Comparison

EarMaster vs SightSingy Notes

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

Head to head
About

EarMaster

Enhance your musical abilities with comprehensive ear training, sight-singing, and rhythm exercises. This app offers thousands of lessons for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced musicians, and is used by top music schools.

Highlights
  • Ear training exercises
  • Sight-singing practice
  • Rhythm training
  • Vocal training
  • Beginner's course
  • Customizable exercises
  • Detailed progress stats
Features
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Music theory made easy and fun: EarMaster is the ultimate app for your ear training, sight-singing practice, rhythmic workout and vocal training at all skill levels! Thousands of exercises will help you build up your musical skills and become a better musician. Try it, it's not just fun to use but also very efficient: some of the best music schools use EarMaster! "The exercises are so well thought out, and have so much to offer both the complete beginner and the most world class musicians alike. Being an instructor at Nashville Music Academy, I can say this app has developed my ear and my students ear to a level that would have taken many more years to develop, if at all, without it." - User review by Chiddychat AWARDS “Best App of the Month” (App Store, Jan 2020) NAMM TEC AWARDS nominee Music Teacher Awards for Excellence nominee INCLUDED IN FREE VERSION: - Interval Identification (Customized Exercise) - Chord Identification (Customized Exercise) - 'Carmen – Habanera' (based on the iconic opera by Bizet) - 'Call of the Notes' (call-response ear training course) - 'Greensleeves' thematic course - First 20+ lessons of Beginners Course *Highlights* BEGINNER'S COURSE - Acquire all the core music theory skills with hundreds of progressive exercises on rhythm, notation, pitch, chords, scales, and more. COMPLETE EAR TRAINING - Train with intervals, chords, chord inversions, scales, harmonic progressions, melodies, rhythm, and more. LEARN TO SIGHT-SING - Sing on-screen scores into the microphone of your iPad or iPhone and get immediate feedback on your pitch and time accuracy. RHYTHM TRAINING - Tap! tap! tap! Sight-read, dictate and tap back rhythms, and get instant feedback on your performance. VOCAL TRAINER - Become a better singer with progressive vocal exercises on vocalizes, scale singing, rhythmic precision, interval singing, and more. SOLFEGE FUNDAMENTALS - Learn to use movable-do solfege, as easy as Do-Re-Mi! MELODIA - Become a true sight-singing master with EarMaster's take on the classic sight-singing book method AURAL TRAINER FOR UK GRADES - Prepare for ABRSM* Aural Tests 1-5 and similar exams RCM VOICE* - Prepare for your RCM Voice exams from Preparatory level to Level 8. CARMEN – HABANERA (free) - Explore the world of opera with this course based on the iconic opera by Bizet CALL OF THE NOTES (free) - A fun and challenging course in call-response ear training GREENSLEEVES (free) - Learn the English folk ballad Greensleeves with a series of fun exercises CUSTOMIZE EVERYTHING - Take control of the app and configure your own exercises: voicing, key, pitch range, cadences, time limits, etc. JAZZ WORKSHOPS - Exercises for advanced users with jazz chords and progressions, swing rhythms, jazz sight-singing and sing-back exercises based on jazz classics such as "After You've Gone", "Ja-Da", "St. Louis Blues", and many more. DETAILED STATS - Follow your progress day by day to spot your strengths and weaknesses. AND MUCH, MUCH MORE – Learn to sing and transcribe music by ear. Learn to use solfege. Plug a microphone or a MIDI controller to answer the exercises. And even more to explore on your own in the app :) WORKS WITH EARMASTER CLOUD - If your school or choir is using EarMaster Cloud, you can connect the app with your account and complete your home assignments with the app. *Not affiliated with ABRSM or RCM LOVE EARMASTER? LET'S STAY CONNECTED Drop us a line on Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, Mastodon, or X!

About

SightSingy Notes

Enhance your music reading skills with this app, offering practice in all seven musical clefs. Customize sessions, switch between note naming systems, and utilize timed challenges for focused improvement.

