Comparison

EarForge vs ScoreSkills

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

Head to head
About

EarForge

This app offers a structured ear training program designed to improve your sense of pitch and ability to recognize musical notes and chords. It features progressive lessons, personalized quizzes, and detailed progress tracking. Advanced users can create custom training sessions for specific musical elements.

Highlights
  • 30-level note recognition program
  • Chord identification lessons
  • Customizable note and chord training
  • Progress tracking with profile statistics
  • Ad-free experience (PRO)
  • Exclusive themes (PRO)
Features
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— Featured in App of the Day and one of Apple's "Apps We Love", "Our latest Favourites" and "Turn Learning Into a Game" more than 100 countries including United States, United Kingdom and China! — EarForge is an app that can help you achieve the perfect ears and improve your sense of pitch with our well-designed training program. FEATURES - Lessons NOTES Enjoy our 30-level well-designed program. Develop your skill to recognize different notes. Great for beginners and any musicians. - Lessons CHORDS Given a single chord. Your goal is to identify the chord that you heard. - Quiz Unlock the quiz to challenge yourself in the next level. - Profile You can find your stat here. Check out your note accuracy, what you’re good at and what to improve. And track your progress with Facebook login, Google login or sign in with apple. EarForge PRO — a paid subscription feature * - Training NOTES You can program your own specific notes, sounds and octaves. This training mode will help you focus on the notes you want to learn and practice. - Training CHORDS You can program on specific chord keys, chord types and octaves. Listen to the chord and try to guess the correct answers. - Custom NOTES LESSON Keep practicing and create your own notes lesson. Select at least 3 notes you want to learn. This lesson will collect stats but not collect stars. - Custom CHORDS LESSON Keep practicing and create your own chords lesson. Select chord keys and select at least 3 chord types. This lesson will collect stats but not collect stars. - Exclusive themes It's beautiful and more delightful to use. - No ads Ad-free, no interruptions. * EarForge PRO subscription price is $2.99/month or $19.99/year. (Pricing may be converted to your local currency.) Payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Your subscription will auto-renew within 24 hours before the end of the current period and you can turn off auto-renewal at any time in the account settings. See our Privacy Policy at https://earforge.blog/privacy-policy/ and Terms of Service at https://earforge.blog/terms-of-service/ Feedback is always welcome, please let we know in the comment.  Start forging your ears now! Learn Perfect pitch / Relative pitch / Absolute pitch / Ear training

About

ScoreSkills

Learn music theory, ear training, and sight-reading through fun, step-by-step games and challenges. This app helps users of all levels compose their own music and improve cognitive skills like focus and memory.

Highlights
  • Ear training exercises
  • Sight-reading practice
  • Music theory lessons
  • Compose your own music
  • Step-by-step rewarding games
  • Instant performance feedback
Features
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ScoreSkills is an innovative app that helps you to learn music and enhance your musical skills in a fun & interesting way. The App is designed for beginners and doesn’t require a musical instrument to enjoy. ScoreSkills offers you (or your kids) "learning by experience" fun exercises that teach you as you go to read, write and play music at your own pace, whenever and wherever you want. “By far, it’s my favorite app, and it really helps me learn music theory while making it fun and interesting.” With our proven techniques, developed by music experts and educators, you'll gain everything you need to master music and become a pro (music theory, ear-training, sight-reading, music writing, etc.). Not only that, it is proved that our learning methods improve other life & brain skills such as; creativity, focus, memory abilities, analytical skills, etc. We introduce new skills by using step by step rewarding games and challenges that suit your playing level and give you instant feedback on your performance. WRITE YOUR OWN MUSIC! ScoreSkills is the only music education app that trains your music-writing skills as a core part of learning. You'll be composing your own music in no time. Download now to practice reading, writing, singing, and listening to music and join our global community of music makers. WHO IS THIS APP FOR? Basically, anyone who can read and wants to improve his music and personal skills. It is perfectly suited for self-learning or as a supplement to learning with a teacher. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? The app contains thousands of levels, and we keep releasing hundreds more every few weeks that will teach you everything you need in a simplified way. Aural Foundations, Pitch Matching, Directional Audiation, Note reading up to an octave, Rhythms including Whole, Half, and Quarter Notes, Notes up to staff edges, Rhythms including eighth and 16th notes, Accidentals, Tonic and Dominant Functions, Notes up to 3 Ledger Lines, Rhythms with Ties, 4 More Major Scales, Chord Inversions, Add Subdominant Chords, Whole and Half Steps, 4 More Major Scales, Interval Quality, Simple Chord Progressions, Rhythms in 2/4, 4/4, and 6/8, Complex Rhythms in Duple/Triplets, All 12 Major keys and scales, Chord Progressions, and more subjects are arriving soon. HOW DOES THE SUBSCRIPTION WORK? Get a 7-day free trial! Subscribers will receive unlimited access to all of the chapters and levels. If you enjoy your ScoreSkills trial, do nothing, and your subscription will automatically continue. You can choose the plan that suits you the most between our 3 plans. Prices may vary in different countries, and payment will be charged to iTunes Account. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. CONTACT We'd love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and suggestions while we strive to make music education fun and easy and enable anyone to become a composer. Reach us at ScoreSkillsTeam@compoze.co Have fun! privacy policy: https://www.scoreskills.com/privacy.htm terms of use: https://www.scoreskills.com/terms.htm

Screenshots

EarForge4 screens
ScoreSkills4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: EarForge at none against ScoreSkills's shown. EarForge also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). ScoreSkills's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 292). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. EarForge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and ScoreSkills sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for EarForge against 4.6 for ScoreSkills. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScoreSkills has 1.9K ratings behind it against 292, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of EarForge's written reviews are positive against 60% of ScoreSkills's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EarForge ships an update every 5 weeks, ScoreSkills fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EarForge versus ScoreSkills: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarForgeScoreSkills
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (292 ratings)4.6 (1.9K ratings)
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews — better59.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2921.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatcharapon PhasukdeeCompoze Music Solutions

Customer experience

EarForge

All ratings292 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral11.9%
Negative25.4%

ScoreSkills

All ratings1,943 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive59.7%
Neutral15.0%
Negative25.3%

Bugs and requests

EarForge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ScoreSkills

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Note-writing feature not working properly
  • Progress not saved between sessions
  • Lessons not unlocking as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow creating multiple user profiles
  • Add more detailed music theory lessons
  • Improve note-writing functionality
  • Provide better feedback on mistakes
  • Introduce a free version with ads

In-app purchases

2 purchases

EarForge

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
11 purchases

ScoreSkills

Subscriptions11
  • ScoreSkills Pro3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • ScoreSkills Pro$14.991 Month
  • ScoreSkills Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Month
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  • ScoreSkills Pro3 Days trial$28.993 Months
  • ScoreSkills Pro$29.993 Months
  • ScoreSkills Pro3 Days trial$37.996 Months
  • ScoreSkills Pro$39.991 Year
  • ScoreSkills Pro$44.996 Months
  • ScoreSkills Pro$59.991 Year
  • ScoreSkills Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • ScoreSkills Pro1 Month trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is EarForge free?
EarForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScoreSkills free?
ScoreSkills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EarForge or ScoreSkills?
EarForge and ScoreSkills are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 292 and 1.9K ratings respectively.
Do EarForge or ScoreSkills have ads?
ScoreSkills shows ads; EarForge does not.
Which is updated more often, EarForge or ScoreSkills?
EarForge ships an update every 5 weeks, and ScoreSkills fortnightly. Most recently, EarForge was updated on September 8, 2026 and ScoreSkills on September 23, 2026.

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