Comparison

PlayScore 2 vs Music Intervals Trainer

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

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About

PlayScore 2

Scan sheet music from photos or PDFs and have it played back. Adjust instruments, tempo, and transposition. Export your scores as MusicXML and MIDI for further editing.

Highlights
  • Scan music from photos and PDFs
  • Playback with scrolling notation
  • Adjust volume, instrument, and transposition
  • Smart metronome with time signature recognition
  • Export as MusicXML and MIDI
  • Create 'Playable Score' documents
Features
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Play all kinds of music direct from photos, images and PDF scores. Export as MusicXML and MIDI Snap music with your camera or import images and PDFs. PlayScore will play them right back to you, scrolling through the song following measure by measure • Adjust volume, instrument and transposition for each staff • Accompany yourself while you sing or play your instrument - PlayScore 2 will even count you in! • Playback with smart metronome that understands time signatures • Create Playable Score Documents that anyone can play back by downloading PlayScore 2 • Export Full Notation MusicXML to score editors with text, dynamics, articulation and more PlayScore 2 reads and plays all kinds of music straight off the page† such as: • Songs • Piano, organ, guitar • Hymns • Solos and Sonatas • Chamber, band and orchestral Choirs and ensembles - Learning a new piece? Create a Playable Score, so each member can listen to their part on its own or standing out from the others. • 19 high quality instruments per staff to choose from • Change tempo (even while playing) • Tap anywhere to play, or drag with a finger to create a loop • Mute and adjust volume, and change instrument for each staff individually • Transpose the whole song or by instrument (transposing instruments) * Adjustable multi-measure count-in and metronome * Swing playback • Adjustable dynamic range PlayScore 2 makes it easy to create multi-page Playable Scores: • Rearrange recapture or delete pages • Select a page range in a PDF • Clip and mask • Search and sort by title or composer Subscriptions - Even without a subscription you can • Play and interact with any PlayScore Playable Score • Play pages of music in unlimited staves from a photo • Create and share single page playable documents PlayScore 2 Productivity subscription • Create and play multi-staff, multi-page scores captured with the camera or imported as images • Export your documents for anyone to play • Interact with scores, auto-transpose transposing instruments, export MIDI files PlayScore 2 Professional subscription • Create Playable Score documents from PDF scores that anyone can play • Export any score as MIDI and MusicXML containing full notation and text Productivity and Professional versions are available as 1-month or 12-month auto-renewing subscriptions. • The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • You may manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings on-line after purchase Important: Capturing copyrighted music without the copyright holder's permission is illegal. PlayScore 2 recognises full music notation – see full spec at playscore.co † please see online help for exclusions Terms of use: https://playscore.co/terms-of-use

About

Music Intervals Trainer

Enhance your musical ear and reading skills with this app. It offers various modes to practice recognizing intervals by ear, reading them on a score, and even singing or playing them accurately. Customize your learning to focus on specific intervals and question types.

Highlights
  • Ear training for melodies
  • Music reading interval identification
  • Singing and instrument pitch accuracy
  • Piano key interval recognition
  • Practice, View, and Game modes
  • Customizable learning range
  • Intelligent questioning based on performance
Features
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Interval is the fundamental part of music structures, since all melodies or harmonies can be considered as a sequence or layering of intervals. This app is to help improve your ability of interval recognition. More specifically, you can develop the following skills: • Ear Training When you hear a melody, you’ll be able to recognize the intervals by ears. This will improve your sense of relative pitch which is a powerful skill for any musician to have. • Music Reading When you read the music score, you’ll be able to identify the intervals between notes quickly. This will help improve the speed of your music reading. • Singing The app can detect the voice of your singing or the sound of your instrument playing through the microphone. This can help you sing/play intervals accurately. • Piano Playing If you are learning piano or keyboard, this app can help you identify the intervals between any pair of keys. This is very useful for chords and scales recognition, and it can even benefit your improvisation. • Music Transcription and Intonation The ability to name and reproduce musical intervals, is also an important part of music transcription and musical intonation. To help you acquire all the powerful skills mentioned above, the app provides the following features: • Practice Mode You learn at your own pace simply by answering the question, and if you are wrong, the correct answer will be shown for the duration of your choice. • View Mode You don’t need to do anything but watching, the questions and answers will be shown automatically after the delay of your choice. Good for lazy people like me. :) • Game Mode In this exciting countdown mode, you can challenge yourself and earn as many coins, medals, and trophies as you can. • Search Mode This mode allows you to look up the intervals you don’t know. • Learning Range Customization You can filter the intervals to learn by interval quality or number. This is extremely useful when you want to focus on certain interval types or differentiate the similar ones such as Major Third and Minor Third. • Question/Answer Approaches Customization You can customize the question and answer approaches flexibly, which allows you to do Reversal Learning. For example, to practice reading intervals, while you can answer the interval name based on the music notes you see, you can also do it reversely: answer the music notes based on the interval name you see. This is an effective way to memorize. • Intelligent Questioning Each question is generated intelligently based on the statistical information of your performance for each interval, so yes, the app enjoys attacking your weaknesses, but to make you stronger! :)

Screenshots

PlayScore 23 screens
Music Intervals Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PlayScore 2 at Free against Music Intervals Trainer's $2.99. PlayScore 2 also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 13%) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 2). Music Intervals Trainer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16). On rating, 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

PlayScore 2 is free to download; Music Intervals Trainer costs $2.99 up front. PlayScore 2 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Music Intervals Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PlayScore 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlayScore 2 has 4.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of PlayScore 2's written reviews are positive against 13% of Music Intervals Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlayScore 2 ships an update every 2 months, Music Intervals Trainer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

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PlayScore 2 versus Music Intervals Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayScore 2Music Intervals Trainer
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.2 (4.8K ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.3% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings4.8K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#150 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOrganum LimitedPlearn LLC

Customer experience

PlayScore 2

All ratings4,533 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative16.2%
Written reviews491 reviews
Positive50.3%
Neutral13.0%
Negative36.7%

Music Intervals Trainer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

PlayScore 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes when scanning/importing
  • Playback issues with timing and note accuracy
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Exporting to MIDI/MusicXML not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to import PDFs and multiple pages
  • Improved support for transposition and clef changes
  • Metronome functionality and count-in feature
  • Annotation and score editing capabilities
  • Organizational tools (folders, playlists)

Music Intervals Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

PlayScore 2

Subscriptions4
  • PlayScore Productivity$5.991 Month
  • PlayScore 2 Professional month$6.991 Month
  • PlayScore Productivity$34.991 Year
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  • PlayScore 2 Professional year$59.991 Year
None

Music Intervals Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PlayScore 2 free?
PlayScore 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Music Intervals Trainer free?
Music Intervals Trainer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PlayScore 2 or Music Intervals Trainer?
PlayScore 2 is rated higher. PlayScore 2 averages 4.2 out of 5 from 4.8K ratings, while Music Intervals Trainer averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PlayScore 2 or Music Intervals Trainer have ads?
Neither PlayScore 2 nor Music Intervals Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlayScore 2 or Music Intervals Trainer?
PlayScore 2 ships an update every 2 months, and Music Intervals Trainer every 5 months. Most recently, PlayScore 2 was updated on October 29, 2026 and Music Intervals Trainer on October 24, 2026.

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