Comparison

Better Ears vs Intervals Pro

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

Head to head
About

Better Ears

Enhance your musical abilities with a comprehensive ear training application. It offers 13 diverse exercises, from interval recognition to chord progressions, suitable for all skill levels. Customize your learning path with user-defined levels and instruments.

Highlights
  • 13 ear training exercises
  • Customizable chords, scales, and progressions
  • 6 instrument sound options
  • Virtual keyboard and fretboard
  • Vocal or instrument input
  • Preset and custom training levels
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
Read full description

Better Ears is the complete ear training and sight‑reading workout for musicians, students and teachers. Train your musical ear and master music theory — from interval recognition all the way to chord progressions and rhythm training. 15 exercises take you from absolute beginner to pro, at your own pace, with no rules and no pressure. NEW: RHYTHM TRAINING Sharpen your sense of timing with two brand‑new exercises. Hear a rhythm and clap or tap it back, or read rhythmic notation and perform it in time — with count‑in, metronome, triplets and time signatures like 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4. Clap straight into your device's microphone and Better Ears listens. YOU DECIDE HOW TO TRAIN There are no rules to follow. You decide when to start, what to practice and how often. 15 EXERCISES INCLUDED • Interval recognition • Scale recognition • Chord recognition • Chord progressions • Pitch recognition • Melodic dictation • Tempo recognition • Key signature recognition • Music reading • Interval music reading • Scale music reading • Chord music reading • Melody music reading • Rhythm recognition (new) • Rhythm reading (new) ANSWER WITH YOUR VOICE OR A REAL INSTRUMENT Built‑in pitch detection lets you answer by singing or by playing a real instrument (e.g. piano or guitar). Just sing or play the notes when the microphone button lights up red. CUSTOM CHORDS, SCALES & CHORD PROGRESSIONS The built‑in editor lets you add your own chords, scales and chord progressions. FOUR PRESET LEVELS + UNLIMITED CUSTOM LEVELS Start at Beginner, Easy, Normal or Professional — then build your own levels to focus exactly where you need to: church modes, those two pesky intervals, custom rhythms, whatever you like. 6 INSTRUMENTS & CUSTOM SOUNDFONTS Train with Acoustic Grand, Bright Acoustic Piano, Electric Grand, Drawbar Organ, Nylon and Steel Acoustic Guitar — or extend Better Ears with your own sounds via SoundFonts (.sf2). KEYBOARD & FRETBOARD Answer on a virtual piano keyboard or a virtual guitar fretboard. MIDI SUPPORT Route sound through an external MIDI device and even control Better Ears with a connected master keyboard. SYNC ALL OF YOUR DEVICES Keep your Mac, iPhone and iPad in sync via Dropbox. You choose what to sync: your own levels, your statistics, your settings — or all of it. STATISTICS Better Ears tracks your progress for every exercise and every question — right and wrong answers at a glance. WIKIPEDIA INTEGRATION The matching Wikipedia article is shown for each exercise, so the theory is always one tap away. REFRESHED DESIGN A modern, fully redesigned interface on iPhone, iPad and Mac — with full Dark Mode and crystal‑clear music notation.

About

Intervals Pro

Develop your musical ear with this app, offering exercises for intervals and solfege. Practice with various instruments like piano, guitar, bass, violin, and cello. Customize difficulty, intervals, and octaves for focused learning.

Highlights
  • Interval training
  • Solfege exercises
  • Multiple instrument options
  • Customizable difficulty
  • Octave and note adjustment
  • Ad-free learning environment
Read full description

Try the professional version of our app for developing your ear for music by intervals. In this version of the application you can play not only piano or guitar, but also bass, violin, cello, double bass. The professional version of the application is available on desktops and mobile devices. It is ad-free so you can concentrate fully on your studies. Before starting the lessons, you can choose the level of difficulty of the lessons, specify the intervals and the musical instrument, adjust the octaves and notes. Try to do ear training exercises regularly and systematically. If you have already started to study, then do not let yourself get bored and do not stop in development.

Screenshots

Better Ears4 screens
Intervals Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Better Ears at 71% against Intervals Pro's 0%. Better Ears also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (79 vs 4). Intervals Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Better Ears costs $4.99 and Intervals Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Better Ears holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Better Ears has 79 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Better Ears's written reviews are positive against 0% of Intervals Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Ears ships an update every 5 months, Intervals Pro every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Better Ears versus Intervals Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter EarsIntervals Pro
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.6 (79 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews70.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings79 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAMP GmbHDmitry Zaika

Customer experience

Better Ears

All ratings76 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive70.8%
Neutral12.3%
Negative16.9%

Intervals Pro

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Better Ears

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Note recognition issues on lower strings
  • Inconsistent behavior when customizing lessons
  • Dropbox sync feature not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add chord inversions and progressions
  • Include melodic and rhythmic dictation exercises
  • Provide more instrument sound options
  • Improve statistics tracking and personalization
  • Add support for bass clef and multiple clefs

Intervals Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Better Ears

No in-app purchases

None

Intervals Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Better Ears free?
Better Ears costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Intervals Pro free?
Intervals Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Better Ears or Intervals Pro?
Better Ears is rated higher. Better Ears averages 4.6 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Intervals Pro averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Better Ears or Intervals Pro have ads?
Neither Better Ears nor Intervals Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Better Ears or Intervals Pro?
Better Ears ships an update every 5 months, and Intervals Pro every 9 days. Most recently, Better Ears was updated on October 27, 2026 and Intervals Pro on October 24, 2026.

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