Comparison

Loving Note vs Real Ear Trainer

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

Head to head
About

Loving Note

Develop your aural skills with this music training app. Practice tunes, intervals, chords, and scales using both sound and visual scores. Customize your practice sessions to enhance your musicality.

Highlights
  • Tune, interval, scale, and chord training
  • Practice with sounds and scores
  • Customizable practice parameters
  • Hints for musical elements
  • Continuous tune pack updates
  • Correctness feedback for practices
Features
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Loving Note is a music skill training app which integrates tune, interval, chord and scale exercises. Develop your aural skills with score reading and acoustic contents. Promote your musicality with vivid tunes. Key features: • Tune, Interval, scale and chord training exercises • Customize speed, direction and other parameters for your practices • Practice with sounds and scores • Hints for intervals, chords and scales • Continuously updates for Tune packs • Correctness for practices Loving Note is designed for both beginners and professionals. Have fun with the notes!

About

Real Ear Trainer

This app revolutionizes musical ear training by using AI to create personalized quizzes from your own music library. It adapts to your skill level, offering detailed progress tracking and feedback to help you improve your musical abilities.

Highlights
  • Personalized quizzes from own music
  • AI-driven analysis
  • Adaptive skill level adjustments
  • Detailed progress tracking
  • Targeted feedback
  • Engaging musical exercises
Features
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Play the songs you love — by ear. You don't need sheet music or years of theory to figure out the music in your head. Real Ear Trainer turns the songs you already listen to into quick, daily reps that train your ear to catch chords, melodies, and changes — until playing by ear just clicks. Drop in your own music and AI builds personalized exercises from the exact tracks you want to play. Start wherever you are — total beginner or seasoned player — and it adapts to your level, with progress tracking and feedback that show your ear getting sharper every day. 5 minutes a day. Then you're playing by ear. • Train on your own favorite songs, not generic drills • AI-generated quizzes from real music • Catch chords, intervals, and progressions by ear • Adapts to your level, beginner to advanced • Progress tracking + targeted feedback Stop reaching for tabs. Start hearing the music — and playing it back.

Screenshots

Loving Note4 screens
Real Ear Trainer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Real Ear Trainer at every 2 weeks against Loving Note's every 8 months. Loving Note's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Loving Note against 5.0 for Real Ear Trainer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loving Note ships an update every 8 months, Real Ear Trainer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Loving Note versus Real Ear Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoving NoteReal Ear Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer艺 任Mayank Sanganeria

Customer experience

Loving Note

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Real Ear Trainer

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

In-app purchases

None

Loving Note

No in-app purchases

None

Real Ear Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loving Note free?
Loving Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Real Ear Trainer free?
Real Ear Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loving Note or Real Ear Trainer?
Loving Note and Real Ear Trainer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Loving Note or Real Ear Trainer have ads?
Neither Loving Note nor Real Ear Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loving Note or Real Ear Trainer?
Loving Note ships an update every 8 months, and Real Ear Trainer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Loving Note was updated on October 6, 2026 and Real Ear Trainer on October 13, 2026.

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