Comparison

Musicality Training vs perfect pulse

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

Head to head
About

Musicality Training

Learn music fundamentals quickly with daily exercises. Develop your ear for rhythm, pitch, and harmony to enhance your musical skills, whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your abilities.

Highlights
  • Create simple sounds and rhythms
  • Understand pitch and frequency
  • Feel harmony and tension
  • Recognize musical intervals
  • Improve beat keeping
  • Hear pitch differences
  • Play melodies naturally
Features
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Roughly one in six adults believe they are tone deaf. Measured, the real number is closer to one in sixty-five. Musicality is built for the gap between those numbers: for everyone who quietly decided music was not for them, based on nothing. You are not tone deaf. You are untrained. There is a difference, and you can hear it for yourself in three minutes a day. What an interval is An interval is the distance between two notes. The difference between a happy chord and a sad one is one semitone. There are thirteen of them, from the prime to the octave, and they are what Musicality teaches. You answer by playing Musicality plays a note and you play it back by ear, scored on pitch and timing, beat by beat. You are never asked to name what you heard. You need no instrument of your own. If you have a piano or a guitar, turn on the microphone and answer on that instead. Play along with the record Both albums play inside the app with the melody drawn as it sounds: on the page, on a piano keyboard, or on a guitar neck. Turn on the microphone and your own pitch appears beside the melody, so you can see where you landed. Training tracks play from half speed to one and a half. Two albums Basic Training and Sticky Tunes: twenty-six tracks composed for this app by Ruud Vleij. Every interval gets a Training that teaches the distance and a Tune that makes it stick. A tune never leaps further than the interval it teaches, so remembering the tune means remembering the interval. The tracks play like any album, lock screen and all: press play and simply listen, no instrument needed. It starts before the first lesson A four-chapter introduction builds music in front of you. A single pulse becomes time. Pulses fuse into frequency. Frequency becomes color and tone. Tones become music. No notation, no instrument, no experience needed. Then, three minutes a day Three minutes, every day. Your range grows only when your ear has earned it. The thirteen intervals The Prime you meet in the introduction; twelve more unlock as your ear proves itself, Minor Second to Octave. Real music for every interval: a Training to play along with, a Tune to remember it by. Thirteen rings, one per interval. They fill as you practice. Every interval's story: its waves, its ratio, the songs it lives in. Made by two people The app is by Jamal Vleij: design, code, words. The music is by his father, Ruud Vleij. Begun in the Netherlands in 2013, continued in Porto, Portugal, and still being made. The introduction is free, and three minutes of training a day. Pro removes the clock and opens all thirteen intervals. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://musicality.app/privacy/

About

perfect pulse

Test your rhythm and timing by guessing the exact tempo of music. Compete against yourself to achieve new high scores and track your accuracy. This game is designed to sharpen your musical ear.

Highlights
  • Guess music tempo
  • Track correct guesses
  • Set personal records
  • Improve rhythm skills
  • Challenge yourself
Features
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perfect pulse is a game that challenges your ability to guess the exact bpm or tempo of a beat. The game keeps track of how many correct guesses you make in a row. Each time you play, challenge yourself to set a new personal record!

Screenshots

Musicality Training4 screens
perfect pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Musicality Training at every 3 days against perfect pulse's every 5 days. Musicality Training also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Musicality Training sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and perfect pulse sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 5.0 for Musicality Training against 5.0 for perfect pulse. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Musicality Training ships an update every 3 days, perfect pulse every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Musicality Training versus perfect pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusicality Trainingperfect pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJamal VleijLawrence Luo

Customer experience

Musicality Training

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

perfect pulse

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Musicality Training

Subscriptions1
  • Musicality Pro$1.991 Month
4 purchases

perfect pulse

One-time4
  • shake$0.49
  • thump$0.49
  • drum$0.49
Show 1 more
  • sizzle$0.49

Questions

Is Musicality Training free?
Musicality Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is perfect pulse free?
perfect pulse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Musicality Training or perfect pulse?
Musicality Training and perfect pulse are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Musicality Training or perfect pulse have ads?
Neither Musicality Training nor perfect pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Musicality Training or perfect pulse?
Musicality Training ships an update every 3 days, and perfect pulse every 5 days. Most recently, Musicality Training was updated on September 25, 2026 and perfect pulse on October 2, 2026.

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