Comparison

EarForge vs Piano Chord Practice

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

Piano Chord Practice

Features
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A chord practice app designed to make learning piano chords fun. It is made for people who know chord names but cannot quickly play them on the keyboard, or who want to practice not only major and minor chords, but also 7th, 9th, sus, dim, and aug chords. In Practice Mode, you can focus on a wide range of chord types, including major, minor, 7th, sus, dim, aug, 9th, 11th, and 13th chords. In Chord Progression Mode, you can challenge yourself with genre-based progressions such as Pops, Rock, Jazz, R&B, HipHop, House, Lo-Fi, and Future Bass. MIDI keyboards are supported, so you can practice using either the on-screen keyboard or a real keyboard. Learn chord shapes and sounds in a game-like way while checking correct and incorrect answers. A MIDI device is recommended for this app. Available in English and Japanese.

Screenshots

EarForge4 screens
Piano Chord Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EarForge at Free against Piano Chord Practice's $2.99. EarForge also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Piano Chord Practice's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). 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

EarForge is free to download; Piano Chord Practice costs $2.99 up front. EarForge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Piano Chord Practice asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EarForge ships an update every 5 weeks, Piano Chord Practice every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EarForge versus Piano Chord Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarForgePiano Chord Practice
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (294 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings294 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatcharapon Phasukdeeyuji yoshie

In-app purchases

2 purchases

EarForge

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
None

Piano Chord Practice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EarForge free?
EarForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Piano Chord Practice free?
Piano Chord Practice costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do EarForge or Piano Chord Practice have ads?
Neither EarForge nor Piano Chord Practice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EarForge or Piano Chord Practice?
EarForge ships an update every 5 weeks, and Piano Chord Practice every 5 days. Most recently, EarForge was updated on November 6, 2026 and Piano Chord Practice on October 31, 2026.

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