Comparison

ChordProg Ear Trainer vs DroneTones

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

Head to head
About

ChordProg Ear Trainer

This app offers a realistic music training experience by using real audio clips to teach chord progressions, intervals, chords, and scales. It provides over 500 audio clips for practice and is designed to help prepare users for ear training tests.

Highlights
  • Chord progression recognition
  • Interval recognition exercises
  • Chord recognition exercises
  • Scale recognition exercises
  • 500+ real audio clips
  • Music theory exploration
  • Regular updates with new features
Features
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Learn to recognize chord progressions by ear with real recorded music. ChordProg Ear Trainer has exercises for chord, interval and scale practice, from identifying individual sounds to following a whole progression. Listen to a clip and name the chords in order. Replay a passage when you need another listen, and switch between chord names and Roman numerals to practice recognizing each chord's role in the key. More than 500 recorded clips give you practice across different keys and voicings. Focus on the sounds you want to recognize. Practice telling chord types apart, hearing the distance between two notes or identifying a scale as it plays. Work through short levels and return to the ones you find difficult. Your results and daily streak help you keep track of your practice. When you want to understand what you heard, look it up in the chord, interval and scale dictionaries. You can also tap notes on the piano to find matching chords and scales. Try introductory levels without a subscription. Premium gives you full access to the chord, interval, scale and chord progression exercises through an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DroneTones

Enhance your musical improvisation and practice sessions with sustained drone sounds. This app offers a wide range of keys and an intuitive interface to help musicians of all levels find the right notes and elevate their performances.

Highlights
  • Sustained drone sounds
  • Expanded range of keys
  • User-friendly interface
  • Improvisation tool
  • Practice enhancement
Features
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A steady, warm cello drone to help you play in tune. Pick a note, press play, and tune your ear to a rock-solid reference pitch — for any instrument or voice. Practicing with a drone is the fastest way to fix intonation. Instead of chasing a needle on a tuner, you train your ear against a continuous reference tone and learn what "in tune" actually feels like. Scales, long tones, improv, warm-ups — a drone makes all of it sharper. DroneTones gives you a rich, natural cello timbre across all 12 chromatic notes, so the drone sits comfortably under whatever you play or sing. WHO IT'S FOR • Strings — violin, viola, cello, bass intonation • Voice & choir — match pitch and hold a tonal center • Brass & woodwinds — tune long tones to a reference • Any musician working on playing in tune FEATURES • Warm, natural cello drone tones • All 12 chromatic notes • Clean, distraction-free interface • Completely free — no time limits, no lock-outs • Optional tip jar if it helps your practice No ads. No subscription. Just a clean reference pitch whenever you need one.

Screenshots

ChordProg Ear Trainer4 screens
DroneTones4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DroneTones at 4.8 against ChordProg Ear Trainer's 4.3. DroneTones also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). ChordProg Ear Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ChordProg Ear Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and DroneTones sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DroneTones holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of ChordProg Ear Trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of DroneTones's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChordProg Ear Trainer ships an update every 9 days, DroneTones monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ChordProg Ear Trainer versus DroneTones: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordProg Ear TrainerDroneTones
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (15 ratings)4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevDa ASThanh Nguyen

Customer experience

ChordProg Ear Trainer

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

DroneTones

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ChordProg Ear Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly premium subscription!$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription!3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Access$9.99
3 purchases

DroneTones

One-time3
  • Grace Note$1.99
  • Crescendo$4.99
  • Standing Ovation$9.99

Questions

Is ChordProg Ear Trainer free?
ChordProg Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DroneTones free?
DroneTones is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChordProg Ear Trainer or DroneTones?
DroneTones is rated higher. ChordProg Ear Trainer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while DroneTones averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do ChordProg Ear Trainer or DroneTones have ads?
Neither ChordProg Ear Trainer nor DroneTones shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChordProg Ear Trainer or DroneTones?
ChordProg Ear Trainer ships an update every 9 days, and DroneTones monthly. Most recently, ChordProg Ear Trainer was updated on September 20, 2026 and DroneTones on September 7, 2026.

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