Sing Harmonies vs Complete Ear Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sing Harmonies
Learn to sing harmony with multi-track vocal arrangements. Mute or play individual singers to practice your part. No prior experience or music reading is needed.
- Multi-track vocal arrangements
- Adjustable singer volume
- Practice individual vocal parts
- Learn without reading music
- Song library with in-app purchases
- Progressive difficulty levels
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This harmony singing app comes with three songs, with 50 more available through in-app purchase. Learn how to sing harmony and polish your harmonizing skills by playing or muting any of the singers as you sing along with 4-part vocal arrangements of "Lean On Me", "Teach Your Children", and "Proud Mary". Harmonizing is easy with this multi-track learning app. "Great for vocalists who have difficulty hearing or singing harmonies." https://makingmusicmag.com/8-spectacular-apps-for-singers/ The 50 additional songs available through in-app purchase include "Hallelujah", "Amazing Grace", “Sound of Silence”, “Take Me Home, Country Roads”, "Shallow", "Seven Bridges Road”, “Let it Be”, and many more. Detailed song info is at https://singharmonies.com/. "One of the best iPad apps for singers.” https://www.apppicker.com/applists/2488/the-best-ipad-apps-for-singers DETAILS • No music reading, previous singing experience, or training necessary. • Support, song info, harmonizing tips and more can be found at https://www.singharmonies.com. • The vocal harmony arrangements range from easy to challenging. Vocal arrangements, difficulty level, and keys are on the song info page at https://www.singharmonies.com/song-info. • Works with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad with iOS 9 and later. • All ages can use. • Please note that the app cannot be used with songs in other music libraries on your device. HOW TO USE • Tap ‘play’ to hear a 4-part harmony version of the song. Tap any singer to rotate through the three volume settings: full, soft, and silent. Tap the band in the background to turn the music track on or off. • To hear and learn any of the parts, mute the three other singers and sing along with the solo voice, with or without the music track. Then tap any or all of the other singers and sing your part along with them. • The voices can be added or muted as the song progresses, and can be played at half volume as a guide while the other voices are set at full volume. • Move to different parts of the song with the slider at the bottom of the screen. • Tap the menu icon to navigate to other areas of the app. Tap My Library to view and select any the songs you can currently play. Tap Song Store to see available songs and to purchase more songs. Tap More Info for instructions and support.
Complete Ear Trainer
Enhance your musical abilities with comprehensive ear training exercises. Master intervals, chords, and scales through gamified lessons and custom programs. Ideal for musicians seeking to improve improvisation, composition, and performance.
- 150+ progressive drills
- 11 drill types
- Customizable drills and programs
- Gamified learning with star system
- Multiple sound banks
- Theory cards for concept introduction
- Cloud sync across devices
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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) • Global statistics to track your progress • 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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Complete Ear Trainer at Free against Sing Harmonies's $1.99. Complete Ear Trainer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and review sentiment (85% vs 55%). Sing Harmonies's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.5). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Complete Ear Trainer is free to download; Sing Harmonies costs $1.99 up front. Sing Harmonies sells 10 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.
Complete Ear Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Complete Ear Trainer has 203 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Sing Harmonies's written reviews are positive against 85% of Complete Ear Trainer's.
Sing Harmonies ships an update every 6 months, Complete Ear Trainer every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Sing Harmonies | Complete Ear Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (24 ratings) | 4.7 (203 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.9% of reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 203 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Susan Anders | Binary Guilt |
Customer experience
Sing Harmonies
Complete Ear Trainer
Bugs and requests
Sing Harmonies
Reported bugs
13 issues- Purchased songs not appearing in library
- Unable to connect with app creator
- Tuning issues with some singers
- App crashes immediately after opening
- App fails to open
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- No sound at all
- App messed up by new iOS update
- Cannot open app anymore
- Previous purchases not accessible after iOS update
- No sound from the app
- App loads but no sound
- No sound when using paid or free app
- Suggest song button does nothing
Requested features
29 requests- Update with new songs
- Loop function
- Turn down band volume
- More songs (Everly Brothers, Royals, etc.)
- Add more songs
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- Discount for buying multiple songs
- Expand the library
- Add more modern songs
- Ability to change key
- Arrangements for a Capella singers
- Add lyrics and sync them
- Provide feedback on pitch accuracy
- Ability to record efforts
- Add 'Mr. Sandman' and 'Lollipop'
- Turn off display to save battery
- Auto repeat songs
- Add songs that go with 'Harmony Singing by Ear'
- Automatic loop for practice
- Songs continue to play when screen shuts off
- Visual indicator for lead singer
- Ability to add own songs
- Break down harmony parts for any song
- Add 'Don't Stop Believing'
- Sell songs for $2 each as in-app purchases
- More free songs
- More choices for songs
- Upgrade for new iOS versions
- Fix tuning issues
- Auto-tune voices
Complete Ear Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sing Harmonies
- Amazing Grace$0.99
- Hallelujah (Cohen)$0.99
- Over The Rainbow$0.99
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- Rolling In The Deep$0.99
- Silent Night$0.99
- California Dreamin$0.99
- Peaceful Easy Feeling$0.99
- Can't Help Falling In Love$0.99
- Bridge Over Troubled Water$0.99
- Country Roads (Take Me Home)$0.99
Complete Ear Trainer
- Cloud Sync and Web access$0.991 Month
- Cloud Sync and Web access$9.991 Year
- Full Version$6.99
Questions
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