Comparison

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer vs Harmonomics Ear Training

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

Head to head
About

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

Master rhythmic accuracy with instant feedback and graduated levels. Practice diverse rhythms, from beginner to professional, with customizable exercises and multiple input methods. Improve your musicality faster than traditional practice.

Highlights
  • Instant feedback on timing accuracy
  • Graduated levels from beginner to professional
  • Diverse exercises with common and rare rhythms
  • Thousands of random and fixed exercises
  • Rhythm editor for customization
  • Practice and test modes
  • Microphone and MIDI input support
Currently charting
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Accelerate your sight reading skills with instant feedback on timing accuracy. Our carefully graduated levels, from beginner to professional, allow you to start at your optimal skill level and progress at your own pace. You'll improve more rapidly than practicing solely on your instrument. Practice anytime and anywhere. Many advanced features. KEY FEATURES DIVERSE EXERCISES - Explore common and rare rhythms from 2 to 12 beats per bar (2/2, 3/2, 4/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8). - More than 200 fixed exercises (100 (longer ones) on iPad). - Thousands of random exercises. - Suitable for absolute beginners as well as professionals. - Challenge yourself with exercises involving rests, ties, syncopations, duplets, triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. - Add swing to quarter note meter exercises with varying degrees of swing intensity. - Automatic count-off with one or two bars. - Longer (random) exercises in landscape orientation. PRACTICE & TEST MODE - Practice mode: listen or tap along while the rhythm is played. - Test mode: hear the metronome and read/tap the rhythm. - Visual feedback instantly displays accuracy with each tap (color and position). - Easily adjust metronome tempo by sliding or keypad. - Two tap buttons for higher tempos or tapping with alternating fingers. RHYTHM EDITOR - Edit any exercise to suit your preferences. - Intuitive editor with minimal taps. - Includes an editor for ties. - Unlimited undo. - Add your exercises to favorites. - Share exercises with others. EXTRA CHALLENGES - Expert mode: higher default tempo and more accuracy required. - Endurance test (continuous reading). - Speeding-up tests. - Left- and right-hand independence: tap the beat and rhythm with two buttons. - Note duration test. - Count 6/8 in two (dotted quarter as the beat). - Ear training function for rhythmic dictation. - Maintain rhythm focus while notes from a chord progression are played. REPORTING - View a frequency chart of your tap results. - Access progress reports for fixed and random exercises. - Share your results, such as a 100% score graphic or progress reports, via email. SOUNDS - Choose from various percussive instruments for app player, metronome, and taps. - Play chord progressions with guitar, e-piano, marimba, or bass. - Optional stereo sound with taps in the right ear and metronome/player in the left ear. - Optional beat-counting voice function. MICROPHONE - Utilize the microphone for an alternative to tap buttons. - Play rhythms with hand claps, finger-snaps, or an instrument. - Adjust sensitivity settings. - Supports external microphones. MIDI - Receive taps from a Midi device connected via Apple USB camera adapter or USB-C (e.g., keyboard, guitar, drum kit). - Automatic device detection. - Touch-sensitivity support. - Export any exercise as a MIDI file. OTHER FEATURES - Experience very low latency with instant response. - Support for left-handed tapping. - Choose between classical and flat interface themes. - Support for dark mode (iOS13+). - Universal app (iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad). - Supports all screen sizes. - Tested on iOS and iPadOS 27.

About

Harmonomics Ear Training

This tool helps musicians of all levels improve their auditory skills. It offers a wide range of customizable exercises for identifying intervals, melodies, chords, and progressions, with detailed statistics and motivational achievements.

Highlights
  • 50+ customizable exercises
  • Extensive chord library with inversions
  • Creative exercises beyond basic identification
  • Detailed statistics and progress reports
  • Motivational achievements
  • Supports interval, melody, chord, and scale training
Features
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Harmonomics is a deep, flexible ear-training studio for musicians at every level—from first intervals to advanced harmony. Build real listening skills through more than 50 customizable exercises covering intervals, melodies, chords, chord progressions, scales, music theory, perfect pitch, and relative pitch. Harmonomics goes beyond basic identification with exercises for chord inversions, altered dominant chords, simultaneous pitches, scale degrees, root movement, and much more. PRACTICE YOUR WAY • Customize each exercise with focused, exercise-specific settings. • Choose Standard, Guest, or Hands-Free sessions—with spoken answers and automatic progression in Hands-Free mode. • Create your own exercises for the exact skills you want to develop. • Work with a large library of more than 35 chord types in multiple inversions. • Choose from multiple in-app color themes, with light and dark appearance options. • Use keyboard shortcuts on supported devices for fast, hands-on practice. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Review accuracy, question counts, response time, and detailed results. • Explore your history for each exercise and see how your performance changes over time. • Stay motivated with daily goals and streaks. • Celebrate progress with interactive 3D achievements and personal records. • Revisit completed sessions in your reports archive. FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO ADVANCED HARMONY Start with essential interval, melody, and chord recognition, then move into advanced exercises that challenge you to hear inversions, chord tones, altered harmonies, multiple simultaneous pitches, and complex sequences. Every exercise can be shaped around your level, your instrument, and the music you want to master. Whether you are beginning ear training, preparing for school, sharpening your improvisation, or maintaining professional-level listening skills, Harmonomics gives you room to keep growing. From the creator of Metronomics.

Screenshots

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer4 screens
Harmonomics Ear Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer at $3.99 against Harmonomics Ear Training's $9.99. Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer also leads on chart position (#142 vs unranked) and ratings volume (125 vs 26). Harmonomics Ear Training's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.6). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer costs $3.99 and Harmonomics Ear Training $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer against 4.7 for Harmonomics Ear Training. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 125 and 26 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 85% of Harmonomics Ear Training's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer ships an update fortnightly, Harmonomics Ear Training every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer versus Harmonomics Ear Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythm Sight Reading TrainerHarmonomics Ear Training
Price$3.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.8 (125 ratings) — better4.7 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews — better85.2% of reviews
Number of ratings125 — better26
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#142 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRolfs AppsJohn Nastos

Customer experience

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

All ratings125 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews279 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.6%

Harmonomics Ear Training

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.8%

Bugs and requests

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when tapping the 'i' button for info
  • Metronome beep timing not intuitive

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to practice on headphones
  • Increase size of tapping area
  • Add more options for time signatures beyond even meters
  • Implement side-scrolling mode for sight-reading practice
  • Allow creating longer, multi-measure exercises

Harmonomics Ear Training

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

Harmonomics Ear Training

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer free?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Harmonomics Ear Training free?
Harmonomics Ear Training costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Harmonomics Ear Training?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer is rated higher. Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 125 ratings, while Harmonomics Ear Training averages 4.7 from 26 ratings.
Do Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Harmonomics Ear Training have ads?
Neither Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer nor Harmonomics Ear Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer or Harmonomics Ear Training?
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer ships an update fortnightly, and Harmonomics Ear Training every 10 days. Most recently, Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer was updated on October 15, 2026 and Harmonomics Ear Training on October 14, 2026.

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