Comparison

Music Rhythm Trainer vs UltimateScale

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

Head to head
About

Music Rhythm Trainer

Master essential rhythmic skills with fun, field-tested exercises. Improve your sight-reading and ear training by practicing daily. This app offers a more efficient and exciting alternative to traditional metronome exercises.

Highlights
  • Master rhythmic skills
  • Sight reading practice
  • Ear training exercises
  • Metronome beat training
  • Learn to repeat rhythms
  • Develop sense of rhythm
Features
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Rhythm Trainer is a series of fun field-tested exercises for mastering your essential rhythmic skills no matter what instrument you play. Practice 15 minutes a day in an individual session. Test your rhythmic skills. Get hang of the metronome beat. Learn to repeat different rhythms. Improve your sight reading skill. It won’t take long to see that the app is much more efficient and exciting compared to conventional exercises along with a metronome. Whether you practice alone or with a teacher, Rhythm Trainer will help you to: • Develop a sense of rhythm. • Sight-read rhythm notation. • Accurately play a rhythm from notes. • Hear mistakes in a rhythm by ear. Rhythm is the heart of music. Learn the skill once, play rhythmically forever. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS The Rhythm Trainer offers an auto-renewing subscription for 4.99 USD per month. Terms: - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Read more about our terms and conditions here: - Terms of service: https://rhythmtest.online/terms - Privacy policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/47478545

About

UltimateScale

Features
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UtimateScale is a music scale learning assistant. Are you confused and tired of difficult terms and complex scale structures such as Mixolydian and Locrian? With UltimateScale, you can learn by looking at a composition in staff score, directly touching a synth keyboard key on the app, listening by ear, and moving freely in key. In addition, you can learn the scale efficiently through a quiz using the Leitner System, which is famous for learning by memorization. In addition, you can upload and share comments of various scales and your own learning know-how through the Internet Archive. - Learn the scale by looking at the sheet music and listening to the sound. - The built-in touch synth keyboard allows you to learn while directly pressing the keys. - This app does not support only C key. You can transpose from C to B and see how it performs in different situations. - You can adjust the speed and octave during playback, and you can set the playback instrument as you like. - In the quiz menu, learn various scales by solving problems and using flashcards. - For quiz questions, effective learning is possible using the famous Leitner system as a memorization method. - You can share and download new scales that have not yet been discovered through the Internet Archive, scales with comments containing your own learning know-how, etc. This app is also - Support dark mode. - Compatible with both iPad and iPhone devices. - Press scales using a hardware MIDI keyboard connected via Bluetooth or USB. - MIDI keyboard is also supported in quiz mode.

Screenshots

Music Rhythm Trainer4 screens
UltimateScale4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Music Rhythm Trainer at none against UltimateScale's shown. Music Rhythm Trainer also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Music Rhythm Trainer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and UltimateScale sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Music Rhythm Trainer ships an update every 2 weeks, UltimateScale every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Music Rhythm Trainer versus UltimateScale: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusic Rhythm TrainerUltimateScale
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuitar Tabs LLCBum Tae Yoon

Bugs and requests

Music Rhythm Trainer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Rhythm not registering correctly
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • App freezing or crashing
  • Inconsistent feedback on performance

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to set custom tempo
  • More time signature options
  • Sight reading exercises with no pre-hearing
  • Metronome volume adjustment
  • Progress tracking and statistics

UltimateScale

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Music Rhythm Trainer

Subscriptions1
  • Full version$4.991 Month
1 purchases

UltimateScale

One-time1
  • 1: Remove all ads$4.99

Questions

Is Music Rhythm Trainer free?
Music Rhythm Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UltimateScale free?
UltimateScale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Music Rhythm Trainer or UltimateScale have ads?
UltimateScale shows ads; Music Rhythm Trainer does not.
Which is updated more often, Music Rhythm Trainer or UltimateScale?
Music Rhythm Trainer ships an update every 2 weeks, and UltimateScale every 5 months. Most recently, Music Rhythm Trainer was updated on November 11, 2026 and UltimateScale on November 7, 2026.

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