Ear Training App vs Active Ear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ear Training App
Develop your musical ear with this app that helps you identify pitches, intervals, chords, and rhythms by listening. It offers various modes for different instruments and skill levels, tracking your progress with accuracy percentages.
- Pitch recognition
- Interval identification
- Chord and rhythm training
- Piano, guitar, and bass modes
- Scale and interval modes
- Beginner-friendly mode
- Progress tracking
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Ear Training helps you recognise music by ear, a few minutes at a time. LISTEN AND CHOOSE - Intervals: 12 intervals from minor 2nd to octave - Scales: 8 scales, including major, minor, modes and pentatonic - Chords: 10 chord types, played as a block or as an arpeggio FIND THE NOTE - Guitar and bass: a note is shown on the fretboard, you name it - Piano: a note is played, you find it on the keyboard TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Accuracy for today and for all time - Daily streak - A list of the items you miss most, so you know what to practice MAKE IT YOURS - Choose exactly which intervals, scales and chords to practice - Pick the instrument sound: piano, guitar or bass - Works in portrait and landscape The app is free with ads. A one-time purchase, Remove Ads, removes them for good.
Active Ear
Develop your musical ear with a comprehensive ear training app. It offers various exercises to help musicians identify pitches, intervals, chords, and progressions. Customize your learning with practice modes and test your knowledge with quizzes.
- Pitch Recognition
- Interval Training
- Chord Quality Identification
- Bassline Training
- Progression Training
- Chord Inversions
- Customizable Practice Mode
- Quiz Mode
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Active Ear is for musicians of all skill levels and instrument types. With dozens of exercises ranging from beginner to advanced, Active Ear focuses on teaching you to identify pitches, intervals, chords, and progressions using only your Ear. The Practice Mode of the app allows you to customize the challenges to focus only on areas you're interested in improving. Once you're confident with the Practice Mode, you test yourself in the Quiz Mode of the app to see how well you understand the concepts. Active Ear Comes with six Ear Training Programs: - Pitch Recognition - Interval Training - Chord Quality - Bassline Training - Progression Training - Chord Inversions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Active Ear at 4.7 against Ear Training App's 4.0. Active Ear also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 54 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Active Ear holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Active Ear has 50 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ear Training App ships an update every 54 months, Active Ear monthly. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | Ear Training App | Active Ear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 93.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 54 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrii Pirumov | MCPHERSON'S MUSIC LLC |
Customer experience
Ear Training App
Active Ear
In-app purchases
Ear Training App
No in-app purchases
Active Ear
No in-app purchases
Questions
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