Comparison

Ear Trainer Lite 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

Ear Trainer Lite

Improve your musical ear with this free educational tool. It offers exercises for intervals, chords, and scales, with a virtual piano to help you learn. Track your progress with collected statistics.

Highlights
  • Interval comparison exercises
  • Chord identification exercises
  • Chord progression exercises
  • Scale identification exercises
  • Melody exercises
  • Virtual piano keyboard
  • Progress statistics
Features
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With an overall rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars it is a must to try out this app. Did we mention that it is free? Listening is the most important skill in music, and this app will help you to listen better. Ear Trainer Lite is an educational tool designed for musicians, music students and anyone interested in improving ones musical ear. It has exercises covering intervals, chords, and scales. This is the LITE version with 32 exercises. The full version has over 260 exercises and the ability to create custom exercises. Ear Trainer Lite covers the following categories: - Interval Comparison (18 exercises) - Chord Identification (3 exercises) - Chord Progressions (3 exercises) - Scales (4 exercises) - Melody (4 exercises) Each exercise has a short description of its purpose and optional preview. A virtual piano keyboard in each exercise helps you visually understand and analyze the notes that have been played. To aid your progression you can compare the different options after answering. (You can even play the virtual piano if you like!) As you progress through the exercises, statistics are collected so that you can see your progress. The questions in the exercises are randomly generated so you can do them over and over again as many times as you like to continue to hone your skills. For more information please see the demonstration video at: www.dev4phone.com

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

Ear Trainer Lite4 screens
Complete Ear Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Complete Ear Trainer at fortnightly against Ear Trainer Lite's every 4 months. Ear Trainer Lite's advantage is review sentiment (95% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.5). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Ear Trainer Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Ear Trainer Lite against 4.7 for Complete Ear Trainer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 343 and 195 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Ear Trainer Lite's written reviews are positive against 85% of Complete Ear Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ear Trainer Lite ships an update every 4 months, Complete Ear Trainer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ear Trainer Lite versus Complete Ear Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEar Trainer LiteComplete Ear Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (343 ratings)4.7 (195 ratings)
Positive reviews95.0% of reviews — better85.1% of reviews
Number of ratings343 — better195
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerthoor software ABBinary Guilt

Customer experience

Ear Trainer Lite

All ratings343 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.2%

Complete Ear Trainer

All ratings195 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

Ear Trainer Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sound not playing
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More interval training options
  • Customizable difficulty levels
  • Support for different instrument timbres
  • Progress tracking and performance analytics

Complete Ear Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ear Trainer Lite

One-time1
  • Upgrade to full version$7.99
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 Ear Trainer Lite free?
Ear Trainer Lite 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, Ear Trainer Lite or Complete Ear Trainer?
Ear Trainer Lite and Complete Ear Trainer are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 343 and 195 ratings respectively.
Do Ear Trainer Lite or Complete Ear Trainer have ads?
Neither Ear Trainer Lite nor Complete Ear Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ear Trainer Lite or Complete Ear Trainer?
Ear Trainer Lite ships an update every 4 months, and Complete Ear Trainer fortnightly. Most recently, Ear Trainer Lite was updated on September 29, 2026 and Complete Ear Trainer on October 1, 2026.

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