Comparison

SpaceEars vs Stickey Chords

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SpaceEars

This sci-fi roguelite game makes ear training fun with space battles. Learn music intervals by flying through space, fighting aliens, and unlocking power-ups. Progress through levels and challenges with persistent unlocks, even after defeats.

Highlights
  • Roguelite sci-fi gameplay
  • Functional ear training
  • Music interval recognition
  • Unlockable spaceships and power-ups
  • Boss battles
  • Progressive difficulty levels
Features
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SpaceEars is a sci-fi roguelite game that gamifies ear training with epic space battles! As you fly through space and fight aliens, you’ll need to recognize music intervals correctly to progress. SpaceEars seamlessly combines epic sci-fi adventures with functional ear training. As you fly and shoot alien ships, you’ll learn different notes. Use music to activate power ups and clear the stage! Unlock new ships, explore new wormholes and defeat alien bosses. Play through roguelite levels and keep your progress as you face new levels and challenges, even if you lose. Players will learn music intervals just as easily as learning game controls. SpaceEars progresses players through levels and musical lessons at a natural pace, bringing roguelite gameplay and ear training together in one amazing mix. SPACEEARS FEATURES: • ROGUELITE SCI-FI GAME - Venture through wormholes, exploring far away space while improving your musical ear without even noticing it! - Defeat bosses in chaotic space battles! - Set the difficulty for each level. - Collect spaceships and power-ups. • EAR TRAINING - Unlock crazy power-ups during each run by recognizing the right music intervals. - Train ascending, descending and harmonic intervals. - You can choose to hear the intervals in the context of a different song at each run, so you can progress in a functional way. - Learn to recognize intervals in a musical context - just like while playing and listening to music! - Each level has a different music track providing a new context for functional ear training • BEYOND SPACE - Control the first alien spaceship recovered in Area 52. - Defeat hordes of aliens, including 20+ unique alien ships, 3 mini-bosses, 3 bosses and 1 super-mega-boss! • A LONG JOURNEY - Gather resources to acquire new spaceships, growing in power to face the final black hole. - Unlock new wormholes to explore and gather enough resources to purchase all 8 unique spaceships! • Extras - Old School: single purchase for the single player campaign, NO ADS or wait times to interrupt gameplay! - Pay once, own everything forever. - Developers actively respond to feedback and update - Big updates planned within this year! Explore space, battle aliens and learn to recognize musical intervals in one epic sci-fi game. Download SpaceEars today! Privacy Policy: https://www.spaceears.com/pirvacy.html EULA: https://www.spaceears.com/pirvacy.html

About

Stickey Chords

Learn to build piano chords by placing characters on the correct keys. The app provides visual feedback on your accuracy and allows customization of chord types and voicings. Improve your ear training with audio playback and choose your preferred note naming system.

Highlights
  • Chord building with character placement
  • Visual accuracy feedback
  • Customizable chord types (major, minor, 7th, etc.)
  • Chord voicing selection (root position, inversions)
  • Ear training via audio playback
  • English and Fixed do note naming
Features
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Team Stickey needs your help building chords! Place the characters on the correct keys to make the chord written above the keyboard. Once you think you have it right, check your answer - all correct is shown by green check marks; some correct (or correct but in the wrong order) are marked by gray check marks; correct note letter name but incorrect accidental (sharp/flat/natural) gets a gray x; incorrect note letter gets a red x. Customize settings to play with the chords you are interested in: - major - minor - suspended - augmented - diminished - dominant 7th - major 7th - minor 7th Select the chord voicing: - root position or inversions Improve your ear by listening to the chord written, then listening to the chord made with the keys you placed characters on. Choose between English (C, D, E...) and Fixed do (do, re, mi...) note naming.

Screenshots

SpaceEars4 screens
Stickey Chords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stickey Chords at none against SpaceEars's 2. Stickey Chords also leads on price ($0.99 vs $3.99). SpaceEars's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SpaceEars costs $3.99 and Stickey Chords $0.99 up front. SpaceEars sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Stickey Chords asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SpaceEars against 5.0 for Stickey Chords. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpaceEars has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpaceEars ships an update every 2 months, Stickey Chords every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SpaceEars versus Stickey Chords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpaceEarsStickey Chords
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 24 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size239 MB52 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlessandro FadiniLaura Gabrielson

Customer experience

SpaceEars

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stickey Chords

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SpaceEars

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Subscription - Full$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Unlock Premium Version$3.99
None

Stickey Chords

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpaceEars free?
SpaceEars costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Stickey Chords free?
Stickey Chords costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpaceEars or Stickey Chords?
SpaceEars and Stickey Chords are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SpaceEars or Stickey Chords have ads?
Neither SpaceEars nor Stickey Chords shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpaceEars or Stickey Chords?
SpaceEars ships an update every 2 months, and Stickey Chords every 24 months. Most recently, SpaceEars was updated on October 13, 2026 and Stickey Chords on October 24, 2026.

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