Musicated Ear Training vs Nate The Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Musicated Ear Training
Enhance your musical abilities with interactive ear training exercises. Practice identifying notes, intervals, and chords through various drills. Customize your practice sessions and personalize the app's appearance.
- Higher / Lower drill
- Single Note drill
- Intervals drill
- Keyboard Intervals drill
- Chord Modes drill
- Keyboard Chords drill
- Customizable practice preferences
- Changeable background images
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Train your ears and become a better musician. This app includes 6 music ear training drills including Higher / Lower, Single Note, Intervals, Keyboard Intervals, Chord Modes and Keyboard Chords. The preferences allow you to set what you want to practice. The background images can be easily changed from the Main Menu.
Nate The Note
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Nate the Note is an app intended to teach the basics of music for kids and adults alike. Designed by a Juilliard-trained musician with over 25 years of teaching piano to all ages and levels, the material is presented in small components in a strategic order to maximize learning and retention. Most of the app lessons teach music skills useful for all instruments. In later levels, there will also be lessons specifically for piano playing. In Level 1, you’ll learn to read the note names for the main notes in treble clef and bass clef. Future levels will cover additional note reading skills, rhythm, music terminology, and more. Stay tuned!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nate The Note at every 3 months against Musicated Ear Training's every 47 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Musicated Ear Training ships an update every 47 months, Nate The Note every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Musicated Ear Training | Nate The Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Maddock | Heather Turney Schmidt |
In-app purchases
Musicated Ear Training
No in-app purchases
Nate The Note
No in-app purchases
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