Comparison

Solfege Trainer vs Complete Music Reading Trainer

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

Head to head
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…

About

Complete Music Reading Trainer

Master sheet music reading with this gamified training app. It offers progressive drills for all clefs and instruments, with multiple input methods and customizable training programs. Track your progress and compete with others.

Highlights
  • 270 progressive drills across 7 clefs
  • Instrument-specific learning paths
  • Arcade mode for practice
  • Multiple note input methods
  • Customizable drills and training programs
  • Cloud sync for progress
  • Achievements and leaderboards
Features
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The ultimate music reading training app. Designed like a video game and with strong pedagogical concepts in mind, Complete Music Reading Trainer is the fastest way to learn to read sheet music and improve your sight-reading skills. Whichever clef you want to learn and whatever your instrument is, the app will make you master any chosen clef or clef combination while rendering the learning process enjoyable. Features • 270 progressive drills covering all seven clefs (treble, bass, alto, tenor, soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone clefs) over 3 levels / 26 chapters • Content is organized in such a way that you can choose which levels or chapters are relevant to your instrument and focus on these, whether you play the guitar and only need treble clef, piano and need treble and bass clef, cello and need a mix of bass and tenor clefs, etc.: all instruments are covered • Practice key signatures up to 6 sharps/flats in progressive key signature drills • Practice common clef combinations in mixed clef drills • Play a selection of 19 drills in arcade mode • 5 octaves of actual recorded grand piano sounds • 6 additional sound banks are available, all with actual recorded sounds: vintage piano, Rhodes piano, electric guitar, harpsichord, concert harp and pizzicato strings • 4 ways to input notes: note circle, virtual piano keyboard, by connecting a MIDI controller, or by playing an instrument near your device's microphone • 4 sheet music display styles: modern, classic, handwritten and jazz • Designed like a video game: earn 3 stars in each drill of a chapter to complete it. Or will you be able to obtain perfect 5-star scores? • Don't want to follow the preestablished path of progression? Create and save your own custom drills and rehearse them at your own convenience • Create full custom training programs and invite friends or students to join them. If for example you're a teacher you can create custom programs for your students, add drills every week and view their scores on private leaderboards • Never lose any progress: cloud sync across your various devices • 35 achievements to unlock • Leaderboards to compare arcade mode scores with other players worldwide • Global statistics to track your progress • Nice and clean user interface with 2 display themes: light and dark • Designed by a musician and music teacher with a Royal Conservatory master's degree Full Version • Download the app and try out the first chapter of each clef for free • One-time in-app purchase to unlock the full version on all your devices Having a problem? Got a suggestion? You can reach us at hello@completemusicreadingtrainer.com Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Solfege Trainer4 screens
Complete Music Reading Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Complete Music Reading Trainer at Free against Solfege Trainer's $2.99. Complete Music Reading Trainer also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (79% vs 43%). Solfege Trainer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). On ads 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

Complete Music Reading Trainer is free to download; Solfege Trainer costs $2.99 up front. Complete Music Reading Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Solfege Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Complete Music Reading Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Complete Music Reading Trainer has 65 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Solfege Trainer's written reviews are positive against 79% of Complete Music Reading Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solfege Trainer ships an update every 5 months, Complete Music Reading Trainer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Solfege Trainer versus Complete Music Reading Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolfege TrainerComplete Music Reading Trainer
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)4.4 (65 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews79.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings565 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlearn LLCBinary Guilt

Customer experience

Solfege Trainer

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

Complete Music Reading Trainer

All ratings65 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral7.5%
Negative13.2%

In-app purchases

None

Solfege Trainer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Complete Music Reading Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$0.991 Month
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version$5.99

Questions

Is Solfege Trainer free?
Solfege Trainer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Complete Music Reading Trainer free?
Complete Music Reading Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solfege Trainer or Complete Music Reading Trainer?
Complete Music Reading Trainer is rated higher. Solfege Trainer averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Complete Music Reading Trainer averages 4.4 from 65 ratings.
Do Solfege Trainer or Complete Music Reading Trainer have ads?
Neither Solfege Trainer nor Complete Music Reading Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Solfege Trainer or Complete Music Reading Trainer?
Solfege Trainer ships an update every 5 months, and Complete Music Reading Trainer weekly. Most recently, Solfege Trainer was updated on November 2, 2026 and Complete Music Reading Trainer on November 3, 2026.

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