Highlights
  • Practice in all 7 musical clefs
  • Customizable practice session length
  • Switch between letter names and solfège
  • Timed practice mode with countdown
  • Step-by-step strategy for building confidence
  • Clean and responsive interface
Features
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SightSingy Notes – Practice Note Reading in All 7 Clefs SightSingy Notes is a fun and intuitive app designed to boost your note-reading skills across all seven musical clefs—Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, and Baritone. Whether you're a music student, teacher, or enthusiast, this companion tool makes reading sheet music faster and easier through focused, customizable practice sessions. Built by the creator of the YouTube channel SightSingy, this app is tailored for those who want to strengthen their sight-singing and music theory skills with a modern, interactive approach. Features: Practice in Any Clef Choose from all 7 clefs and target specific note ranges to match your learning goals. Customize Your Practice Select between 2 and 18 notes to practice at a time, and gradually expand your range as you improve. Flexible Note Naming Prefer Do–Re–Mi over A–B–C? Switch between letter note names and solfège (Fixed Do). New: Timed Practice Mode Enable “Answer Time” to challenge yourself with a time limit for each note. Great for building accuracy under pressure. Practice sessions now begin with a 3–2–1 countdown and automatic feedback. Step-by-Step Strategy Build confidence by starting with line notes and gradually adding space notes and ledger lines. Designed for Musicians Simple, clean interface with responsive feedback makes this app ideal for both beginners and more advanced musicians. Perfect for: - Music students preparing for exams - Choir members learning sight-singing - Teachers looking for an extra resource - Anyone wanting to improve music reading fluency Make music practice part of your daily routine. With SightSingy Notes, you'll turn slow note recognition into fast, confident reading—in no time.

Screenshots

EarMaster4 screens
SightSingy Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SightSingy Notes at none against EarMaster's 22. SightSingy Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). EarMaster's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (429 vs 4). On price 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. EarMaster sells 22 one-off in-app purchases. SightSingy Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SightSingy Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EarMaster has 429 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of EarMaster's written reviews are positive against 100% of SightSingy Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EarMaster ships an update every 2 months, SightSingy Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
EarMaster versus SightSingy Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarMasterSightSingy Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (429 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings429 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size306 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEarMaster ApSMehdi Ghasemi

Customer experience

EarMaster

All ratings429 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews257 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative14.4%

SightSingy Notes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

EarMaster

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and errors when loading certain exercises
  • Inconsistent behavior with metronome and rhythm playback
  • Issues with saving progress and restoring purchased content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow users to specify their vocal range
  • Add more chord and chord progression options
  • Implement a jazz-focused curriculum
  • Improve feedback and error analysis for users
  • Add support for different tuning systems

SightSingy Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

22 purchases

EarMaster

One-time22
  • Customized: Chord Progressions$0.99
  • Customized: Interval Singing$0.99
  • General Workshop: Scale Identification$0.99
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  • General Workshop: Interval Comparison$0.99
  • Customized Exercise: Scale Identification$0.99
  • General Workshop: Rhythmic Sight-Reading$1.99
  • General: Chord Identification$1.99
  • General: Interval Singing$1.99
  • General: Interval Identification$1.99
  • General: Chord Progressions$1.99
  • Jazz: Chord Identification$1.99
  • Customized Exercise: Melodic Dictation$1.99
  • Customized Exercise: Melodic Sight-Singing$1.99
  • Jazz Workshop: Chord Progressions$1.99
  • General Workshop: Melodic Sight-Singing$1.99
  • Beginner's Course: Modules 5 to 13$3.99
  • Beginner's Course bundle$7.99
  • Solfege Fundamentals$9.99
  • Customized Exercises bundle$14.99
  • General Workshops bundle$14.99
  • Jazz Workshops bundle$14.99
  • Vocal Trainer$14.99
None

SightSingy Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EarMaster free?
EarMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SightSingy Notes free?
SightSingy Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EarMaster or SightSingy Notes?
SightSingy Notes is rated higher. EarMaster averages 4.6 out of 5 from 429 ratings, while SightSingy Notes averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do EarMaster or SightSingy Notes have ads?
SightSingy Notes shows ads; EarMaster does not.
Which is updated more often, EarMaster or SightSingy Notes?
EarMaster ships an update every 2 months, and SightSingy Notes weekly. Most recently, EarMaster was updated on October 29, 2026 and SightSingy Notes on October 24, 2026.

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