Comparison

NoteBrainer vs MyEarTraining

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

Head to head
About

NoteBrainer

This app helps users learn to sight-read sheet music through interactive note identification exercises. It offers configurable flashcards, various instrument sounds, and progress tracking, making it suitable for beginners and music teachers alike.

Highlights
  • Configurable flashcard exercises
  • Treble and bass clef support
  • Multiple instrument sound options
  • Assistant learning modes
  • Key signature highlighting
  • Play history and high score tracking
  • MIDI keyboard support
Features
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Learn to sight read sheet music with this simple note training app. Great for kids and adults trying to learn how to read sheet music by sight. Just play for a minute or two each day and be amazed by how much improved your site reading becomes. The app is super simple: see how many notes you can correctly identify within the time limit. Flash card training exercises are completely configurable for ability covering all the main key signatures. Sound effects from a choice of instruments help train your ear as well as eye. Music teacher? The app is an excellent companion for your students. The play history allows you to review how well and how often your students are practicing. Set them a challenge to beat their high score before the next lesson! NoteBrainer has the following great features: * Full key signature coverage - choose how many to train with * Treble and bass clef - play both or either depending on your instrument * Quality instrument sounds - choose from piano, guitar, violin, viola, cello, harp, recorder, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, sax, organ or even bagpipes! * Assistant modes to help learn notes * Key signature highlighting - indicates which keys in the key signature are valid to help gain signature familiarity * English and romantic solfège - C, D, E... or Do, Re, Mi... you choose! * Sound only mode - see how many notes you can identify by sound only * Play history - view all your previous exercises, try to beat your high score * External compatible midi keyboard support * Universal - works great on both your iPhone or iPad * Free - So why not send me some great feedback and improvement suggestions If you have any feedback, suggestions or improvements you would like to see in the app please do not hesitate to contact me via the web site or Facebook. I am open to all and any ideas.

About

MyEarTraining

Enhance your musical abilities with comprehensive ear training exercises. Practice intervals, chords, and scales to improve intonation, musical memory, and transcription skills. Suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced musicians.

Highlights
  • Interval training (melodic/harmonic)
  • Chord recognition (including inversions)
  • Scale and mode identification
  • Melody training
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Virtual piano keyboard input
Features
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Ear training is highly essential for any musician - be it a composer, singer, songwriter or instrumentalist. It practices the ability to connect music theory elements (intervals, chords, scales) with real sounds you hear. The benefits of mastering ear training include improved intonation and musical memory, confidence in improvisation or the ability to transcribe music more easily. MyEarTraining makes ear training practice possible almost anywhere and anytime on the go, thus saving you from the hassle of assembling musical instruments. You can practically train your ears while waiting at the bus stand, traveling, or even at your coffee desk. >> APP FOR ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS Whether you are new to music theory, need to prepare for an intensive school exam, or are an experienced musician, there are over 100 aural exercises to help you push your music skills. Users with no ear training experience begin with simple perfect intervals, major vs. minor chords and simple rhythms. Advanced users can progress through seventh chord inversions, complex chord progressions and exotic scale modes. You can use tonal exercises with solfeggio or singing exercises to improve your inner ear. Input answers using buttons or virtual piano keyboard. For major music topics, MyEarTraining offers different courses and lessons including basic music theory. Interval songs and practice piano are also included. >> COMPLETE EAR TRAINING MyEarTraining app works by combining different ear training approaches like isolated sounds, singing exercises, and functional exercises (sounds in tonal context) to train your ears, thus maximizing results. It’s designed for musicians who want to improve their relative pitch recognition abilities and get one step further towards perfect pitch. >> RECOMMENDED BY PROFESSIONALS ** Concept supported by Dr. Andreas Kissenbeck (University of performing Arts Munich) ** “The skill, knowledge and depth of the app is absolutely outstanding.” - Educational App Store ** “I truly recommend MyEarTraining to improve the ability to fully recognize intervals, rhythms, chords and harmonic progressions.” - Giuseppe Buscemi (classical guitarist) ** “#1 Ear Training App. MyEarTraining is an absolute necessity for anyone in the field of music.” - Fossbytes magazine” >> TRACK YOUR PROGRESS The app provides updated statistics to track your progress and can be easily synced to other devices. Use the statistics reports to see your strengths or weaknesses. >> ALL ESSENTIAL EXERCISE TYPES - Intervals training - melodic or harmonic, ascending or descending, compound intervals (up to double octave) - Chords training - including 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, inversions, open and close harmony - Scales training - major, harmonic major, natural minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, neapolitan scales, pentatonics... all scales including their modes (e.g. Lydian #5 or Locrian bb7) - Melodies training - tonal or random melodies up to 10 notes - Chord inversions training - identify inversion of a known chord - Chord progressions training - random chord cadences or sequences - Solfege/functional training - do, re, mi... as single notes or melodies in given tonal center - Rhythm training - including dotted notes and rests in various time signatures You can create and parametrize your own custom exercises or challenge yourself with exercises of the day. >> SCHOOLS Teachers can use the MyEarTraining app platform to assign exercises to students and control their progress. They can also design their own customized courses and implement student-specific syllabus to help them learn better. For more information visit https://www.myeartraining.net/

