SpaceEars vs hEARit!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Roguelite sci-fi gameplay
- Functional ear training
- Music interval recognition
- Unlockable spaceships and power-ups
- Boss battles
- Progressive difficulty levels
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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
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.
- Interval recognition practice
- Ascending interval drills
- Descending interval drills
- Simultaneous interval drills
- Teacher score tracking via Google Sheets
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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!
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | SpaceEars | hEARit! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 239 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alessandro Fadini | Brian Wis |
Customer experience
SpaceEars
hEARit!
In-app purchases
SpaceEars
- Premium Subscription - Full$0.991 Month
- Unlock Premium Version$3.99
hEARit!
No in-app purchases









