Comparison

Ella vs Solfege Trainer

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

Head to head
About

Ella

Improve your musical ear with this app that analyzes your singing pitch in real-time. It offers a variety of exercises, detailed feedback on intonation and intervals, and modes for practice and performance. Track your progress and compete with others on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch detection and analysis
  • On-screen tuner
  • Intonation and interval evaluation
  • Detailed singing pitch graphs
  • Practice and play modes
  • High-score tracking and leaderboards
Features
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Ella is a sight-singing ear-training app that helps you improve your musical ear with fun and engaging exercises. It uses the microphone to detect your pitch and provide accurate evaluation and feedback. The tuner’s pitch detection helps you to adjust your singing. Features: - Wide variety of exercises - On-screen tuner in every exercise - Intonation and interval evaluation - Detailed graph of your singing pitch - Practice mode lets you listen before playing - Play mode that tests your skills - High-score tracking for each exercise - Leaderboard for each exercise collection Ella gives you a detailed analysis of your performance on intonation and intervals and lets you further visualize it through graphs. The intonation score is based on how accurately you sang the pitch of each note. The interval score is based on how accurately you sang each interval. Ella teaches sight-singing and music-reading with a cutting-edge experience that includes a wide variety of exercises. Follow the learning path to navigate musical concepts from beginner to advanced. Use practice mode to nail your singing performance. Use play mode to achieve your personal best and appear on the global leaderboards and to compete with friends.

About

Solfege Trainer

This app helps you improve your musical ear and sight-singing abilities. It tracks your pitch in real-time, displaying solfege syllables and note names. Get instant feedback to correct your singing and become a better musician.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch accuracy tracking
  • Movable and Fixed Do solfege support
  • Customizable solfege syllables
  • Sheet music capture and saving
  • Integrated piano keyboard
  • Singing recording for playback
Features
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Do you want to read and sing music at first sight? Do you want to improve your pitch accuracy and practice solfege any time? If yes, this app is your perfect assistant. As you sing, it can track your pitch and display the solfege syllable (Do, Re, Mi, …) and also the note name (C, D, E, …) in real time. The instant feedback can help you correct yourself when you sing out of tune. When you are training your singing, you are also training your ears, because sight-singing and ear training go hand in hand. This is the smartest, most motivating and especially most efficient way to become a better musician. Main Features: • Visually check your pitch accuracy in real time • Support both “Movable Do” and “Fixed Do” solfege • Customize the solfege syllables based on your own habit • Take pictures of the sheet music you can found easily from Internet or books and save them in the app to practice conveniently • Piano keyboard is included to remind yourself of the correct pitch • To evaluate yourself, you can record your singing for playback • More features are coming…

Screenshots

Ella4 screens
Solfege Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ella at Free against Solfege Trainer's $2.99. Ella also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (83% vs 43%). Solfege Trainer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Ella is free to download; Solfege Trainer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ella holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ella has 1.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Ella's written reviews are positive against 43% of Solfege Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ella ships an update every 2 months, Solfege Trainer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Ella versus Solfege Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEllaSolfege Trainer
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews83.2% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnsemble EducationPlearn LLC

Customer experience

Ella

All ratings1,179 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive83.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative11.5%

Solfege Trainer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ella

No in-app purchases

None

Solfege Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ella free?
Ella is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solfege Trainer free?
Solfege Trainer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ella or Solfege Trainer?
Ella is rated higher. Ella averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Solfege Trainer averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Ella or Solfege Trainer have ads?
Neither Ella nor Solfege Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ella or Solfege Trainer?
Ella ships an update every 2 months, and Solfege Trainer every 5 months. Most recently, Ella was updated on November 11, 2026 and Solfege Trainer on November 12, 2026.

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