# Perfect Pitch vs OpenEar

The clearest difference is update cadence: Perfect Pitch at every 10 days against OpenEar's monthly. Perfect Pitch also leads on ratings volume (72 vs 12). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Perfect Pitch against 4.3 for OpenEar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perfect Pitch has 72 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Perfect Pitch's written reviews are positive against 63% of OpenEar's.

Perfect Pitch ships an update every 10 days, OpenEar monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

## The numbers

| Metric | Perfect Pitch | OpenEar |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | **[4.4 (72 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/perfect-pitch-synesthesia/id1498078029/reviews)** | [4.3 (12 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/openear-ear-training/id1616537214/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **72** | 12 |
| Positive reviews | **64.7% of reviews** | 62.5% of reviews |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Every 10 days** | Monthly |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Size | 14 MB | 106 MB |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | **14.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [Erudite Apps LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1457511045) | [Shachar Har-Shuv](https://appshunter.io/developer/1598566691) |

## What reviewers say

### Perfect Pitch

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/perfect-pitch-synesthesia/id1498078029)

Develop perfect pitch by associating musical notes with colors and haptic feedback. This app uses cognitive psychology principles to create a synesthetic learning experience, helping you identify and recreate musical notes without a reference tone.

**Highlights:** Associate pitches with custom colors, Haptic feedback for natural notes and sharps/flats, Train with built-in melodies, songs, and scales, Circle of Fifths visualization, Organize practice songs in a library, Modify training settings for each song

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none


### OpenEar

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/openear-ear-training/id1616537214)

This app offers a variety of exercises designed to improve musicians' aural skills, focusing on tonal music. It helps users master recognizing musical patterns through exercises like scale degree and chord identification, and progression analysis.

**Highlights:** Scale Degree Identification, Chord Function Identification, Common Progressions, Chord Types, Scale Degrees with Chords, Triad Inversions, Intervals

**Features:** macOS Compatibility

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Perfect Pitch free?

Perfect Pitch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is OpenEar free?

OpenEar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Perfect Pitch or OpenEar?

Perfect Pitch is rated higher. Perfect Pitch averages 4.4 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while OpenEar averages 4.3 from 12 ratings.

### Do Perfect Pitch or OpenEar have ads?

Neither Perfect Pitch nor OpenEar shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Perfect Pitch or OpenEar?

Perfect Pitch ships an update every 10 days, and OpenEar monthly. Most recently, Perfect Pitch was updated on October 24, 2026 and OpenEar on October 24, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*