PitchMe vs Flat or Sharp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PitchMe
Sharpen your musical ear with fun, gamified exercises designed to improve your ability to distinguish chords, identify notes, and enhance intonation. Bite-sized drills make daily practice engaging and effective for musicians of all levels.
- Gamified learning for ear training
- Chord, interval, and scale recognition
- Intonation improvement for singers and instrumentalists
- Bite-sized daily drills (under 5 minutes)
- Leaderboards for competitive play
- Unlockable advanced game settings
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If you struggle to distinguish chords, identify notes and intervals, or find the right intonation, this app is for you! Level up your musicianship by sharpening your ear, all while having fun. This app helps you develop your musical ear with quick, rewarding sessions you’ll actually look forward to. Who’s it for? • Intermediate & beginner musicians who want to play by ear • Singers, Violinists, Cellists who want to improve their intonation • Musicians who want to harmonize and improvise • Hobbyists and creators who want to feel more confident in music • Music students looking to train for exams or ear tests • Self-taught learners who want to understand what they’re hearing • Anyone who wants to take a step towards perfect pitch and relative pitch Why Musicians Love This App • Gamified learning: Level up as you recognize chords, intervals, and scale degrees by ear. • Leaderboards: Show you are the best by hitting the highest score! • Science-backed design: Based on proven learning principles to help you retain what you hear. • Bite-sized drills: Train in under 5 minutes a day – perfect for busy schedules. • Fast feedback loops: Instant responses keep you motivated and make learning addictive. Unlock more difficult game settings as you level up! • Chord inversions • Multiple Octaves • Different reference notes • Multiple notes at a time Build real musical confidence! Train your musical ear - the fun way! It only takes 5 minutes a day! Download now to start your ear training journey
Flat or Sharp
This app helps you improve your musical ear by training you to identify flat or sharp intonation in musical intervals. It offers customizable difficulty levels, various interval types, and detailed progress tracking to guide your learning journey.
- Identify flat/sharp intonation
- All musical intervals included
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Melodic and harmonic intervals
- Progress tracking and streaks
- Practice suggestions and tips
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Learn how to hear whether musical intervals are flat or sharp by playing a fun quiz-style game! Flat or Sharp includes all musical intervals from a minor 2nd all the way up to two octaves, in melodic or harmonic varieties. Difficulty levels are fully customizable with a variety of options to accommodate any level of musicianship, from beginner to seasoned pro. - Progressively hone your ear by setting desired tuning accuracy from +/- 50 cents all the way down to +/- 5 cents. - Play notes for as long as 4 seconds or as little as 0.2 seconds to work on how quickly you can recognize the intonation. - Play intervals harmonically or melodically; ascending or descending. - Adjust musical register and timbre of tones to suit your personal preferences. - Track your progress with percentage correct and longest streak of correct guesses, viewable by time frame, so you can see how your ear improves with practice! - Packed full of information on practice suggestions and tips for hearing each of the musical intervals!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flat or Sharp at 5.0 against PitchMe's 4.3. PitchMe's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 65 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. PitchMe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Flat or Sharp sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flat or Sharp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PitchMe ships an update every 2 months, Flat or Sharp every 65 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PitchMe | Flat or Sharp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 65 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elliot Koh | Euphorophonics, LLC |
Customer experience
PitchMe
Flat or Sharp
In-app purchases
PitchMe
- PitchMe Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Unlock All Features$3.99
Flat or Sharp
- Flat or Sharp Premium (Monthly)2 Months trial$2.991 Month
- Flat or Sharp Premium (Annual)$14.991 Year
- Both Interval Directions$0.99
- Remove Banner Ad$0.99
- All Duration Options$1.99
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- All Accuracy Options$2.99
- BUNDLE - All Premium Options$4.99








