Comparison

Patchrat vs Ear Training

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

Head to head
About

Patchrat

This app helps music creators manage analog gear settings, manuals, and product specifications. It offers realistic GUIs for recall and a DAW-style workflow, supporting over 975 products from 200+ manufacturers.

Highlights
  • Support for 975+ products
  • Generic gear profiles
  • Touch-actuated recall GUIs
  • DAW-style workflow
  • Embedded product specs and manuals
Features
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An essential toolset for music-makers who need to keep track of analog gear settings, manuals, and more... Features include: • Support for 975+ products from 200+ manufacturers (and counting...) • Generic gear profiles for products not yet in the Patchrat database • Realistic, touch-actuated recall GUIs • A straightforward, easy-to-use DAW-style workflow • Embedded product specs and manuals and much more...

About

Ear Training

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Ear Training is built for live sound engineers first, and just as useful for mix engineers, producers and musicians who want to train their ear. Three games, all played by ear: Name the Boosted Band: pink noise, or audio you import yourself, plays with one frequency band boosted. Pick which one you hear lifted, from four options. Name the Cut Band: the same game with a band pulled down instead of boosted. Cuts are naturally harder to catch than boosts of the same size, a real asymmetry in how we hear. The app is built to train you to notice it rather than smooth it away. Find the Feedback: find the ringing feedback on a graphic EQ and pull down the correct fader to kill it. Touch the wrong fader and you lose points. Four difficulty levels for Boost and Cut: as you go up, the boost or cut gets subtler and the wrong answers sit closer together. A Bypass button lets you A/B against the unprocessed sound at every level except Expert, where it's removed and you get one chance to listen to the reference before starting the round. Every band matches the frequencies on a real hardware graphic EQ, so what you learn here carries straight onto a real desk. It's best to play with headphones, since low bands can be inaudible on a phone speaker. You can narrow the active range to match your setup. Track your scores and streaks over time. No account, works offline, nothing tracked. Every game, every difficulty, and every feature is unlocked from the start. Free play includes 3 rounds per game, per day; a one-time Pro unlock removes that daily limit if you want unlimited practice. No subscription.

Screenshots

Patchrat4 screens
Ear Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Patchrat at none against Ear Training's 1. Patchrat also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Ear Training's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price 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. Ear Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Patchrat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patchrat ships an update every 2 months, Ear Training daily. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Patchrat versus Ear Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatchratEar Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRats Nest Solutions, Inc.THOMAS JAMES LAWTON

In-app purchases

None

Patchrat

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ear Training

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Patchrat free?
Patchrat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ear Training free?
Ear Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Patchrat or Ear Training have ads?
Neither Patchrat nor Ear Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patchrat or Ear Training?
Patchrat ships an update every 2 months, and Ear Training daily. Most recently, Patchrat was updated on June 1, 2026 and Ear Training on September 11, 2026.

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