ear Trainer nor Musical Note Recognizer shows ads.

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