EarForge vs Tonality
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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
Tonality
This app helps users develop perfect pitch and learn to read music. It offers modes for staff reading, pitch recognition, and relative pitch training, with advanced features available through a subscription.
- Staff Reading for notes, intervals, and chords
- Pitch Recognition by ear
- Relative Pitch training
- Daily Challenges
- Progress tracking with graphs
- Practice with real instrument (Pro)
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Tonality is an app designed to help anyone practice perfect pitch or learn to read music. Whether you sing, play an instrument, or just want to learn more about music, Tonality can help you achieve your music goals. Start by learning the basics with Staff Reading. You will learn to read notes, intervals, and chords in Bass and Treble clef. Customize a Staff Reading session as you see fit to develop your ability to read music. Pitch Recognition is the perfect mode for anyone looking to train their ear. Using Tonality you can learn to recognize Notes, Intervals, and Chords by ear. Pitch Recognition can also be customized to suite your needs. Not ready for Pitch Recognition? Give Relative Pitch a try. Relative Pitch plays two notes and you select which one is higher in pitch. Great for beginning to train your ear. For those who want to further advance their learning, there is Tonality Pro. Pro users gain access to more instrument sounds, an on screen piano, and an option that allows you to practice with a real instrument. - Beautiful interface - Daily Challenges - Practice Notes, Intervals, and Chords - Three different game modes - Practice with a real instrument (Pro users only) - Track your progress with beautiful graphs If you like Tonality, try Tonality Pro for 7 days free! Train your ear faster with perks such as no ads, additional instrument sounds, and the ability to practice with a real instrument. If you choose to purchase Tonality Pro, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be disabled at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to Tonality Pro. Privacy Policy: https://tonalityapp.net/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://tonalityapp.net/terms-of-service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EarForge at 4.6 against Tonality's 3.8. EarForge also leads on ratings volume (292 vs 25). Tonality's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. EarForge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tonality sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
EarForge holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EarForge has 292 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of EarForge's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tonality's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
EarForge ships an update every 5 weeks, Tonality weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EarForge | Tonality |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (292 ratings) — better | 3.8 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 292 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patcharapon Phasukdee | Natalie Springer |
Customer experience
EarForge
Tonality
In-app purchases
EarForge
- Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
Tonality
- 7 Day Trial Basic Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- 7 Day Trial Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- 7 Day Trial Basic Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- 7 Day Trial Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year









