Comparison

ChordProg Ear Trainer vs Grindstone

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

Grindstone

Features
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A spaced repetition memory app built for learning tunes Add and sort tunes in the "library" tab. To add a tune press the + icon. After you enter the name of the tune you can click the search icon to search thesession.org's database and match the tune to one found there. Any fields left empty by you will be automatically filled. Grindstone can create a midi audio snippet from that search. In the practice tab you will find the tunes ordered by practice priority. You can view any sets you've created by sliding the toggle at the top. You can also pin tunes you want to prioritise by dragging the card sideways, or clicking the pin icon when the practice card is open. Select a tune you want to practice. When a tune is open for practice you can: - play an audio snippet - start a metronome - log your playing speed - record and playback the tune When you've practiced a tune, select "nope", "hard", "good" or "easy". This will help the app generate the next practice interval. Grindstone will encourage smaller practice intervals for new and difficult tunes, and larger practice intervals for tunes you know well.

Screenshots

ChordProg Ear Trainer4 screens
Grindstone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grindstone at none against ChordProg Ear Trainer's 3. ChordProg Ear Trainer's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. ChordProg Ear Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Grindstone asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ChordProg Ear Trainer versus Grindstone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordProg Ear TrainerGrindstone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevDa ASMARGAUX SJAAN HAYES

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
None

Grindstone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChordProg Ear Trainer free?
ChordProg Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grindstone free?
Grindstone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChordProg Ear Trainer or Grindstone have ads?
Neither ChordProg Ear Trainer nor Grindstone shows ads.

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