Ears to Hear vs Read Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ears to Hear
This app helps musicians of all levels improve their aural skills by training them to recognize different sounds and pitches. Users arrange three sounds by frequency, with adjustable difficulty levels to suit their progress. It's designed to sharpen musical abilities and foster a better ear for music.
- Improve musical aural skills
- Recognize sounds and pitches
- Arrange sounds by frequency
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Automatic difficulty adjustment
- Hone ear training skills
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Introducing Ears to Hear, the ultimate ear training app for musicians of all levels. With Ears to Hear, you can improve your musical skills and develop your ability to recognize different sounds and pitches. In Ears to Hear, you will be presented with three sounds and you must arrange them in order of increasing frequency. This simple exercise will help you develop your ear for music and sharpen your musical abilities. The app offers adjustable difficulty levels, so you can challenge yourself and progress at your own pace. You can also choose to have the difficulty level automatically adjust based on your performance, ensuring that you are always pushed to improve. With Ears to Hear, you can hone your ear training skills and become a better musician. Download the app now and start your journey to musical excellence.
Read Notes
Enhance your musical abilities with interactive games focused on sight-reading, ear training, and chord recognition. Practice essential music theory concepts and improve your performance on any instrument with daily exercises and challenges.
- Sight reading practice with multiple clefs
- Ear training for notes, intervals, and chords
- Chord recognition and virtual keyboard
- 100-song library with challenges
- Progress tracking and leaderboards
- Multiple difficulty levels and practice modes
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Read music for the instrument you play. Clefs, written ranges and answer screens adapt to the selected instrument. Depending on the instrument, answer with an on-screen keyboard, fretboard, string and position choices, note names or rhythm taps. Compare your answer with the right note and practice the notes you missed. Keep your existing quests, drills, pieces and progress. You can continue piano practice without choosing your instrument again. Start with 67 free songs from a library of 150. Optional one-time Premium unlocks the other 83 songs, removes ads and removes heart limits. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Read Notes at 4.7 against Ears to Hear's 1.0. Read Notes also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 20%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months). Ears to Hear's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Read Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ears to Hear asks for nothing beyond the download.
Read Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read Notes has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Ears to Hear's written reviews are positive against 50% of Read Notes's.
Ears to Hear ships an update every 8 months, Read Notes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ears to Hear | Read Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alexey Ovod | minjae Lee |
Customer experience
Ears to Hear
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In-app purchases
Ears to Hear
No in-app purchases
Read Notes
- Remove Ads$7.99
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