Comparison

SpaceEars vs hEARit!

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
Currently charting
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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

hEARit!

Develop your musical ear with this app designed for music students. Practice identifying intervals in various orders, including ascending, descending, and simultaneous. Teachers can utilize a Google Sheet integration to track student scores.

Highlights
  • Interval recognition practice
  • Ascending interval drills
  • Descending interval drills
  • Simultaneous interval drills
  • Teacher score tracking via Google Sheets
Features
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hEARit! provides developing music students with a variety of ways to hear and respond to intervals. Want to hear the notes in ascending order? Descending? At the same time? No problem. Teachers: You can use a google sheet to collect scores!

Screenshots

SpaceEars4 screens
hEARit!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: hEARit! at Free against SpaceEars's $3.99. hEARit! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). SpaceEars's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

hEARit! is free to download; SpaceEars costs $3.99 up front. SpaceEars sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. hEARit! 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 hEARit!. 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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
SpaceEars versus hEARit!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpaceEarshEARit!
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#178 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size239 MB23 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlessandro FadiniBrian Wis

Customer experience

SpaceEars

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

hEARit!

All ratings1 ratings
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

hEARit!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpaceEars free?
SpaceEars costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is hEARit! free?
hEARit! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpaceEars or hEARit!?
SpaceEars and hEARit! are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SpaceEars or hEARit! have ads?
Neither SpaceEars nor hEARit! shows ads.

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