EarGuru vs Auracle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Auracle is free to download; EarGuru costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | EarGuru | Auracle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dan Tepfer | Andrew Frame |
Customer experience
EarGuru
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In-app purchases
EarGuru
No in-app purchases
Auracle
No in-app purchases