Screenshots

NoteBrainer4 screens
MyEarTraining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoteBrainer at none against MyEarTraining's 1. NoteBrainer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (840 vs 252). MyEarTraining's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (93% vs 70%). On price, rating 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. MyEarTraining sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NoteBrainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for NoteBrainer against 4.8 for MyEarTraining. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 840 and 252 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of NoteBrainer's written reviews are positive against 93% of MyEarTraining's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoteBrainer ships an update every 9 months, MyEarTraining every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
NoteBrainer versus MyEarTraining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteBrainerMyEarTraining
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (840 ratings)4.8 (252 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings840 — better252
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames Buchanan21733609631myrApps

Customer experience

NoteBrainer

All ratings840 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.6%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral11.0%
Negative18.6%

MyEarTraining

All ratings252 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative2.2%

User reviews

NoteBrainer

From 840 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helps with sight reading and note recognition
  • 💡 Useful for beginners and those wanting to improve music reading skills
  • 🚀 Effective and efficient for learning notes
  • 🚀 Improves speed of note reading
  • 👍 Simple and straightforward interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues on some devices
  • 🔒 Lacks customization options
  • 💡 Keyboard range is limited, doesn't cover full octave range
  • 🔒 Doesn't differentiate between notes in different octaves
  • 🔒 Doesn't provide rhythm training

MyEarTraining

From 252 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent ear training app
  • 💰 Free and high quality
  • 🎵 Versatile exercises (intervals, chords, melody, rhythm)
  • 🔧 Highly customizable
  • 🚀 Smooth performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Some notes missing in exercises
  • 🐛 Lag issues
  • 🐛 Rhythmic dictation unclear
  • 🐛 App freezes when adjusting input method
  • 📉 'All or nothing' scoring can be discouraging

Bugs and requests

NoteBrainer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when getting a note wrong
  • Back button not working on some screens
  • Sound not working for some users
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand keyboard range to cover full octave
  • Add option to require button press to continue after wrong answer
  • Include rhythm training exercises
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes

MyEarTraining

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Some notes within a chord don't play
  • App only registers up to E5 in unison singing
  • Missing note on the keyboard for chord training
  • Lag causes incorrect answers
  • Interval singing section stopped working after update
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  • App locks up when adjusting input method in settings
  • Singing portion is two notes out of tune

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add absolute pitch test
  • Add relative pitch test (interval recognition)
  • Add more sounds
  • Increase font size
  • Sell premium features separately
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  • Alternative assessment approach to 'all or nothing' scoring
  • Add notifications for daily practice
  • Allow specifying random melody from a fixed set of notes
  • Update exercises for absolute pitch
  • More lessons/content

In-app purchases

None

NoteBrainer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MyEarTraining

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$12.99

Questions

Is NoteBrainer free?
NoteBrainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyEarTraining free?
MyEarTraining is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NoteBrainer or MyEarTraining?
MyEarTraining is rated higher. NoteBrainer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 840 ratings, while MyEarTraining averages 4.8 from 252 ratings.
Do NoteBrainer or MyEarTraining have ads?
MyEarTraining shows ads; NoteBrainer does not.
Which is updated more often, NoteBrainer or MyEarTraining?
NoteBrainer ships an update every 9 months, and MyEarTraining every 6 weeks. Most recently, NoteBrainer was updated on October 2, 2026 and MyEarTraining on October 1, 2026.

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