Rhythm Learning vs Rhythm Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rhythm Learning
Practice reading musical rhythms from sheet music. This application provides a tool for musicians to hone their sight-reading skills with various rhythmic patterns.
- Practice reading rhythms
- Sheet music integration
- Rhythmic pattern exercises
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This is an app for practicing reading rhythms from sheet music. You can practice 10 times for free.
Rhythm Training
This app helps music students and teachers improve their rhythm skills through dictation and sight-reading exercises. It offers customizable parameters and multiple practice modes for various learning needs.
- Rhythm dictation practice
- Rhythmic sight-reading
- Customizable difficulty parameters
- Rhythm pattern library
- Multiple practice modes
- Ad-free experience
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Contact the developer: zxzdev0.feedback@gmail.com * “Rhythm Training” is a professional rhythm practice app designed for music teachers, students, and enthusiasts. It supports multiple practice modes, including rhythm dictation, rhythm sight-reading, notation, and playback. * Randomly generate rhythm scores and audio for dictation, sight-reading, or sight-singing practice. The built-in rhythm pattern library ensures musically reasonable results. * When you encounter a complex rhythm while learning a new score, enter and play it in Notation Mode to quickly confirm and understand the rhythm. * Freely generate anything from basic rhythms to complex rhythmic combinations, meeting the needs of beginners, advanced learners, and professionals alike. * Focused functionality, a clean interface, and no subscription. * Generation settings can be adjusted for different practice needs: 1. Time signature: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 3/8, 6/8, … 2. Tempo: set the tempo and beat unit 3. Voices: choose one or two voices 4. Pattern Library: choose which rhythm patterns are used for random generation. All common rhythm patterns are included in the app. 5. Tuplet Library: provides common tuplet types, including triplets, 3 against 4, 4 against 3, 5 against 4, and more 6. Advanced Tuplet Library: provides tuplets containing internal rests and ties 7. Rest switch: when enabled, the first note of a rhythm pattern may be replaced with a rest 8. Tie switch: when enabled, the last note of one rhythm pattern may be tied to the first note of the next rhythm pattern 9. Swing: eighth-note swing and sixteenth-note swing 10. Other settings: pick-up bar, number of measures, and more * Includes 5 modes for different practice needs: 1. Reading Mode: practice sight-reading or sight-singing with randomly generated rhythm scores 2. Notation Mode: enter a rhythm score and play it, with Save & Load support 3. Dictation Mode: enter notes according to the rhythm you hear, and check the answer at any time 4. Stage Mode: progress step by step through different rhythm themes and difficulty levels 5. Exam Mode: complete rhythm dictation at a specified difficulty, then view your percentage correct after finishing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Rhythm Training at free against Rhythm Learning's free with in-app purchases. Rhythm Learning's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (323 vs 49). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Rhythm Learning sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rhythm Training sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rhythm Learning holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm Learning has 323 ratings behind it against 49, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Rhythm Learning's written reviews are positive against 80% of Rhythm Training's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Rhythm Learning ships an update every 3 weeks, Rhythm Training fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rhythm Learning | Rhythm Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (323 ratings) — better | 4.5 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 323 — better | 49 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | 金阳 游 |
Customer experience
Rhythm Learning
Rhythm Training
Bugs and requests
Rhythm Learning
Reported bugs
9 issues- No sound after purchasing paid version
- Cannot return after score display
- App freezes/becomes unresponsive
- Cannot play after Level 3 in 4/4 time
- Click sound doesn't start from beat 1
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- Metro sound continues after returning
- App not working on iOS 16.1.2
- App not working after initial install
- Screen doesn't enlarge in landscape mode
Requested features
16 requests- Add sextuplets and 32nd notes
- Simultaneous LH/RH polyrhythms
- Tap length judgment
- Audio delay adjustment
- MIDI support for piano connection
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- Customizable rhythm patterns
- More time signatures
- Smaller screen/more measures setting
- Manual input of ethnic rhythms
- Remove pre-phrase pauses
- Shuffle pattern implementation
- Change color at 100%
- Learning mode with sound/counting
- Add answer check for correct rhythm
- Metronome sound change in bonus mode
- Higher difficulty levels
Rhythm Training
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rhythm Learning
- Paid Version$4.99
Rhythm Training
- Sponsor$0.29
- Full Version$2.99
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