MelodEar vs Basic Pitch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MelodEar
Enhance your musical ear and understanding of music theory. This app helps musicians and singers grasp harmonic progressions, improvise, and create melodies. Practice intervals, scales, and chords with interactive exercises and video lessons.
- Harmonic progression understanding
- Melody creation and improvisation
- Ear training for intervals and notes
- Music theory video lessons
- Piano chords and scales practice
- Vocal training exercises
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Welcome to MelodEar – A music learning tool that is designed to help musicians and singers where they can understand and hear harmonic progressions and sing their favorite melodies. It is an advanced tool to help singers and instrumentalists by connecting their voice and music instruments to make them more expressive. + Experience different piano chords and scales + Watch music theory videos and practice daily with music reading exercises + Recognize music intervals and notes with ear training and understanding harmonic progression Whether you want to understand and improve harmonic progressions and improvisation skills or want to create your own melodies then MelodEar has got you covered ! Here you learn how to sing along with instrumental music. DAVID ESKENAZY VISION: MelodEar is designed by David Eskenazy, a musician, singer, and a facilitator who spent 15 years in developing real-life teaching methods and music theory exercises focused on helping musicians and vocalists to understand and improve their harmonic progression and melodic skill. Why and for Whom MelodEar is designed? For Musicians: It is a tool that’s designed to help instrumentalists connect their fingers with inner ear. The only aim of the tool (specifically for musicians) is to help them sing with their music instruments to improve their ability of improvising and creating melodies. For Singers: It allows singers to engage with jazz harmony and melodic modes in a more creative way. Improve pitch accuracy and melodic creativity. Improve your sight reading skills and engage in the vocal training to improve vocal agility and understand the flow within and between different harmonic structures. + Learn piano scales to improve understanding of scales and intervals + Enter the training mode to develop improvisation skills and increase + Learn piano chords and build strong connection between what you hear and what you play! How does MelodEar work? MelodEar provides an intuitive and easy-to-use interface to help musicians and singers understand and improve their musical skills. Following is step-by-step method of how it works: + Edit Window: Start creating and editing your song including selecting and modifying chords. Customize the structure of your music by choosing melodic modes that match the harmonic progression of the song. + The Library: Once the song is created, it gets stored in the library which also contains pre-filled smooth jazz standards. You can access, modify, or use them as templates for learning purposes. + Session Window: It is the core of MelodEar where you start the real practice. Here you view the harmonic progression of a song with a visual display of the melodic modes that are connected to each chord. See how notes and intervals relate to each other Play with chords (jazz chords, guitar chords), scales, and melodies in real-time using the chord player and vocal keyboard which plays the piano notes of the chosen mode. “Pitch recognition” feature allows you to highlight the notes you’re singing to hit the right pitch. You can also adjust the pitch with a “fine tuner” and focus on specific sections of song with a “looper” for repeated practice. + See It, Hear It, Sing It: See the musical structure visually, hear the melodic intervals, and sing. Get real-time feedback to check your accuracy. + Learning and Skill Building: Learn music notes from tutorials and get a guidance through music reading exercises to improve your pitch, ear training, and improvisational skills. Develop deep understanding of harmony and melodic patterns to improve your musical creativity. + MelodEar Tutorial Pack: Get detailed guidance and comprehensive learning resources to improve your musical skills. Get step-by-step instructions, skill-development exercises, improvisation training, understanding music theory, and improving musical creativity. Terms of Use: https://vocal-improv.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://vocal-improv.com/privacy-policy
Basic Pitch
This app makes music education engaging for all skill levels. It offers a gamified approach to ear training and sight-singing, essential skills for musicians. Learn to identify pitches, intervals, scales, chords, and rhythms through interactive exercises.
- Gamified music education
- Ear training exercises
- Sight-singing practice
- Learn music theory concepts
- Identify pitches and intervals
- Chord and rhythm recognition
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Basic Pitch builds internal pitch awareness through simple, game-like listening, matching, and singing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MelodEar at Free against Basic Pitch's $1.99. MelodEar also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 67%) and ratings volume (68 vs 11). Basic Pitch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
MelodEar is free to download; Basic Pitch costs $1.99 up front. MelodEar sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Basic Pitch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basic Pitch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MelodEar has 68 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of MelodEar's written reviews are positive against 67% of Basic Pitch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MelodEar ships an update every 2 months, Basic Pitch every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MelodEar | Basic Pitch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (68 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Eskenazy | Carlos DeSoto |
Customer experience
MelodEar
Basic Pitch
In-app purchases
MelodEar
- MelodEar Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- MelodEar Premium3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- MelodEar Full Version 1 year7 Days trial$29.491 Year
- 3-day free trialFree
- MelodEar Premium$19.99
- MelodEar Premium$29.99
Basic Pitch
No in-app purchases









