Rhythm Learning vs Ear 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.
Ear Training
This app helps musicians and students improve their musical ear through adaptive training exercises. It covers intervals, chords, scales, vocal warmups, and melodic/rhythmic dictation. Personalized practice sessions and detailed feedback aid skill development.
- Adaptive interval, chord, and scale identification
- Vocal warm-up routines
- Solfege and interval singing practice
- Melodic and rhythmic dictation
- Chord progression identification
- Educational music theory guides
- Customizable practice routines
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ToneSeed is a complete ear training app for musicians, music theory students, and singers. An adaptive engine learns your strengths and weaknesses, then builds every session around what you need to practice most. INTERVAL TRAINING Identify ascending, descending, and harmonic intervals from unison to octave. The adaptive engine tracks your accuracy for each interval and direction, challenging you where you're weakest. Anchor each interval with reference songs you know. CHORD RECOGNITION Learn to identify 11 chord types: major, minor, diminished, augmented, sus2, sus4, and all seventh chords (Maj7, min7, dom7, dim7, m7b5). Train with root position through 3rd inversion. SCALE IDENTIFICATION Recognize 12 scale types: major, natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, major and minor pentatonic, blues, and 5 modes (Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Locrian). Each scale plays as a melody with staff notation. VOCAL WARMUP Guided 5-, 8-, or 12-minute routines: sirens, lip-trills, hums, scales, arpeggios, and a sustained-tone messa di voce. Transposed through your own vocal range with a soft drone for support. SOLFEGE SINGING Sight-singing practice with real-time pitch detection. 26 progressive exercises across 7 major keys, from stepwise motion to challenging leaps. INTERVAL SINGING Hear only the root, then sing the second note of the interval. Octave-independent matching lets you sing in your own range. CHORD ENTRANCE Hear a chord, then sing its 3rd or 5th. A pitch meter shows where you landed, and feedback distinguishes correct from confused-with from non-chord-tone. MELODIC DICTATION Transcribe melodies by ear across 3 modes: - Diatonic: melodies in 5 major keys - Atonal: chromatic melodies with no key center - Melodic-rhythmic: combined pitch and rhythm transcription RHYTHMIC DICTATION Notate rhythms from memory across 8 difficulty levels — from basic quarter notes to complex patterns with dots, ties, rests, and triplets. CADENCE IDENTIFICATION Identify 4 cadence types (perfect authentic, plagal, half, deceptive) in major keys. CHORD PROGRESSIONS Identify 27 common chord progressions — pop staples like I–V–vi–IV, jazz ii–V–I turnarounds, 12-bar blues, and minor-key classics (Stairway, Andalusian cadence). Build custom practice sets by picking scale degrees, or choose a preset (Pop, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Classical). Answer by tapping the progression name or by tapping out the chords one at a time. EDUCATIONAL GUIDES Browse detailed guides for all intervals, chords, scales, and cadences. Hear examples, read character descriptions, and view staff notation. SMART FEATURES - Adaptive engine targets your weakest areas - Daily practice built for you, with per-section progress and XP - Custom training routines with full configuration - Practice calendar with streak tracking - 12 achievements and XP leveling system - Detailed statistics and confusion matrix - Interactive circle of fifths - 4 instruments: piano, guitar, violin, voice - Piano keyboard input for dictation - Staff notation throughout the app - Works fully offline - Cloud sync with optional account FREE FOREVER Interval training, chord recognition, scale identification, interval reproduction with pitch detection, vocal warmup, all educational guides, and the circle of fifths are free with no limits. PREMIUM Unlock solfege singing, interval singing, chord entrance, all dictation modes, cadence identification, chord progressions, custom routines, and custom reference songs. Start with a 7-day free trial. Available in English, Polish, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean. Terms of Use: https://toneseed.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Rhythm Learning at 323 against Ear Training's 2. Ear Training's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Ear Training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ear Training holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rhythm Learning has 323 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rhythm Learning ships an update every 3 weeks, Ear Training weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rhythm Learning | Ear Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (323 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 323 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | Marcin Chudy |
Customer experience
Rhythm Learning
Ear 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
Ear Training
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rhythm Learning
- Paid Version$4.99
Ear Training
- ToneSeed Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- ToneSeed Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Questions
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