Comparison

Toned Ear vs Oolimo Guitar Chords

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

Head to head
About

Toned Ear

Develop your musical ear with a variety of exercises. Identify intervals, chords, scales, and melodies. Improve your ability to recognize musical elements by ear.

Highlights
  • Interval identification
  • Chord recognition
  • Scale naming
  • Chord progression analysis
  • Perfect pitch training
  • Scale degree identification
  • Melodic dictation
Features
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This app includes the following ear training exercises: Intervals: In this exercise, you will hear two notes in sequence. Your goal is to identify the interval between the two notes. Chords: In this exercise, you will hear a chord. Your goal is to identify the type of chord that you heard. Scales: In this exercise, you will hear a scale. Your goal is to identify the name of the scale that you heard. Chord Progressions: In this exercise, you will hear a chord progression. Your goal is to identify each chord that you heard. Perfect Pitch: In this exercise, you will hear a single note. Your goal is to identify the name of the note. Scale Degrees (functional): In this exercise, you will hear a short chord progression followed by a single note. You must identify the scale degree of that note relative to the key established by the chord progression. This is also known as "functional ear training". Intervals in Context (functional): This exercise combines the "Intervals" and "Scale Degrees" exercises. In this exercise, you will hear a short chord progression followed by two notes. You must identify the major scale degrees of the two notes relative to the key established by the chord progression as well as the interval between the two notes. Melodic Dictation: In this exercise, you will hear a short chord progression followed by a short melody. You must identify the major scale degree of each note in the melody.

About

Oolimo Guitar Chords

This app provides an interactive way to learn, understand, and master guitar chords. It offers a structured approach to chord theory, helping users visualize and hear harmonic relationships. Features include a chord finder, analyzer, progression explorer, interactive lessons, and quizzes.

Highlights
  • Interactive chord finder and analyzer
  • Chord progression visualization
  • 22 interactive theory lessons
  • Chord construction and ear training quizzes
  • Interactive fretboard and diagrams
  • Chord playback and note display
Features
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Oolimo is the interactive foundational reference for guitar chords – a learning and lookup app that explains chords clearly, supports songwriting, and inspires fresh sounds on the guitar. – No subscription! Pay once – use it forever and receive updates. – Current languages (included in every app): English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Chinese (Simplified), Indonesian, Japanese. Learn guitar chords and chord symbols as used by professional guitarists in modern pop, rock and jazz – including complex jazz chords. Let the Chord Analyzer name chords you've discovered on the guitar and show you how they are built. – Chord Finder, Chord Analyzer and music theory in one app. – Learn and understand chords – Read chord symbols confidently (including complex jazz chords) – Analyze chords instead of guessing – Apply music theory directly on the fretboard Oolimo clears up nonsense chords and incorrectly or confusingly written chord symbols, and explains with clear logic how chord symbols (chord names) are written unambiguously and how to correctly interpret different notations. When musicians from all over the world play together, it's important that everyone speaks and understands the same language – and that the language is easy and clearly understandable. — The Modules — Chord Finder Find musically meaningful chords instead of random guitar shapes. All fingerings come from a hand-curated database of playable voicings and are intelligently transposed by an algorithm. Every chord adapts automatically to the selected key. With a single tap you can send shapes directly to the Analyzer and explore inversions and different interpretations of the chord. Chord Analyzer Enter any guitar chord into the virtual fretboard and instantly get the correct chord name, including inversions. No "unknown chord" messages thanks to the intelligent recognition algorithm – even for complex chords, slash chords and inversions. The Chord Analyzer also supports alternative tunings (open tunings). Chord Progressions Explore and compare the most important chord progressions with an innovative matrix that visualizes harmonic functions and relationships. Practice the most important progressions systematically in different keys and variations – and master them so well that you can rattle them off in rehearsal to the amazement of your bandmates. Theory Lessons 22 interactive lessons with smart visualizations explain intervals, chord construction, voicings, slash chords, diatonic harmony and all major chord types – from first explorations on the fretboard, through major, minor and dominant 7th to altered, sus, add, 6th and diminished chords. Quizzes Use the quizzes to test and internalize your knowledge through play. The quiz tasks cover many topics: chord construction, intervals, harmonic context, chord types, voicings, tensions and much more.

