# Melody Ear Training vs Tenuto

The clearest difference is price: Tenuto at $4.99 against Melody Ear Training's $9.99. Tenuto also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 76%) and ratings volume (665 vs 37). Melody Ear Training's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.8). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Melody Ear Training costs $9.99 and Tenuto $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Melody Ear Training against 4.7 for Tenuto. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tenuto has 665 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Melody Ear Training's written reviews are positive against 94% of Tenuto's.

Melody Ear Training ships an update every 7 months, Tenuto every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Melody Ear Training | Tenuto |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | $9.99 | **$4.99** |
| Rating | [4.6 (37 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/melody-ear-training/id353949586/reviews) | **[4.7 (665 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tenuto/id459313476/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | 37 | **665** |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews | **94.1% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | **Every 3 months** |
| Monetization | **Free** | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | **#5** |
| Size | 295 MB | 11 MB |
| Requires iOS | **12.0** | 15.8 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [262Hz](https://appshunter.io/developer/950924827) | [musictheory.net](https://appshunter.io/developer/459313479) |

## What reviewers say

### Melody Ear Training

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/melody-ear-training/id353949586)

Develop your musical ear with this engaging piano game. It helps improve interval recognition, pitch sense, and transcription skills. Suitable for both beginners and experienced musicians, it offers adjustable difficulty and MIDI integration.

**Highlights:** Interval recognition, Pitch sense improvement, Transcription skills, MIDI keyboard integration, Adjustable difficulty settings, Customizable melody parameters

**Features:** Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


### Tenuto

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tenuto/id459313476)

**Currently charting:** #5 Top Paid · Music, #21 Top Paid (US App Store)

Enhance your musicality with a comprehensive suite of 24 customizable theory exercises and six essential musical calculators. Practice note and chord identification, ear training, and construct musical elements. Tools include accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices.

**Highlights:** 24 customizable theory exercises, Note and chord identification, Ear training for intervals and scales, Musical construction exercises, Accidental calculator, Interval calculator, Chord calculator

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Essential for musicians
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Perfect app
- 👍 Wonderful app
- 👍 Highly recommend

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Wrong billing
- 🐛 Piano tone is so bad
- 🐛 Not good
- 🐛 Great but buggy
- 🐛 All sounds stopped working

**Reported bugs**

- Sound cuts out
- Unresponsive at times
- Freezes up
- Doesn't work well for guitar
- Incorrect chord/key associations

**Requested features**

- Cadences and inversions for ear training
- Chord progressions for ear training
- Melodic and harmonic minor modes for scale recognition
- 6th, 9th, 11th and 13th chord extensions for chord recognition
- Melodic dictation


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Melody Ear Training free?

Melody Ear Training costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Tenuto free?

Tenuto costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Melody Ear Training or Tenuto?

Tenuto is rated higher. Melody Ear Training averages 4.6 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Tenuto averages 4.7 from 665 ratings.

### Do Melody Ear Training or Tenuto have ads?

Neither Melody Ear Training nor Tenuto shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Melody Ear Training or Tenuto?

Melody Ear Training ships an update every 7 months, and Tenuto every 3 months. Most recently, Melody Ear Training was updated on October 19, 2026 and Tenuto on October 22, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*