Comparison

EarTester vs Complete Ear Trainer

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

Head to head
About

EarTester

This app helps you practice and maintain your ear training skills. It automatically replays incorrect interval guesses and displays them in music notation, using high-quality audio samples. It's designed to gauge your progress and keep your musical abilities sharp.

Highlights
  • Interval ear training
  • Automatic replay of wrong guesses
  • Display intervals in music notation
  • High-quality audio samples
  • Progress tracking
  • Skill level evaluation
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EarTester is a free companion application to EarMan. It tests your ear training skills at a proficiency level achieved when completing the EarMan curriculum. Intervals are automatically replayed when a wrong guess is made and are sounded together with a maximum range of 6 octaves. In addition the replay button in the toolbar can be used. EarMan considers 80% as a passing grade, but you might want to aim higher. EarTester uses the same high quality samples that are used in EarMan and also displays intervals in music notation. Ear training skills are not static. Even after having completed the EarMan curriculum it is a good idea to challenge yourself from time to time to see whether it is advisable to have another go at it. EarTester can also be used in conjunction with EarMan to simply gauge the progress that is being made or maybe just to evaluate your skill level in general. The main point is to keep your skills up. If you do a quick session on EarTester and find yourself anywhere near the 80% region, it is high time to get back to practicing. The good news is that like a well-maintained body, your ears will get back to their usual selves faster every time.

About

Complete Ear Trainer

Develop your musical ear and music theory knowledge with this comprehensive training app. It offers progressive drills, various sound options, and a gamified learning experience to improve improvisation, composition, and performance skills.

Highlights
  • 150+ progressive drills
  • 11 drill types
  • 24 intervals, 36 chord types
  • Melodic dictations and chord progressions
  • Gamified learning with star system
  • Custom drill and program creation
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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The ultimate ear training app for musicians. Develop your relative pitch to the full by improving your aural skills and your music theory knowledge. This will better many aspects of your life as a musician, be it regarding improvisation, composition, arrangement, interpretation, singing, or playing in a band. Designed like a video game and with strong pedagogical concepts in mind, this app will make you truly master each interval, chord, scale, etc. before taking you to the next one. Features • 150+ progressive drills arranged over 4 levels / 28 chapters • 11 drill types, 24 intervals, 36 chord types, chord inversions, 28 scale types, melodic dictations, chord progressions • Easy mode: 50+ progressive drills arranged over 12 chapters especially designed for beginners • Play a selection of 21 drills in arcade mode • 5 octaves of actual recorded grand piano sounds • 7 additional sound banks are available, all with actual recorded sounds: vintage piano, Rhodes piano, electric guitar, harpsichord, concert harp, strings and pizzicato strings • In each chapter, a theory card will introduce you to the concepts you will need to know • No need to know how to read music on a staff • Designed like a video game: earn 3 stars in each drill of a chapter to unlock the next one. Or will you be able to obtain perfect 5-star scores? • Don't want to follow the preestablished path of progression? Create and save your own custom drills and rehearse them at your own convenience • Create full custom training programs and invite friends or students to join them. If for example you're a teacher you can create custom programs for your students, add drills every week and view their scores on private leaderboards • Never lose any progress: cloud sync across your various devices • 25 achievements to unlock • Worldwide leaderboards (global, per level, per chapter, easy mode, arcade mode) • Nice and clean user interface with 2 display themes: light and dark • Designed by a musician and music teacher with a Royal Conservatory master's degree Full Version • Download the app and try out the first chapter of each mode for free • One-time in-app purchase to unlock the full version on all your devices Having a problem? Got a suggestion? You can reach us at hello@completeeartrainer.com Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

EarTester4 screens
Complete Ear Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Complete Ear Trainer at 85% against EarTester's 16%. Complete Ear Trainer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). EarTester's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.5). On price, 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

Both are free to download. EarTester sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Complete Ear Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Complete Ear Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Complete Ear Trainer has 199 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of EarTester's written reviews are positive against 85% of Complete Ear Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EarTester ships an update every 4 months, Complete Ear Trainer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
EarTester versus Complete Ear Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarTesterComplete Ear Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (199 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.8% of reviews85.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2199 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoGame SoftwareBinary Guilt

Customer experience

EarTester

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive15.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative78.9%

Complete Ear Trainer

All ratings199 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

EarTester

One-time2
  • Session Control$0.99
  • Interval Songs$0.99
3 purchases

Complete Ear Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$0.991 Month
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version$6.99

Questions

Is EarTester free?
EarTester is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Complete Ear Trainer free?
Complete Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EarTester or Complete Ear Trainer?
Complete Ear Trainer is rated higher. EarTester averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Complete Ear Trainer averages 4.7 from 199 ratings.
Do EarTester or Complete Ear Trainer have ads?
Neither EarTester nor Complete Ear Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EarTester or Complete Ear Trainer?
EarTester ships an update every 4 months, and Complete Ear Trainer fortnightly. Most recently, EarTester was updated on September 24, 2026 and Complete Ear Trainer on October 13, 2026.

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