Comparison

EarGuru vs Auracle

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

Head to head
About

EarGuru

This app offers three distinct modes to help musicians develop their aural skills. Practice identifying note sequences, replicating melodies on your instrument, or singing notes accurately. Continuous play allows for screen-free practice, transforming your musical hearing with regular use.

Highlights
  • Note identification in LISTEN mode
  • Instrument playback in PLAY mode
  • Singing pitch accuracy in SING mode
  • Continuous play for screen-free practice
  • Adjustable difficulty levels (1-11 notes)
Features
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Only you can do the work of serious ear training. EarGuru helps you do it with three independent modes, each targeting a specific area. In LISTEN mode, EarGuru plays a group of notes, all different, and you try to identify them from lowest to highest. Beginners will want to start with 1, then move to 2. Experts can go all the way to 11 notes if they choose to. In PLAY mode, EarGuru plays a note, or a chord of up to 4 notes, and you play it back as quickly as possible on your instrument before it moves on to the next one. In SING mode, EarGuru asks you to sing a note, and as you're singing, EarGuru plays the note so that you can make sure you've sung it correctly and in tune. All three modes can be used without looking at the screen, using the CONTINUOUS PLAY mode. This app relies on you, as a serious musician, to self-evaluate. If used regularly, it can completely transform your hearing.

About

Auracle

Rate and track your favorite music, films, TV shows, anime, and video games. Discover new obsessions with community charts and personalized recommendations. Engage in daily music games and build a comprehensive taste profile.

Highlights
  • Rate music, film, TV, anime, and games
  • Personalized taste profile
  • Daily music guessing games (Heardle, Immaculate Grid)
  • Community charts and recommendations
  • Collaborative lists
  • Shareable taste cards
Features
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Every universe you love. One taste profile. Auracle is where your whole taste lives — the albums, films, shows, anime, and video games that make you who you are. Rate everything on one 10-point scale, keep one diary, build one profile that actually captures you. FIVE UNIVERSES, ONE APP Flip between Music, Movies, TV, Anime, and Games with one tap. Each universe gets the full treatment: search anything, rate it in seconds, see community charts, and get recommendations based on your actual taste — not an algorithm selling you something. DAILY GAMES YOU CAN'T PLAY ANYWHERE ELSE • Heardle — guess the song from a one-second snippet • Immaculate Grid — fill a 3×3 with albums matching each row and column • Duels — head-to-head picks that build your personal Elo ranking of everything you've heard • SoundClash — create a game code, send it to friends, same songs, live scoreboard • Brackets — play ours or build your own 8/16-entry bracket about anything and share it BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO KEEP A LIST • 10-point ratings with half-point precision — the difference between great and masterpiece matters • A listening (and watching, and playing) diary so you never forget when you first met a favorite • Collaborative lists anyone can add to and vote on • Taste cards — shareable, generated portraits of your taste in five styles • Community charts and a Canon ranked by real people A FEED WORTH FOLLOWING See what friends are rating across every universe. A friend's 9.5 on an album sits next to their 8 on a game. Argue accordingly. Free to join. Bring your library, find your people, and meet the next obsession you'll defend in a group chat at 1am.

Screenshots

EarGuru4 screens
Auracle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Auracle at Free against EarGuru's $3.99. Auracle also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 15 months). EarGuru's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Auracle is free to download; EarGuru costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EarGuru against 5.0 for Auracle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EarGuru ships an update every 15 months, Auracle every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
EarGuru versus Auracle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarGuruAuracle
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDan TepferAndrew Frame

Customer experience

EarGuru

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Auracle

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

EarGuru

No in-app purchases

None

Auracle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EarGuru free?
EarGuru costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auracle free?
Auracle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EarGuru or Auracle?
EarGuru and Auracle are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do EarGuru or Auracle have ads?
Neither EarGuru nor Auracle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EarGuru or Auracle?
EarGuru ships an update every 15 months, and Auracle every 2 days. Most recently, EarGuru was updated on November 2, 2026 and Auracle on October 31, 2026.

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