Screenshots

Toned Ear3 screens
Oolimo Guitar Chords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Oolimo Guitar Chords at 92% against Toned Ear's 20%. Oolimo Guitar Chords also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and chart position (#72 vs unranked). Toned Ear's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Toned Ear costs $4.99 and Oolimo Guitar Chords $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oolimo Guitar Chords holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 106 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Toned Ear's written reviews are positive against 92% of Oolimo Guitar Chords's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Toned Ear versus Oolimo Guitar Chords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToned EarOolimo Guitar Chords
Price$4.99 — better$5.99
Rating2.0 (65 ratings)4.8 (106 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.8% of reviews91.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings65106 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#72 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB15 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTone Savvy LLCOliver Mochmann

Customer experience

Toned Ear

All ratings65 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative73.8%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive19.8%
Neutral9.9%
Negative70.4%

Oolimo Guitar Chords

All ratings102 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive91.6%
Neutral7.6%
Negative0.8%

Bugs and requests

Toned Ear

Reported bugs

65 issues
  • No sound
  • App broken
  • Settings unresponsive
  • Items glitch during use
  • Audio doesn't work
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  • Interval quiz doesn't work
  • Sounds don't play
  • Sounds don't play half the time
  • Scrolling drags things around
  • App is slow and laggy
  • Sound periodically cuts out
  • App design is bad
  • Forced to keep scrolling
  • Interface will glitch up and down
  • App crashes
  • Sound doesn't come out
  • App not taking up full screen
  • Unable to hear sounds
  • Extremely buggy
  • Frequently hangs
  • Fails to play interval tones
  • Buttons frequently move during tests
  • Sound problem getting worse
  • Audio doesn't play
  • Need ringer on for it to work
  • Last update was 4 years ago
  • Sound is almost unbearable
  • No sound after going to another app
  • Cannot reselect interval after deselecting
  • No sound after finishing quiz
  • No sound after someone calls
  • Sometimes all conditions for sound are met and still no sound
  • Sound doesn't work
  • Audio stops
  • Minor things like moving to notes app kills audio
  • Completely silent
  • Painfully slow
  • Sometimes unresponsive
  • Doesn't remember any settings
  • Static when playing notes
  • Won't play note when asked
  • App consistently hangs
  • App won't get through a single quiz without issue
  • No sound played
  • Audio will work for a few questions and then stop
  • App cannot be used
  • Headphone jack needed for sound
  • Won't play aloud
  • Can't get audio to work
  • Sound will not play
  • App never actually plays a sound
  • Sound doesn't work
  • Unable to produce sound
  • Sound doesn't always work
  • Selecting intervals doesn't work
  • Cannot select what intervals or chords to be tested on
  • No sound in any of the exercises
  • Developers not giving response
  • No audio
  • App does not seem to play any sound
  • Can't get it to make any noise
  • Too many bugs
  • Can't unselect notes
  • Sound issues were fixed (older reviews)
  • Interface could be improved for iPhone X

Requested features

8 requests
  • Improve app polish
  • Finish app development
  • Patch and improve app
  • Make chord progressions harder
  • Update app for latest iOS
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  • Add iPhone X support
  • Improve interface for iPhone X
  • Add personalization

Oolimo Guitar Chords

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Toned Ear

No in-app purchases

None

Oolimo Guitar Chords

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Toned Ear free?
Toned Ear costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oolimo Guitar Chords free?
Oolimo Guitar Chords costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Toned Ear or Oolimo Guitar Chords?
Oolimo Guitar Chords is rated higher. Toned Ear averages 2.0 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Oolimo Guitar Chords averages 4.8 from 106 ratings.
Do Toned Ear or Oolimo Guitar Chords have ads?
Neither Toned Ear nor Oolimo Guitar Chords shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Toned Ear or Oolimo Guitar Chords?
Toned Ear ships an update every 6 weeks, and Oolimo Guitar Chords every 6 weeks. Most recently, Toned Ear was updated on October 26, 2026 and Oolimo Guitar Chords on October 26, 2026.

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