Comparison

EarForge vs MyScore

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

MyScore

Features
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One tap, and the whole score is bowed. MyScore marks down-bows (⊓) and up-bows (∨) on string parts for you. Upload a PDF or a photo and save the time you used to spend penciling in bowings note by note before rehearsal. ■ One tap for the whole score Upload a PDF part or photos of your music and tap Auto bowing once: down-bows and up-bows appear from the first page to the last. Several photos can be combined into one score, and if you have no part at hand, try the sample score built into the app. ■ An engine refined on tens of thousands of notes Refined on tens of thousands of notes from real orchestral parts, the engine weighs a set of playing rules and picks the most natural path among hundreds of billions of possible bow sequences on a single page. It takes downbeats, chords and pickup measures into account. ■ An advanced engine that reads note lengths and slurs It reads note lengths and slurs, carries the bow across bar lines and adds a slur where notes belong in one bow. ■ Auto bowing modes to suit the piece Orchestra: Standard bowings that orchestra sections commonly agree on. Adds slurs in slow pieces. Singing: Groups short notes under longer slurs for fewer bow changes. Best for slow, lyrical pieces. ■ From violin to double bass Bowings are distributed differently for violin, viola, cello and double bass parts, following each instrument's bow length and habits. ■ Group parts into a piece Group the violin, viola, cello and double bass parts of one piece and choose a reference part. Auto bowing for the other parts then follows the reference part's bowing and, where the rhythm differs from it, another part with the same rhythm. You can turn this off for each part. ■ It doesn't hide what it isn't sure of Measures it couldn't read well are never filled in by guesswork. They're marked "Check" instead. ■ Add bowings by hand (Premium) Fix a wrong bowing by hand, add marks where there are none, and join or break slurs. Bowings you fix by hand stay as they are even when bowings are redistributed. ■ Your own bowing style (Premium) For each score, change the size, shape, color and weight of the bowing marks to match its notes. ■ Export as PDF or images (Premium) Save or print your part with its bowings as PDF, JPG or PNG. ■ Turn pages with a Bluetooth page turner Turn pages with a Bluetooth page turner (foot pedal) without taking your hands off the instrument. A keyboard works too. If the bottom of the page is still off screen, it scrolls down one screen first. ■ Your score files never leave your device Reading the score and distributing bowings all happen on this device. ■ Bowings for your whole ensemble Create an ensemble and members see the bowings its admins save, on their own copy of the same edition. Score files are never exchanged, only the bowing marks. Editing and saving bowings is part of Premium. ■ Version history Every save adds a version, so you can go back to earlier bowings at any time. Please use scores you own, for your own practice and performance. Do not distribute scores without the rights holder's permission. Terms of Use: https://mystudioapps.com/myscore/terms Privacy Policy: https://mystudioapps.com/myscore/privacy

Screenshots

EarForge4 screens
MyScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MyScore at every 8 days against EarForge's every 5 weeks. EarForge's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. EarForge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MyScore sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.19 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EarForge ships an update every 5 weeks, MyScore every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EarForge versus MyScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarForgeMyScore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (294 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings294 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatcharapon PhasukdeeMyStudio

In-app purchases

2 purchases

EarForge

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

MyScore

Subscriptions2
  • MyScore Premium Monthly$2.191 Month
  • MyScore Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.491 Year
One-time1
  • MyScore Premium Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is EarForge free?
EarForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyScore free?
MyScore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EarForge or MyScore have ads?
Neither EarForge nor MyScore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EarForge or MyScore?
EarForge ships an update every 5 weeks, and MyScore every 8 days. Most recently, EarForge was updated on November 6, 2026 and MyScore on November 10, 2026.

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